Scary day at dialysis today. I crashed.
Here is what happened as best I can remember and type. (Still having problems with left arm and hand.)
When the tech 'stuck' me with the needles for the procedure, she had difficulty getting the venous needle to pull blood. After some twisting of the needle and relocating it, she got some 'action.' But there seem to bee a recirculation problem. The blood was pale, then bright, then dark, then almost black. All signs of a problem.
About an hour later some iron was administered to me in the IV. About 10 minutes later, I started having major problems:
blood pressure dropped very low, left arm began turning red and swelling, left hand and fingers swelled up and started tingling. My temperature dropped to 93 degrees and my vision became blurred.
The nurses and techs tried a lot of things to get my BP up. I don't know what all they did. I know they put my chair back so I was almost head to the floor and feet to the ceiling. They gave me oxygen. They called the doctor and reported my condition to him about every 15 minutes. They pumped saline solution into me. They took me off the machine. They stayed with me taking vital signs on a regular schedule. They were wonderful.
We tried to call Joann....no answer....she was in a meeting.
I knew that Susan was on her way to Las Vegas. So I told them to call Chris.....no answer....I didn't know he was with Susan.
So they called Wes......he texted Joann that it was an emergency.
After I was stabilized, Joann brought me back to The Summit where the nurses are checking my vitals regularly. As long as they remain stable, I just need to rest. If they worsen, I'll go to the ER.
That all happened this morning. It's now 3:45 pm. My vitals were checked at 3:00 and deemed to be fine. But my arm and hand are still swollen and fingers are tingly. I'm ready for this to be over!!!!!!
