Loly´s Story

It has already spent a year, that long has been this 2002, whichever things have happened.

Before anything I want to thank, to all those people who before I, there are counted its history (or the one of some relative).

Whichever doubt moments of and disorientation have helped me at those, whichever have moved me their stories, whichever questions without answer, whichever bitterness had in some, whichever reproaches in others and how many resignation and entereza in the majority.

Long time ago that we did not do a escapadita and finally we were decided, we would go to a bath to pass fín of week with six friends more. We took two cars and in our it accompanied a a little battered marriage, she to us with backache produced by one hernia of disc and with a cold that did not finish curing. The wonderful bath, but the cold of our friend became influenza (that said the Dra. to us of the bath), with subidones of fever, (I get to have 40º almost) and faints including; even so they insisted on remaining until Sunday. The return of the bath did not pass it very badly, had something of cough and the temperature raised to him, on the 7 of afternoon we left them in its house.

Tuesday we found out that that same Sunday at night, was put worse and had to enter to him of urgencies in the hospital of Madrid, After many tests diagnosed septicemia and neumonía to him (thanks to God, according to their woman had taken to him on time and everything was controlled).

Wednesday 20 of February I began to be a little weak, peculiarly me they noticed it in the supermarket where I buy habitually and I said to them that it did not find very well me that it seemed that something was incubating. Already in the evening as it found me worse I put the thermometer and had 37º, (my temperature oscillates of 34,5º to 35,5º) and I decided to consult with the doctor of guard of the medical society. Him report of as it physically found me, I explained the one to him of my friend and I consulted to him if septicemia were contagious, said to me that and that it did not worry to me and it took paracetamol me.

Thursday 21 was but weak and the temperature had raised to me 38º, it hurt the head and the neck to me. I called to the doctor, when it arrived does not comment anything to him of septicemia of my friend, because she was sure that she was not contagious, since therefore me had said the doctor to it on watch of the medical company. It examined I, said that it raised and it lowered the head to me (at that time could do it, to only bothered the nape of the neck me), watched the throat to me and it said to me that it had faringitis. It sent an antibiotic to me and paracetamol and said to me that for the pain neck it put an electrical blanket to me. Memory which after eating, I raised the dormitory, I removed the electrical blanket I placed in the bed and me acoste ´ ". What I emphasize next me are it counted, in following the 5 days I lose the memory and single I have some slight flash of some moments ". When I arrive my husband about the 6 from afternoon, it was soaked in sweat and it had to already change to all the clothes, at night the only thing that memory is that I am strange to me that my husband had put tumbona of the terrace in the room so that I slept calmer, according to I answer itself when I asked to him.

Friday 22 in the morning I noticed a small eruption in the wrist and after the skin the blood seemed very dark like black. I returned to call to the doctor and I said to him that the antibiotic had given allergy me and I answer myself that suppressed it. After this had to raise enough the fever to me and returned to call to the doctor (I do not believe that he was the same one that the previous day had visited me). It was not noticed of the rigidity of the nape of the neck, but strange of the aspect of petequias that had left to me, was due to be very anxious and single it answers his questions before the threat to take me to the hospital, even though if it did not improve or it got worse, did not let take to me. In the evening already it had to be completely going, it rambled by the room without speaking nor answering anybody, in house they hoped that the new antibiotics that the doctor had sent to me did effect to me and decided to wait a little the more.

Saturday 23. At daybreak about the 1, since there were no way to lay down to me, it already continued rambling by the room and I began to stammer ininteligibles phrases, my husband decided to take me to the Hospital of the Zarzuela. Nothing else to see the doctor me? internista diagnosed a possible meningitis, before the impossibility to do lumbar punción to me by the shaken thing that was, initiated antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxona and as they were not left rooms free, they transferred to me in ambulance to the Ntra Sanatorium. Mrs. of the Rosary in Madrid, Already in the morning the internista made the lumbar punción to me and confirmed the meningitis, was very serious and they did not know if she would leave this. They entered to me in the UCI by space of three days, where I completely remained sedada. Safe about a flash in which I awoke as well as of a very deep dream and when listening several girls, I thought with all naturalness that is that I have put myself more worse and they have had to me to bring to the hospital and in another occasion in which I had to clarify to a nurse who given my degree of unconsciousness was not responsible to want to investigate the apparatuses to which he was connected.

Tuesdays 25 took Me to the room, was my husband there I noticed that it could not express with words the joy that felt. You have been very bad said to me, you have had one meningitis. (a meningitis I thought, that rare always it had associated it to an infantile disease and it very did not know or in that consisted, wise person for example that when they occurred more than two or three cases in a school closed it by a time and that when wise that some boy had passed the meningitis, the commentary was always the same one and since has been? but it did not have nor idea of that the disease consisted). Immediately they appeared two doctors to examine to me and to see if they had been left sequels. The right eye could not turn it, it had affected the optical nerve to me and it saw double (was like cross-eyed) and not oía nothing by the left ear. Although I noticed myself by the questions of the doctors, who its greater preoccupation was to know since it had been of the head and whenever they happened through the corridor entered the room and they asked to me, my name, age, etc.

As the one of the eye were enough annoying chooses to cover the left eye to me (the one that affluent tapeworm) and to rotate exercises with the right, being tried it of above to down and of left to right. Although the internista did not agree very then did not know if the left eye that it was the good one not would make vague. I was like 10 days with the good eye covered all the day, soon little by little I was opening it more hours to me and in the end single it was covered when it made the exercises. Hand of santo to the month and means already almost did not notice the estrabismo and as it would not be my surprise when verifying that of the right eye it far better saw that before becoming ill of meningitis.

To the one of the ear too much importance did not occur him lowered me to the specialist of the Sanatorium and it said that to nontapeworm solution to me that did not know because it happened but that thus it was (before saying that parrafada to me it watched the ear to me to verify his state and it said to me that everything was well and that did not have wax), did not even give credit to which oía in the heat of century XXI, that a specialist gave that diagnosis me. I asked to him for the humming that I had had left in that same ear and just like she did not have solution and that would accustom to me. In the audio-logical study they say me that I have hipoacusia neurosensorial deep in left ear with levels of hearing in 85-100 dB with discrimination from 0 to 90 dB.

Tuesday 5 of March. To the 10 days to enter the Sanatorium, they let put me antibiotic, so I said to the internista doctor that it discharged the from the hospital one to me to leave to house, because in the weakness state that found me in the sanatorium could not take nothing good and me it gave it.

The physical recovery has been slow, not if it had something to see that when I woke up in the Sanatorium I decided to let smoke and sure customary the organism to the nicotine and the other substances that the tobacco for more than 30 years contains were going to be hard. It was in the beginning as if it floated, did not have forces, but it knew that it was time question and I followed my instincts. First it was to cure to me of an infection by fungi produced by more than 70 antibiotic bottles that I calculate would put to me in the clinic. Soon it was to purify the organism of as much antibiotic, I was eating with fruit and vegetable during a month. Also it takes a vitaminic complex me that contained ginseng so that it contributed a little to me energy. I went to the consultation of a naturópata that even found and regaño me fatal by to have let to me smoke, I suppose that without the tobacco my recovery would be slower, but I did not do case to him and I follow without smoking. It sent to a pile of formulas and tablets to me that I was taking a pair from months.

To the month to leave the Sanatorium (it agreed with the Easter), I noticed a remarkable improvement, I replenished forces and for my it was the beginning of one long convalecencia. Whichever the stories have helped me that other people did before I, whichever consultations have carried out to the network, because the recovery is not gradual rather is looked like a mountain with its ascents and slopes. What I accused more at the beginning of the convalecencia was the short term memory, could by telephone have made something or have spoken with somebody that soon after could not assure that it had done it (thought that if) but not with firmness.

Also memory which happened to me with the language, I always have spoken rather quickly and at the beginning of my recovery I began to speak more slowly with words very searched carefully (we go that she had to think a moment which was going to say).

Another thing happened to me sometimes is that desire entered to me to cry, was very sensible and clear it cried (it tried that did not see anybody me) and later felt to me better. I do not believe that it was depression, because I have not had any treatment and as I have been recovering to me has gone to me.

Since or I have said of the ear I have previously not recovered hearing, several tests have done me and I have very affected the nerve have given vertigos me in some occasions, but it seems that or they are become stabilized the ears, at least the previous symptoms in the beginning of them and I try myself not to make movements abrupt and if they persist I even fall down awhile. The neurologist has said to me that the nerve of the ear can regenerate until the three years. God wants it! As the humming of the ear has not stopped, and it is even increased when there is much noise in the room where it finds me, there are times that are so strong that it prevents me to hear by the right. So I prefer the open spaces and in house music and the TV are heard short.

That I have extended much my history but was wanted that you knew since I have felt and as I feel at the present time, now collection the things of different way, I observe more people and I have become a little calmer.

Thanks for everything, LOLY
Lolysegovia@hotmail.com