Do you ever have one of those appointments...

Thank you everyone for the thoughts and prayers for my recent appointment. I am sure they helped guide my appointment.

A brief recapitulation of my appointment: The doctor agreed I seemed to be ill. Due to my symptoms (especially my shortness of breath), he wanted me to go to the emergency department (ED). I refused. He told me again he thought I should go to the ED. I said, "No thanks." I employed the helped of my mom. She agreed the ED/hospital is not where she desired for me to go. For the entire appointment, the physician kept asking/telling/begging me to go to the ED. I stood my ground and refused to go. The doctor ordered some tests. The final results should be available some time this week. The physician said he would call me with the results.

When I left my appointment, I felt like I had a victory. “Yippee! No ED/hospital for this girl. Time to enjoy the day!" But, then I was a little bit confused. "Wait, what just happened? What is the treatment plan?" The doctor was not explicitly clear what was going to be done. On one hand, he said he wanted to set up IV antibiotics immediately. Then, he said he wanted to wait for the test results before prescribing any IV medicine. He also said he wanted me on an inhaled antibiotic.

In the end, I feel like something is going to be done. The doctor left my PICC line in my arm, which means I still have IV access for IV antibiotics. Whatever the treatment plan will be, hopefully I will soon be on the path to better health and will be infection free.