Yes, my good friends, it has been a long time. I have literally been through hell and back this last month or so. Friends and family know the whole story, but in a quick synapsis, this is what happened:
I had some back pain around Christmas Eve, and went into the ER 3 different times that weekend. The third time, I was thrown into ICU because all of my organs were starting to shut down from sepsis, which was from salmonella poisoning. The docs found salmonella in all of my organs, my spinal fluid, urine (gross!), you name it. I was in the ICU for about 10 days. I had to have back surgery to remove a disc that was harboring the salmonella and was literally mush. The Doc replaced it with part of my hip bone and that is really painful right now. I was in a drug induced coma for the most part. It took me a while for all 4 cylinders to start clicking after all of that. Eeek!
I was then in the hospital for another 5 days and then in house rehab for another 6. I am lucky to be home, but I am learning how to walk again, I am in a body brace as well as a foot brace from drop foot, which was a result of the back surgery, so the whole "running" thing is on the back burner and I am focusing on getting stronger and more endurance. Neither of which are coming easily.
So I promise to keep everyone up to date with my rehab and I will try to keep it as humorous as possible! This was just a quick update for you all!
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