this has been the longest week of my life. all i have to say is that i have been close to being on my death bed and that is no exaggeration at all. in fact i would do my c-section and recovery all over again in place of what i went through this week. i could not play with my baby and could not do much of anything. last tuesday i thought i might be getting a UTI but was not sure cuz i had never had one. well sunday night i woke up with the worst pain and fever ever... so i took advil and it finally broke. monday i was a little better but my right side, back and head were hurting like you wouldnt believe. i was going to go to the emergency center but didnt want to with Elijah. they take forever... so i made a dr. app. for tuesday morning... well let's just say monday night was 100 times worse than sunday night. i dragged myself up for my app. and it was pure torture waiting for them to finally see me. well it was a UTI gone way bad... my whole body hurt, my eyeballs and my toes... everything... laying down didnt help but that's all i wanted to do. the dr felt so bad so she prescribed me an antibiotic and hydrocodone. wellllll.... as soon as i took that on tuesday afternoon i felt so much better... hours later not so much. i kept taking the medicine as much as i could. i was able to eat lunch but i couldnt eat dinner. my appetite was completely gone. i was awake most the night and wednesday morning i threw up in the shower.... i then tried to eat something light and drink water and threw that up. then i tried again and threw that up... my head was going to explode... i thought i was dying. so dennis got me some crackers and popsicles and i was able to keep that down and some medicine. then that evening i had my friend come over since dennis was working to help me with elijah. he was so bored and i could not get off the couch. she played with him and got him ready for bed. while she was doing that i tried eating soup. ha after the first two bites i ran to the bathroom only to throw up EVERYWHERE... including on myself. it was awful. i was soooo upset cuz i knew i had to clean it up all alone. but my headache calmed down... weird i know... so i cleaned it up and cleaned myself up. then i fed the baby and my friend left. i put him to bed and i decided to just take the antibiotic with some water and then i went to bed and right away my fever broke. i have had so many fevers since sunday night. it sucks!!!!!
anyways. so i got up in the middle of the night and ate a cracker and took two advil. i think i am just allergic to the hydrocodone. i still woke up a lot last night but my headache was so much better and i could actually keep my eyes open without being in severe pain. this morning i was able to eat a little cereal and a popsicle and take my antibiotic again....i am weak and hungry and have a small headache still but i am much better thank the good Lord. on monday night all i could think about was how i thought i was going to die and leave my baby without a mommy... seriously i thought that... and then yesterday i cried out to Jesus and i rebuked satan asking for Him to help me keep medicine down... Jesus did it!!!! of course i threw up later but i had a break from the pain for a couple hours... He knew i needed it...
i have to say my baby has been an angel for the most part. when i came home from the doctor on tuesday i was hurting so bad that i laid in bed crying and he laid beside me sucking his thumb holding my hand... he was so sweet... he did so great for me but yesterday was harder on him. he was tired of playing by himself. i am so thankful i am getting better. i cant believe it is already thursday. my week has flown by (not really but the days have blended together for sure). thanks to my husband for taking such good care of me and my friend for helping me out and my mom for some good advice... and Jesus' mercy of course!!!! i am on my way to being healthy again!
so ya please no matter what take care of yourselves!!! me as a mom all i care about is my baby and that he is healthy but what good am i to him if i am sick???? gosh i learned this lesson the hard way.
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Been there, done that, the strange thing is that my son was just about the same thing as Elijah is now when I got mine, but as well I honestly thought I was going to die. If you ever even thing you are getting one again take cranberry pills (you can get them at the health food store, they're all natural) it stops it in its tracks, I actually take them regularly so that never happens again, or you can drink cranberry juice, I just think it's a bit stout. Goodluck, you'll be in my prayers!
what a horrible week kristen! i pray that never happens to you again...BUT if it does, try AZO Standard. it's an over the counter pill that will help with urinary tract discomfort. i had several uti's when i was pregnant and that is what i took while the antibiotics kicked in.
ughhh... I'm so sorry you've been so miserable! I hope you feel completely well soon!
sorry you had a terrible few days.. but it's all over now and we just have to pray that never happens again! i know you were miserable... good thing you went to the doctor tho before it got any worse.
hope you are having a good weekend... love ya
give e a hug for me!
oh Kristen! You poor thing! So glad you're feeling better. Cranberry juice, lots of water... ((hugs))
ok, i just realized this was on the 16th. ya, i feel dumb LOL!!! hahaha! I don't get to get on here very often, so I'm behind sorry!
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