Alexandra, the water baby
It has not been the best week ever. About 10 days ago, I noticed that I had some extra fluid around my belly so I mostly said to myself "Huh. Look at that." and kind of increased one of my diuretics as I saw fit. Belly got bigger (at this point, Charlotte thought it fitting to call it Alexandra -- I looked 6 months pregnant -- a round, hard water baby belly) and I felt increasingly fatigued. I finally made an appointment to see Dr. Ralph, my PH specialist at UW, for Wednesday. He prescribed another (this makes three) diuretic for me to take for 4 days to see if we could get rid of the water baby -- we were looking for at least a 5lb drop off. I took that Metolazone for 4 days and am down at least 10 lbs. now and am happy to report that Alexandra is gone. I feel a little...funky...still, but no more pain of carrying around all that extra weight. My doctor also prescribed oxygen for me at night so now I'll sleep next to a big ol' concentrator and have...