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Originally Posted by vreihen16
Because of the heart failure, they are keeping me on the knife edge of dehydration with diuretics. My doctor recently upped my weekly dose of Mounjaro to fight the diabetes caused by the diuretics, which for three weeks in a row caused, well, let's skip the graphic description and say that I quickly became dehydrated. I had a regular doctor's appointment scheduled for 9 am yesterday, and my doctor took one look at me and sent me straight to the ER with an express admission form to get an IV.
My kidney function is back to normal for me as of this morning's lab work, but the potassium is still too low to let me leave today. The poor nurse this shift has been slammed with no PCA and psycho woman with a service animal who needs constant attention a few doors down.
On the bright side, I negotiated myself off of NPO to chicken broth to solid food in less than 24 hours, which is a hospital record for me.....
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Glad to hear you’re doing better. Hope it continues and you are home soon.
Best of luck. 🍀