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Sarah G's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 3/20/03 -------------------- 1/10/03 11/25/02 11/10/02 10/21/02 10/16/02 10/11/02 10/2/02 9/27/02 8/29/02 8/26/02 8/7/02 7/3/02 6/13/02 5/6/02 4/10/02 3/19/02 2/20/02 2/4/02 1/9/02 12/6/01 11/3/01 10/29/01 10/2/01 9/13/01 9/4/01 9/3/01 8/13/01 8/12/01 8/10/01 8/5/01 7/31/01 7/21/01 7/17/01 6/23/01 6/10/01 5/28/01 5/17/01 5/10/01 5/9/01 5/8/01 4/28/01 4/22/01 4/16/01 4/6/01 3/30/01 3/20/01 3/6/01 2/28/01 2/20/01 2/14/01 2/10/01 2/9/01 2/8/01 2/1/01 1/30/01 1/25/01 1/24/01 1/23/01 1/17/01 1/9/01 1/2/01 12/26/00 12/19/00 12/13/00 11/28/00 11/21/00 11/14/00 11/8/00 11/1/00 10/18/00 10/11/00 10/4/00 9/27/00 9/20/00 9/13/00 9/6/00 8/31/00 8/17/00 -------------------- Sarah G's Introduction

January 17, 2001

Hello everyone. I hope y'all had a better week than I did!

On the 11th, I was struck by a migraine. (I think it was the 11th.) I've had this kind of migraine before, but they are still terrifying. I'll post a lengthy description of it in my “Talk to Me” board. To summarize, I lost most of the sensation on my right side, and I lost my ability to communicate coherently. I got words mixed up and backwards, written or spoken. My migraines are a lot like strokes, and I was in agony. I was able to talk to my mother through ICQ while she was at work, and managed to terrify her through my garbled messages. I also called my midwife. She wrote a prescription for me and called it in to my local pharmacy. And my mother picked it up on the way home. It was a prescription for Fioricet, and it killed the migraine in about an hour.

My midwife wants me to see a neurologist, and I agree. I did see one during my last pregnancy for the very same type of migraine, and was scheduled for some CAT scans and such, but then that neurologist stopped accepting Medicaid, and I couldn't see her anymore.

Now, I have Medicaid again. And after several days searching, we have come to the surprising conclusion that there are literally no neurologists in the entire Austin area that accept Medicaid. So now I'm on a waiting list for an appointment at a neurology clinic in a local hospital. I may be waiting until April, unless I can get into their OB High Risk clinic.

By the 13th, I was much myself, and over the migraine, and setting up for my son's 2nd birthday. We had a blast. Jacob's cousins came, and so did my best friend and her toddler daughter. Jake didn't seem to enjoy the Happy Birthday song, but was ecstatic about the balloons. :)

The next evening, I started to get sick. It turns out my friend's poor daughter was very sick, but everybody thought it was from the antibiotics she had been taking. I spent the next 24 hours throwing up. I could keep nothing down. I have never been that sick in my life. I was sooo very thirsty, but would throw up every sip of water. Interestingly enough, I could keep Coca-Cola down the longest, and it was a great relief. I didn't sleep that entire night.

My mom also got sick, right along with me. She actually stayed home from work, which she never does. Jacob stayed in bed with her all day. I gotta tell you, my boy is a saint when someone is sick. He stays reasonably quiet, and entertains himself for hours. When I had my migraine, he would lay next to me in bed and drive his little cars back and forth, or gently pat me on my face and say "ow." At any rate, he didn't want to hang out with me, so he stayed with his gramma. And he didn't get sick that day.

After I started to be able to keep liquids down, my body started to ache like fire, all through my bones, my hips, my lower back. I was in so much pain. It felt like back labor, minus the contractions. I was tempted to take the Fioricet, but decided against it because my blood pressure was already so low. I took some Tylenol and prayed for sleep.

The next day, I felt better, but still all liquidy inside and very dizzy and weak. And Jake had a fever. :( He hasn't come down with what we had, no vomiting or diarrhea, just a very high fever and a great deal of snot. And a cough. I had to cancel his 2 year checkup on the 14th, because I couldn't leave the house. The next available appointment was February 19, and I took it.

Today, I feel like I've been beaten, and it's only just after 9 a.m. Jake's fever is down, but he's still very congested and clingy. The house is a disaster and I am out of dish soap. But everybody is on the mend. I may even manage to cook supper tonight.

Sarah Gaunt - Logan Wolf due May 9, 2001