for my health drama madness. i drove the bf into work this morning, and was telling him.. that i don't even know how i managed the few days before/the day of.. on april 6th, I had driven to the court house to file some paperwork.. I remember taking my neighbor with me because i was "having trouble walking", didn't feel well and didn't want to go alone. -.- Then the morning of the 7th.. was when all the scary happened. I woke up.. to get connor ready for school. .and literally collapsed on the bathroom floor.. Somehow, i dragged myself down the stairs and drove him to school. I knew something was seriously wrong and figured school was the best place for him. By the time I got back home i'd called my mom and my doctor and was told to go to the ER. After throwing up several times I again started dragging myself down stairs again. My neighbor saw me heading towards my car and jumped in with me because she didn't think i was going to make it. I then proceeded to Drive myself to the ER... by the time I got there i'd completely lost function of my legs (Seriously.. WTH la! what were you doing!?) My neighbor ran into the hospital and got me a wheelchair..and wheeled me into the ER. That morning was the last time I walked for a long while.. The evening was totally a blur.. I don't think any of us realized how serious it was until a couple days later right before they transferred me to a proper hospital. I mean, the nurses were teasing me for things the night before.. and i was in a room with a scary dementia lady who kept trying to attack me. Me who was trapped in a body that couldn't move. It was a bad night! The next morning though the doctor came in and actually told me what was going on.. I had kidney failure and what we had originally been told was 3 seperate clots, was actually one massive clot from my left kidney down to both of my knees. The hospital wasn't equipped to deal with the seriousness of my situation.. Then he told me it was possible i'd never walk again, and at the very least never walk right again. The day before I was telling the nurses that I needed to get better because i wanted to go for a run ASAP... yeh.. :/ Thankfully once I was transferred to the proper hospital my care got a lot better { and dudes. I had a room to myself } It was all so horrifying.. I never ever want to end up there again. That month I was there was way too long.. I'm glad I'm healthier now, and I'm incredibly thankful for the amazing team of doctors I had. I had so many specialist and amazing staff working with me because of my situation.. They really pulled together to get me healthy. They were amazing. My current hematologist was actually part of the team.. so it's really cool that I get to continue working with the same people that kept me alive. I've got a life ahead of me thanks to them. I made a little page commemorating the one year mark with pics from the first few days in the hospital. Here's to a healthy year ahead.. and never ever ever again experiencing anything that scary. Make sure you're taking care of yourselves! You never know what's around the corner.
You know as I was making my April 2011 pages earlier I was going through April's posts from last year on Facebook and I was thinking of you cause I had some posts about you getting sick and links to your store. Anyway.. I'm glad you're still doing good! And man, that all sounds so scary, even knowing you ended up OK.
wow, i had no idea you had gone though this. that must have been terrifying. so glad you are well now!
I remember when that all happened. Everyone was so worried about you. I am so glad you are better!!!!!
so glad you are healthy today! what a scary ordeal! here's to many more years of health and happiness!
Wow La it is so scary to look back at it now. I know by experience that when you're in the midst of a health crisis things don't feel nearly as scary as they really are. It's only when you get better that you can see how lucky you were. I am so, so, so glad you got through it and I hope you never have to go through anything even close to it! ((hugs))
SEE, now aren't you SO GLAD to be 30??? ; ) No, seriously. I'm so so glad you're better. We love you so much.
the year has def gone by quickly for the most part... but then i think about how frequently i'm at the doctor and i'm like ehh it's also dragging ^__^. Rock the compression socks for me angie lol thanks girls <3
wow la. i knew you had some health issues, but i had no idea. this must have been crazy scary to go through. i'm SO glad you are recovering and doing well.
Gosh... I remember chatting with you on Twitter like it was yesterday and i remember being so upset that they kept sending you home and telling you you were crazy... I'm just sooooo thankful you are alive to share your story and be a living example of how important it is to take care of ourselves and not be so stubborn when something doesn't seem right... and I'm so proud of you and all the progress you've made in the last year to show them that you will walk again... Love ya chickie!!!
My goodness, that's a nightmare situation! It's also scary that the quality of health care varies so greatly between hospitals, no? So glad you're better now! TFS.
yeh.. my primary care & urgent care got a big fat fail for all of that. I'm glad i kept pushing the issue.. bc i don't think things would have faired so well if i hadn't gone to the er that day. Trust your gut.. if you feel like you're dying ,you very well may be .. lol that's the lesson I learned.. ^__^
