It happened again: halfway through dialysis on Monday, I woke up with what I call a 'skreeetchhing headache' (read migraine) and the urge to power puke. And with no dialysis techs or nurses around, I grab the every handy-dandy trashcan next to my chair and start honking my brains out.
The tech that hooked my up two hours earlier runs over and gets the dialysis machine to take a BP reading and whadda-ya-know: my BP is something like 270/148, which is well into stroke region.
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Long story short: I get transported to Scripps Memorial (about a mile from my house) and get admitted. The ER personnel pumped me up intravenously with Hyrdralazine (a BP med), another med to combat the nausea, and finally a dosage of Dilaudid to keep my skull from cracking open from the headache. They then moved my up to the ICU for observation for a day and then moved me to the regular hospital wing to ensure that their treatment not only works, but stays working.
And here it is Thursday morning and I'm released. The parting words of the nephrologist is that these meds (both pumped into me and prescribed to me) are the 'gamut' of the BP arsenal of drugs and that the next step might involve removing my close to non-working kidneys as they might be the cause of the blood pressure 'spikes' I've been having lately. I'm not thrilled with this move, but if it keeps my pressure normal, then I guess it is what is next. (After having the craniotomy following my stroke, I'm not thrilled with surgery.)
So, I'm back at home and resting well.
BTW, for my friends that are upset that they weren't informed of this recent hospitalization, do not take it personally; if the wife picked up the phone to let everyone know about every little blip on the medical radar, you'd soon get tired of seeing my phone number pop up on your caller ID. Trust me, if there was something major happening with me, you'll all hear about it ASAP.
So for now, the wife and I will be watching some movies that we normally do now watch with the kid in the house (no, none of those types); the kid gets back from a YMCA summer camp tomorrow where she was learning to surf.
That's about it for now. If anything pops up worth noting, I'll be blogging about it.
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I'm glad you were admitted BEFORE the stroke, but truly wish you didn't have to endure this shit all the time. I worry.
I'm gonna go see if my ex is a match for you and then personally remove a kidney on your behalf.
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