Saturday, November 10, 2007

Not a Good Night

This evening is not going so well for me. I am having stomach pains, chest pains, trouble breathing, headaches, shortness of breath, etc. I told my nurse about an hour ago. She said she needed to call my Doctor and let him know. She then forewarned me that he will likely order a lot of tests such as a chest x-ray and other things of that nature. She came back in with one of those finger-meter things and said that was normal/good. And I haven't seen her since. I imagine I'll see her again soon since my blood pressure medications are due again in less than half-an-hour and we still haven't done our nighttime NST (fetal heart monitoring, aka non-stress-test). So I don't know if she's waiting to hear back from the DR to come tell me what's going to be done or if she already talked to him and all he asked her to do was measure my finger thing. She seemed concerned about there possibly being fluid in my lungs from all the water I drink and being on bed rest. Or pneumonia. She did listen to me breathing through the stethoscope and she said it sounded okay to her. So who knows. All I know is I am very uncomfortable just breathing right now and I'm waiting for the nurse to come back. I'm hoping this is just some fluke side affect that will be alright. I sort of think it might have to do with the adjustment in my blood pressure medication distribution. My heart feels hard and heavy right now and my headache is increasing too. I might have to hit the call button. I'll update more later.

No comments: