Learning To Live

It feels like I have been here forever.  I've only been here since late on Wednesday.  The getting better is going more slowly than usual - and I'm not happy about it.  I am, however, happy with the care I'm getting.  This hospital is awesome.  AWESOME.  Here is a list of reasons I'm doing awesome here: *My attending is WONDERFUL.  I see my pulmonologist EVERY day - even this weekend b/c she's the pulmonologist on call.  She's so cool.  And stubborn.  She's very stubborn - possibly more stubborn than me.  And she knows how stubborn her CFers are and she doesn't let us pull any crap - not that I pull much anyways, but I pull a little. She insists on writing all the orders for her CF patients even if it's the middle of the night.  I love her. *The nurses ROCK.  Now, I don't want to say that there aren't any good nurses at the U, but it's hard to find a good one - and I don't get their schedule.  And my favorite nurses usually end up

I'm back in the hospital.  It has been 18 months since my last round of IV antibiotics and almost TWO YEARS since I've had to stay in the hospital, and here I am. I think this is day 4 in the hospital.  Technically my 3rd full day here - I came in late on Wednesday to the ER and didn't get a room until about 9pm. I am not at my usual hospital, I'm at the hospital about an hour from where I live.  It's different here - but different good, not different bad.  The nurses are good.  The staff is friendly.  The food is delicious - maybe too delicious because I want to lose weight, not gain it.  The only drawbacks to being far away from home:  Not having as many visitors, and missing all the crazy that's happening at the Capital in Madison.