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Todsy was a day at the hospital. During dialysis, several blood samples were taken to start blood cultures to determine the cause of my elevated white blood cells and diminished red. I believe another blood sample was taken to retest the white and red cell levels.
After dialysis, I was pushed around in a wheelchair for a chest X-ray and one of those awful nose swabs. I didn’t need it, but asked for a barf bag. I always get close to that reaction.
A final wheelchair ride to my car ended my hospital business.
I’ve put off getting gasoline for several days because I’ve felt so weak. However, when your car warning system tells you you have a 35-mile gasoline reserve and get a fillup…NOW!..tired and weak nor not, you’d better just do it. I struggled and had to open the back door closest to the pump to get a rest while $3.79 Trump Iran war gasoline filled my tank to an amazing 10.4 US gallons of liquid gold. That’s the most I’ve ever had to put in my tank. Oh well, in California, they’re paying closer to $6.00 for the same stuff.
The hospital dietician stopped by dialysis yesterday, too. Her recommendation for the low red blood cells issue was I probably wasn’t eating enough meat or the taking the right protein. There are protein drinks, but she felt meat was a better approach for me.
I recently discovered wraps at Subway. The sandwiches tend to be too carbo-heavy for me.
The wraps are heavy with meat, however, and whatever else you want in them. I get them with lettuce, tomato, no cheese, and a teriyaki viaigrette. Initially, the meat element seemed too much, but the report I got lets me know this can be a good way to get that red blood cell up.
I’ve tried turkey and beef wraps so far.