September 8, 2007
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Days Come, and Days Go
Along with that, I just don't know where the days went! And the migraine has been hurting worse everyday.
Monday came and went and I got some firewood for the wood-burning stove. I wouldn't have if it hadn't been for the help of my son, my brother, and my Dad. Three generations working on that!
Tuesday came and went and I don't remember what I got done, except that I couldn't go to my Tai Chi Chuan class because I was still hurting and the Meniere's was messing with me. I went to Sanuces Ryu class, but no one showed and me and the Sensei just sat around and talked.
Wednesday came and went, or so they told me.
Thursday came and went and Matt andI went to our Karate class for no one else to show up. We worked out a little, refreshing up on stuff, and then went back home. I don't know where all the students were this week.
Friday came and went and the migraine finally won. I woke up very sick and my back was hurting. I took my meds and went back to bed. Then my son woke me to take him to work at noon and my migraine was really winning the battle. My back was also hurting. When my Hunni got home, my migraine was a #10. I also had a stomach ache and the back ache was hurting down to my groin, right side if you know what I mean. So I give in to going to the hospital.
When the triage nurse saw me and took my blood pressure, she got up and got a doc. They took me back to one of the little rooms immediately. I found out later it was because my BP was 185/145 and my O2 was 90%. Not good. They started the IV and about a half an hour later, they gave me a shot of Dialaudid. I told them before the shot that it wouldn't help with my migraine. About an hour later when my back pain had eased and my BP was only 180/130, they listened to me and gave me a shot of Stadol. Then my BP started dropping and then it was chose to stay overnight or go home. What a choice! I want to go home. Give me drugs and send me home. So, another hour, another shot, and someone was there to get me. I didn't know who it was, but it was my brother that took me home.
But while I was there...
I found out while I was there that my wife had to leave. She came back to tell me that our son just had a seizure. Yeah, the one that just had brain surgery a month ago to rid the seizures. It was a severe one to. Besides all the seizing, he bit his tongue, and had a nose bleed. The news of that made me stressed, which didn't help me or him.
Now, it's really disappointing that after this major brain surgery that he has had a seizure. I just don't know. This seems to be one of the major disappointments recently in my life....and I'm sure it is in my son's life, too.
Meanwhile in the fog...
And it seems like I get lost in the Fog. My comfort seems to be my Hunni that is always there for me. Though I don't know what happens sometimes, or where days go, she's there nonetheless. But the Fog is always hard.
The FogWalker goes back to the other room...the lights grow bright and the pain intensifies...and sweet oblivion please come...
Comments (2)
I'm sorry about your son. Hearing that he had a pretty bad seizure must have dashed all of your hopes that he would be "cured" of them.
I'm surprised they gave you a choice about going home. When my husband went to the hospital after a ministroke and his bp was really high (210/170 or something ridiculous like that) they wouldn't let him go home until it was 150/100 or better. He hated that he either had to stay there to have insurance cover him, or pay for it all himself if he left before he was released by the doctor. You didn't say, but did the opiate help with your migraine while you were there? If they don't do anything, what will?
Stadol is about the only thing that will help with the migraine. After the second shot of Stadol, my BP was less was around 140/85 (somewhere in there).
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