This day hasn’t gone as expected. I woke up to my room upside down and wrong side up. I tried to sit up in bed and the room was spinning and twisting and turning. It finally calmed down a bit and I went to the bathroom. Something clearly was wrong with me.
I came out and sat in my chair for a bit and took my blood pressure. It was way too high and I started feeling nauseous and had chest pressure. Kathy was out walking the dogs so I decided I better call for an ambulance. I knew I couldn’t drive myself.
They came in about 10 minutes. They loaded me up and took me to Emporia. One good thing about arriving in an ambulance is that you are met at the hospital with several nurses and the doctor – no waiting.
The doctor ordered a head CT scan and they drew blood. It didn’t take long for the lady to come get me for the CT scan. I was still a bit unstable on my feet but the spinning had slowed down.
After the CT they brought me back to my room and started giving me medication. The spinning came and went and at one point I felt like I was in a tunnel. Weird sensations and feelings.
They brought Jason and Kathy back to my room. After the medication kicked in I started feeling better. My blood pressure was 249/125 in the ambulance. Yikes! It started gradually coming down and about noon they let me go home.
I came home and went to bed. I was still spinning a bit but not near as badly. I slept for a couple of hours and am feeling much better. This afternoon my blood pressure was 94/65. Now I am a bit lightheaded from the low blood pressure but that is a feeling I know how to deal with.
While I was resting, two dear friends came over and helped Kathy finish the Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter for me. That really touched my heart! So grateful for their help and it will help me relax knowing that job is done. The Director is coming over in the morning to pick it up. We will have to transfer the mailing into mail trays and get everything sorted but that is easy.
I took a shower and got dressed. That felt good. I finally ate a bit this afternoon. Still not very hungry but knew I needed to get something down. I will try to eat a bit more later. I put some salt in my water to help bring my blood pressure back up a bit. Balance seems to be hard for me to find right now.
Tomorrow I am going to KC. Kathy is going with me and will drive for me if I don’t feel like it is safe to do so. It will be good to see the lady plumber and find out what he can do for me. Tuesday I have a stress test in the morning and then a lunch with my friends. The rest of the week is empty space which will be good.
What a day! The closest I have ever come to feeling like this before was when I had a bad sinus infection while I was in Israel. I went to the bathroom and everything rocked and rolled for a bit. I thought it was from the sinus infection and it turned out they had an earthquake. Today was a very similar feeling but lasted much longer and was worse. Grateful the spinning has stopped and my blood pressure has come down for the first time in several weeks. Wonder if bodies have body quake’s? Is that a thing? Maybe that is what they should call vertigo.
One never really knows what is ahead for them. Things can change so quickly. It reminds me that there is really nothing certain to ground into – even your body can betray you.
It also reminds me how important friends and family are. Jason showed up at the hospital before I got there. Kathy followed me in. Two dear friends came without being asked and helped finish up the Newsletter. I am blessed.
Grateful to be home and getting back to “normal” this afternoon, grateful for the support of my friends and family, and grateful it was nothing too serious that was wrong with me today.