This is how gross one looks after 4 hours in the ER. I was disappointed John Stamos wasn’t there to take my blood pressure. 
A few days ago I started noticing that I was having trouble breathing. I would walk a few feet and would spend hours trying to catch my breath. I tried getting up slower & such but it kept happening & I started getting faint, & dizzy. I got worried & called my nurse about it since I hadn’t experienced any complications before (heck, I haven’t even thrown up!) & was told to drink lots of water & eat some red meat. After doing that for a full 24 hours and still not regaining any strength or breath she referred me to the ER.
I was a wussy. They let me in right away & as soon as I got to the back I started crying telling Tim I didn’t want to be there and that I wanted to go home. (Your hormones make you crazy!) They immediately checked the baby & he was fine. 140 heartbeats, totally normal. By hour 2 I just wanted to go home. The nurse had pissed me off by then (I told her I needed to eat something before she took my blood since I hadn’t eaten in 3 hours or I would get sick & she told me,”Oh no that’s just psychological.” I about slapped her.) & I was so uncomfortable with an IV in my arm & a pillow that felt like crumpled newspapers. The questions they asked me were super annoying too. “Are you in an abusive relationship? Are you prone to Anxiety attacks?” They even told me it was a possibility I had a blot clot in my lungs and that they could check by injecting me with radioactive dye & putting me through an MRI machine, translation MORE radiation. PASS! Hopefully I won’t have to go back, ever!
Anyhow, 4 1/2 hours, several blood tests, respitory tests & a dose of albuterol later they finally let me go. (The albuterol is crazy! It makes your heart race, I could see my pulse through my shirt! It’s actually a medicine for asthma, it opens your airways)
Doctor’s Orders:
A Gatorade Once a Day (I was low on a bunch of things like Potassium & Sodium. How can anyone be low on Sodium?)
A banana regulary
& a Follow up appointment to see if I need more albuterol.
Looks like I will survive.
8 Comments
October 31, 2008 at 12:56 pm
oh no! i hope you start feeling better! i hate e.r. visits!
but thank you so much for your comment! i realize that the church and some of its members aren’t supportive of gay marriage, however, they are supportive of not judging others, and loving one another. it made me so sad to hear that the church wrote a letter to california saying that the entire church is behind yes on prop 8…because there are so many members like you who are not for it and who believe otherwise. i just think the letter should have been more specific rather than referring to the church as a whole you know?
anyway. i could really go on and on but i won’t! i’m just happy i know people who believe that love is for everyone! because it doesn’t affect you or me! and i don’t think it ever will. i guess some people just can’t see it that way. love is such an amazing feeling and who are we to take that love away from two people?…as i see it, that is definitely not up to us!
October 31, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I’m so sorry. I hate the ER. The sad thing is you usually are treated better if you’re pregnant- and it’s still like crap. I ALWAYS had a hard time breathing even before I knew I was pregnant. Hopefully yours gets better. Good luck!
October 31, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Oh, I am so sorry to hear that you weren’t feeling well
ER experiences suck. Why does it seem like there are no nice, sympathetic nurses or doctors out there? Glad you and the baby are doing better.
P.S.-I couldn’t help but see the comment about how you feel regarding Prop 8. I am glad you are against it, as am I. It is sad that it is generalized that all Mormons, and basically all other religions as well, all support prop 8. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and should not be told how to feel!
October 31, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Uh! Hate ER visits as well. I think one way or another, there’s got to be some drama throughout the pregnancy. I know I have. =) I’m glad to hear that you and the baby are okay and doing better.
October 31, 2008 at 6:44 pm
My goodness! I’m so glad you’re all right. I hope you get feeling better really soon!
November 1, 2008 at 9:50 pm
If the banana isn’t enough, you can ask your dr. about taking Miralax, you want to make sure you stay regular or else you’ll have other issues. Good luck, call me anytime
I took throughout both pregnancies and my kids are just fine!
November 10, 2008 at 2:55 pm
mylyn! i hope you knoe i read your blog but if you didn’t…now you do. You are the cutest prego girl and I’m sorry you got sick! that is kind of a crazy story! hope you start feeling better and congratulations!
November 10, 2008 at 2:57 pm
mylyn..if you didn’t know that i read your blog, you do know. Just wanted to tell you that you are a very cute prego girl and I’m super excited for you. Hope you start feeling better.