I need to preface this day with the following. Friday at 12 I have an EEG. It's a sleep deprived EEG which means for the next 24 hours I can only get 2 hours of sleep. Yee-ha.
So I start off the day with my tilt table test. We are supposed to get a mani pedi and 1:00pm. When we arrive at the hospital, I went to check in on the left waited on the right and then asked the lady when she came out to get me how long this was going to take- she told me 2 hours. And that right there we waved the mani pedi goodbye.
Az momma went to run a few errands and I walked back with Mary. She brought me into this room and first things first had me take off my shirt put on this gown and she taped it- yes taped it should. She hooked me up to TONS of monitors, slipped my fingers into these mini blood pressure cuffs, strapped my arm onto this arm holder thing, covered me with a blanket and then brought in the nurse of an IV.
Here we go again. 5 people and 6 pokes later, they got an IV. Now the fun began. They tilted me up to a 70 degree angle and waited for me to pass out. 40 more minutes to go. No talking, eyes open, ready set go.
It just so happens that today of all days my mind is blank, why and how, I HAVE NO IDEA, but that's NOT OKAY. Anything I try to think about I can't focus on. I have no attention span at this point. The only thing I'm thinking that will keep me sane is counting. At least I have to focus and their is some type of order and tracking with counting. Every minute she takes down my vitals, so I start at 200 and start founding down backwards. Somewhere along the line I've messed up my pace because 7 minutes went by before I got to 0. Perhaps I should consider grade school again. YAY, my 40 minutes is up.. OH WAIT, now they are going to give me some medicine that speeds your heart up and tilt me back up for 10 minutes. Eh, whatever I can handle 10 after 40.
After 10 long minutes of heart palpitations, I was set free. OH- but not before Mary could vent about how boring that test was. Gee, thanks Mary, glad I could keep you entertained. K bye!
I found Az momma in the car and we ran to the store brought it all home and off to the Clinic we went. I had my appointment with Dr. W again to go over all my blood tests. Eileen had helped me write some questions out and educated and refined me on doctor educate. Speaking loud and clear, making eye contact, asking questions when they came into my head.. things of that nature. I checked in on the left side and waited one the left side. "Kerina Readd" I stood up and we went to the exam room and waited for Dr. W. Az Momma and I were talking and started laughing, Dr. W blasts through the door and smiles bright, HI, I'm Dr. W, who is it that you have with you today. BLAH BLAH, yes you can talk in front of her. We go through the list of questions and over my blood results. So far the results are inconclusive for some things, positive for others, leaving her to make more initial consults with different specialists. At the end of all of that, she needed to do another swob...... I'll leave the rest up to your imagination- OH and she asked if I shoot up meth, yeah-NO!
By 5:30pm we were on our way home. We came home a few hours later had some veggies and I found myself exhausted on the couch. Tonight just so happens to be the night that I will not be able to sleep. Eileen and I found ourselves at 8pm needing to cash in on those 2 hours of sleep and by 10pm we'd up and in it for the long haul. 2.5 hours pass and we get up. We watched some Fox news, played some cards, took some ridiculous pictures, ate a tomato and apple at 3am, texted momma bear with an hourly update and by 4, I had suckered her into a 10 minute power nap and an hour later she was up walking the dogs, I was showered and ready to do for that lab draw.
Friday October 5th.
Good times at the lab, 3 pokes and she got it, dropped off some urine and went to the gym. I'm sorry I mean "The Village." I got to experience housewives work out 101. Can I just say, I want to be a housewife now, kthanks.
Momma Az had fallen asleep in the care because 2 hours later she picked me up from had lines on her face-- mwhwha. We took a little drive, laughed a lot, then went back to the clinic for more fun. I had my MR scheduled at 3:30. Checked in on the left waited on the right, filled out my pre-MRI sheet, called me up and to the back we went. After changing, 45minutes of trying to get an IV, Az momma went to the car. The tech brought me back - asked if I had any internal devices.. I said yes- she stopped me and told me that I needed to see cardiology the same day I had my MRI and that they couldn't do it. I got dressed they took out my IV and I stormed out!
I got to the car and AZ MOMMA WAS IRATE!! We put in a call to the doctor, called momma bear, made a trip to the liquor store and went home. We ordered in and both passed out on the couch at 7.
What the hell.
All night adventure.
Mani pedi without the pedi pic.
I love that you guys hit up the liquor store on the way back. On a side note, it sounds like those AZ people are pretty amazing. I'm jealous they get to spend all this time with you.
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