"It's not your fault" -- Words without much consolation, at the time...

And so, the surprises began to come.  First, the two hepatologists came into the ER.  They came in my room with a look of concern on their faces, and a chart in their hands.  The Doctor who was clearly in charge introduced themselves and began asking questions about my medications.  In my current condition, I was not a tremendous help in providing information about the medicines, so my wife was kind enough to take over.

The hepatologist was clearly upset over the chart as she reviewed it.  She would point with her pen, point again at another area, and then look over at her colleague, shaking her head.  "Why is he taking THIS medicine along with THIS one?"  She would ask.  Finally, my wife spoke up -- "The list is in your system -- it's what he is supposed to be taking".  She nodded and looked back up...  "I know", she said "It's not your fault.  He's doing what he is supposed to be doing.  We just need to make some major changes to these meds."

The first thing that went through my mind was one med in particular -- The Potassium.  As you may recall from an earlier post, the ER Doctor had prescribed it on a regular basis because she felt the level was low.  And now, the cause of all of the new symptoms and concern was... Potassium.  Even in my state, that all was coming together, and my favorite ER Doctor had made her mark once again -- and not in a good way, nor had she affected my treatment for the last time...