Wow, thanks for sticking around
to see how
I'm doing now . After 3rd grade I continued on cytoxan for about a year
and a half. then I started to get a lot better so they took me off of
it.
Then I got what everyone thought
was the
flu a couple days before Christmas. I became so sick that when I was
walking
over to talk to my brother, I just passed out right in front of him! I
was rushed to the emergency room and I was put into intensive care for
4 days, and while all this was going on I was unconscious. Imagine how
scared my family was. I really don't remember any of that part. When I
finally woke up a few days later, I had a tube in my nose to help me
breath.
Well, I wanted it out, but my mom told me to wait until the nurse came
in, so when she came in a few minutes later, I took it out myself!
<>The doctor told me that the virus
I got had
almost killed me. So that's the scary story. As you can see, I'm much
better
now. I'll tell you more later, but I have to get ready for school now!
Bye!
Oh, no, it's been several years since Jess has written. Hope she'll
send me some more news, since this page reflects how she was doing in
2002!!!
Want to learn
about lupus?
Joan Fleitas,
Ed.D., R.N.
Associate Professor
of Nursing, Lehman College
CUNY 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, New York 10468
Last updated:
August 12, 2006
