Monday, September 6, 2010

Bizarre Illness?

We've been crazy busy lately! Worked Thurs-Fri, Saturday picked peaches w/ Rennea and Annie then planned on canning pears at Annie's but they were too green, so ran back home and grabbed scrapbooking stuff (had to dig it out from under Gabe's reloading stuff!) then back to Annie's and actually got 8 pages done! Then Sunday we went to church and headed up to spend the afternoon w/ Mom and Dad, Gma Elliott, and Dwight and Carol at Thousand Trails, then Monday canned said peaches w/ Rennea and Annie, plus dinner tonight at the Visschers w/ the Sheets and Foxes. Whew! Would you believe me if I said my house is a disaster zone? :-)

Anyway, about my mysterious illness...
Sunday night we were leaving Thousand Trails, heading home and I had a lovely migraine cooking. It was just me and the kids, Gabe's had worked but was at home when we left. After I texted him that we were heading home, I pulled out of the parking lot onto the road. I drove maybe a mile before I pulled over and texted him again, asking him to pray for me as I was feeling nauseated, plus the migraine. Not long after that I was pretty sure I was gonna end up pulling over so I could throw up, I felt so sick.

Mile after mile, it was from one breath to the next, keeping my eyes on the road and my mind on breathing slowly. I pulled over going down Tumwater Canyon because I was just on the verge of puking, and there is not many places on that road to actually pull off! I got two cups and a ziploc bag ready for immediate grabbing in the car since even though I was chilled, shaking, and terribly sick, I still didn't throw up. I drove all the way home like this. I called Gabe as I was leaving Leavenworth to make sure he was home so he could get the kids out of the car when I arrived.

When I did arrive, I could barely walk I felt so weak. I knew I still had a migraine, but wasn't noticing it so much since I was trying not to focus on how I felt, just on driving straight and being safe. I'm so thankful Gabe was home- he got the kids in bed and fixed me right up with a trash can next to the bed and everything! Unbelievably, I slept really good through the night and never did throw up. I tried to take everything slowly this morning (Monday) but ended up feeling pretty normal by the time we made it up to Rennea's to can peaches.

So- in you'all's experience, would this meet the requirements for migraine-induced nausea? That's our best guess, since we were thinking if I'd had food poisoning, I'd have actually thrown up, plus possibly had more lovely bathroom-type symptoms... Almost too much information, right? :-) It was just so weird: so miserable, yet over fairly quickly....

2 comments:

Brooke @ little b quilts said...

I think you're right on the migraine-induced nausea...nothing else really makes sense. I'm so glad that you made it safely home! See you soon!

Anonymous said...

oh man, didn't know you were feeling that bad. Glad you didn't lose it, especially since you were driving. the crazy roads didn't help, I'm sure. love mom