The Results are in....
I went to the Doctor today to get the results of my tests from last Friday. The news was good as everything turned out to be fine. There were no apparent problems with my liver, pancreas or gall bladder. The blood work did identify evidence of a parvo-type virus....the Doctor believes that this has something to do with the Fifths disease that our whole family had...he noted that the blood work indicated that my body had begun producing the necessary antibodies to protect my system from any further complications and that the chest pains were likely caused by this disease.
Fifths disease is a full body, highly contagious rash...in children it pretty much covers them and passes along like nothing...however, in adults, it can be more serious...Tanya still has swollen and sore hands and feet from her bout of the virus...in my case it caused the shortness of breath and chest pain....the good news here is that once you have had it your system becomes immune to it.
So it was good news all around. For that I am truly thankful.
Fifths disease is a full body, highly contagious rash...in children it pretty much covers them and passes along like nothing...however, in adults, it can be more serious...Tanya still has swollen and sore hands and feet from her bout of the virus...in my case it caused the shortness of breath and chest pain....the good news here is that once you have had it your system becomes immune to it.
So it was good news all around. For that I am truly thankful.
posted by Trevor Seibel | 9:13 PM
5 Comments:
Good to hear all is well after that scare. I'm glad I found you in the blogoshpere. Other than the latest, how are you doing?
scrawney smith and family
Well...I can literally feel both of your pains. I too had 5th disease a couple of years ago. It started with Brooke than Bryson and than I received it. They thought at the time I had the West Nile Virus. Pretty scary at the time! It really takes close to a year before your system will start feeling "back to normal" if there is such a thing. Don't over do it. The longer you over do it and not rest, the longer the recovery time is. I had to learn for myself of that being true.
Take care...I feel for all of you. Crystal
Thank you both for your comments. We are heading on vacation in about 10 days so the timing is good for some R&R
Things are good here in Tumbler Ridge. It has been awhile since I have seen you John. Hope all is well in Red Deer
Thanks for your words Crystal. It certainly does put things into perspective about life and taking it one day at a time eh?
Trevor
Hey Guys,
Glad things are not more serious for you - being sick is no fun of course... hope you are feeling better
Charla
It looks like you were being watched over God at the doctors. I am glad to read you all good.
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