Forward Progress

First off, thank you to everyone who has reached out to me in the last few days. I appreciate it more than you know!
I am doing better. I am feeling slightly better and my creatinine levels are improving. I am still not nearly where I need to be but forward progress is forward progress and for that I am thankful. I think it is best if I do this in a time line so that y'all can keep up with me.
I'll start off with some basic information you should know. Creatinine is a waste product in the blood that should be filtered out by the kidneys. The average creatinine level is 0.7 for a woman.
Wednesday at 12:00pm - I went to the family doctor. I had my blood drawn and my creatinine level was 2.56
Wednesday at 5:00pm - My mom and I went back to the doctor. I did an ultrasound of both of my kidneys but everything came out fine. My blood was drawn again and the creatinine level was 2.47. This confirmed that something was definitely wrong. At this point, I got fluids via IV at the after hours clinic next door to my doctor's office.
Thursday at 8:00am - I got my blood drawn for a third time in less than 24 hours. My creatinine level was 2.36.
Thursday at 2:30pm - My mom, my dad, and I went to a renal specialist. He has no idea what is causing this because all of my urine samples came back fine and so did my ultrasound but my creatinine level was still very high. He said at this point we will just wait it out and see if the levels continue to come down. I need to continue to drink fluids (currently I am drinking water and Sprite) and rest. On the way home from the renal specialist, I threw up (on the side of the road and not the car, thank goodness!). We texted the renal doctor (yes, we have my doctors' cell phone numbers) this information and he said that nausea is a symptom of renal failure. This was a little scary because it could mean that I was moving backwards. I continued to drink my fluids when I got home. As it turns out, all of the symptoms I was having this past week can be attributed to my acute kidney failure. My back pain (and its position) is a little bizarre but has lessened so could be somewhat related to my kidneys.
Friday at 8:00am - I had my blood drawn for the fourth time in 2 days. My creatinine level came back and it was 1.9. This is a large jump down, which is great! It is still high but we are making forward progress.
I will be going back to the renal specialist on Monday morning to have my blood drawn and my creatinine level tested again to see where I'm at. Thank you again for all the prayers and for checking in on me. Please keep the prayers coming!
Until next time,
A :)