'I had a birthday cake to bake and Easter baskets to build. I had responsibilities and deadlines. I didn’t have time for this.'
Right after I was moved out of the intensive care unit, my kids were allowed to visit me.
Within 72 hours of grudgingly climbing into bed immediately after dinner because I was too exhausted to stay up any longer, I was in the back of an ambulance headed for the hospital. What happened? The hours in between are a blur of memories: My little boys standing by the bed asking if I felt like playing, my husband checking on me to see if I needed anything, and me saying, “I’m OK. I just need more sleep.
It wasn’t until after I had spent 12 hours in the emergency room and was finally moved to a bed in the intensive care unit that I learned the severity of my condition. The diagnosis of septic shock and severe sepsis didn’t really set off any warning bells for me. I had heard the terms only while watching TV shows like ”.” I had some vague sense that my condition was a serious one, but I was too foggy-brained to consider what that meant in real life, to my life.
I had nearly died of sepsis, yes, but the sepsis had been a response to infection and the infection had been a response to… a lack of self-care. Maybe that’s too simplistic, but that’s how it felt. Once I was home, my responsibilities and routines resumed—but I was far from better. And my feeble attempts at self-care had to take a backseat to caring for my kids and maintaining some sense of normalcy for them.
“I don’t have time to be sick,” I joked breathlessly from the ICU bed, my body connected to wires and tubes, monitors beeping steadily behind me. I said it, not just to ward off the sudden terror of knowing I almost died, but as a reflex to every encouragement I’ve ever received to slow down, get some rest, take better care of myself. Self-care wasn’t something I took seriously before my ambulance ride to the ER — and it’s still not something I’m very good at.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
9 Reasons Why I'm The Mean Mom, Not The Cool MomParenting requires some serious courage, an even tougher mind, and a whole lotta “mean.” So go ahead and bring it kids.
Weiterlesen »
Jennifer Garner's Son Wrote Her A Check For Being His MomJennifer Garner’s Son Wrote Her A Check For Being His Mom
Weiterlesen »
Unsolved Disappearance of Ohio Mom Cheryl Coker Started with Discovery of Her Abandoned CarPeople Magazine Investigates looks at the presumed murder of the woman who vanished in October 2018
Weiterlesen »
Sia Confirms She Is A MomThe singer casually dropped the news that she recently adopted a son, as she discussed her no-strings sex arrangement in a feature on Diplo.
Weiterlesen »
Teen Mom OG's Ryan Edwards and Wife Mackenzie Standifer Welcome Their Second Child, Daughter Stella RheaTeen Mom OG's Ryan Edwards and Wife Mackenzie Standifer Welcome Daughter Stella Rhea
Weiterlesen »