A day in the life of...

...a hospital junkie.

Just jokes. Spending time in the hospital is definitely not on my bucket list.

But I thought I'd give you an idea of what my schedule is like when I am here. These are the scheduled times of my meds and aren't necessarily the actual time that I receive them (for sanity's sake, I try to stagger my doses so that I get a little free time).

0800 - 1000:
25 mg Phenergan IV
50 mg Benadryl IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV

1100 - 1200:
Free time!

1200 - 1400:
50 mg Benadryl IV
1 gram Vancomycin IV

1400 - 1700:
25 mg Phenergan IV
2 grams Tazicef (Ceftazidime) IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV

1700 - 2000:
Free time!

2000 - 2400:
25 mg Phenergan IV
50 mg Benadryl IV
1 gram Vancomycin IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV
2 grams Tazicef (Ceftazidime) IV

0200 - 0800:
25 mg Phenergan IV
50 mg Benadryl IV
1 gram Vancomycin IV
4.5 grams Zosyn IV
2 grams Tazicef (Ceftazidime) IV

As you might have noticed (if you were really paying attention), I am only unhooked from my IV for about four or five hours everyday.

This schedule doesn't include the handfuls of pills that are delivered throughout the day: Nexium, Reglan, Lactobacillus, Guafenisin, and AquaDEK (vitamins).

Oops, don't let me forget to include the inhaled (nebulized) medications that are also part of the routine:
Ventolin
Pulmozyme
Colistin
7% Hypertonic Saline
Pulmicort
Spiriva

And that, my friends, is a day in the life of hospital junkie. And you wonder why I never get any sleep?