crisis pt1

It all started with two infections. Drugs weren’t working well enough to get rid of the bacteria.
She smelled. Dr google says it smells like ammonia but it was more vile than that. It was offensive and I kept candles burning all the time.
The more days this went on the more stressed I got. Nothing was going well then her temp started rising. I got upset because it was the night before she was scheduled to get her tubes changed. Do we wait for the hospital appt in 12 hours or do we go to ER? Decision was made based on the weather. She can’t go to any hospital she must go to a specific hospital that handles urology issues but it’s 45 minutes away and it was snowing. Chose to stay home and risk it.
Friday was nephrostomy change day. That got done but she still was uncomfortable and had a fever so she decided to go to ER. They confirmed her meds were the right ones to treat her 2 infections. Told her she’d get better soon.
Wrong! It got worse. Friday’s temperature got to 39C. Again, we left it since we were unsure what hospital could do. Saturday morning her temp broke but bag stopped draining. Her kidney was blocked and flooding. When urine backs up in a kidney it is very painful and Amy was having a hard time walking. Nurses were coming multiple times each day to relieve the pressure. Pain, nausea, feeling unwell and exhaustion caused us to make the decision to go the hospital.

Nine hours later we were back in the car. They took urine samples, blood and drained her kidney. They kept her until they were certain kidney was draining. Everything appeared to be working well. Still exhausted, felt unwell but happy things were flowing.

Today, bag is barely catching anything. It’s slowed down to a trickle. Nurse will have to come back but how does she cope after they close at 4o’clock?
As it stands right now her bag is dry. She feels crappy. I assume we will be going back to ER.

I am so tired from sitting in hospital for 9 hours. My body aches. I’m so sad for her. Amy was very emotional yesterday. Anger, sorrow at all the losses and how things might not ever get better. I have so much anger as well but I have to keep it together because this event is far from over.

TBC…