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My Mother's Day started out well.. technically it was last night, we got home late from our normal Saturday night thing (about 1:45) put the baby to bed and got ready for bed, then I decided to try and find my babies heartbeat with the doppler I bought when I was pregnant with Bekah... for the longest time nothing, I searched high and low and left and right and nothing.. I was about to give up, I was shutting my eyes while I was moving the doppler around, and my husband had begun to lightly snore, when all of a sudden, there it was! My babies heartbeat! My eyes shot open, I looked at my husband, his eyes had shot open too! He said "There it is!" (very excitedly) to which I responded, "Yes, I know!!" :) it ran between 165 and 170 the whole time we were listening to it! I was even able to get a 13 second recording on my phone of it! Good baby! :) So my baby is doing well, with a good, strong, fast heartbeat! :) We were 9 weeks and (technically since it was after midnight) 3 days! The best Mother's Day present I could have asked for! Last year I got to hold my baby girl for the first time for Mother's Day, and this year I got to hear my second babies heartbeat for the first time! After that Kevin and I went to sleep. I didn't sleep well, because Bekah didn't sleep well, she woke up a couple times throughout the night and then I had to get up and pee during one of her wake ups (I'm already up once a night for peeing, at only 9 week! That sucks!) She finally woke up at about 11 and I fed her, unfortunately I had woken up with a massive headache. Kevin got up with her and was opening her toys... for "her" lol! I think he was playing with them just as much! and enjoying them just as much! lol! I really wanted to sleep in for Mother's Day but he wanted me to get up and play, so I got up and opened one of Bekah's toys for her, and my head felt like it was going to explode, so I went and took some Tylenol and climbed back into bed for about 45 minutes. I got up at just before one (considering how tired I am ALL the time and how late we'd gotten to bed and how many wake ups I'd gotten through the night, that STILL didn't feel like enough sleep!) Kevin was feeding Bekah breakfast. I got up, went to the bathroom again, and washed my hands and when I came out of the bathroom I got a call from my stepdad (Don), he said he needed help with mom, he wanted to take her to the hospital but she wasn't cooperating and he was at his wits end (he's been up taking care of her pretty much since he got off work on Friday, he's only gotten a couple hours sleep here and there, poor guy!). He said he couldn't get a hold of my sister but he'd like if I could come over and help him out (he did get a hold of her right after we got off the phone and she headed right over too). I thought maybe mom was just being stubborn about going to the hospital. Kevin and I got dressed and ready as quickly as we could, even interupted Bekah's breakfast to get over there as quickly as possible. I got there and she was in the bathroom, sitting on a seat she's got for in the shower since she broke her ankle almost 2 years ago (it never healed right), it was sitting next to the shower. She was sitting in it looking dazed and really confused, I tried to talk to her, she didn't really even recognize I was there, I had my hand on her leg, after a while she realized there was a hand on her leg and looked surprised. She seemed to notice me but she wasn't saying anything coherrent, Don and I helped get her pants on so we could take her to the hospital, that took a while trying to get them on. She kept calling my sister's name. She looked right in my eyes and seemed to recognize me for a minute, she said "I'm really scared, this doesn't feel right, I'm confused" and then it was back to babbling incoherrently. Don ended up calling an ambulance to come get her and take her to the hospital because we couldn't get her out of the bathroom. She wasn't acting like herself at all. They got her into the emergency room and she was flipping out, she ripped off her gown saying it was choking her and then she was freezing the whole time she was in the ER (it was a bit chilly in there and I'm sure naked it would be even colder, but we probably had 10 blankets piled on top of her and she was still saying she was cold) they had to give her a sedative to be able to run any tests on her let alone get an IV in her. They did a cat scan, a chest x-ray, blood tests and they tested her urine. While she was there she got a little more lucid, she seemed to know who she was again, she knew who we were, but she doesn't seem to have any periphreal (sp?) vision, she could only see me OR my sister at any one time, which freaked her out because she thought we were disappearing and reappearing, she was hallucinating, but she was lucid enough to realize she was hallucinating and to tell the doctors. She was being difficult with giving her arms out so they could try to find a vein (which btw, is REALLY hard on my mom who has extremely thin veins, she had a triple bipass surgery about 8 years ago and has had weak, thin veins ever since), they ended up finding one in her ankle and the nurses had to hold her down so they could get it in. So far they have found nothing wrong to explain what is going on. She makes more sense when she's talking but she still is confused and scared. She went in tonight sometime around 11 for an MRI, we should know something more by around noon tomorrow. The doctor thinks that it's one of 3 things, either a stroke, an infection in her brain (herpes simplex encephalitis) which is what the doctor is leaning towards before the MRI results, or a mass on her brain. Apparently the HSE is the most treatable option, but will likely have lasting effects on her memory and possibly her personality.
Backing up a little the first sign we had was when she called me Friday telling me she was too sick to make it to Bekah's first birthday party, which devastated her, but she didn't want to get anyone else sick and she couldn't stop throwing up. She had told my sister earlier that she had a sinus headache that she was trying to get into the doctor for. When I talked to her she had been to urgent care and they had given her a shot of anti-nausea medicine and given her a prescription (of what, she didn't specify, I think anti-nausea since I had asked her if she could go back for another shot) but that it wouldn't be ready for an hour. I talked to Don on Saturday, as mom was sleeping, she'd just crawled back into bed and she was having troubles with her vision (she's been having some troubles, she's had an eye surgery recently to cauterize a vein I think, that she was having trouble getting her vision back after) and that she was having troubles keeping her hand gripped on things, things she was holding would just slip out of her hand. Then sometime, and I'm not sure whether it was last night or this morning the delerium seemed to set in.
I'm scared, I'm so scared, and I feel so guilty for not going and seeing her recently, she lives like 2 blocks away but I haven't seen her in about 4 weeks, first I was massively sick with morning sickness, and then Bekah was sick, and I didn't want to expose mom to what she had since mom tends to get any sickness, she has a weak immune system, and this last week I was busy with all the arrangements for Bekah's party. I was looking forward to seeing her this weekend, but not like this. It hurts to see her like this, and it breaks my heart that I didn't go see her sooner. What if she never fully comes back and she doesn't remember me being there? What if she thinks I've abandoned her? I'm trying really hard to be strong, I know that's what she needs, and I know that's what Don needs, but I'm having a really hard time with the whole situation. I keep praying, I don't know that I've ever prayed so hard that YHWH will heal her, that she'll come through this ok. But I'm scared to death she won't. Please, any of you who pray, please say a prayer for her.
9 Comments on Not my best Mother's Day
babylovek - Tuesday, 12 May
So sorry to hear about your mom. My prayers are with you. Hopefully she'll feel better soon and it'll be easily treatable.
Take care,
Kerry
Blessing8168 - Monday, 11 May
I am praying for ya'll!!
sneezy - Monday, 11 May
I'm so sorry, Amanda. You and your mother are in my thoughts and prayers.
AtHomeMama - Monday, 11 May
I'm so sorry honey, let me know if I can help out at all. Mindy said that they might need me to watch Lady for them, so I might go pick her up today if Don wants me to. I might make up some dinners for Don too since your mom doesn't sound like she'll be cooking for a little while. I really hope all the tests come back fine, and that they can figure out what's going on. Let me know if you guys need help with Bekah at all since you'll be at the hospital alot and that's probably not the best place for a little one to spend too much time since there's so many sick people there.
3girls2008 - Monday, 11 May
oh sweety i will say a little prayer that they figure out what is the matter and can get it fixed right away!!! you try and rest for that baby (i know easier said than done)!
R-N-E-Bump - Monday, 11 May
Oh Amanda, I'm so sorry! I already said a prayer for your mom. Please let us all know what happens.
Danetteplustwo - Monday, 11 May
I will light a candle for you all and keep her in my prayers. I know how scared you must be but don't let yourself get caught up in the could of/would of/ should ofs. Honestly I'd seen my dad only two weeks beforehand but I felt guilty not asking to speak to dad like I normally did when I called that day. I didn't want to bother him if he didn't feel go. The point is nothing you could have done would be enough at this point in time for you, but I'm sure she understood and doesn't feel abandoned. After all our Mom's had us and totally know how crazy babies are!
thebigtomato - Monday, 11 May
I'm so sorry. I hope that it turns out to be something very treatable and that she responds well to treatment. *hugs* I'm here if you need me.
military~mommy - Monday, 11 May
Honey I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts.
| 10-5-2009 - Not my best Mother's Day |  My mood while writing this blog:sad, anxious, worried |
My Mother's Day started out well.. technically it was last night, we got home late from our normal Saturday night thing (about 1:45) put the baby to bed and got ready for bed, then I decided to try and find my babies heartbeat with the doppler I bought when I was pregnant with Bekah... for the longest time nothing, I searched high and low and left and right and nothing.. I was about to give up, I was shutting my eyes while I was moving the doppler around, and my husband had begun to lightly snore, when all of a sudden, there it was! My babies heartbeat! My eyes shot open, I looked at my husband, his eyes had shot open too! He said "There it is!" (very excitedly) to which I responded, "Yes, I know!!" :) it ran between 165 and 170 the whole time we were listening to it! I was even able to get a 13 second recording on my phone of it! Good baby! :) So my baby is doing well, with a good, strong, fast heartbeat! :) We were 9 weeks and (technically since it was after midnight) 3 days! The best Mother's Day present I could have asked for! Last year I got to hold my baby girl for the first time for Mother's Day, and this year I got to hear my second babies heartbeat for the first time! After that Kevin and I went to sleep. I didn't sleep well, because Bekah didn't sleep well, she woke up a couple times throughout the night and then I had to get up and pee during one of her wake ups (I'm already up once a night for peeing, at only 9 week! That sucks!) She finally woke up at about 11 and I fed her, unfortunately I had woken up with a massive headache. Kevin got up with her and was opening her toys... for "her" lol! I think he was playing with them just as much! and enjoying them just as much! lol! I really wanted to sleep in for Mother's Day but he wanted me to get up and play, so I got up and opened one of Bekah's toys for her, and my head felt like it was going to explode, so I went and took some Tylenol and climbed back into bed for about 45 minutes. I got up at just before one (considering how tired I am ALL the time and how late we'd gotten to bed and how many wake ups I'd gotten through the night, that STILL didn't feel like enough sleep!) Kevin was feeding Bekah breakfast. I got up, went to the bathroom again, and washed my hands and when I came out of the bathroom I got a call from my stepdad (Don), he said he needed help with mom, he wanted to take her to the hospital but she wasn't cooperating and he was at his wits end (he's been up taking care of her pretty much since he got off work on Friday, he's only gotten a couple hours sleep here and there, poor guy!). He said he couldn't get a hold of my sister but he'd like if I could come over and help him out (he did get a hold of her right after we got off the phone and she headed right over too). I thought maybe mom was just being stubborn about going to the hospital. Kevin and I got dressed and ready as quickly as we could, even interupted Bekah's breakfast to get over there as quickly as possible. I got there and she was in the bathroom, sitting on a seat she's got for in the shower since she broke her ankle almost 2 years ago (it never healed right), it was sitting next to the shower. She was sitting in it looking dazed and really confused, I tried to talk to her, she didn't really even recognize I was there, I had my hand on her leg, after a while she realized there was a hand on her leg and looked surprised. She seemed to notice me but she wasn't saying anything coherrent, Don and I helped get her pants on so we could take her to the hospital, that took a while trying to get them on. She kept calling my sister's name. She looked right in my eyes and seemed to recognize me for a minute, she said "I'm really scared, this doesn't feel right, I'm confused" and then it was back to babbling incoherrently. Don ended up calling an ambulance to come get her and take her to the hospital because we couldn't get her out of the bathroom. She wasn't acting like herself at all. They got her into the emergency room and she was flipping out, she ripped off her gown saying it was choking her and then she was freezing the whole time she was in the ER (it was a bit chilly in there and I'm sure naked it would be even colder, but we probably had 10 blankets piled on top of her and she was still saying she was cold) they had to give her a sedative to be able to run any tests on her let alone get an IV in her. They did a cat scan, a chest x-ray, blood tests and they tested her urine. While she was there she got a little more lucid, she seemed to know who she was again, she knew who we were, but she doesn't seem to have any periphreal (sp?) vision, she could only see me OR my sister at any one time, which freaked her out because she thought we were disappearing and reappearing, she was hallucinating, but she was lucid enough to realize she was hallucinating and to tell the doctors. She was being difficult with giving her arms out so they could try to find a vein (which btw, is REALLY hard on my mom who has extremely thin veins, she had a triple bipass surgery about 8 years ago and has had weak, thin veins ever since), they ended up finding one in her ankle and the nurses had to hold her down so they could get it in. So far they have found nothing wrong to explain what is going on. She makes more sense when she's talking but she still is confused and scared. She went in tonight sometime around 11 for an MRI, we should know something more by around noon tomorrow. The doctor thinks that it's one of 3 things, either a stroke, an infection in her brain (herpes simplex encephalitis) which is what the doctor is leaning towards before the MRI results, or a mass on her brain. Apparently the HSE is the most treatable option, but will likely have lasting effects on her memory and possibly her personality.
Backing up a little the first sign we had was when she called me Friday telling me she was too sick to make it to Bekah's first birthday party, which devastated her, but she didn't want to get anyone else sick and she couldn't stop throwing up. She had told my sister earlier that she had a sinus headache that she was trying to get into the doctor for. When I talked to her she had been to urgent care and they had given her a shot of anti-nausea medicine and given her a prescription (of what, she didn't specify, I think anti-nausea since I had asked her if she could go back for another shot) but that it wouldn't be ready for an hour. I talked to Don on Saturday, as mom was sleeping, she'd just crawled back into bed and she was having troubles with her vision (she's been having some troubles, she's had an eye surgery recently to cauterize a vein I think, that she was having trouble getting her vision back after) and that she was having troubles keeping her hand gripped on things, things she was holding would just slip out of her hand. Then sometime, and I'm not sure whether it was last night or this morning the delerium seemed to set in.
I'm scared, I'm so scared, and I feel so guilty for not going and seeing her recently, she lives like 2 blocks away but I haven't seen her in about 4 weeks, first I was massively sick with morning sickness, and then Bekah was sick, and I didn't want to expose mom to what she had since mom tends to get any sickness, she has a weak immune system, and this last week I was busy with all the arrangements for Bekah's party. I was looking forward to seeing her this weekend, but not like this. It hurts to see her like this, and it breaks my heart that I didn't go see her sooner. What if she never fully comes back and she doesn't remember me being there? What if she thinks I've abandoned her? I'm trying really hard to be strong, I know that's what she needs, and I know that's what Don needs, but I'm having a really hard time with the whole situation. I keep praying, I don't know that I've ever prayed so hard that YHWH will heal her, that she'll come through this ok. But I'm scared to death she won't. Please, any of you who pray, please say a prayer for her.
9 Comments on Not my best Mother's Day
babylovek - Tuesday, 12 May
So sorry to hear about your mom. My prayers are with you. Hopefully she'll feel better soon and it'll be easily treatable.
Take care,
Kerry
Blessing8168 - Monday, 11 May
I am praying for ya'll!!
sneezy - Monday, 11 May
I'm so sorry, Amanda. You and your mother are in my thoughts and prayers.
AtHomeMama - Monday, 11 May
I'm so sorry honey, let me know if I can help out at all. Mindy said that they might need me to watch Lady for them, so I might go pick her up today if Don wants me to. I might make up some dinners for Don too since your mom doesn't sound like she'll be cooking for a little while. I really hope all the tests come back fine, and that they can figure out what's going on. Let me know if you guys need help with Bekah at all since you'll be at the hospital alot and that's probably not the best place for a little one to spend too much time since there's so many sick people there.
3girls2008 - Monday, 11 May
oh sweety i will say a little prayer that they figure out what is the matter and can get it fixed right away!!! you try and rest for that baby (i know easier said than done)!
R-N-E-Bump - Monday, 11 May
Oh Amanda, I'm so sorry! I already said a prayer for your mom. Please let us all know what happens.
Danetteplustwo - Monday, 11 May
I will light a candle for you all and keep her in my prayers. I know how scared you must be but don't let yourself get caught up in the could of/would of/ should ofs. Honestly I'd seen my dad only two weeks beforehand but I felt guilty not asking to speak to dad like I normally did when I called that day. I didn't want to bother him if he didn't feel go. The point is nothing you could have done would be enough at this point in time for you, but I'm sure she understood and doesn't feel abandoned. After all our Mom's had us and totally know how crazy babies are!
thebigtomato - Monday, 11 May
I'm so sorry. I hope that it turns out to be something very treatable and that she responds well to treatment. *hugs* I'm here if you need me.
military~mommy - Monday, 11 May
Honey I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts.
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