Just a Health Score

Health Score/January 7, 2009

1. Test Results –My BUN (what shape your kidneys are in) dropped another 20 points to 41. (Normal range is 10-25).
2. I had five days of spiking fevers. We headed to the ER last Friday and they ran lots of tests. The good news is my heart & lungs are in really good shape (does anyone see the irony there?). They put me on some antibiotics and sent me home. The fevers finally stopped on Tuesday.
3. The water retention is much better now that my kidneys are starting to function. I still have cankles, but they are much more manageable.
4. The blood clot grew, doesn’t that sounds gross? Anyway, we are going to do an out-patient procedure and install a filter (he described it as a contraption that looks a bit like a fancy drink umbrella – it figures) into a vein below my lungs/heart – to capture any “thrown” clots. That way I don’t suddenly suffer a heart attack or stroke – which I think is a good thing. I was stressing on this one a bit – as is my family.
5. Then we are going to do a kidney biopsy. Once they have some tissue they can determine exactly what is going on in there and what medications are best to arrest the disease.
6. I’m a bit more optimistic about my medical insurance, as soon as I hear from them, I’m sure my insurance blog will occur.
7. I’m having a great time coordinating with the EDD for Disability. I think I’ve been on hold now for a collective time of 3.5 hours and still haven’t gotten through to a live human. Hahaha.

Gotta keep laughing and rolling with it. Cheers everyone.