Hey Everyone,
I just got back from the hospital yesterday. Turns out I had a transient ideological attack; which in less fancier words means I had a stroke without known cause. When I first came to the hospital the right side of my body was experiencing tingling and numbness. More notably in my face and the ability to express myself was limited. A lot like the same effects of a patient who received Novocaine for the full face and the side effects for one side of their face hasn't worn off. In some ways we should have seen this coming, but as most of you will note. I'm hyperactive so lots of movements, so our (my mom, Tiffany and I...) thought was, I was just standing up to quick. Then later it became more of a were medical people so we know what's best and blah, blah, blah I'm sure you get the picture. Anyway I went to the ER and I stayed for 3 days. My white blood cell count was high, my pulse rate dropped and I had some nausea and dizziness for a while. So I had that nice little bracelet colored yellow for 'Fall Risk' to accompany my red band for 'Allergies' and white band for 'Inpatient Care'. I got to explore my sweet tooth with a ridiculous amount of oatmeal cookies and chocolate cake. Lay on a pressurized bed that changed every 5 seconds, while with a IV located in, yes IN my tendon and heart monitor with all sorts of cords. Ungodly wake-up calls for all sorts of tests where we experimented for clotting. Cardiograph, MRI, Cat Scan, Cardioid Artery Exam and everyone's personal favorite which is a memory test for motor skills. (You know with the flash cards and the same damn pictures day, after day.) Anyhow, lol the trip ended with a full face recovery. Which I have no notable paralyzing side affects. I was prescribed lovenox (in replacement to the baby aspirin they were giving me as an inpatient.) and I was excessively relieved to receive news, Aiden (The baby, I'm pregnant with) is ok. So any additional questions you guys have you can shoot me in an email. Otherwise no worries and all the best from Aiden and I.
Yours,
Lindsay
