October 11, 2007

• Calling for your prayers!!

  I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!!  It started Saturday night with chills.  Sunday I slept two thirds of the day with on/off fever spikes and was TERRIBLY achy.  Just regular old flu stuff I thought.  Monday...a little better but still a tad achy and fever hot/clammy/sweating bouts on and off.  Monday night...I developed a very intriguing pain in my sternum that radiated around a rib and "landed" smack dab between my shoulder blades. I knew it wasn't my heart...as my pulse seemed fine.  But it started to make me a tad anxious.  I prayed and went to bed, believing I would be better in the morning!

  Tuesday morning...did I sleep on a concrete floor??!?  I was in more pain that when I went to bed.  Called my Dia, my loving step-mum and RN, who lives in Tulsa.  She was concerned that it might possibly be gallbladder.  I did then start to notice that my pain in my sternum and between my shoulder blades got worse every time I took a bite -- with also a clammy breakout with a tad of nauseousness.  She told me to go to Urgent care.

  Went to Urgent care...felt a little weird as I thought I was feeling a little better.  Only to discover I had a 100° temp, urinary tract infection, a red right inner ear, and they thought heartburn/gas/reflux, with possibly a viral something on top of all that!  I left with prescription strength antacids, Cipro (antibiotic) and PRN Loratab for pain AND a list of primary care doctors.

  Immediately after getting in the car, I called Dr. Stephen Buckles office to establish myself as a new patient.  They were able to get me in the next morning (Weds) at 8:40 am!  Awesome!

  Went to Buckles office and before I had even finished filling out my paperwork I was taken to an exam room...and 30 seconds later the Doc comes in.  I gave him my spiel and he asked if I had a chest x-ray or ultrasound yet.  Nope!  So he gave me orders for a blood draw, new urine analysis, chest x-ray and ultrasound.  I was out of his office by 9:05. 

  The lab was 2 doors down.  I was fortunate to get the owner of the place to do my blood draw!! He took one look at my tiny veins and pulled out a butterfly needle (very tiny needle)!  I was very impressed as usually they go ahead and use the big needles and dig!  It was painless!

  I then headed down another 2-3 doors and got my chest x-ray and abdominal ultrasound.  I did fine during the x-ray, but I didn't realize that the ultrasound was going to take as long as it did-- so the longer I was there the more anxious I got while the young lady prodded my body trying to take pictures of all my lovely organs.  About an hour or so later I was out of that office.

  I get my results either today or tomorrow.  I'm still feeling really weak, but my fever is gone.  I still get occasional pains when I eat and a sweaty/clammy reaction.  Loratab makes the pain go away...however I think it may be giving me some of the sweaty/clammy stuff.   UGHHHHH!!

  All that to say...I've missed 4 days of work as a self-employed business owner, where there is no such thing as a sick day...only time to make up!!!  Which means trying to find places to make up 4 days worth of kiddos!! Yippee!!!

  I pray that God heals me, that the Doctor has wisdom and  finds the root of all this evil so we can nick it in the bud!!

  I covet your prayers as I just don't feel like myself!
  Sorry to be such a downer!
  God bless!

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