Update - Hodge Podge - Miscellenaus - Whatever.....

So I have been diagnosed with migraines - UGH! It could have been so much worse but still, migraines - really?!? I am supposed to take a medicine that I cannot nurse while taking. I took the med Wed through Sat, with the last dose on Saturday morning. Sunday night I nursed my boy. Oh it was like giving drugs to a crack addict. He nursed all night long!!! I need to get another medicine to control these headaches.

Today has been a wonderful, awesome day. I have been in such a great mood. Things aren't any better, financially or work wise but still, things are good. I say this often - attitude is everything for me. Lessons were great this morning for L & S. We are now only doing things away from home 2 days a week so there is more time to devote to the homeschooling aspect of our lives. One of the fun things we are learning right now is about our world and the continents. It is fun to re-learn everyday with my kids.

But back to last week. I had gone into the ER on Tuesday, with the most excruciating headache. They weren't able to fix it but did do a CT scan to rule out blood on the brain. They gave me a migraine medicine but it didn't work. I went home with a prescription and the orders to see my PCP within a couple days. Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the headache persisted. It was getting worse by the day. I made an appt with a new primary dr I hadn't met yet. My appt was at 11:30. Daddy Piper dropped me off, insisting he wanted to drive me, then he headed next door to a park to let our children play. I waited until 1:15 to be seen by this dr. He was an hour and forty five minutes late. He entered the room, then proceeded to take some calls from the ER, without apology or remorse for running so late. By this time, I was crying in pain. My head hurt so horribly. And I was vomiting from the pain. He checked me over, gave me a very hard time about not being on birth control (WTF?!) and prescribed a narcotic and said if I still had a headache in a week to come back. I left there in tears. Completely hysterical by this point. I had had a headache for 4 solid days at this point. I got in the van and told Daddy Piper to drive me home. Then vomited again and again and again. First he pulled over then I just kept puking in a bag I found in the van. I just wanted to go home and lay down. He overruled that idea and drove me back to the ER. I called my sister on the way and he called my mother. They both came to the hospital, my mom to get my babies and take them home and my sis had a much longer drive and made it just in time to go get my scrips, 2 hours later. Anyway, I got checked into the ER and they took over and man they were totally awesome. They couldn't fully treat me on Tuesday because I had driven myself. Wednesday, they gave me some migraine med to knock it out. The PA gave me a migraine cocktail shortly after I got undressed and the IV put in. I slept for an hour and woke up headache FREE!! They sent me home with some scrips and strict instructions not to nurse while taking these meds. This BROKE my heart in two. But the headache was beyond horrible, almost beyond the pain of child birth. My sis took the meds to be filled and I went home with my dear hubby, who was like a rock during the ordeal. The dr was concerned about bleeding on the brain and the next step was a lumbar test to draw out spinal fluid to check for meningitis. Thankfully the migraine med worked so we didn't have to do the lumbar thing. Anyway off home we went. I hugged the kids, reassured them I was okay and went to bed, for 16 hours straight. I haven't slept that long since before L was born, almost 6 years ago. My sister stayed the night to help with the kids. She woke me up Thursday morning about 9 and it felt like it had only been minutes since I laid down - not 16 hours. I am so grateful it is "just" migraines, even if that has it's own problems. I was so concerned about the headaches and how much worse the situation could have been.

Now we are off to walk to art lessons. I am supposed to be training for the 3 day this fall but haven't gotten to serious so we are trying to walk everywhere close - saves gas money too!

I just laid J down for his afternoon nap. We have this fun little game. I lean down and have his bink in my mouth backwards and he leans in through the bars and takes it out of my mouth with his mouth. It's pretty cute : -) I had to get him some new clothes today (from the garage - S's old clothes). He's now in a 2T!!!