It never ends....
on 3/10 L ended up back in the hospital with the respiratory stuff again. Sad to say I've gotten pretty good at identifying when he's getting into trouble. The peditrician taught me a good rule of thumb - 40/ 60/ 80. Time him for 15 seconds and count his breaths, multiply by 4. If it's around 40 we need to watch him, if it's around 60 we probably need to be headed to the hospital, if it's close to 80 we need to be calling the ambulance.
Then Easter - I was off for a few days and that was so nice to have a break. Of course I had a nervous breakdown stading in Kohl's trying to pick out new sheets. I have no idea why except to say that every now and then I get completely overwhelmed and I guess this time the sheet decision was the proverbial straw over the camel's back. E was completely amazed at the idea a very large bunny rabbit got into the house and left her gifts!
Then Monday - everything was going just great. I had been across campus to an administrator's meeting with all the department chairs and the dean and had just sat down at my desk to catch up on email. I decided there was too much to catch up on before lunch and I thought I'd go ahead and eat. So, I walked down the hall to the restroom and when I stood up to zip - I had mind-numbing, excruciating, horrible pain all over my lower abdomen. It was awful. I sat down in the bathroom floor. I felt hot and could hardly catch my breath. It was like a contraction that wouldn't ease up. I managed to stand up and walk slowly to my office. Thinking it would eventually stop I sat in my chair and tried to check email.
Didn't stop.
I asked one of the nursing faculty to come in & check me out. She narrowed it down to a couple of things and we decided we'd better head to the ER. She was kind enough to drive me and mom met there.
I honestly thought my insides had ripped out. They did a abdominal CT and turns out it was a ruptured ovarian cyst.
They likened it to pouring battery acid on raw tissue and I think that pretty well sums it up.
Anyway, I'm back on the mend and hoping for some springtime weather this weekend!
Then Easter - I was off for a few days and that was so nice to have a break. Of course I had a nervous breakdown stading in Kohl's trying to pick out new sheets. I have no idea why except to say that every now and then I get completely overwhelmed and I guess this time the sheet decision was the proverbial straw over the camel's back. E was completely amazed at the idea a very large bunny rabbit got into the house and left her gifts!
Then Monday - everything was going just great. I had been across campus to an administrator's meeting with all the department chairs and the dean and had just sat down at my desk to catch up on email. I decided there was too much to catch up on before lunch and I thought I'd go ahead and eat. So, I walked down the hall to the restroom and when I stood up to zip - I had mind-numbing, excruciating, horrible pain all over my lower abdomen. It was awful. I sat down in the bathroom floor. I felt hot and could hardly catch my breath. It was like a contraction that wouldn't ease up. I managed to stand up and walk slowly to my office. Thinking it would eventually stop I sat in my chair and tried to check email.
Didn't stop.
I asked one of the nursing faculty to come in & check me out. She narrowed it down to a couple of things and we decided we'd better head to the ER. She was kind enough to drive me and mom met there.
I honestly thought my insides had ripped out. They did a abdominal CT and turns out it was a ruptured ovarian cyst.
They likened it to pouring battery acid on raw tissue and I think that pretty well sums it up.
Anyway, I'm back on the mend and hoping for some springtime weather this weekend!
posted by JAB @ 7:43 AM
1 Comments:
At 6:27 PM,
NB-C said…
Jesus! Hope you and L are doing better...will call soon!
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