Over the bout with hives and going great again, until, yes there seems to always be a catch. Had a busy weekend and did not feel 100% but thought it was just that I had been on the go. Sunday night and early Monday morning I knew it was something else. I began to feel dreadful and was unable to sleep, had extreme cramps and burning on eliminating. Knowing if I went to the emergency room at my local hospital, I would be sent onto a hospital in Fort Worth. Our local hospital is not equipped to handle dialysis patients because they have no dialysis machine or anyone who can do the procedure. I was to be a dialysis at 5:45 AM so decided to wait until I could get there and have them handle it. Dr. Shorie was to be there about the time I was to come off the machine so we waited to see what he said. I needed the dialysis anyway and it was best to keep on schedule. I pretty well knew what it was and he validated my thoughts. I had an infection and he prescribed an antibiotic (Levaquin 250 mg).

It is pretty powerful because it started to work within hours. Monday afternoon I was unable to stand or walk without becoming very dizzy, lightheaded and sick at my stomach. By Tuesday morning, I was feeling much better….human again. He told me to be careful and get a lot of rest for this week. Now this is hard to do at this time of year and there are many places I would rather be than resting. But I am because I want to be stronger for the holidays.