One Crazy Weekend!

I've had a crazy weekend and week! Here's how it went:

On Friday afternoon I started having some pains in my stomach and by evening they got really bad. So I called the doctor and talked to her and she said I might have acid reflux, but I ended up having to go to the hospital because it wasn't getting better, just worse. So we went to the ER and they gave me some medicine. It helped, but I was still having pains, so they did a cat scan on me. When they got the results they said I had swelling in my intestines so they wanted to keep me and I needed a colenoscopy to see what was wrong. Since it was a holiday weekend they said that I would probably have to wait tell Tuesday, but they weren't sure. This was at like 6 in the morning after being in the ER since 11 the night before. So they sent up stairs to wait for an indefinite amount of time and to be seen by some other doctors. Ryan had to go home to be with the girls, we had one of our friends come over, Joni and she had spent the night to watch our girls for us. So Ryan spent most of the day with the girls and I stayed in the hospital. Both of us didn't sleep at all the night I was in the ER, or the next day. Ryan had the girls and of coarse they didn't sleep at the same time, and I was in the hospital. Every time I would be almost asleep someone would come in to poke me again. I had 4 iv's put in (the first one was in for a few minutes then blew a vain, then the second one was in while I was in the ER. -They took it out because they were going to send me home then changed their minds- Then it took 2 tries again when I went to the 5th floor because they blew another vain. So I have 2 massive nasty bruises on one arm. It looks like Ryan's been beating me) and blood drawn at least 3-4 times. Plus I saw I think 3 different doctors and a ton of nurses. I had xrays a cat scan and eventually a colenoscopy. So I spent the whole day Saturday in the hospital. That evening they decided to let me go home, but I would have to come back on Tuesday for the colenoscopy. Well I hadn't eaten anything since Friday afternoon and in the hospital I couldn't even drink water. I only had this nasty drink I had to drink a cup every half hour 4 times before the cat scan and then on Sat. I had a nasty drink to clean out my colen. So the nurse came in to discharge me and told me I was on a clear liquid diet until Monday at midnight and then I was fasting until after the colenoscopy. I was so excited to be able to drink! I came home and had 2 full bowls of chicken broth. I was STARVING! Well luckily for me Sarah Hastings has had a colenoscopy before so she came over to talk to me about it. That really helped a lot.
Well Sunday morning I got up and was just ready to cry about every 2 minutes and my emotions were all over the place. So I called my mom and talked to her. The main reason I was so up set was because I couldn't eat, it was going to be 4 days I was supposed to not eat. Plus I was trying to nurse Emily. Obviously that wasn't going very well. I barely had enough for me. I felt like I was an anorexic or something, but I wasn't even loosing weight. Well my mom said to call the doctor, because I shouldn't have to go with out food for that long. There's no reason. Well guess what. She was right. I called the doctor and he was pretty upset. The nurse gave me the wrong instructions I was allowed to eat as soon as I was discharged! I wasn't supposed to start the clear liquid until Sunday at 4. Well I was SO excited and felt much better once I knew I could eat. So I had 5 hours that I could eat 3 of which I was in church. So I brought a bag full of food with me to church. Lol. I was putting honey on bread in relief society, but I didn't care. I could eat! Well Sunday went really well after that. I really enjoyed church. Kaitlyn turned 18 months that day so she had her first day of nursery! Yay!!! Oh, she LOVED it. After church when we came to pick her up she was so proud of herself. She was strutting down the hallway. And at home she was giggly all night. It was so cute!
Well Monday was Memorial Day. Our ward had a memorial day breakfast which was really nice. I thought, no big deal just eggs and pancakes, I won't miss eating too much. Wow, I was wrong. That food looked so good. They had eggs and pancakes and fresh fruit and all kinds of syrup that sounded sooo good. We stayed for a while socializing and eating, well I watched everyone eat. When we left we had to go pick up a prescription for the colonoscopy. I was supposed to start talking it at 5. Well I started to get worried that we wouldn't be able to fill it because it was a holiday. I was going to be so mad if I had sat through that whole breakfast not eating for nothing! We went to walmart, but they were closed so we went to the hospital pharmacy. When I saw that one was closed I wanted to cry. Luckily I didn't give up. I talked to the ER nurse and found out that 24 hour walgreens always have an open pharmacy. Thank you Walgreens! Ok so the thing about a colenoscopy, everyone I talked to who had had one said the worst part is the preparation. They were right. Starting at 5 on Monday night I had to drink a cup of this fluid every 10 min. There's a gallon you have to drink. That is A LOT to drink of anything. Plus it doesn't taste good. Luckily mine didn't taste as bad as everyone said it would. But still it was hard. Every time that timer went off I was like no, I don't want to. I felt like Dumbledore in Harry Potter 6. It took FOUR hours to drink that stuff. Plus what it does to you isn't the most exciting thing. It cleans out your colen- I'll just leave it at that. Well after the drink Ryan went to bed, but I stayed up to finish the chick flick I had rented to help me pass the time. When it was done Ryan was already asleep. Up until then I had been totally fine about the colenoscopy. I'm really good at denial. But I started to get nervous, so I had a hard time getting to sleep. I just wanted Ryan to cuddle me and make me feel all better, but he needed the sleep so I didn't wake him up. I probably should of. He would of helped me feel a lot better.
So Tuesday morning we dropped Kaitlyn off at Sara's and went back to the hospital. All morning I was nervous. Well at the hospital we had to wait for a while because they were backed up. I started to get even more nervous. Around nine (an hour later) they finally got to me. They took me in to the back and started my IV and telling me about the procedure. All the prep stuff. Well I got REALLY REALLY nervous, I think I was having a panic attack. The nurses kept asking me if I was ok. By the end there were 4 nurses in there. It took 2 of them to get the IV in me (3 small pokes, but luckily no blown veins this time). Well they were about to take me back but I asked if I could have a couple mins to calm down. I was seriously panicking by this time. Luckily I have the most wonderful husband in the world. I am so blessed that he is worthy to hold the priesthood. I asked him to give me a blessing and he did. I immediately felt calmer. So I went with the nurses to this very scary room with all sorts of machines (they said there were extra machines in there for other procedures) all by myself, Ryan couldn't come. But I was no longer scared. I felt very calm. What a wonderful father in heaven we have. I'm so glad he sent the comforter to be with me. It really helped. If I didn't have that, I don't know I wouldn't have been ok. Well the nurses were getting everything ready for the procedure, and then the nurse said she was putting in the medicine, had me roll over, and I don't remember a thing after that. I love medicine. They woke me up and brought me back in to Ryan. I really don't remember much of this. Ryan says I was really funny. I remember him laughing a lot and being confused because I didn't think I was being funny. Most of the rest of the day is a haze. I was out of it for a while. I know I went with Ryan to pick up Kaitlyn and I went inside, but I have no clue what I said. I called my mom and mother in law too, but I don't remember anything else. Well after I rested for a while we went to IHOP. Before the procedure I made Ryan promise we could go there afterwards once I could eat again. It was so yummy! I had stuffed french toast, so good. Oh yeah, I forgot. The colonoscopy went well, and I'm fine. No problems. Yay me. I think all the pain was from my either ulcer or acid reflex. The doctors gave me some medicine for that and I feel better. Only once or twice have I felt it since, and it was a lot less then before. So that was Tuesday.
On Wednesday we had already planed to go to Lancaster to find an apt. to live in we left Wednesday morning and got back Thursday afternoon. I'll finish that next time. I'm tired, it's late.