Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Verti...what?

Vertigo.
I know you are thinking the same thing I am.
What?
Vertigo...according to Wikipedia... 
"is a subtype of dizziness, where there is a feeling of motion when one is stationary.[2] The symptoms are due to an asymmetric dysfunction of the vestibular system in the inner ear.[2] It is often associated with nausea and vomiting as well as a balance disorder, causing difficulties standing or walking."

Yup. I have that.
Sunday, I came home from my council meeting and was chilling in Elise's room when suddenly I had this shooting pain over my left eye. After thrashing around for a bit, it went away and I just assumed it had something to do with sinuses.
Boy, was I wrong.
After running upstairs to attend a ward scripture study, I had this splitting headache and the pain had not reduced any after 30 minutes. I was walking down the stairs to go to ward prayer when I suddenly felt very dizzy and couldn't see where I was going. Luckily, Elise was standing right with me and was able to stabilize me as I sat on the steps. That was scary. But, being an idiot, I shrugged it off and assumed it would go away. At ward prayer, I started to feel extremely sick. Everyone around me was spinning and being extremely loud and I was getting mad at every single one of them. Why couldn't they just sit still and talk quietly? That's when the dizziness came back and hit me hard. I made Elise take me home...and I'm glad I did because that's when I puked everything I ate that day riiight up. Lovely, right?
Monday, I went to gymnastics, hoping I would be feeling better. I felt fine...until we started to warm-up. That's when everything around me started spinning again and I couldn't take it anymore. So, I went home early and STILL wasn't feeling any better, so my dad advised me to go to the ER at once to get checked out.
Well, a CAT scan, 4 vials of blood, an IV, and 4 1/2 hours later, I was discharged on a diagnose of Vertigo. The IV they gave me made me extremely loopy...if only you could have seen the text messages I sent to my poor father and my poor roommate. They didn't make any sense. I remember crying at one point to my tech because I didn't understand why I was hooked up to an IV and I wanted them to "make it stop" (the crazy feeling I was having). And, also because I had to go to the bathroom and I was too scared to get up in fear that my legs would not be there. Luckily, they were. Elise is such a saint and walked to the hospital in order to drive my sick butt home. Monday was terrible. I was throwing up every hour and could not get rid of my dizziness. My lovely roommates picked up my prescription for me as well as some popsicles, soup, and crackers. Don't even try to tell me your roommates are better...because mine are the best.
So, here I am. I have been sitting laying on the couch since Monday and I am going crazy. 
1.) Because I am sick of having a headache and feeling so dizzy.
2.) I am missing classes...which means a lot of catching up to do. Greaaaaaat.
3.) I AM GOING STIR-CRAZY.
I went to work yesterday for 1 hour to do my private lessons...which was NOT a good idea. I felt so sick after that...threw up a whopping 3 times. (I should get an award for number of times thrown up in a 24hr period. I would win the 1st place trophy.) Then, I really don't know why I went to LTS that night for 2 hours working with 3 year old kids. That was such a bad idea. I came home and went visit teaching with Sarah to get pie...bad idea. Again. It felt good to actually eat something (I have not eaten anything in the last 2 days) but my stomach disagreed. Threw up that night, too. BOOM. Slept all night (yay!) and went to 2 of 4 classes.
But, the good news is I am finally feeling better (not as dizzy and nauseous, but I still have a headache). So, thank you all for your get-well-soon's and your prayers. I know they have helped me during these last few days. And, if you ever start to have a headache accompanied by dizziness, DON'T PUT IT OFF. 
You'll be glad you didn't.

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