kidney infections suck

How I ended up with a kidney infection, I have no idea. I woke up this morning with that tingly feverish feeling, and I took my temperature to find that it was a warm 100.1 degrees. Then, I noticed pain in my lower back, especially on the left side. And when I bent over it was pretty darn near excruciating. I drove into the office to get my laptop so I could attempt to work from home, but when I got back home, I wanted to do nothing but sleep. I had made a doctor’s appointment for 1:30, but it was really hard getting out of bed and even making it there. They took a urine sample and prescribed me some antibiotics and anti-nausea medication. Apparently my urine sample didn’t show any bacteria but they are going to send it off to be cultured, because it’s possible that this infection started in my kidneys and hasn’t made it down that far yet.

Meanwhile, I’ve been feeling pretty crappy. After shivering through my wait at Walgreen’s and sweating through several more hours in bed at home, my fever rose to nearly 103 but is finally back down to 99.something degrees, thank goodness. I have doctor’s orders to stay home through Friday, which really sucks because I’m busy at work and today, for instance, I felt so bad I couldn’t even return voicemails I’d been left earlier in the day. I’m hoping that if my temperature stays down I’ll at least be able to do a little bit of work from home, but my priority is definitely on resting and getting better.

I never knew that kidney infections were so serious, but apparently they can poison your blood and kill you.

I swear…by the time I’m being strewn across some beautiful landscape that will become my final resting place, I will have had just about every possible illness you can get that won’t kill you. I get sick all the time. I’m a sickly girl. Sometimes I wonder if Guy understands that I am sickly and if he’ll eventually tire of all my illnesses. I think Jason eventually got used to it. He came by tonight and took Kona so I wouldn’t have to worry about tending to her while I’m pretty much bedridden. And I sometimes wonder if people at work think I’m making up all these illnesses because I use so much sick time. You can’t really make up stuff like meningitis and kidney infections, but I’m generally just ill a lot too. Sometimes it’s a bad cold, sometimes it’s some medication I’m on making me feel bad.

I just want to be well for a year straight…no major illnesses or problems. It would be nice to be able to go off the medication for my tumor too. Sometimes I just get sick of taking so many pills every day, but if I skip my Claritin-D I’m hating life, my tumor medication is absolutely necessary to keep it in check, and I’m on birth control for medical reasons (although I’m not quite in baby-making mode yet either).

Anyway, just wanted to whine a bit. I’ve gotten so used to the dull ache of my infected left kidney that I’m almost not sure what it will feel like to be better.

I just hope I’m well enough for my trip to Park City next week…I’m supposed to be going on a snowboarding/ski trip with Guy and his family. So please send healthy thoughts my way!