Pyelonephritis

I don't believe that I have ever felt as sick as I did on the 16th. I woke up at 4am with the chills, body aches, the ague, and just generally feeling awful. I felt so bad I considered going to the ED, but thought better of that and waited to see the doctor on call at 9:15. I got even worse there, vomited while Dr. Anu was examining me. She was so sweet, she held my head while I was throwing up in her exam room sink. She admitted me to the hospital from the clinic. She thought maybe I was having an acute GB attack, as I was painful in the RUQ. I had a little right flank pain, but no CVA tenderness on percussion. I vomited again on the way to the hospital. At the hospital I got an IV and was given Levaquin and Flagyl. Blood work and urinalysis was done. My white count was 8, which is usually normal, but the week before I had been 4, so that was a significant rise for me. I had nitrites and some leukocytes in my urine. My GB sono was normal, as was my chest x-ray, so the diagnosis was pyelonephritis. I felt better the next morning by 7:00am. I couldn't wait to get out of the hospital. Wayne and Scooter missed me. Scooter wouldn't sleep in his kennel, but slept in the living room waiting for me. Thank goodness I have the next three days off. I hope I never get that again!