My First Blog.....Again

Hi, I'm not a commit to something very long type of person, so this is my second blog. Hopefully this one will work out. Well since my last blog ( Queen Aunty Sofee) A LOT has happened. I was living in Boston with my sister and her family, weird situation but it ended with my cussin her the hell out. Got back home to FLA sick as a dog, I was sick in Boston but I guess some people who shall remain nameless weren't hearin that. I was hospitilized twice when I got back, got kicked out of my dad's house (still sick with a severe lupus flair mind you). Woke up one morning with a slight pain in my kidney went in to check it out (January 8 2007) didn't leave till March 14th. So to say I've been through a lot is an understatement.

I was at Broward General Hospital for 2 weeks until one day this very 'serious' doctor named Dr. Early came into my room and told me and my mom I had a blood disorder called TTP. It's when your blood cells destroy themselves and you can't form blood clots. That night I was moved from the regular ward to the Cardiovascular ICU. I don't remember much after that but I do know my heart stopped beating 3 times that day and I 'coded' three times. Thank God I'm still able to read, write and speak. After that I had 3 chest tubes inserted (separate occasions) those sucked bigtime. To handle the TTP disorder I had to get a procedure called Plasma Exchange everyday for over a month, that sucked as well. Then one day I had a major headache, next thing you know one of the plasma nurses tells me, "Sofee, you just had a seizure" I was like "no way", blacked out and for the next 12 hours it was constant seizures.

Let me tell you I am soo greatful to be alive, because what I went through is called a Lupus Crisis which affects multiple organs and only 1 in 3 people survive them, TTP can kill you, my kidneys failed so I was on dialysis and I technically did die so thank you JESUS.

But everyone that I have delt with during my ordeal has been angels, the doctors were ridiculous, the nurses were heaven sent.

I know I've changed since my journey but hey I'm not a vegetable and what would you expect. But now I really don't really don't take things all serious like before, because I did have a regular life. Before I moved with my sister, I was livin on my own with my ex-man I had already been livin on my own for about 4 years before that without anyone's help. So I had a great deal of stress but I still had a sense of humor.

This is why I'm glad to be ALIVE!!!!!