bobm
Garden Master
Since I lost many plants this year due to verticilium wilt, I had to T the dead and dying and start to replace them with resistant type plants. I went to quite a few nurseries and MOST of them were of NO help to slight amount of helpful information. I talked to 2 master gardeners near me that were helpful with information. I purchased some of recommended plants and started planting. I found myself huffing and puffing more and more often even with just walking out to the work site. I went to a doctor's appointment and he ordered blood tests. Another doctor's appointment after the test results yielded little results . Last Friday afternoon, I felt VERY LOUSY ... so I went to our hospital EMERGENCY room... more blood tests and hours later doctors recommended rest, drink plenty of liquids . Come last Tues. , 6 am , I was taking out some garbage to the garbage can, and I almost dropped huffing and puffing. I slowly made my way back into the house and called 911. The dispatcher said that an ambulance would arrive between 2-3 hours as they were on their way to a large multi-car traffic accident about 20 miles up the highway with traffic backed up for over a mile. So, what to do... I got into my car waited 15 minutes until my huffing and puffing subsided and I felt just fine, I started the engine and drove 17 miles down I 5 to the Hospital just off the highway offramp. I signed in at the Emergency section... The Doctors jumped into action, wired me up for an EKG, otherered the vampires to drain me for multi- blood tests a mile long, then the 3 hour waiting game for test results ... turns out I had severe anemia, so they checked me in and started a blood transfusion. The next day , I felt just a little better but more blood tests showed no cigar ... so more blood transfusion and another a day later . I started to feel better and the test reasults started to improve . I started to respond to additional medication by urinating more, and after 3 days a fecal sample with more blood,urine and fecal tests ... all showing improvement. By late Sat. afternoon, I was autherised for a jail break, and I took full advantage of it to escape the HORRIBLE hospital food (inedible imitation in name only ) that they tried to make me consume. and constant wake up every 2 hours for vital checks and blood draws. I lost 8 pounds during my stay at this resort !!! I am now sitting comfortably in my very own EZ chair in my own living room watching TV, and typing away. I am to do NO work for the next 6 weeks so that I can re-grow my own red blood cells. I now have so many doctors' appointments that I feel dizzy just thinking of keeping them. 
