What A Weekend!

Notice: I'm fine, I'm healthy, nothing to worry about. I write the following for journal purposes and to shed a little light. Long Post

Well, like I said, what a weekend! Everything started on Friday. I went to get my ct scan because my physician wanted me to have one for my migraines. I thought it was just a stress related migraine but I went and got it done anyway. I even handled the IV pretty well considering how I usually do. Anyway, Friday night Steven and I decided to go out to dinner and we were driving around trying to figure out where to go when I got a phone call from the imaging center telling me to go to the ER right away because they found some bleeding in my brain. So...naturally I was freaked out just a little bit but we went. They ran another ct, blood tests, etc. and found the same thing. Unfortunately at Banner Desert they don't have neurologists there so they wanted to transport me to Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix by ambulance. We weren't sure what our insurance covered so they let us drive ourselves. We went home, changed, got a blessing and left.

We checked in to Good Sam and got settled into the room. The nurses were nice enough to let Steven stay even though I was in a public room because there wasn't anyone next to me. He was such a good sport and so good to me the whole time we were there. I met with a few doctors and nurses who ran lots of tests on me, drew blood (ugh) and finally let me "sleep". My stupid IV was SOO uncomfortable that I probably got about 2 hours of sleep. And also knowing I was going to have an MRI in the morning was a bit unsettling. I'm extremely claustrophobic...

All this time no one knows why or what is in my head--all they knew was there was some blood and it was the size of a quarter or a little bit bigger. The anticipation of finding out what it could be was not fun and caused me a bit of anxiety. When it came time for the MRI they gave me some drugs to relax me but I don't know if it really helped or not! The MRI tech was awesome and helped me through all 45 minutes of it. I thought I did pretty good and at one point I even removed the wash cloth that was over my eyes to get a look at the inside of the tube.

Finally the Neurosurgeon came at about 8:00 that night to review the results of the MRI with me. He couldn't figure out where the blood came from and wanted to do one more CT scan to see if there was anything wrong with my arteries or blood vessels. That was the most miserable ct scan ever. When they injected the iodine it hurt so bad. After that I just realized how tired and exhausted I was. I bawled the whole way back up to the room and just sat an cried. I just wanted to sleep without an annoying IV in my arm and just go home. Everything came so fast and just changed a lot. I kept telling Steven that even though I wasn't close to death or anything, it still made me take a step back and look at life from a different perspective. I realized all the things we take for granted like good health. There were a lot of other people in that hospital that were worse than me and had been in there a lot longer than me. I felt so sorry for them. It's a miserable place to be but such a blessing at the same time to have modern medicine and technology.

And in addition to all this, they thought I was diabetic because my blood sugar was at 200 when it's supposed to be between 75 and 100...that of course freaked me out just because it was one more thing to worry about that I didn't want to have to worry about. They poked me again and it had gone down to 93 so I was safe. Thank goodness!

So..I'm home now. The neurosurgeon just couldn't find anything wrong. I go back in a month to see him after another MRI to make sure everything is still okay. We're doing great. I'm just a little shook up still and have some anxiety but other than that I'm not in any pain or anything of the sort. Thanks to everyone for your concern and your prayers on our behalf!

A Tag

I am: a full-time student and employee

I think: too much

I know: too little

I want: cold weather!

I have: the best family in the world

I wish: I had long hair

I hate: bad drivers

I miss: Pomerene Middle School

I fear: getting stretch marks when I'm pregnant

I feel: good after going to the temple

I hear: Amy Grant singing Christmas songs on my iPod. Yes, it's only September

I smell: absolutely nothing right now. It's kind of weird actually. I keep sniffing trying to smell something but can't.

I crave: ramen noodles...don't ask me why.

I search: for my wedding rings almost every morning

I wonder: how my ct scan will go today

I regret: getting married when I did...the actual date I mean. It's just too close to everything else.

I love: the way I feel after a good workout

I care: too much about what others think of me

I always: floss

I am not: patient enough

I believe: I can accomplish anything I want to

I dance: when no one is looking!

I sing: really loud in the car

I don't always: wake up on time.

I write: down everything! I always have a to-do list or a grocery list or menu

I win: ???

I lose: my retainers when I sleep. Somehow they either just fall out or I take them out while I'm asleep

I never: eat seafood--disgusting

I listen: to just about everything but mainly country.

I can usually be found: at home or at work

I am scared: of child birth

I need: to eat--i'm really hungry

I am happy when: i'm with steven or when I'm in Benson

Check it Out

I'm not trying to be preachy by any means, I just think what I had to say on my "body/health" blog is something we could all learn to do better so check it out. I just got it from a magazine but I think it'd be neat to step back and do a "Dear body" to ourselves. You'll see what I'm talking about.

meghanshealth.blogspot.com

California

As many of you know, my cousin Dresden got married this past weekend in Los Angeles and I was a bridesmaid. Steven, my mom and I left at about 4:00am Friday morning for CA. Our days were busy! Friday I got my hair cut and then we drove around looking at our old house and places we used to go when we were little. We also got to eat at our FAVORITE Mexican food place called Rosa Maria's. When we got there, there just happened to be a little Fenn reunion. It's funny how we all gravitate to that place without even telling each other...anyway, we were able to check into our hotel and sleep for a few hours since on Thursday night we only got about 3...I had another killer migraine..ugh. Friday night we went to the Redlands temple with Dresden which was really neat. I was glad I got to be there with her for that. After the temple we went to eat (just the 3 of us) at this AMAZING Chinese food restaurant. My parents used to eat there years ago and the cook was still there! I've never seen so much food in my life. We ordered this family meal which i thought would be small but they brought soup, egg rolls, crab puffs, fried rice, chow mein, sweet and sour pork, some egg foo yung pun (i don't know what it's called) almond cookies PLUS we had pot stickers before that! We had three containers of leftover food!

Anyway, Saturday we got up nice and early and drove down to LA for the wedding. The ceremony was so neat. The weather was quite humid but cool at least. The ceremony was great and it was fun going to the temple my parents were sealed in. I had never been to a temple other than the Mesa so being able to go to Redlands and LA was fun.

After the temple we took pictures, drove back up to San Bernardino, ate some more Rosa Maria's and headed up the mountain for the reception! It was a busy day but fun and I'm so happy for Dresden. Unfortunately we only took about three pictures...Steven was behind the video camera the whole time and I was with the wedding party. I did steal some from Clarice though. :o)

Anyway, it was a short trip and we're glad to be home. Congrats Dresden and Logan.

Polar Express

I bought tickets yesterday for the Polar Express and I'm really excited! I know we don't have any kids yet but I grew up reading the story so I wanted to do it and hopefully start a tradition. I talked to Alliene who's done it a few times and she said it was really fun so I'm happy about that. It may be a bit juvenile but it probably just all depends on your attitude. It's not until December 12th but I had to post because I was excited!

Lost and Found

So, I'm pretty sure I blogged about Steven "losing" his ipod and then finding it, 3 months later in the car and it still worked! Which was very surprising because it had sat under the seat all summer in a car that doesn't have ac. Well, in that car under the seats it goes down really far, almost like a hole under the seat. So, anyway, we originally thought the car wash guys had stolen both the ipod AND Steven's good Fossil watch that I got him for Christmas last year so needless to say I was bummed but happy we at least found the ipod. So we thought for sure the car wash men had stolen the watch. Last night Steven went out to change the windshield wipers and when when he came back in he was just smiling and holding up his arm and I didn't even notice but he found his watch , under the other seat!

Just an Update

It has been a long week! Last Friday Steven went with Josh and Braden on the Father and son's outing and I went out and hung out with Trish and Mackenzie. We had a great time! Sunday and Monday we spent out in Buckeye with Steven's family. However, on Monday I got a HORRIBLE migraine which lasted until...Wednesday night! It was seriously the most miserable 3 days of my life. This migraine would NOT go away no matter what I took and I couldn't sleep. We finally went to the doctor on Wednesday to get something a little bit more heavy duty. That still didn't work so at about 9:00 that night we were just about to go to the ER to get a cat scan and some MORE pills when I decided to just try and sleep and when I woke up 30 minutes later the migraine was just gone! I was so happy. My vision is still a little off but hopefully that will go away soon. Steven was such a good husband and took good care of me.
Steven started school again and i was supposed to start on Tuesday but because I was having my migraine and having a hard time reading, I had to push my class back a week or so.
Today we went tubing down the salt river. The weather was perfect and the water was nice but there was too much "sea weed" and it kept getting wrapped all around us but other than that we had a lot of fun! When we got home we decided to make these grilled veggie sandwiches and they were SOOO good. It was a lot of work but definitely worth it (see my blog for recipe--it's open to everyone now).

Anyway, other than school and work everything is going great! I put up my fall decorations today even though it doesn't quite feel like fall yet--i couldn't wait! Hope everyone is doing great!