Down with the Sickness..Literally!

Well, last week started off good..other than being really nervous about taking my State Board practical to be a Cosmetologist..I was feeling pretty good. Took my test on Oct. 29th..and aced it! So yes, I'm now a Licensed Cosmetologist. I'm really excited about it..but didn't have much time to celebrate because that very next night started barfing my guts up and couldn't stop..so Mike decided to take me in to the ER since it was a weekend. We were afraid I would get too dehydrated and something would go wrong with the baby in the belly (which I'm sure the baby was thinking..what the heck are you doing out there??) I spent a total of 6 hours at the ER in which, of course, I got a rookie nurse who put my IV in wrong. I was filled with a bag of fluid...took a ton of blood for testing..and then sent me home with anti-nausea medication. As though my body hadn't been through enough..that same evening... my left arm started to hurt really bad..and I had a numbness in it that I've never felt before. I kind of figured my blood pressure had shot up...so we rushed back up to the ER (thinking..LORD..what are we in store for, since it is officially Halloween night in the ER) We made it in and like I thought..my blood pressure was extremely high at 194/122. They rushed me in ..put all these probes on me..checked the baby..and put another IV in my arm ( I was a little leary about it..because of the outcome of the night before's nurse). The doctor said I must of had a bad reaction to the anti-nausea medication ..in which it can cause tremors. So I was sent home again after having more tests run. Mike and I were sooo exhausted. All we've done the rest of the weekend is sleep and I've tried to choke down crackers and soup (there is only so many crackers and soup that you can eat before it becomes old). My stomach seems to be doing better..my body doesn't ache as much from the horrible convulsing I was doing during my Exorcist barfing the night before. Thanks to those who called and checked up on my and who prayed for me to get better. I'm getting there slowly! Of course, I still have the drainage that I've had over a month now..but it has gotten better where I can at least breathe out of my nose now. WHEW! But here's hoping that I will have a better November than October. And I'm wanting to get back to work before I get too big to work..so I'm hoping that everything will go okay from now on and through labor. Hope you are having a better week than I have had...