The Only Child Diaries Podcast
The Only Child Diaries Podcast
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After 58 Days in a Hospital, Bill is HOME!
They tell you “He’s going home today,” and your whole body finally exhales. Then the plan changes. Then it changes again. I’m Tracy Wallace, and I’m sharing what it actually took to get Bill home after 58 days in the hospital, including the oxy...
The Brochure on Long Awaited Possible Discharge
A stent can sound straightforward until kidney function enters the chat. I’m sharing a real-time update from day 56 of my husband’s hospital journey, where a nuclear stress test and an abnormal EKG point to heart narrowings that may benefit fro...
The Brochure on Day 45 - Against Medical Advice
Day 45 hits like a trap door: just when Bill seems to be recovering from pneumonia, the swelling returns and an ultrasound reveals a blood clot. I walk you through what it’s like to be the spouse in the chair next to the bed, trying to catch do...
The Brochure on Day 40
Day 40 in the hospital is not a milestone you celebrate, it’s a line you cross and realize you’ve been living in a completely different world. I’m Tracy Wallace, and I’m sharing a candid update on my husband’s hospitalization, including his ret...
The Brochure on Pneumonia
I walked into the hospital already shaken, and within hours I was standing at an ICU desk hyperventilating because Bill had been sedated and intubated. That’s the kind of week we’re talking about here the moment when “he’s getting stronger in r...
