What a week we've had. Last Sunday Ken wasn't feeling well. He left church after sacrament meeting. His lower back was hurting him a lot and he had blood in his urine. I wondered if it was his prostate. He went to work Monday morning and asked me to get him an appointment with his urologist Dr. Heaton. The doctor was able to see him at 1:40 so Ken left a little early from work. I met him at the doctors office. I had an eye appointment so I couldn't stay and go into the appointment with him. After visiting with the doctor it was a guess that Ken had a kidney stone. He was given a prescription for pain meds and was told that he would need a CT scan. The scan was set up for Friday morning. That was quite a ways off. He told work about it and was home for the duration. Each day was more painful than the last and the urine was getting darker each day. The CT scan was moved up to Thursday morning. We took the CD of the scan to the doctor later that morning. There was no sign of any kidney stones. Ken was given a test to look in his prostate and bladder and everything looks okay. Dr. Heaton was very baffled. He ordered labs to check his INR. That has to do with the blood thinning medication that he's on. The numbers should be from 2-3. His number was 14.8. He was ordered to go to the ER stat. He was given oral vitamin K to help thicken his blood. That was so scary! He could have bled out. He was told to stop taking the blood thinner and talk with his doctor who was managing the medication.
Ken was very down. He thought it was kidney stones and that it would come to an end soon. Now we didn't know what was going on. His urine was back to normal after a few hours which was very good. He was very achy all over and extremely tired. He rested and slept all weekend. He checked his medication and figured out that his newest prescription of blood thinner was a 10 mg pill instead of a 5 mg pill. It's a juggling acted for sure when it comes to keeping this medication's number where it should be. Some days he was to take 10 mg and some days 5 mg. He was used to the 5 mg pill. Well, he realized he had been taking too much. He felt terrible to say the least!
Here it is Monday morning and Ken left early for work. I'm very concerned about him. He said he would stop by Dr. Udalls office and get a new INR test and talk with the doctors assistant and tell her what he discovered. His back still really hurts. I'm worried that he is having lower back problems again. Or maybe he has some residual problems from his blood being too thin. I don't know what to think. I'm just very concerned. It's made me realized just how blessed we have been that he has been able to work all throughout my illness. What would we do if he couldn't work? That's a very scary thought!
