Hi Everyone. I haven't been on in a while. Busy again, but I'm in the hospital again so I have some free time.

I nearly died Tuesday. I was admitted to the hospital because I have bilateral diffuse pneumonia, a pulmonary edema and my kidneys finally failed. I was initially in ICU where I was on a 100% O2 CPAP system to keep me breathing since my O2 saturation was under 90% without it.

Because of the renal issues, my anemia is now considerably worse than before. Because of this, a sort of humorous thing may be happening... my doctor may be putting me on EPO. My husband has already said that if it happens, he's getting me a jersey that says "DOPER!" on it.

At this point though I am stable. I undergo the knife on Monday to get an AV Fistula and other work done for permanent dialysis. I'm kind of scared about it at the moment though I'm told it's fairly routine.

Mel