Up's and down over the past few days

We've had a few up's and down's over the last few days.

On Tuesday I went to the hospital for an IV iron, basically an infusion of iron to help boost the iron in my system. It is a 2 day process and hopefully this will be the only time I have to have it done. When I went in on Tuesday my blood pressure was high, 140's/95. The nurses weren't too concerned about it, we went forward with the 1st dose of IV iron.
Wednesday it was even higher 155/105 consistently. The head lady was concerned as were we. She called the doc on call and Chris called my doctor directly. After a scary few minutes it was decided I would go straight to see him after the 2nd dose of IV iron was complete.
Chris some how made it to WS from Mooresville in less than 50 min....Once he was by my side my BP started coming down a little and I took a nap:-) while the IV finished (@ a 2 hour process).

We met with the doc, he was not as concerned about the BP as much as he was about me still being sick (@ a month now). He feels, as do we, that the BP is probably a result of my body trying to fight off the bronchitis. I was sent for another chest x-ray and had more blood work drawn. I was also told to rest, drink plenty of fluids and written out of work. I was given a steroid and inhaler.

We were feeling a little better at this point, but still concerned about the BP. BP has a direct effect on the kidneys. If it stays high it can cause more kidney damage, which in turn can cause high BP. Very weird to me.

So doc called yesterday (Thursday);
Good news: chest x-ray was cleaner than a few weeks ago, means I am getting better. Just taking some time.
Not so Good news: kidney function worse than a few weeks ago. My Creatinine levels have been in the 2's consecutively until August when it went to 3's, now it is showing 4.1. HOWEVER, being sick can cause these numbers to be skewed. (by the way, a normal person is less than 1) So again, Doc is not too concerned right now. Reinforced lots of fluids and getting rest while out of work.

So I've been resting and doing a little work from home and trying not to get my BP up. Hoping to take this time and get the test results back to where we want them.


The other good news is I think the latest medicine or the IV iron is helping to make me feel better. I have more energy now and I'm coughing less. I just have to remind my self to take it easy. I have so many things I need to do and catch up from the past month, but I guess they've waited a month so what'a another couple of weeks.