AmberLynnC's Journal

Finally, I am home again! After 12 days in the hospital (about 10 more than anticipated), I was able to come home on Thursday, and spent most of the day yesterday withdrawing from a med that my doctor had told me to just stop taking. But, I'm starting to feel a bit better today; I was able to eat and keep the food and liquids down, and the nausea is pretty much gone.

Molly (cat) and Reba (dog) have been pretty happy to see me. Reba has slept in my bed two nights in a row, which she hasn't done in who knows how long, and Molly has been crying all night because Reba's on the bed, and Molly isn't. My uncle said that he missed me a lot (he even put on his facebook status that he missed me and hoped that I would come home soon), but he's also saying that he doesn't regret bringing me to the hospital, and that he's glad I was there. As much as I don't want to admit it, I'm glad I went too... I just wish that it hadn't been so long that I was there. The original plan was to stay for the weekend, and then transfer into a partial hospitalization program on Monday, but I ended up not transferring and being placed on 1:1 contact (which meant that someone was always with me, following me, watching me, spending every minute of my day and their day with me, even as I slept). It sucked, and I hated that part, but I guess it helped me to be safer.

So, I will be home for the weekend, and then going back into PHP on Monday (my first day was Friday, but I got sick and had to go home early... Felt like a little kid when I had to call my uncle to come pick me up...). I should only be in PHP for a couple of days, maybe Wednesday/ Thursday of next week hopefully, but it's hard to say what they think I will need.