I'm going to the OB tomorrow to followup on my Friday ER visit. I was home with the boys when my arm suddenly went numb. I lost my ability to speak cohesively, was forgetting common words, and slurring my speech. Blurry vision and other weird stuff. The symptoms went away about 30 min later but I was still worked up in the ER. I ended up consenting to a CAT scan to rule out embolism, brain tumor, etc. OB also ordered a bunch of blood tests looking for clotting disorders. They think what I had is called a TIA, transient ischemic attack or 'mini-stroke'.
It was so frightening being here with two kids and starting to lose my abilities. I am so frightened for this baby and for myself, I hope tomorrow is helpful. I'm taking a baby aspirin a day right now to help prevent the clotting, and antibiotics for the UTI I apparently have.
Anyway, if you can send prayers and good thoughts... I'd appreciate it.
It was so frightening being here with two kids and starting to lose my abilities. I am so frightened for this baby and for myself, I hope tomorrow is helpful. I'm taking a baby aspirin a day right now to help prevent the clotting, and antibiotics for the UTI I apparently have.
Anyway, if you can send prayers and good thoughts... I'd appreciate it.