Wife has been dealing with what she believed was a kidney stone over the last week. Couple that with her falling in the tub Saturday afternoon while I wasn’t home. Didn’t know she hit her head until Sunday afternoon. Late afternoon, her speech changed and she developed balance issues. Thinking she had a concussion, I called 911, who sent an ambulance to check her out and transport her to the hospital.
Did a knowledge dump of most of what is shared above, with a few more details. They ran urine test and found she has a UTI, also did CAT scan which came back clear, and ordered an MRI and ultrasound of neck arteries to make sure they weren’t missing anything.
Because I mentioned a fall in the bathtub where she hit her head, they were trying to determine if she had a concussion or possibly a stroke. Everything, CAT scan, MRI and neck arteries checked out clear.
By Monday afternoon she was doing better, but after 2nd round of antibiotic didn’t produce expected effect, they did more blood work and found she has E-Coli which was resistant to the original antibiotic.
So, another night in the hospital.
Seems like she’ll be discharged tomorrow, because today being Christmas, they don’t think they’ll be able to get the PICC line installed today, because she’ll need to be on the antibiotic for another 10-14 days.
So, spending Christmas time in the hospital definitely wasn’t the original plans, but I’m so very thankful those working during this time have done their best to get her better before discharging her.
Guys, moral of the story, if your wife or significant other complains about kidney pains, don’t wait. Ensure she gets tested sooner rather than later.
It helps insure bigger problems don’t arise or create worse problems that could have been preventable, like a multi day hospital stay.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!
Did a knowledge dump of most of what is shared above, with a few more details. They ran urine test and found she has a UTI, also did CAT scan which came back clear, and ordered an MRI and ultrasound of neck arteries to make sure they weren’t missing anything.
Because I mentioned a fall in the bathtub where she hit her head, they were trying to determine if she had a concussion or possibly a stroke. Everything, CAT scan, MRI and neck arteries checked out clear.
By Monday afternoon she was doing better, but after 2nd round of antibiotic didn’t produce expected effect, they did more blood work and found she has E-Coli which was resistant to the original antibiotic.
So, another night in the hospital.
Seems like she’ll be discharged tomorrow, because today being Christmas, they don’t think they’ll be able to get the PICC line installed today, because she’ll need to be on the antibiotic for another 10-14 days.
So, spending Christmas time in the hospital definitely wasn’t the original plans, but I’m so very thankful those working during this time have done their best to get her better before discharging her.
Guys, moral of the story, if your wife or significant other complains about kidney pains, don’t wait. Ensure she gets tested sooner rather than later.
It helps insure bigger problems don’t arise or create worse problems that could have been preventable, like a multi day hospital stay.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!
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