My Trip to the ER

Well,

Yesterday started at about 1:00am I woke up and I was extremely dizzy and I stood up to go and do something, but I can't remember what it was. So, I lay back down. I remember my abdomen hurting, and being very dizzy. Eventually I fell back asleep. Waking up before my alarm went off a few hours later, I remember feeling like something wasn't quite right, and I remained dizzy with my guts hurting.
But I got ready to go to my first day of work, and just before I was about to leave, I received a call from my employer. I had left a message with them on Saturday concerning the fact that I was just diagnosed with mononucleosis. They told me to rest, and not come in. I'll be starting next week.
So I went back to my room and got dizzier and dizzier and eventually I didn't feel like I should safely stand up. So I realized that I needed to be checked out ASAP. I called around to see if anybody would be willing to give me a ride to the ER, one of my friends said, "Call 911", so I did. I am very glad that they came. They checked me out then asked me what I wanted to do. I said that I wanted to go to the Emergency Room, and they asked how I would get there. Then they offered me a ride, free of charge.
My first ambulance ride was interesting, being super dizzy it felt like we were moving in all sorts of directions, that we weren't actually moving in. There were several police cars outside of the entryway to the ER when we arrived, and as it turned out the hospital was the safest place to be at that time. There were some interesting patients in the ER, the one that didn't want to leave screamed a lot, and I got to hear it all. I wonder what would happen if the police were trained in how to properly work with mentally disabled patients... Or are they?
The doctor was in the room for about 5 minutes, asked me a bunch of questions, and felt my abdomen for anything out of the ordinary. Then she disappeared.  The nurse came in later with a drug that she was going to give me in the IV that they had inserted in my arm.  I asked her what it was and she said it was an anti-nausea medication! That was great, except for the fact that I wasn't nauseous.
So I asked her to see the print-out of the drug before she gave it to me, and she went to print it out. After reading the first page I found out that it was an anti-nausea medication that they usually give orally to chemotherapy patients before they go into surgery. It was also a serotonin blocker in the neurons, which would help act as an anti-depressant. So not only would I be no longer "nauseous", but I'd be 'happy about it.'
That reminds me of that line in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban that Ron says when reading Harry's tea-leaves.
So i declined the medication and the nurse didn't mind in the slightest.
I was taken in for an ultrasound to see what my organs were doing, the lady helping me had a delightful sense of humor and we talked about all sorts of things. It was nice to see the people helping me respond with a smile when I made an intelligent joke.
What they found was that my spleen was "slightly enlarged" my liver enzymes were up, and that I had gallstones.  But I already knew the first two, and since the third notification doesn't affect me in the slightest, I learned nothing new.
>sigh< and I got a prescription for an anti-nausea medication, that I will not be filling.
I told people in the hospital at least five different times that I was not nauseous. I don't think they believed me.
They referred me to see my regular doctor, and a gastroentinologist. I see my regular doctor on Friday.
My sweetie gave me a ride home and not long after returning, I fell asleep.
That was my trip to the ER.

On a side note, my absolutely very-least-favorite physical experience ever is not having needles poked into me, but it's when they are taken out that's the problem. It's worse than chewing tin-foil.

Blargidy Blarg

So, keep praying... I need to go to the ER.

Everything Falls Into Place

I saw the doctor yesterday,
aaand after numerous multiple tests to see what was going on with my liver it came down to two, and it turns out that:
I have mono.

This explains an awful lot as the symptoms are ALL consistent with what I have been experiencing:

• Fatigue
• Respiratory infection(s)
• Loss of appetite
• increase in liver enzyme
• etc...

So, what do I do now? 

1. Stay away from large crowds
1. and subsequent risk of further infection (the flu just came to Seattle)
2. Rest and stay hydrated
3. Stay away from Tylenol and Alcohol

DONE.

Although, I just got hired at a new job that starts Monday. An answer to prayer!!!! Keep praying!

God is so awesome!!!

Health Concerns

Please be praying.

I'm going to be going through a battery of tests to see what's going on with my body. I had an initial blood-draw yesterday, and the results showed that there's something wrong in my liver. I'm really praying that it's not something severe, but one test seems to lead to another and a mountain of maladies seems to be accumulating. I know that there is a time for everything, but it's rather a shock right now to have everything pile up. Emotionally I just break down and can't really function, which is not helping my productivity in finding a job and housing.

Just wanted to get it out here.

Cough Medicine

I realize that I summarized in the absolutely most-quickest way possible the past two weeks what I have done. I'm still in a stupor and hopefully going to the doctor today. I missed the bus, because I was sleeping, and on a dream adventure, and SUPER dizzy. I couldn't really move if I had wanted to. I had made a new friend last week, and she lives in Tennessee. She also goes to school with my past-roommates-husbands'-brother. She is epic. We had great storytelling conversations, ate good food, and had many cups of tea, together and apart. One thing I appreciate throughout my life is how much tea plays a roll in my every-day life.
It really is the most fun kind of throat soother that I could ask for. It tastes far better than cough medicine, and I really do enjoy it much more. But don't get me wrong, cough medicine is good for helping you sleep when you have a terrible cold. It simply tastes horrible.

J H and OH

What has happened in the past two weeks has been a whirlwind of adventure, stress, and 

Just to name a few things that happened

Sixth Day Dance Company had their annual Fundraiser.

My roommate got married

I moved

I got a job interview

I am quite sick.

Please Pray.

Sisters

I have two of them biologically, and I am very very grateful for them.
Christine was able to come and say hey to me today, which was awesome!
She's on her spring break, and then will be going back to FL at the end of the week.

I'm Getting Better!

I was sick for the past week. Knocked off my feet (literally) by whatever this bug was. It was unpleasant, but effective in making me rest. Something I don't do nearly enough. My limits were reached, and I had to rest.

So I did.