I got home around noon today from the hospital which is record time for a release. It helped that I didn’t have to wait for my IV antibiotics to be delivered to me at the hospital. They delivered them to the house which is nice. Let me recap the stay for ya… Continue reading
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Clinical Dx: Crapola
I emailed my nurse yesterday to let her know I was not feeling any better since my 2 weeks of IVs ends tomorrow. I asked what my sensitivities were showing on my sputum culture. I am now resistant to the Amikacin, meaning that in the lab the Amikacin isn’t killing the pseudomonas that is in my lungs. This means I need a med change. With my long list of drug allergies and the limited list of drugs that are showing sensitivity, it is hard to pick a med. Continue reading
Normal creatinine
I had labs drawn yesterday to check my creatinine levels again. After 2 sticks and barely enough blood I went home to wait for results. My creatinine was 1.03 yesterday!!! Remember, normal range is .5 – 1.1 so I am barely in there but I’m in there. The 1.03 is a long way from the 5.99 I was in the ER a week ago. My numbers are now in the normal range but I am feeling far from “normal” again. Continue reading
