Dr.Li_Life-Threatening As a doctor, treating sick patients all my life, on the 13th of May 2011, I contracted Pneumonia: of the most serious variety; Acute Fulminant. In layman’s terms: a sudden radical attack of infection of the Lung. Following here is the whole story, writing on my iPhone…as it happened…: • 30 April 2011: I caught a cold Because I had been working too much…too long…as routine. After work, about 6:30 pm in the evening as was my custom, I went to swim. However no more energy to swim, I half slept on the water ( Thanks to God, I could do like this ) almost one hour, then I felt very cold so I got out from water and worked again till midnight. • 1 – 5 May 2011: Fever starts, but continued to work hard Soon I started to have a fever. However, in spite of the fever I still worked extremely hard every day with, until May 5th. Then, I started coughing on top of the fever. • 5 – 13 May 2011: Because of my fever and cough, I took some Chinese herbs as well as Thai herbs (liquid, small ball shape from common drug store or from friends ) in order to reduce the cough, I still worked as hard as before…every day. However, even though my cough started getting better, I still had extremely higher fever. I felt weaker and Weaker…More and More difficult to talk. With less energy to talk, my voice was lower and raspy. My hearing decreased sharply…It became difficult for me…My pulse was running faster…And sometimes my body started to shiver uncontrollably. • 9 May 2011: This was the first time I was forced to asked my patients to stop coming to my office. This was the message my son sent to some patients: “Hi, Doctor Li is very sick. Tomorrow she needs a day off she really need some rest, very very sorry.” Unfortunately, patients still kept coming… …Until the 13th of May 2011: the day I passed out. • 13 – 18 May 2011: Most Dangerous Period of Time In My Entire Life !!! I could was having difficulty breathing…I could not eat…Could not sleep…Could not talk ( no voice )…My hearing was decreasing…I could only drink different kinds of liquid…slowly. My urine and stools were uncontrollable…Plus that time was just my period ( menstruation )…Which made me even weaker (due to so much loss of my own blood ). • My body weight quickly reduced 10 Kg: from 75Kg down to 65 Kg within one week SUMMARY: On May 13th, I had almost finished my morning work session: about 13:30 pm. I was exhausted. I had no more energy to work. It was even difficult for me to keep standing. My Patients could see I was in so much pain, that it was first time in my life for me to allow a couple of serious patients to go home without treating them. That is also when I had to stop afternoon and evening sessions of my work. Because, my health was getting so much worse, my entire body seemed not to belong to me. Now, it was so difficult to take a deep breath…Both my feet were swollen..My tongue had no more pink color…With a heavy white coating…Plus blackish color on top of it all. That movement I was very shocked! I could not even take air into my lung…Only into the throat. My disease was the so-called ” Acute Fulminant Pneumonia “. Which meant a very sudden and strong lung infection !!!. ” Suddenly, my entire lung was filled with infection . All the body’s system-functions plummeted. My biggest worry: I could die with the smallest of mistakes. That entire night, I could not sleep…Only sat on the toilet. The one word I could pray to God was : “Thanks!” For all the good and bad things in my life. When the lung function fails ( cannot breath ), the body lacks oxygen (O2). At that point, the function of all the body’s organs could shut down quickly. In other word, all the body’s organic systems’ function could fail soon: such as the kidney, the liver, and then the heart function will not be able to work properly…Finally, total body-system failure. The lack of oxygen to the brain could cause it to stop working altogether: a coma. 14 – 15 May 2011 I had to stop work completely in order to start taking care myself seriously. That meant Acupoint Injection Therapy (AIT) treatments for myself 3 times a day. I also started taking our special Chinese-herb powder every 2 to 3 hours every day to make sure I survive. Because, I could barely breath…I could not eat…Could not sleep…Could not talk ( had no voice )…Could not hear clearly…Could only drink different liquids…and very slowly. My urine and stool was uncontrollable…Plus I was having my period ( menstruation )…So much bleeding made me even weaker. However, from May 16th 2011, I started to work again every day ( two hours in the morning, and two hours in the evening ). 19 May – 25 May 2011 The first day I could cough again, I knew my Lungs had started to work again: there was hope for my life. 26 – 29 May 2011 All my Body’s functions started working again. My voice came back, but only lasted a short time. Still it was difficult for me to hear. My Body was feeling much better. My Body’s Immune System fought the lung infection and won the battle: 30 – 31 May 2011 I was feeling very happy. My lung function was obviously recovering quickly. My voice was coming back steadily, and my hearing was improving daily. My lungs started clearing up significantly: My cough became much stronger, and I was coughing more often. My hearing continued to improve. 1 June 2011 My Lungs carried on with curing steadily: 1. I coughed much, much stronger, and much, much more often: every 5-10 minutes. The interim between my coughs was not even 30min. But when I coughed, I sounded so bad, it was actually scary. Whoever heard the sound of my cough was shocked badly. 2. This was the first night I could sleep a full 5 hours without getting up to cough or urinate. 2 June 2011: Cough continued reducing 7:30 pm, when I woke up from a nap, it was the first time I could take a deep breath without difficulty, or without coughing. Later, I could even practice my yoga-breathing exercises. 3 June 2011 I drank much, much more water, and coughed much less. But my appetite still had not returned. I could still not eat much. 4 June 2011 This was the first day I wanted to go out and eat anything: at the MK Restaurant. I was so Happy!!! I could start eating again: But only slowly. Since then, I continued to get better every day. 15 June 2011 I could Swim again ! Thank You God!! This is my Thanks-Giving to God. During the most difficult time of my illness, I always heard “Do not worry, I Am God !! Everything is in my control, and in my time”! So I was not scared. Thanks to my husband and my son, who gave me all the treatment, support, care and love ! Thanks to all my patients, who gave me care, help and support ! I am so grateful! I feel like I have been born again!!! …… Send from my iPhone
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:48:58 +0000
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