Gross huh??
So two weeks ago today was the day I almost DIED!!
It started out a normal Wednesday....got up went to work...then at around 9ish I started to feel.....not well. It felt like I had swallowed glass and it was ripping my insides....I of course thought this meant I was hungry so I quickly ate a sandwich.
I continued my day even as the pain got worse and I could no longer walk upright. I took this to mean that I just needed to sit down and do my phone calls.....when it became difficult to move....I found a convenient way to move in my chair and still dial the phone so I wouldn't move the parts that hurt....I know what your thinking....why on earth are you still at work when you are in such pain....and my answer is....I'm insane. Finally at 4ish (yes I almost worked a FULL day) I decided I needed to go home and lie down because I just wasn't feeling right.....That was the last day my staff saw me.
I drove myself home and crawled into bed......AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! That was me as I screamed in pain when I tried to lie down. So that wasn't going to work so I moved to the couch where I sat up and started reading my homework. My husband is now looking at me strangely and suggests maybe we should go to the hospital...HMMMM...No I'm fine.
Shortly thereafter I ran to the bathroom to throw up. OK FINE! I'm not OK. Let's go to the ER. It is now 6:00pm
John drives my pajama clad self to LDS Hospital (they are SO nice there) and we figure we will be out by 10.
It wasn't busy and I was brought right back. They started an IV and drew blood the minute I got in. The Doctor came in immediately and asked what I was feeling. I told him "well it feels like I swallowed glass and my right side hurts all the way up into my shoulder" He asked if I was in pain now..to which I replied "No, only when I move or breath"..He took this to be a YES and the morphine started flowing. He thought at first I had a ectopic pregnancy that had ruptured and they would need to surgically remove the broken girl parts. But 3 pregnancy tests later and I was NOT pregnant....HMMMM....now they weren't sure what it was so I had to have a million ultrasounds and finally a CT of the abdomen...I was pretty out of it when they finally did the CT and when they injected the contrast I started to feel....strange....my throat started closing up and it became difficult to breath. As I was gasping for air they rushed me out of the CT room and started pumping me full of stuff to help me breath...They said I must have had an allergic reaction to the contrast.. (GREAT). But the good news was (I guess it was good news) that they found my problem! I had a 9cm cyst on my right ovary that had burst and ruptured a blood vessel and I had been bleeding internally ALL DAY! It was now 11 or so and I was rushed into surgery to remove the cyst and stop the bleeding.
The next day I woke up in the hospital and the doctor said that I had lost SO much blood that I needed a transfusion. I got 2 pints of fresh blood and I started to feel better =)
NOW I am on the long road to recovery. I have been home bound since the surgery and they say it will take 6 weeks for a full recovery! I am hoping to get off home restriction next week so I can go back to work and school. I had to drop one of my classes but the other two I can still take.
So wish me luck and a speedy recovery because sitting at home all day is BORING!
Love you all. Glad I didn't die!
