Fluid Retention

We start fixing one thing then another thing breaks....... FRUSTRATING!!!!!

Right now my body is retaining fluids which means I have elephant feet, legs, thighs and chubby cheeks again. To give an idea of how much fluid my weight this morning was 72.3 (down from 74.1) so we think it would be close to 9kg worth of fluid. 

So now we are on a mission to get rid of the fluids which is not fun. This involves tablets which make you urinate. That is alright but the stupid thing was the doctors kept pumping saline through the drip, so on one hand I'm losing liquid then on the other they are pumping it in. I'm happy to say that this has been fixed today and I'm no longer having saline dripped through. 

The side effect of the drugs is I lose a lot of potassium and magnesium. This is a problem because now my potassium levels are very low so I am on other drugs to keep it high (potassium keeps the heart pumping so apparently it's pretty important). 

Finally today in an attempt to still let me leave tomorrow we are trying a new treatment. I am going to be given fluids which hopefully put the liquid back in my veins. I then get more drugs which will make me pass these liquids. I'm not looking forward to tonight when that kicks in but hopefully tomorrow the fluids have dropped down. 

So fingers crossed I can go home tomorrow but honestly it is looking more likely to be Wednesday or Thursday.