An Ugh Day.

Yesterday didn’t go quite as planned. I had a Dr appt in Rockford in the morning with a functional Doctor, trying to get to the bottom of what’s been going on with my health the past month+. (I know I owe a post on what’s going on, but I just haven’t been able to write it yet. Hopefully someday soon. My health is so hard for me to open up about, especially when I don’t have answers & at this point it’s just speculation.)

The appointment went well & the Dr ordered a TON of tests. We stopped at the lab, but they needed some time to process all the orders, so we went to Costco while we waited.

Now, we love Costco, but did you know they only have 4 electric wheelchairs?!?

Well, as much as I HATE dislike it, I do NOT have the energy right now to shop. So, I took the offered option of having someone push me through the store in a wheelchair. Humbling, for sure.

We got our shopping done…the employees were very gracious & helpful.

We get back to the lab to get the blood draws started.

40 VIALS of blood!!! (not all full, but it was a LOT)! I hadn’t eaten, partly because there was some talk of trying to do a fasting one instead of having to come back another day. At any rate, I was doing fine until the last vial and then had a scary reaction.

Honestly, I don’t even know how to describe it, but my speech slowed, slurred & then I couldn’t talk. I was shaking so violently (I was FREEZING) & then my fingers, hands, wrists & arms locked up so I couldn’t move them (contorted in a really awkward, painful way). It just was scary & the lab ended up calling 911.

So, I got an ambulance ride & got to spend the next 3 hours at the ER. Unfortunately, our long day turned into an even longer one, extending our 6 hour trip to an 11 hour trip and we came home without any further answers, a lot more pain & frustration.

I can’t even go into the atrocities at the ER. They took more blood! Then made me sit in a wheelchair in the main waiting area, for 3 hours! I just can’t even…I got my lab results by email! And didn’t even see the Dr. 🤐

🥴🤪😬🤕😥🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙄🤐😫😒😵😡 – about how I felt when I got home.

But, God is good & I have a lot to be thankful for. And that’s what I keep reminding myself. Lord, I don’t know what you are trying to teach us, but I want to be open to learning it! That is my prayer.

Bottom line?

And, I do need to mention – we have some pretty awesome kids who handled their parents being gone unexpectedly longer than expected! They held down the fort & even surprised us by doing some jobs that needed done like mopping & cleaning the microwaves! <3