Sunday night I went to the emergency room, lets just say it was NOT a fun experience for me. Last Tuesday my hand started shaking uncontrollably. I thought it was because I hadn't ate anything all day and I just needed to eat... False. My hand still kept shaking when I'd hold it up but only then. (Very strange indeed!) Saturday I decided to look up symptoms on WebMd. This site is very cool cause you can put where it hurts or is giving you problems then it asks you some questions then gives you your "conditions". It really works, cause I've diagnosed my own menstral cramps before. :) Anyways, it just said I needed more calcium and potassium... (obviously it had more doctory terms but I dont remember then and quite frankly dont want to look just for a blog post, because how many doctor friends do I have? Thats right, NONE!)
Next day is Sunday and I wake up and feel fine. While at church my shakes start turning into these violent twitches in my whole left arm. Not thinking anything of it, I just shake it off (no pun intended) and go about my church meetings, all the while being VERY embarrassed that someone is going to see my twitching and think I have tourettes or something. I get home and everyone is there. Throughout the afternoon the twitches became more frequent and painful/poweful. By this time, I'm freaking out! I asked my dad to give me a blessing and my brothers accompanyed him. After the blessing I felt like I needed to go to the hospital but didnt all at the same time. I felt like I needed to for the reassurance that I wasn't deadly ill but didnt for the fact of I knew that it wasn't a serious thing. I followed what my heart told me and we went to the hospital. Thank goodness for the Spirit telling me or I would probably STILL be paranoid about it... (okay probably not....)
Because the Delta hospital is very low staffed and they would probably tell me to go to Utah Valley anyways, I went up there. Mom and Dad came with me, which was an amazing experience because I felt so loved and taken care of with them. We got to the hospital and waited FOREVER!!! We saw a little boy who was VERY sick come in with his parents and he got rushed right back to a doctor, I told Mom that she should've done that with me and we could've gotten back there sooner... she obviously disagreed with me! FINALLY, they call me back. My ER Tech Kelly was VERY nice and he seemed to make me feel more at peace than anyone there really. I changed into my gown and waited in the bed for the doctor. After about a 20 minute wait he came in and did some tests on me... physical tests to see if I could walk a straight line, touch my nose then his finger, and some others. He decided I should have a catscan and some blood work done... (EEEEK!!!) and see how we are from there! Kelly came in to take me to my catscan which wasn't too terribly bad, just a weird feeling... like something was scanning my head and my brain!!! Raschell took me back to my room and Kelly met me back there to take my blood and give me an IV. I told him it was my first time getting one and he didn't mind but he was very gentle on my poor britle... okay it wasn't THAT bad... but my little arm that hadn't had a needle in it since I was a little girl.
Doc comes back, says there's nothing wrong just he feels I have some sort of anxiety and need to deal with my stressors in different ways! Before I left they gave me something in my IV that made me pass out and become VERY loopy!!! (I LOVED that!!!) I slept alot and have been sleeping alot more and a lot better!! I have anxiety pills now and I seem to be in better spirits about everything!! Lets hope the twitching doesnt come back to haunt me!
2 comments:
Wow, sounds like quite the adventure! I'm glad that everything was fine! Remember, you always have friends who you can rely on to help ease your stress and anxiety. We love you! :)
Not a fun experience, but at least you know what it was and how you can deal with it.
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