On Saturday, November 7, the following occurred. Health Update
James and Camber Hardy took me to lunch at Hunan Restaurant
in Rancho Bernardo. When dropping met
off it was discovered I did not have the keys to my house and car which was
kept on a long blue ribbon. James’ car
and my purse were searched thoroughly. I
had my emergency car keys and keys to Linda and Gary’s house but not the
regular set of keys. James and Camber
went back to the restaurant and the owners searched but said they were not
there. James was able to open the
kitchen window and Camber climbed through and opened the doors. I had used the
keys to lock the front door when I left the house and Camber saw me drop them
in my purse. At the restaurant I took
out my phone and somehow must have pulled the keys out and not noticed I left
them on the bench or floor. James called
the restaurant again and I left them my name and phone number. Sometime later the restaurant called and said
they had found the keys and I retrieved them and James and Camber went on with
their errand.
But the whole incident must have stressed me out. It was a cool, rainy day and toward evening I
began feeling chills and turned the furnace on, however it did not work so when
I went to bed, I layered up in clothing and added more blankets to the
bed. However, I was having shortness of
breath at that time which only had affected me occasionally heretofore and no
matter how I situated myself I could not get comfortable or breathe well enough
to sleep. Several times in the night I
had to get up and pee but it came so fast and so much I could not get there in
time and even though wearing a pad, had to change my clothes at least three
times, the urine appeared darker and I knew I was not drinking enough water to
account for all of that. (I later read
that in chronic heart failure in a shortness of breath attack the oxygen goes
to the life sustaining organs and so the kidneys do not function well, I assume
that is what was happening.) My
temperature was 100.8 at some point in time that night. By morning I was able to breathe better and
stayed in bed and slept all day except to get up and feed the dog and let him
in and out. It was not until 5 pm that I
rose and had a protein drink and watched television for a while. I felt rested
and bathroom breaks were normal.
Temperature was down to 99.4. I felt well.
Definitely feeling back to normal.