Potassium level dropped

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mskitty137
mskitty137 Member Posts: 73
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We get to spend at least 5 hours at the hospital tomorrow. Hubby's potassium and magnesium have bottomed out. He is getting depressed now too. I guess 12 straight days of being hooked up to an IV will do that to a person.

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  • sherylcv13
    sherylcv13 Member Posts: 23
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    Yikes!  12 straight days on

    Yikes!  12 straight days on an IV.....  My hubby's potassium and magnesium dropped following his oral cancer surgery.  It was amazing what an IV of those supplements did for him.  Hope your hubby feels better. 

  • mskitty137
    mskitty137 Member Posts: 73
    edited April 2017 #3
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    It was a longggg day. Thank

    It was a longggg day. Thank God the ambulatory care nurses are so sweet. Hubby has been in a particularly foul mood lately,  understandably so. But, he found his happy place this evening and the mood has lifted. It's been hard to celebrate the end of treatments when he is still "cooking " and feeling like crud. Add on all the crazy blood levels and, well, it's a recipe for some serious unpleasantness. 

  • sherylcv13
    sherylcv13 Member Posts: 23
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    Glad it was a better time

    Glad it was a better time this evening.  Those are the times we, as loving caregivers, hold onto and we hope they get us at least part of the way through the next bout of unpleasantness.

  • MMDowns
    MMDowns Member Posts: 318
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    Long weekend for you! I'm

    Long weekend for you! I'm glad your hubby seems to be feeling better. It is as a caregiver to always be patient and loving when your loved one is being a butt. :). I just tell myself I would be the same way. It's hard though. I hope he's on the up and up from now on.  Thought about you guys this weekend. We are entering the last 4 days and possibly the last chemo tomorrow. We so want to celebrate but that's not gonna happen until my hubbys done cooking for awhile. Take care! Take deep breaths and enjoy the end of this journey

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