GRATEFUL for so many things

I had a crazy afternoon THURSDAY OCT 20th. This is a long story. I am writing it down for me. :) read at your own pleasure.

I was feeding Brelee and Nathan lunch. I had just eaten a cheese crisp, but still was feeling like I needed to eat more. There is a line you have to meet when pregnant, where you feel sick if you don't eat, and I was feeling that I was still lacking.

I opened the fridge door, and while I have not thrown up for a few weeks now, I was very surprised that the bad smell in the fridge made me immediately start to throw up. I dashed for the trash can and as I stuck my face close, an even worse smell caught me off guard, and I knew after puking a few times that I had to move if I were to ever get myself to stop throwing up. Bad smells just perpetuate the cycle. So I reached for the near by sink.

I only threw up once in the sink, and then I had the worst headache ever!! My brother Kenny was telling me that he recently started having some headaches that felt like someone had stabbed him in the back of his head. I just knew I was having this same experience. My head had never hurt so bad and I couldn't even think straight! I had a million things going through my head and I even imagined feeling blood drip down my neck.

I had to sit down, I couldn't get the pain to go away and I started to cry. Brelee came into the kitchen and said, "are you okay Mom?" I said yes, and she went back to her lunch and watching a show. I was sobbing pretty hard though.

I decided to go sit in the family room and leaned against the couch on the floor. My head hurt SO BAD!! I put my hand to the back of my head and there was a HUGE BUMP! My first thought was, something happened inside my head, and it is so bad that it created a hemorrhage and that is why my head hurts SO BAD! I had to get a look at this thing, and I was starting to freak out a little. What happened?! Then I looked at my hand and noticed there was blood from my head. I grabbed my phone to call Chris and went upstairs to get a better look in my mirror.

I started to remember that when my head started hurting I was actually sitting up from the kitchen floor, not just standing or kneeling by the sink. I remember I sat up quick and that was when it felt like someone had stabbed the back of my head. I am pretty sure I passed out at the sink and fell and hit my head, but woke up after hitting my head. (On what, is still a question.)

I stopped and sat on my bed to call Chris and rest. He didn't answer so I paged him. He texted me that he was on a conference call and "what's up?" I felt really bad, but I did need him, I didn't want to scare him, but I told him how it was. I texted, "Please call me...im kinda scared i thikn i fell...but i dont know, my head is bleeding.." I am pretty sure I got his attention. He called me and I felt bad again cause I was sobbing. It is scary when you don't know what happened! I told him my head hurt SO BAD, and it was bleeding a little...oh wait, my shirt has blood, it is bleeding a lot...um, I wasn't imaging blood running down my neck after all. I told him I am going to call the Duron's and see if Hyrum is home and can come look at my head for me, I can't tell. Hyrum is a fire fighter and I was pretty sure I had seen him at the bus stop earlier with his kids, so I was pretty sure he might be home.

I called Alicia and she got Hyrum for me. I started crying again, of course, when I said I think I fell, and I hit my head and it is bleeding, but I can't tell how bad it is, can you come over and take a look for me? He said he would be right over. They only live a few houses around the street from us, so he was over in no time and determined the bleeding had stopped and that I should probably go to the ER to make sure there wasn't anything else wrong (concussion?) and to maybe figure out why I passed out in the first place. He told me not to drive myself, and offered to take the kids.

Here is where I felt bad and yet am just SUPER SUPER grateful for all of our amazing friends. Two different families watched our kids for us. Another friend drove me to the hospital and her husband separately drove our van for me (because of course I had the van that day so Chris did not have a car.). Then Chris got a ride from a friend at work who carpooled with another friend, so they both took personal time off of work and brought him to the hospital to meet me there. They pulled up at the exact same time we did. I told him it would be a while before I probably even got checked in and to not rush, but Chris was there as soon as I was and waited with me for hours at the hospital. I told him a few times to go get dinner and I would still be waiting for the IV to finish or for someone to come check on me. But he stuck it out. He did tell me that I could just tell him next time I want a date night, I didn't have to go to such extreme measures. ha ha.

We pieced together with the Doctor that I could have a concussion, but because I am 16 wks pregnant, they weren't going to do a scan. He thought the force of throwing up, and being a little dehydrated, is why I passed out. Next time, I need to throw up closer to the ground, or I could hurt myself, like fall and hit my head or something (note taken). They gave me an IV and the doctor actually made me feel really good about continuing my running and he said he was impressed with my heart rate and guessed that I was training a lot. :) (Super happy Kati at this point) thankfully I brought an apple with me, or I may have passed out from hunger waiting for my IV, and we splurged for Wendy's (salad and fries is a little healthy right?) on the way home to get the kids. However, it was a date night that I am hoping to top soon!

THANK YOU everyone who helped and THANK YOU everyone who called and asked me how things were going and checked up on me. A couple of friends even called during the ordeal to check on my strep kids and offered to help when they found out I was a little under the weather too. I had to skip my soccer game Friday night :( because my head still hurt, but by Saturday I was felling a lot better and Sunday my head is only tender, but no head aches. Monday I just ran 4 miles and I am super excited to say my head didn't hurt. I have a 10k race this Saturday and the doctors all said I can do it as long as I feel good, and I do!

Back at it, and grateful for my amazing family and friends!!!!!!!!!