Emergency Room Visit.

For the past few days Lori has really struggled. On Tuesday she got really nauseous. She even threw up. She had a piece of salmon for dinner. We figured it was that. Wednesday she was still feeling bad. Her weakness was getting worse along with her dizziness. It was getting to the point where every time she would stand up she got dizzy.

Today she was even worse. Lori checked her symptoms on the web and found out she was dehydrated. She had started taking her diuretic again last week. The fact that she was dehydrated seemed to make sense, even though Lori drinks plenty of water. With it being Friday and the weekend coming up we thought we had better call Dr Peditto. She said to go to the Emergency Room. We asked her to call ahead and tell them what she wanted done. So, we grabbed "the book" and a couple of face masks (for Lori to wear) and we were off to the ER.

There was no waiting at the hospital when we arrived. The triage nurse had Dr Peditto's orders and took blood right away. By the time she was done the nurse from the back was waiting to take Lori to her bed. We told her we thought she was dehydrated and needed a bag of fluids to get her going again.

To make a long story short (six hours worth of tests) Lori received her bag of "juice"' and we were on our way.

BUT ! ! !

2 things:

1- Lori's white blood cell count has dropped again. It is back to 2.3

2- One of the tests they did was a very different type of blood pressure test. The way they do it is first they test her while she is lying flat. Second they test her sitting up. Last they ask her to stand up and test her again. Each time they test her blood pressure and heart rate. The results were alarming. Whenever she stands up her heart rate races to around 150 and her blood pressure drops.

This was not good. It would explain ALOT of what has been going on for a while. As I have posted recently Lori would seem to be doing OK until she tried to do something. Once up and about she would get super weak almost right away. She would sit with her feet up and feel much better in a couple of minutes. Then, if she tried to get up, it would happen all over again. This might also explain why she gets so tired while taking a shower.

The nurse and the "junior doctor" both said Lori would have to be admitted. When we talked to the Doctor about being admitted. He said he would let her go home if we monitor her, keep hydrating her, and follow up with Dr Peditto next week. His biggest concern was that due to her lowered white blood cell count she would get sick while in the hospital.

We really need to follow up with this and find out what's going on. It's amazing that with all of the Doctors we have seen and all of the hospitals we have been to, nobody has performed this type of test. We're not sure where it will lead but I will let you know as soon as we find out.