Nelson and Jenn's wonderful journey...

[DVC~OKW~96]

Ah no Jenn. I'm so sorry you had to go to the ER.

 

[itsmuggsie]

jenn I hope you're feeling better

 

[TinkerChelle]

OMG, Jenn are you okay? Please update when you get a chance.

 

[jenn&nelsonrego]

Alright... here we go... are you sitting down?

Two Weekends ago... On Saturday 3/6 - I woke up feeling like death warmed over... I had a terrible migraine and was vomiting everything! I wasn't able to keep down Gatorade, popsicles, saltines, nothing...

This lasted all day and I tried twice to get rid of the headache with two reg. strength tylenol and diet coke (even though I had the Fiorcet script from the Doc I was reluctant to put anything that powerful in my body)... I sort of, kind of felt better toward the evening so I went to a scrapbooking class... I managed 5 plain (no sauce) ravioli and half a gatorade... I went home early and went to sleep think I would just sleep it off...

I woke up at 2 am on Sunday with my head pounding badly, really, really, badly... I cried myself to sleep and woke up again at 5am... at this point Nelson said - there is no way you are going to work today. You haven't slept and the only thing you have in your stomach for over 24 hours is 5 ravioli and less than half a gatorade... you need to rest and drink...

I broke down and took the Fiorcet with 3 saltines and some gatorade... that lasted all of 10 minutes before it came back up. I decided at that moment that Nelson had won and I was going to the hospital for fluids. The migraine pain I can handle but my baby cannot handle me getting dehydrated and my main concern is the baby.

We arrived at the ER at around 7a.m. (shift change - dumb *** me) and at the same time as a 21 yr old stabbing victim came through the door... Even with all that - I'd say I was treated pretty quickly. I think they realized how dangerous this could be for the baby.

About an hour after getting my own little curtained off area, a nurse came in and said "now, I am not an OB nurse so if I can't find the heartbeat I don't want you getting nervous... I just laid there like "yeah, easy for you to say"... of course, she couldn't find the heartbeat... my BP was already high when I got there and it just started creeping higher... about an hour later another nurse showed up, told me the same thing and said that if she couldn't find it they would bring in a labor a delivery nurse who would know exactly where to find it. She couldn't find it... I was so freaked out at this point (still in pain with the migraine) and poor Nelson was stuck trying to keep me calm.

About 45 minutes later, the ER doc came in with an U/S machine. He had no problem finding the baby (bouncing around happily with a heart rate in the 150's). As adept as he was in finding the baby... using an U/S machine was not his thing....

Oh crap! My husband is here to fix my computer... gotta go... to be continued...

 

[TLSnell1981]

Jenn..I know, I speak for everyone here..I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU!!! I hope you're feeling better.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Thank heaven you are ok. Sounds like a miserable experience though.

Hopefully there will be NO repeat!

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Glad you're feeling better and able to post. And thank you for not stopping a few lines earlier. If you would have ended before the doctor came in with the U/S machine, I think I would have died.

 

[TinkerChelle]

Thanks for checking in Jenn. Hope u are feeling better!

 

[Kennywife]

OH thank God Jenn...now my heart can start beating regularly again.

Anna

 

[NHdisneylover]

Oh Jenn what a scray situation. I am also thankful you and baby are okay. You must have been a total wreck when they were not finding the heartbeat

 

[OrlandoMike]

Just saying........

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Hey, it's Jenn's birthday?




Happy Birthday Mommy!

 

[itsmuggsie]

Happy Birthday Jen!!

Glad they found the babies heartbeat and everything was ok, but I'm still waiting for the rest of the story. Did Nelson fix your PC yet?

 

[hematite153]

Happy Birthday!

Glad they found the babies heartbeat and everything was ok, but I'm still waiting for the rest of the story. Did Nelson fix your PC yet?

 

[DOPEYLUVER]

Happy Birthday Jenn. I almost missed it. Hope you and the baby are doing well. Oh, and of course Nelson as well.

 

[jenn&nelsonrego]

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! It was a fabulous birthday!

My internet at work is still not working and it has been hellish.... turns out it was not just the internet but the old wiring... working in a 94 yr old church will do that....

So after the ER doc found the baby (and refused to tell me the sex)
They came in with all the meds... They pushed two bags of fluids, morphine (2 doses cause the first didn't work ) for the migraine and zofran for the nausea. I hated how the morphine made me feel so even after the 2nd dose - when the headache still wasnt gone... I told them it was b/c i did not want more morphine.

They also diagnosed a UTI while I was there that I had no idea I had! So antibiotics were started for that!

A couple hours later, once I was able to use the bathroom and keep down some ginger ale and crackers - they let me go home... All in all, I was there for 6.5 hours but was being treated for most of that time and have no complaints whatsoever about my treatment.... with the exception of the $150 ER copay and the $90 in medication copays I had to pay that day. Pretty dang fabulous considering my health insurance already costs us $10,000 a year...

They sent me home, where I had my favorite bland meal for then local senior citizen endorsed establishment... baked scrod, baked potato and butternut squash... I ate maybe half the fish and a couple bites of the potato and squash then took the vicodin they prescribed for the remaining headache and went to sleep for the rest of the afternoon....

We are headed out for breakfast now... will try to update more later... there have been 3 drs appts since - so I have lots of news...

A huge to everyone!

 

[wallyb]

Thinking of you sweets.

 

[DOPEYLUVER]

So after the ER doc found the baby (and refused to tell me the sex)

There was actually a lawsuit against Beverly Hospital (Not sure if it's still there or part of another hospital) because the wrong sex was told to a patient. The parents had done the room in the wrong color so sued. People are crazy.

 

[TLSnell1981]

Did you find out the sex in your follow ups? I'm guessing...girl.

Btw-Happy Birthday!!

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

I'm sorry I missed your birthday!

Looking forward to hearing that you are feeling much better. That was a nasty headache!