Which came first...

Day 3

Day 4- hey I made it to the couch! AND ate dinner. Big day! 

(See the minion?)

As days 5, 6 and 7 came and went and I was getting worse rather than better I started to suspect something else might be going on. By day 8 a message was sent to my Dr, and day 9, through desperation and circumstance I ended up in the ER with IV antibiotics and fluids.
I don't know when the kidney infection started, but it ended up with me sleeping 20 hrs in a row and still unable to wake up and move. I was beyond exhausted, it's almost indescribable how weak I felt. I told M something was wrong and 4 hrs later was snuggled up sleeping in a bed in the ER with an IV, BP cuff and Oxygen sensor.

I honestly couldn't have cared less where I was as long as I could lie down and close my eyes.
They started IV fluids, took urine and blood and let me sleep. Eventually the nurse came in with a bag of antibiotics- Cipro, one of the most hard core of all antibiotics.
I remarked "Wow, Cipro, he's bringing out the big guns."
"Yeah, and it's 300mgs so it must be a really bad infection"
Uhhhh.....
"The Dr will be in to talk to you in a few minutes."

One and a half hours later the Dr did indeed come in and give me the rundown of Kidney infection and bladder infection. I was given anti nausea medication and more antibiotics to take for 14 (!) days because my kidneys are involved and with immunosuppressants that's very risky.

IV antibiotics work more quickly than pills because they go directly into the blood, and between that and the fluids I do feel slightly better today. I still feel tired and want to rest, but I CAN get up if I want to. Yesterday that was not the case. Progress!
Hopefully, as the days go on I'll feel human again soon. And hopefully this means all if this wasnt a bad reaction to the remicade that I get to look forward to after each infusion.
Wooh I'm tired now, back to bed.... See day 3 photo because I look just like that right now😊)