just a little fyi

hello.....  

this is just an update.  some of you may recall that i was in the hospital about a month ago for my breathing issues.  one of the sputum samples that i donated has been cultured for the last 4 weeks, and the final analysis came back today.  apparently i have some sort of an uncommon fungal infection growing in there.  i see my pulmonary doctor tomorrow and will learn more, i'm sure.  i'm guessing that he may try and just have me directly admitted, but that is just a guess on my part.  what little i have been able to find on this indicates that if left untreated it could spread to the heart and/or central nervous system...proving fatal.  since this is in the early stages, iv treatment or even surgical removal appear to be the best options.  i tell you this because captions may not be too numerous in the next few days.  if i do get admitted to the hospital again, i do have an idea or two to try and keep some life in this blog, if i can get access to a computer---which is usually not a problem.  so i'll know more tomorrow, but i just wanted to give you a little heads up.  at least right now i have a diagnosis, which is a start............  and being in the hospital would be nothing new...i've been there many times before....alexis