Kidney Failure and The Thirst

 

H20. Water.One of the factor that makes our planet liveable.

Fluidity, It's unique in it's own way.

"Aunty, are you aware that you shouldn't drink more than 500ml of water per day?" 

She looked at me with a grumpy face. 

"That much for 24 hours??" she asked morosely pointing at the small water bottle beside her bed. 

"15hours,if you sleep for 9 hours per day."

I realized that the fact doesn't make a difference. She was still a sullen person. 

"Before my kidney gone, everyone asked me to drink water properly. Now, everyone asking me not to drink. Such a cruel world,"she complained.

I just smiled and continue writing my review. 

The ward was chaotic that morning.Like a natural disaster's emergency health camp. 

Acute cubicle literally turned into ICU. Half of the patients were intubated. 

Subacute cubicle seems more like an acute cubicle. 

From Bed 37E's cardiac table,I can see the acute cubicle nurses were talking in hushed voices. 

In the midst of a tensed morning, what she just said was still echoing in my head. 

Water is your friend if you have a healthy heart and kidney. It became your enemy once it's dysfunctional. 

Irony of life. 

"Did anyone told you that when you're thirsty, you can put an ice cube inside your mouth, let it to melt and the thrist will subside ?" I asked the patient that was admitted for shortness of breathing for fluid overload. 

She gave a puzzled look.

"Noo."

An ice cube is roughly about 30ml but it overcome the thrist for a good period of time. 

Or we can get a water spray, fill up with drinking water, spray into our mouth whenever we're feeling thirsty;if we have to restrict our fluid intake. 

The tricks were simple but unfortunately, it never reach the people that need the most.