It was an early to rise type of day for me. I had to be in Emporia at 8:15. I checked in at the hospital and within five minutes the lady from Radiology came to get me.
She started an IV and then injected me with some glow in the dark medicine. Then I went back out to the lobby to sit for 45 minutes.
After 30 minutes she came out with a box of drink I had to chug down. She said it was like Ensure and if that is true I will never drink an Ensure again. That stuff was nasty.
She came to get me 15 minutes later and she put me on a table and started the machine. I had to lay perfectly still for 15 minutes.
Then she took me to a different lady who wired me up. She then injected me again with three different things. It caused my heart to race and I felt nauseous. This visit lasted about 20 minutes. Interestingly, this nurse had an episode of Vertigo this weekend too. She had never had one before. What are the chances of that?
After that visit was over they gave me a coupon for a free breakfast in the hospital cafeteria. I wasn’t able to eat much but got some fluids down. I hadn’t had any water all day and I was dry.
I had to wait out the 45 minute break and then I went back for more imagining. This time on my back for 15 minutes and then on my tummy for 15 minutes. Not wise to have someone who just ate to lay on their tummy for 15 minutes. I was swallowing down what wanted to come back up.
I was done after that. They told me I probably wouldn’t have results till Friday. I had a lunch to go to at 1:00 and it was 11:00. I really didn’t have anything to do in town for two hours so went home for an hour. I came back to town in time to be at a lunch at 1:00.
Six of us gathered and had delicious food and even better conversation. Since it was my birthday celebration the restaurant provided a free dessert. I asked our waiter to get five more spoons and we passed the dessert around a couple of times so everyone could have some. The waiter said he hadn’t seen that happen before. We told him we were all sisters.
We didn’t get out of the restaurant until 2:30. I came home and haven’t done much since. I am so grateful I have several empty space days ahead. My body is tired and needs some silence and space to recover.
My blood pressure and pulse have behaved again today. Wonder if the medication they gave me in the ED Sunday reset my body somehow as I haven’t had high blood pressure since.
I took the motion sickness patch off last night. One of the side effects from it was urine retention and that was definitely happening. I only peed once in 24 hours and it wasn’t much. Sometimes the side effects are worse than what you are trying to fix.
It feels like a fall day today. It was only 55 when I went to town this morning. That is cold for me. Don’t think it is supposed to get back in the 90’s for a week or more. I will enjoy this break in the heat.
Have been having a few episodes of Vertigo today but they only last for seconds and aren’t too severe. Once when I got up off the imager table I staggered to where my purse was. I must have looked like a drunk. I don’t think I would have passed the field test for sobriety. Once I staggered the ten steps or so I was OK. It is becoming hard to trust my own body.
So looking forward to several stay-at-home days so I can refill and recharge. I don’t have much on my to-do list so will have plenty of time to rest. I do need to check in with the Captain of the Detention Center and see if they have any needs this week.
It was so nice to gather with my tribe of “sisters” today. It seems like it had been a long time since we did that. I love them so and my favorite thing to do these days is gather with them.
Feeling blessed and celebrated today. Things are slowly unraveling and being completed. Still not sure what I am going to do with all my empty space time but have a feeling something will come along and fill part of it in. Still looking for opportunities to be in service to others.
Grateful for my tribe of “sisters”, grateful the stress test is over, and grateful my blood pressure has come down and seems to be staying down.