Oh man. So my last update was about my hospital trip on St. Patrick's Day. So much has happened in between then and now. I spent almost every single day last week at the hospital for some sort of testing. Tuesday I had an appointment with the neurologist. They did some basic testing to figure out what we needed to do. She put an order in for an EEG, a whole bunch of labs, and a 3 hour glucose test. She said there was no point to the 1 hour, because she knew I'd fail it. I've been taking my blood sugar multiple times a day since the 17th. At least for the moment, I can link my low blood sugar drops to if I haven't eaten anything in a few hours. Usually after I eat, it goes back up. So it looks like I will need to start travelling with juice and snacks on hand at all times, just in case I experience a drop.
Wednesday I had a prenatal appointment. Heard baby's heartbeat for the first time, coming in steady at 160. She found it right away. Such a relief. With everything going on, I was beginning to get super worried that something may be wrong with baby. After that appointment, I went to get a majority of my labs done.
Thursday morning, Conner woke up throwing up. He couldn't even keep pedialyte down, so we decided to take him to the emergency room. Worked out, since I needed to have some more testing done around the same time we were taking him in. Chris went with him to the ER while I got my glucose test done. Let me just say, my right arm is a trooper! They can never get blood from my left, so every time they have needed blood it comes from the same vein in my right arm. As I was wrapping up my last blood draw, Conner was being discharged from the ER. Turns out he had food poisoning. They gave him zofran and after he kept some pedialyte down for them, sent him home. A few hours after getting home, Chris began throwing up. We figured out what happened. The day before, we got Cracker Barrel for lunch. Conner got a kids burger and only ate a little of it. We wrapped it up and took it home. When Chris got off duty, he ate the rest of the burger before we took Conner to the hospital. It hit Chris after Conner because he ate it after Conner did. Cracker Barrel was wonderful with how they handled it. Corporate even called me back the next day to make sure everything was alright with them.
Friday was my first day away from the hospital. Chris and I got to have a date night and saw The Hunger Games. It was pretty good, but of course I still prefer the book.
Saturday was Chris's birthday. We had planned to have a family day, but ended up doing some other stuff instead. We went to the store for a few things and then Chris wanted to go see baby Alyssa since he was feeling better. Came home and made dinner. I had a really bad headache all day, but that night it got to the point of it feeling like a migraine. I called to see what I could take, which is rare. I hate taking medicine. About 5 minutes after I took the tylenol, I felt like I needed to throw up. And I did. Very violently. To the point where I peed all over myself. I'm so glad I was home and not out, because that was totally embarrassing. This continued every hour until about 4:30am, when I just gave up on sleeping.
Sunday, I spent pretty much the entire day laying on the couch because I felt so nauseous. Chris ran out to get me some crackers and Sprite. I'm so lucky to have an awesome husband. Of course, due to the constant throwing up and lack of eating from it, my blood sugar was super low all day.
Today I am feeling MUCH better. Don't feel sick at all. I've been able to get up and clean, play with Conner and eat breakfast and lunch. I had to call to reschedule my EEG because the lady who does them was out sick the day of my appointment. I have that tomorrow. Another OB appointment on April 4 to get the results of all of this testing. A cardiologist appointment on April 16. Probably 1 or 2 more OB appointments and another follow up with the cardiologist and then we'll be leaving Fort Bliss.
I have to say though, throughout this past week and some days, I am so thankful for everyone who has stepped in to help. It's not easy being on no driving orders. I have to find someone to take me to appointments, watch Conner, pick me back up. Chris can't get off work unless it's absolutely necessary. Plus, all of the friends and family constantly texting, calling, messaging me just to check up. It makes it better to know I have support during this rough time. I will never be able to convey my thanks in the way I want to. Until next time.
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