ER time

Well this last week as been crazy! On Saturday night Matt took me to the ER b/c I've been having a terrible headache for 3-4 days and it wasn't going away with the Motrin they gave me after having Andrew. So the ER doc gave me toradol (misspelled) and phengaren. Apparently I'm allergic to one of them b/c I turned bright red except for white circles around my eyes and mouth, my chest was aching (couldn't take a deep breath). So Matt got the nurse and he took my blood pressure which was 195/117. I have no clue about blood pressure so I wasn't sure what that meant. Matt told me later that 200/120 is where you could have a stroke. So they gave me benadryl. Then they gave me nubain (misspelled). Which knocked me out in about ten minutes. So the doctor now comes back in and says he thinks I have Preeclampsia, and they need to have a urine sample and blood. Well, most of you know after you have a baby you can bleed for a few weeks after. So I can't pee in a cup b/c I'm still bleeding so I have to get a catheter. Sooooo not happy about that. I also look like a drug addict b/c I have been poked with needles all over my arms so yet again a lab tech comes in to draw more blood. Results come back and there is no protein in my urine and my blood work is fine. No diagnosis. So we head home about 11:00p.m. Sunday afternoon I start having another headache. I took my Motrin like normal and then within an hour my face and neck have turned red and I have another headache. Monday evening at 5:00 my head is pounding and I'm in tears. So Matt takes me back to the ER. I REALLY did not want to go. We get there about 6:45 and finally get to see a doctor about 9:00. They were just going to pump me full of more meds and Matt talked with the doctor and they decided I needed a CAT scan. So I head back for one. I'm getting a CAT scan and my head was about to explode. They pull me out of the machine and I reach for my head and start balling hysterically. CAT scan comes back fine. HUGE relief! They give me morphine...doesn't help. They give me dialaued (misspelled) (which I was told was a strong drug). So that cured my headache for the time being...but then I start throwing up. We head home about 2:30a.m. with my puke bowl in my lap. Still no diagnosis. BTW I'm still breastfeeding so I have to pump every three hours (I of course dumped it out b/c of all the drugs). So I'm sitting on the bathroom floor with my mom helping me pump while my head is over the toilet. Matt gets me upstairs and into bed and I slept for about 7 hours. My mom took care of Andrew the entire night with feedings and all. I start having another headache and break out again on Wed. and we went in right away to see my OB doc. He thinks I have an A typical case of Preeclampsia with my only symptom being high blood pressure. I guess my hypertension headaches can be caused due to the high blood pressure. So now I'm on blood pressure medicine. Which hopefully I can wean off of it in a few months. I can't believe I have all of these issues...I have NEVER had high blood pressure. Please pray that this medicine will work and will solve the headache problem and blood pressure problem. Here are some pictures of Andrew and the boys!

Still slightly bruised on his face from the delivery. We went in for his one week check up last Friday and he was starting to gain weight back. He weighed 8lbs 15 ounces and everything looked healthy. We go back again next Friday for a 3 week check up.

I think Andrew will look more like Thomas than Charlie. Andrew's eyes look like they are going to be dark. I think all the boys though will have the same nose!

Thomas LOVES holding him!

Nana and Andrew:)