Archive for March 24th, 2009
Bad Blood
There are many issues that come into play around the shooting. This blog is meant to cover all of them. Right now, nothing much is happening re the judicial facet, or I’d address that. I think the first hearing is on April 3rd. So I’m going to give a little air time to my medical condition now.
I know nobody else is as interested in this topic as I am (maybe my mother), so I won’t dwell on it. This should be a non-issue shortly anyway.
I was given a blood transfusion when I was operated on following the shooting. I had lost so much blood, there really was no other choice… no other way to keep me alive. We’re all aware of the dangers of blood transfusions. They can result in hepatitis, AIDS or a number of other blood borne diseases. Chances are that the blood I received wasn’t tainted, and that I have nothing to worry about.
The ‘bad blood’ that I refer to in this post title isn’t about the transfusion, but rather my current complaint which is lack of energy, tiredness, dizziness and nausea. I’ve been told that this is a natural phase of the healing process. I have ‘hematomas’, which are like the scabs you get on a surface wound, but these are inside the body.
The bullet entered me in front, just below my belly button. It never exited, but it drilled through my ample mid-section and stopped when it hit the inside surface of the skin, in what is known in medical parlance as my left ‘love handle’. You can see where it hit because there’s a welt there.
Anyway, now that all the wounds and incisions inside me have mostly healed, those hematomas are breaking down. As they do, they release a lot of crap (another medical term) into my system. That’s what’s making me so tired. They’ll be gone soon and I should have just some physical therapy between me and a full recovery.
OK. Hopefully that’s the last of the medical updates. I will have more re the healthcare system, and I imagine those will be of wider interest.
