I woke up at about 1am feeling the most excruciating pain in my back and chest. The pain in my chest felt like a ton of bricks was sitting on it right at the bottom of my rib cage. I was having labored breathing and nothing I did made the pain in my back or anything go away.

About 20 minutes into it, Brian convinced me that we should go to the emergency room...so off we went.

We get there and they need to draw blood from me to do some tests...and, of course, they could not get blood to come out of my veins (once again, I was not hydrated). The first lady could not find any veins in my left arms, so she went to my right arm. She found a vein in the crook of my arm...started getting blood out of it and my vein blew (they way they describe it, it gets a little bump and nothing comes out anymore...isn't painful). SO, she tries my left hand (as there was a vein there)...same thing happened...filled half a tube and my vein blew. She said she only had a two prick policy and then she'd go and get someone else. Nurse #2 comes in there and she tries to get blood out of my left arm (there was a vein up on the side of my wrist)...that vein blew too! SO, nurse #3 comes in and low and behold, he was able to get the blood out that we needed for the tests and he was able to hook the IV up.

They did the normal question and answer thing and decided that they thought I could possibly have a pulmonary embolism (which is a blood clot in the lungs), so the blood tests would confirm that...and they would also run a CT scan just in case. Unfortunately, to do a CT scan on the chest, they have to inject you with dye so they can see everything...so no breastfeeding for 24 hours :(

When I got in there to do the CT scan, they laid me on my back and I wanted to die. The pain was horrible...and I was having trouble breathing again. I just wanted to the scan to be over with. When we got back, they gave me some powerful pain medication and I felt excellent...so I can't breastfeed for even longer (they want me to get OB/GYN and Pediatrician approval prior to feeding Gregory again)...SO, now I will be practicing the ritual of pumping and dumping. It feels like such a waste of breastmilk to pump it and then have to immediately dump it because it's bad...OH WELL

All the tests came back negative and I don't have anything wrong...just horrible back and chest pain. They gave me a prescription for Vicodin and sent my on my merry way.

By then, I was hungry...so we stopped at Burger King on the way home. I wanted some orange juice BAD. Sitting in the drive-through, I felt the sudden urge to vomit to my heart's content...SO, I'm throwing up now in the parking lot...I'm hungry at the same time as I had not eaten anything...so imagine dry heaving what little was in my stomach and still feeling like CRAP!

Anyway, I've gotta wash some bottles as now I have to feed Gregory exclusively from a bottle for a little bit. We're out of them now :(

Then to pump and dump...ugh...

awww..
that sounds like a crazy time, hunny.
im glad you're (kind of) ok.
*hugs*
» invisibleinkling on 2007-02-08 12:34:16

OMG!!!! I hope that you are doing well. I can't believe that happened to you. I really hope that you are doing well, if you need anything let me know.
» pyrogrrl12 on 2007-02-08 02:23:13

:(
Yeesh that sounds terrible...especially throwing up in the parking lot :( Bleh, I haven't done that in a verrrry long time I hope I don't have to for a while....

The way you were describing it, "back and chest pain" seems like a bit of an understaded diagnosis...but even then, those pains had to be caused by something. I'm surprised they didn't say anything more >:-?

Hope everything straightens out...really soon...
» The-Muffin-Man on 2007-02-08 06:44:53

I hope you feel okay....

I always thought people were only supposed to want to throw up during pregnancy but I guess not...

The pump and dump thing isn't too great but at least you didn't have something really fatal going on I guess.
» randomjunk on 2007-02-08 08:02:13

Hope everything'll be fine soon.. *hugs*
» Nuttz on 2007-02-08 08:26:58

eek! I hate hospitals. I'm glad there's nothing terribly wrong with you though. haha, my boss's sister just had a baby and she has to pump... she had to come in to do paperwork today, and she pumped in the office! It was funny and somewhat awkward. Oh well. I hope you feel better soon. :)
» LostSoul13 on 2007-02-08 09:01:28

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