My Health

The beginning of December we had somewhat of a scare! Those of you that know me have known that I have had aura migraines since High School and another type of migraine that affects my sinuses, neck well basically one half of the side of my head. I have had those headaches since about 2002. I went to a neurologist back in 2008 but she didn't do anything, she just gave me some stretches to do to deal with the pain. I had to go to the eye doctor, and when I did I mentioned I was still having my migraines and he said I should go to the neurologist since I was still having them. So we got in the car and Mike called the neurologist right away. When they called back, I scheduled an appointment on November 28th.

On November 28th I went to my appointment. I don't know if the doctor was going to order any pictures until I told him that Mike was really worried that I kept having these headaches and they would last for days. Saturday before Thanksgiving I had one for about 5 days. So the doctor ordered an MRI for Friday night at 555p. That night at almost 10p, I got a call from the on-call neurologist saying that they had reviewed my MRI and they saw abnormalities and they needed to order further tests to make sure and see further details. Kind of in shock and in worry, I called my sister Nicole. She eased my mind and told me that if they were really concerned they would have ordered me to go to the hospital right away. She described what she thought it might be and eased Mike's and my worries. The following Tuesday I was scheduled for an MRV. They inject dye into me so that they can better see the veins in my brain. 24 hours later I had not received a call from the doctor so I called the office and left multiple messages to find out the results. I was worried because I hadn't heard anything! Finally a bit later the doctor called me and told me that I had some blockages in my drainage veins in my brain, specifically on my left side. He said I had what was called Veinous Sinus Thrombosis. He also told me there was a bed waiting at the hospital for me to go get started on blood thinners to get rid of the clot! Later that Wednesday evening, after calling all of my family, calling friends to help out with Kyleigh, I was admitted into Wake Med where I stayed until Saturday morning! I hadn't told anyone until then because I wasn't really sure what was wrong and I didn't want to worry anyone.

Since my release from the hospital, I have had to go the PCP to get my PT/INR's checked several times to make sure I stay in between the 2-3 range. I go back to the doctor on Thursday and I will know more about when I need to go back for a follow up MRI or MRV. They also took me off any migraine meds and birth control as they would interact with the coumadin I am on for at least 6 months. We weren't sure if we would be able to try for a second child, but we have also visited with an OB/GYN and she said she didn't see any reason why I couldn't have another, that they would just monitor me that much more closely. So that was good news!

I am feeling better, have had 1 migraine since I started on the coumadin! So please keep me in your prayers that things continue to get better and great improvements continue to be made!

I will keep you posted on how things go with my doctors appointments!

Love to all!