Ummmm I was sitting there, doing my thing at work then my cheek went numb. I immediately googled "stroke" symptoms. Then I called my doctor. Then my arm and leg went to sleep. I called my dad to race me to the ER.
In I flew through the door, the lady at the desk, started to ask me and I said "I'm having symptoms of a stroke" and she wrote one word and rushed me to the ER room and all the sudden there was like 15 people working on me. Then they ran me down the hall (pushing my bed) to the ct scanner where they did the world's fastest CT scan of my head. Then an Xray. Then it was neurological tests....can I swallow this test. Wild stuff.
They admitted me to the hospital and put me on the cardiac unit all hooked up to monitors. It was weird. Of course those hospital gowns are so hot. ha So I'm there with my black dress slacks from work on and a hospital gown on the top. My dad had to go to a super important meeting that he could not miss. It was just me.
Then they took me for an echo cardiogram of my heart and an MRI. Found out later everything was clean. I had not had a stroke.
What it ended up being was my B12 was super low. I hadn't been taking my supplements for it (I knew that I am already b12 deficient) for like a month so I must have run out of B12. They gave me a B12 shot then and an hour later my symptoms were GONE.
They kept me overnight and woke me up hourly to take blood, do glucose level tests (I told them I'm not diabetic they said it's protocol in stroke cases). So every hour someone would come in turn th elights on and do something to me. It sucked. Finally morning dawned and the morninig nurse was cool. She left me alone for almost an hour just to sleep.
Doctor came around noon or 1 and released me. My brother and I went to pick up my car and home I went. Straight to bed where I napped from 3-7. Woke up, called the children, then went back to sleep. Went to work. I think this freaked them all out a bit. HR made me get a doctor's release to work. My boss talked to me....it was weird. I hope that all my dramas don't cost me a job but God's in control of that.
Today was long. I was weary but was able to do a good job at work....I need to do good...cannot afford to lose job.
Tonight I had the children and we had fun together. I get them all weekend and I can't wait. My apartment will once again become a home when they are here.
I am thankful tonight to be alive, to serve a God who is amazingly complicated but captivating. I do not understand His plans for my life but I will obey. "He who began a good work in me will complete it." or something like that.
My heart is sad tonight as I learned of a good friend's heartaches. All I can do is pray and listen. I will definitely pray for him and his whole family. God you know what plans you have for them, please work in everyone's hearts to bring about your will whatever that might be. I pray that you would put a hedge around their children to protect their hearts. God I lift up this couple to you and pray that you will work in both of their hearts and bring them back to each other. Jesus comfort my friend and provide peace in the middle of the madness.
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