Drew came home from work Saturday and told me that he had another mini stroke. He could not feel his tongue and his right arm and then he got a headache. He was also talking to me on the couch and he was getting words mixed up. An hour or so later his brother and his family came over for dinner. Once we finished eating Drew said that he was feeling worse. We went to the doctors and they told us to go straight to the hospital. I was driving, speeding and freaking out. It was not a long drive but it seemed like it and on the way Drew was getting way worse. He could not feel his left arm, he was drooling, and then his speech was getting impaired. He was starting to cry, he was so scared and I wanted to cry. I was running red lights to get him to the hospital. We got there and they took him in to check his vitals and weigh him and then they just put him on a wheelchair and made him wait out in the lobby. Alright, I guess it's the ER, you have to wait but we waited for 2 hours. Here we are thinking he is having a stroke and we are just waiting. It was ridiculous and Drew was getting impatient. I was so scared I did not know what to do and there was nothing I could do and the only place that could do something was doing absolutely nothing. While Drew was getting checked out I immediately called my mom balling my eyes out. She and my family told me to stay calm and be strong for Drew.
Well we finally got a room two hours later and the doctor came in and said that it was not a stroke since he felt it on both sides of his body so what he did have was a complex migraine. Apparently a complex migraine mimicks a stroke. How can a migraine do that much? It is crazy. Well they gave him 2 shots in his legs but that did not help so they gave him some other type of medicine and that helped a little bit. They were going to do a CT scan but Drew decided to not go ahead with it since they said it was just a migraine. There was no need to have that extra cost if it was not necessary. Smart choice on his part but I think I would have felt a little better knowing that every little thing was absolutely okay.
Drew was super cute though. He kept apologizing to me saying that we could no longer go on our trip with the hospital bill we will be getting soon. I told him that it was okay and to not worry about it I just wanted to make sure he was okay. Well they said that he could go if he felt alright so we did and went to Walgreen's to pick up his prescriptions they gave him. We got home at 1230 at night and went straight to bed. I had trouble going to bed because I was still very worried. I did not want to go to bed, I just wanted to keep an eye on him and make sure everything was okay. He seemed better the next day but I was still worried. He took his medicine and rested most of the day, his medicine makes him tired and drowsy.
He is doing a lot better. I am still on my toes but I have calmed down a bit. He is still taking his medicine and resting and I am trying my best to do whatever I can to help him out and remind him to stay hydrated. We would appreciate all the prayers we can get. It certainly was the scariest day of our lives and I hope that we won't have to relive it again.
Sorry you had such a scare but I'm glad he's alright! Love you!
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