Friday, January 20, 2012

The day I had a stroke!!!

Last night something really scarry happened to me! Nothing like this had ever happened to be before and it's really rare for my age anyway! Well as in my last few post I announced I was expecting and every thing was going great till about six weeks I started to show all the yucky pregnancy pregnancy problems. I've been ache like all day every day just taking Tylenol all the time to function ive been supper tired like crazy mono tired and this time around with a two year old im sure you can imagine. So I also have been crazy nauseous and throwing up at night wired huh I get more sick at night it's great I know! So I've just been hanging in there my family is amazing. So last week I went to my first baby appointment at nine weeks and every thing looked great and I went home then a week later last night I put Lincoln to bed I was done bridge didn't get home from work till after eight thirty when he was asleep. I just had the worst head ache so I was just laying low I remember Bridger complaining about dinner, it was Mac and cheese and broccoli ha ha but that's what Lincoln ate and I was not cooking anymore than that. ha ha any way we just started watching the debate together and after a little my head ache just kept getting worse i had a migraine so I didn't even want to get up and get my self medicine so I kept asking bridge to go get me some and I was waiting patiently I was super tired so just curled up in a ball and I started noticing my right side of my mouth was going numb! I was thinking that's weird then it moved up my cheek so I thought maybe a need to get up and get some circulation so I get up and I yell bridge get me Tylenol now! He got me some and rushes over I take it and now my whole right side of my face is completely numb! I start freaking out I can't even see out of my right eye so i am now panicking! I start crying and screaming bridge was freaking out now saying what's wrong? I couldnt get my words out I was saying my whole right Side is numb and a cant see! He instantly is like I'm going to call the ambulance I'm like no no don't that is so embarrassing so he tells me hurry get dressing so I'm trying to get dressed cause I was in my robe ready for bed. So I already am having a hard time finding clothes like my mind wasn't working right, but I'm getting dressed and he comes in, what's taking so long? I like couldn't get my pants buttoned or zipped cause my numbness had moved down to my arm and right hand. But bridge helps me puts me in the car and we start flying to the ER! Bridge had our neighbor come stay at our house with lincoln while we left till grandma mindy came and got him. So in the car I'm just trying to stay calm but I wasn't doing a good job I was just crying. The numbness started spreading down my body down my leg I remember just not being able to move my right hand at all it looked like it was crippled! So we run in the ER and. They get me in saying, possible stroke! I was like what who gets a stroke at 24! But now the numbness is traveling to different spots in my body like to the left side now, then to my thigh then to my foot then back to my face. It was the scarriesed thing I have ever been apart of cause I'm just thinking the worst you know like it may be permanent. So they get me in a bed and start taking my blood bridge kept saying to the nurse where is the doctor do you really need to do that! He was so worried for me. Then she starts asking me all these questions and this is the scariest part! I couldn't answer it was like I was answering in my head but the words wouldnt come out she kept asking me have you been sick lately and I just remember trying so hard to tell her I'm pregnant and I've just been sick from that but It wouldn't come out bridge said I was slurring my words and kept saying thing that didn't make sense. Like I was saying foot instead of stomach like a was switching words it was so freaky. Bridge was seriously looking at me like I was going crazy he was so upset I could see it in his face. So later my parents come and my father Inlaw came and they gave me a blessing and shortly after that I started coming around I could talk better and the numbness way slowly going away. So it pretty much was going away they took me to get a MRI done and a couple other tests. Long story shorter I'm fine now, I guess I had a mini stroke scarriest thing ever. I know I kept saying it but it was! So they sent me to the obgyn this morning to check the baby and everything there looks great. The Dr. I saw there thinks that the mini stroke was related to my pregnancy but he wants me to go to a neurologist to take a look and see if they can find anything weird I guess we will see I'll see that doctor this coming week so I'll let ya know what he tells me. Thanks so much to all my friends and family who have been there for me I really have the best support group I feel so blessed. Especially my cute husband he was so sweet and concerned about me I know he would do anything for me. When I look back at it now the next day ha ha. I sometimes want to cry when I here bridge telling people about it cause it takes me back where I was so terrified and other times I start to laugh cause I think how crazy and hysterical I got and how I couldn't speak and I can only do that because I'm ok now.

3 comments:

  1. Holy crap! That is so scary! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! I hope it never happens again! Keep me posted on what you find out from the neurologist. Good luck!

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  2. i couldn't believe it when Rick was telling me about it! I'm so sorry!! That would freak anybody out. I"m just glad you and the baby are ok. I hope all goes well at your appointment this week. Keep us posted. Let us know if you need help with anything. Take it easy- take care, we love you!

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  3. Tash!! That is freaky!! I'm so glad you are ok!! And I didn't know you were pregnant!!!! Congrats :) I hope everything goes well the next few months....

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