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Kidneys and legs
10/7/10 10:40 amSounds like some frightening British dish, doesn't it?
Anyway, Patrick is still in the hopsital (I spelled it that way on porpoise), his white count went down to 12.2 last night but was 12.8 this morning, and they won't cut him loose until it's 10 or below, which is normal. He says his leg just twinges a bit when he first gets up on it, and then it feels pretty okay when he moves around on it. He was having to call the nurses for help to get up to go to the bathroom, but now he's able to get up and move around on his own.
So he's on the mend, which is a HUGE relief for me!
I didn't get to see him yesterday, I felt so horrible with this kidney infection. The sainted Dr. Eubanks called me in some Cipro yesterday evening, but Mike had some leftover which I started taking yesterday. I took a loading dose of 1000 mg, then have been taking 500 mg every 12 hrs and I feel a LOT better today. It's not as painful, but it's demanding a 7.5/800 hydrocodone every 4 hrs like clockwork. I need to get my prescription though, it might be a higher dosage -- I just didn't want to send Mike out again, he's been so patient about doing all this running around.
I guess it was the stress of Patrick going in the hospital and being so sick, combined with being dehydrated from the GERD testing last week then not drinking a lot Monday that caused the kidney infection to come on. I haven't had a UTI that I've been aware of, unless I carry a subclinical one around all the time. Maybe I need to be on Macrodantin for a long haul or something. This worries me -- I don't know what the genesis of my mother's end stage renal disease was, because she was so secretive about her health.
For all I know, it started with recurrent bladder and kidney infections she ignored. I know she ignored her diabetic symptoms until she ended up in the hospital; it's possible she did the same thing with bladder and kidney infections. She did complain about her back hurting a lot, but she just blamed it on an old injury and called it a "catch" in her back.
So I don't know. Are my kidneys getting ready to croak? Am I on the same path to dialysis as she went down? I hope not, because I'm pretty aggressive about treating UTI's and now kidney infections. But I sure do want to know what's going on with the bastards. And then of course![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jblaque posts a link about drug resistant bladder infections that raised the hair on the back of my neck. So my day has Officially Been Made.
I'm off to drink a lot of Kool-Aid (pink lemonade flavor), take some hydrocodone, and eat some yogurt and a banana. Then we'll go see Patrick.
And on a side note, I've sent 2 emails and left a voice mail for the gay ex regarding Patrick. No response from him. Typical. And to think he has the utter effrontery to describe himself as a "Proud Parent" on his myspace page... Asshole.
Anyway, Patrick is still in the hopsital (I spelled it that way on porpoise), his white count went down to 12.2 last night but was 12.8 this morning, and they won't cut him loose until it's 10 or below, which is normal. He says his leg just twinges a bit when he first gets up on it, and then it feels pretty okay when he moves around on it. He was having to call the nurses for help to get up to go to the bathroom, but now he's able to get up and move around on his own.
So he's on the mend, which is a HUGE relief for me!
I didn't get to see him yesterday, I felt so horrible with this kidney infection. The sainted Dr. Eubanks called me in some Cipro yesterday evening, but Mike had some leftover which I started taking yesterday. I took a loading dose of 1000 mg, then have been taking 500 mg every 12 hrs and I feel a LOT better today. It's not as painful, but it's demanding a 7.5/800 hydrocodone every 4 hrs like clockwork. I need to get my prescription though, it might be a higher dosage -- I just didn't want to send Mike out again, he's been so patient about doing all this running around.
I guess it was the stress of Patrick going in the hospital and being so sick, combined with being dehydrated from the GERD testing last week then not drinking a lot Monday that caused the kidney infection to come on. I haven't had a UTI that I've been aware of, unless I carry a subclinical one around all the time. Maybe I need to be on Macrodantin for a long haul or something. This worries me -- I don't know what the genesis of my mother's end stage renal disease was, because she was so secretive about her health.
For all I know, it started with recurrent bladder and kidney infections she ignored. I know she ignored her diabetic symptoms until she ended up in the hospital; it's possible she did the same thing with bladder and kidney infections. She did complain about her back hurting a lot, but she just blamed it on an old injury and called it a "catch" in her back.
So I don't know. Are my kidneys getting ready to croak? Am I on the same path to dialysis as she went down? I hope not, because I'm pretty aggressive about treating UTI's and now kidney infections. But I sure do want to know what's going on with the bastards. And then of course
jblaque posts a link about drug resistant bladder infections that raised the hair on the back of my neck. So my day has Officially Been Made.I'm off to drink a lot of Kool-Aid (pink lemonade flavor), take some hydrocodone, and eat some yogurt and a banana. Then we'll go see Patrick.
And on a side note, I've sent 2 emails and left a voice mail for the gay ex regarding Patrick. No response from him. Typical. And to think he has the utter effrontery to describe himself as a "Proud Parent" on his myspace page... Asshole.
