Murphy’s Law of Cystic Fibrosis v2.0
Remember that statement about coughing up blood only late at night, on weekends, or when you’re about to go out of town? Well, it’s 1:30 a.m. and I’m at the ER coughing up blood.
It woke me up. I was coughing a lot and in my half-asleep/half-awake state, I remember thinking “Wow! This sputum is very watery. And salty.” Then after I woke up enough I decided to spit into the sink, lo and behold, a mouthful of blood.
Seems like its clotting a bit but it also is more blood than I’ve ever coughed up at once. Feels like its coming from the same spot (upper left lobe). Hoping it stops bleeding and they send me home. Matt and I are both very tired.
I’m fearing an eventual embolization for this spot in my lungs, but hoping it can wait til it happens the next time. I really don’t want to spend a week in the hospital.
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