CF Happens

Day 6 (Saturday) – My early morning labs showed that my blood sugar had gone up more than it had been, up to 288. You don’t have to be diabetic for steroids to mess with your blood sugars. Higher doses of steroids just makes it that much more fun when it comes to the blood sugar dance. The nurse checked my blood sugar around 3pm and it was 168. A blood sugar around 150, give or take, especially with being on higher doses of steroids is pretty good. I’ll take it! Haha

Next order of business from day 6 was my potassium level on my morning labs was on the lower side at 3.3 by a smidge (normal range being between 3.5 and 5.3). This won me 4 giant potassium horse pills along with a magnesium infusion. The magnesium infusion is done to help the potassium absorb better.

I did 40mg of IV solumedrol steroid for my morning dose and my evening dose on Saturday. I tolerated the lowered dose well.

Today, Day 7 (Sunday) – My potassium was back up into normal range on my morning labs. It was 4.1, with the normal range between 3.5-5.3. This means no more potassium and magnesium combo for me. My blood sugar was high again but lower than yesterday. This morning it was 238. My blood sugar should continue to come down as the steroids are lowered.

We decided to only do a morning dose of 40mg IV solumedrol this morning and see how I tolerate the once a day dose. So far, so good. 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Like I said before, this is a trial and error kind of thing as far as when to go down on the dose of steroids. We just have to go down on the dose and see how I do. One day at a time. No rush.

Of course, everyone is asking if I’m feeling better. Yes, I’m definitely feeling better than I was when this whole thing started. Everyone is commenting on how much better I am looking as well. Win, win! Still no idea on when I’m going home. Of course, I’m hoping to go home mid week but I’m not holding my breath on anything. Not that I have any breath to hold anyway. Haha. I’ll update when I know more.

Until next time…