Update: the [livejournal.com profile] flower_cat's health

2004-06-20 08:28 pm
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
[personal profile] mdlbear
Apparently I nearly lost my Cat. She'd been feeling ill for a week or so: more tired than usual, sleeping badly, more joint pain than usual... Went in to Kaiser Friday to get looked at, and had some blood work done.

Yesterday around 5pm she got a very worried call telling her to go in right now and pick up a prescription for potassium supplements. Seems hers was 2.5 (don't know the units) -- normal is more like 35. When it gets that low it starts affecting the heart, among other things. Came back with a container of pills about the size of footballs -- maybe 2-3g. They seem to be working, though.

Monday she has another appointment to follow up and maybe figure out why her blood potassium level was so low.

Date: 2004-06-20 11:26 pm (UTC)
kshandra: A cross-stitch sampler in a gilt frame, plainly stating "FUCK CANCER" (Argh!)
From: [personal profile] kshandra
Yipe! Glad it got caught in time....

Date: 2004-06-20 11:39 pm (UTC)
patoadam: Photo of me playing guitar in the woods (Default)
From: [personal profile] patoadam
Best wishes to [livejournal.com profile] flower_cat for a speedy recovery! Glad they caught it in time!

Date: 2004-06-21 01:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com
Give her our best...

Date: 2004-06-21 03:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com
I echo [livejournal.com profile] kshandra and [livejournal.com profile] patoadam in saying, "Yike! Glad they caught it in time", and offer Good Thoughts for figuring out what the hell happened and keeping it from happening again.

Good Health

Date: 2004-06-23 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sroth.livejournal.com
I hope things are much better.
See you both tonight.

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