Coffee and yogurt today. All the dogs have serious zoomies. I came in, having been injured in zoomie incidents in the past. I’m glad they feel good. My 75 hard exercise plan was terminated by a trip to the ER for an infected spider bite. What followed was a comedy of errors that included four liters of iv fluids I didn’t know i needed, a lot of doxycycline, an anxious nurse, then blood pressure readings almost off the scale, multiple meds administered to correct pressure and some guy named Dave (doctor? emt? janitor?) who meandered in and out making observations such as “Hmm. Why’d they give you This?” and “You don’t seem to like hospitals, huh?”
I told him after that alien abduction I never felt the same about them. Hours had elapsed. I rose to leave. Nurse told me that she and doctor would be in trouble allowing me to go. Hmm. Went home, Hubbs fed the sheep, I fed him some dinner and blew the froth off a couple hoping I wouldn’t crash from the low pressure meds. Felt fine all week, restarted 75 hard yesterday.
Addendum- research and a conversation with my paramedic brother indicates that iv fluids often raise blood pressure especially when added too quickly. Doxycycline also can raise blood pressure especially in large amounts.