Well, sometime in the night Rebecca crawled into my bed without my knowledge. When Idid realize she was there I sent her back upstairs. AT this time I realized my arm felt like it was falling asleep. I figured I had been laying on it wrong. Of course I also realized I was not laying on that side. Oh well. So anyway, Rebecca came back down a few minutes or so later and I let her sleep in the "Clifford" bed. Atthis time I realized I still was having quite a tingly sensation in my arm. So, I sat up and then stood up even to try to get it to go away. This was all around 3:00 am. It just would not go away. So finally about 4:00 I got out of bed and came over to the computer. I decided to start looking up causes of this. Of course I knew heart attack was one but really did not feel like that could be it. But, it concerned me enough I really could not sleep. It was still tingling by 10:00 am. So, I called a doctor for an appointment and they said I needed to go to the emergency room because it could be a stroke or a heart attack.
So, I really did not think i had a problem but Jim decided he was coming home and taking me to the emergency room. My wonderful friend Laurabeth was nice enough to take care of Zachary and Rebecca for me (she already has three young kids of her own). Caroline had left this morning for journalism camp and Elizabeth was babysitting Emily.
So, off we went to the ER. They of course took me right away and did an EKG. That turned out normal. So they did a CT Scan and that turned out fine. That was fun. They had this picture on the ceiling that was actually the covers to the lights. And they electronically move you in and out of this machine that is whizzing around your head. They also did a bunch of blood work. That hurt. The guy had some trouble getting the blodd from me and had to get some syringes to take blood from me to fill all the viles.
Everything turned out normal. They said it could be a pinched nerve or who knows what . I have to follow up with a physician at some point and if it continues I may have to go to a neurologist.
So, here I sit at home now. I have a slight headache. And now I am starting to get a few chest pains. But that is normal for me. So, who knows. I guess I will ride it out for now and see how things go.
It was quite a day.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Wow!
Well, I thought I have posted since my last post but apparently not. So, I'll just start with the most recent things. Maybe if I ever find more time I will do this more regularly. Sure......
Well, we (or should I say I) spent over a month and a half going through Rebecca's poop in search of a nickel she swallowed two days before she turned five. It finally came out and we were all very excited!! I am so happy to be done with that phase. I hope she never does that again! She was so stressed out and I was not having any fun either.
She also had her first "stitches" episode. She was at the pool with Jim and the rest of the kids and somehow hit her chin on the pool and cut it opened. The doctor said it definitely needed either stitches or gluing. So, they glued it. The doctor had a bit of difficulty getting it squished back together. So, no swimming for a week for her. Of course it was the week the girls were away at youth camp so no swimming for Zachary either. The glue fell off and she is healing nicely.
Caroline and Elizabeth will be getting their license on August 8th. Yikes! They are not completely ready to drive on their own so we will still be monitoring their driving for a while longer.
Rebecca and Zachary are both still in swimming lessons. They are both doing great! Zachary has a few stubborn issues when he gets a new teacher but he loves to swim so that helps.
Rebecca is also still in dance and considering whether to join piano again or not in the fall.
Rebecca also has been going to therapy. She LOVES Ms. Peggy. Peggy sent her to a psychiatrist as well to be tested for ADD. She tested negative for that. But she was very high in impulsivity. Her frustration levels and perfectionism were getting very difficult to handle. Anyway, long story short she is now taking Risperdal and her frustrations and angry outbursts have dramatically reduced to almost never. She is still five and so she can still not listen. But she is so much better. A much more pleasant child.
I have so much more to update on but it will have to wait for now. The kids want to go swimming and we are slowly losing enough time to do that.
Well, we (or should I say I) spent over a month and a half going through Rebecca's poop in search of a nickel she swallowed two days before she turned five. It finally came out and we were all very excited!! I am so happy to be done with that phase. I hope she never does that again! She was so stressed out and I was not having any fun either.
She also had her first "stitches" episode. She was at the pool with Jim and the rest of the kids and somehow hit her chin on the pool and cut it opened. The doctor said it definitely needed either stitches or gluing. So, they glued it. The doctor had a bit of difficulty getting it squished back together. So, no swimming for a week for her. Of course it was the week the girls were away at youth camp so no swimming for Zachary either. The glue fell off and she is healing nicely.
Caroline and Elizabeth will be getting their license on August 8th. Yikes! They are not completely ready to drive on their own so we will still be monitoring their driving for a while longer.
Rebecca and Zachary are both still in swimming lessons. They are both doing great! Zachary has a few stubborn issues when he gets a new teacher but he loves to swim so that helps.
Rebecca is also still in dance and considering whether to join piano again or not in the fall.
Rebecca also has been going to therapy. She LOVES Ms. Peggy. Peggy sent her to a psychiatrist as well to be tested for ADD. She tested negative for that. But she was very high in impulsivity. Her frustration levels and perfectionism were getting very difficult to handle. Anyway, long story short she is now taking Risperdal and her frustrations and angry outbursts have dramatically reduced to almost never. She is still five and so she can still not listen. But she is so much better. A much more pleasant child.
I have so much more to update on but it will have to wait for now. The kids want to go swimming and we are slowly losing enough time to do that.
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