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Thank you so much for everything you explained and I want to hear your opinion with what the doctor in the ER told me. Also, how do you know for sure that no lasting damage was done?
I have had a liter of saline a total of four other times in my life in which it all went fine. The first was when I actually had mono and was severely dehydrated so the liter must have been needed. The second and third were when I was recently in the hospital but one was over six hours and one over ten hours (so I am guessing at the slower speed, my body processed it okay?) The fourth was my first infusion at this center and it was identical to today (minus the magnesium) and done over a three hour period and I felt great for 48 hours like I had found the miracle cure. Do you know why that first one was so great, the second one was bad (but not dangerous) and the one today I guess could have killed me? Why is each one so different?
In the ER, the doctor (who was very kind and attentive) said that magnesium is usually given in an IV at one gram per hour but I got four grams in three hours which he thought was too fast for me. He said that Magnesium can cause flushing and tachycardia if too high and did a blood test on me and my level was too high. The upper limit was 2.5 and mine was 2.96 (so not crazy high but above the range.) He did not feel there was any allergic reaction and my other electrolytes (sodium, potassium, etc) were all in the low normal range. The only one that was very low and outside of the range was calcium. Does that mean anything? All my vitals were normal in the ER and he tested cardiac enzymes, etc, which were normal. At one point my BP was 110/65 so it had raised quite a bit. I asked him about the 82 on the pulse oximeter and he felt that it was probably wrong and an inaccurate reading since within 5-10 min max, it was at 100 and stayed there. Do you think this is possible?
Do mean my height and weight or my blood volume? I weigh around 110 which seems like an average weight to get one liter of saline (or is that incorrect?)
I did not have low potassium in the ER which was tested within an hour of the episode. Does this change your theory or could the potassium level have increased by then?
Can water poisoning do permanent damage? And I will not be taking the desmopressin so don't worry!
My sodium level was also not low in the ER (meaning it was inside the range) so I have the same question- does this change your theory or do you think the sodium had increased by that point?
That sounds really scary to me, like it could do a lot of damage?
Thank you although I really didn't want to go!
Do you think they missed it based on my tests and that I only had one liter of saline (which they probably assumed was okay?) If they had caught it, what should they have done differently or what can I do differently now?
That is good to know and gives me hope.
I am definitely going to continue with Midodrine, I am just done with saline and IV's for now (and maybe forever.)
Do you mean just getting enough fluids by drinking them orally? My Vitalyte just arrived which is supposed to be the exact concentration of what is needed in the blood and I am going to try it tomorrow plus all the other things I drink like coconut water, Pedialyte, etc. Do you think this is enough?
Thank you and you are so kind to spend so much time explaining all this to me. I really appreciate all you have done to help me. Do you think I should still try the Mag nebulizer once I recover from this incident (or wait since my Mag was too high on the blood test?)