Friday I had another doctors appointment and then that night everyone came to the house and we played Battle of the Sexes. Which was hilarious. It was nice to have everyone over instead of having to go out somewhere and get tired. Ha. I am really a grandma. But I am home so much now that I feel a little cabin fever-ish and its nice to have people there. I woke up yesterday and was not feeling so hot. The pressure in my ears was really bothering me but I didn't get a headache (like I normally do after a lot of pressure) so I wasn't worried at first. However as the night went on it got worse. I called the on-call doctor and told her how I was feeling, and she thought it was best I go back to the hospital. She mentioned the possibility of internal bleeding and my mind started going down all kinds of anxiety-ridden paths. I would much rather be safe than sorry at this point so on I went, after a long hot shower. I was not about to get stuck up in there with no shower for days again. So you bet your ace I took my time. My sweet dad picked me up, and missed all of his Breeder's Cup races as well as his anniversary dinner/movie date with Carol. Thirty-three years of marriage and still going strong. Love my sweet parent's hearts. I think I have aged them at least 5 years this week :(
Got to the ER and it was packed. Flashback of waiting THREE + hours last go around. I wanted to walk right on out and cry. I really just don't understand why some people go in there and bring their ENTIRE family. Like all the kids, aunts, uncles, cousins. It's just so excessive and annoying to the rest of the world. Pet peeve. JUST BRING ONE PERSON! Anyways, thank God I got back into a room in about 30 minutes tops. I guess when you have a clot in your brain you get moved up on the list a little faster than when you just say you have a headache, ha. Nurse came in and did all kinds of blood work. Took 3 tries to get a vein. After blowing the first one in my hand- tears were flowing. I thought Ron was going to beat her up and I halfway wanted him to. But she told me that as long as I am on the blood thinners this process would not be fun because it's harder to get a vein and not blow it. SWEET. Doctor came in, told him about all my ear issues and new location of my head pain, and he looked and felt all kinds of things. Didn't see anything to be concerned with. He got some pain meds and Zofran into me quickly and that helped a little. He left for about 45 mins and dad and I watched the LSU/Bama game for a while. He came back, got my blood work results and my INR had dropped to 1.9. They want to keep this in the 2-3 range and last time it was checked it was at about a 2.1. I'm hoping I can get back on track because if it stays below 2 they will have to increase my dosage of thinners. But since it was such a small drop he was not too concerned. We waited for a while to see if my original doctor wanted to do another MRI, but he decided against this and is just going to see me on Tuesday. All in all he said that he thinks today was just a small bump in the road. All of these pains and side effects are so new to me that I am having a hard time deciding when I need to be worried. I mean last week when all of this started I thought I just had a sinus infection and ignored it for several days only to find out it was so much more serious. It's just scary. And I know now I am going to get alarmed at the drop of a hat.
Was planning on going to church this morning, but going to stay home and watch online. Dr's appointments all day monday and tuesday. Getting it all out of the way before WORK Wednesday! Woot woot! I have never been so excited to get to work in my life y'all. My steelers better pull it out today--need those silly giants to stop making comebacks. Happy Sunday everyone! I hope yours is as relaxing as mine :)
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