Ok so yesterday I fainted again, dizzy all the time, completely unable to focus, have had a fever, awfully tired, and have been feeling pretty miserable. So I talked to Adam and his Uncle (a FANTASTIC Dr) called me yesterday evening and chatted. He wanted me to get my hemoglobin levels tested and explained much of what is going on and that it all sounded due to Parvo virus. He discussed how acute cases of parvo virus are rare but when it happens it presents all the same symptoms I have been having. He said that if my hemoglobin levels have dropped again it means that the virus is breaking down my hemoglobin and I will require a blood transfusion.
So armed with some information I went off to my Dr today. Thankfully GrammyS had been alerted and came to watch the kids. They took my blood at the Dr and I went right out - silly people taking blood while I was still sitting!! So that really scared them and they sent me off to a cardiologist for a bunch of tests. He was very thoughtful and ruled out all the scary stuff to do with my heart and said well I can tell you what it is not… sigh. He was very pleasant and I would recomend him to anyone. He said that my arteries were absolutely perfect - go figure I am not that old! So he has 2 more tests for me and then is going to do the same thing the nuero surgen did. Hand me off saying it probably just viral. Nothing he can do for me… ARGH!
I am going to wait for the blood test then perhaps head back to my infectious disease guy. After that I am seriously going to consider driving out to Cleveland to see Adam’s uncle or a specialist he knows out there.
The kids had a great time with GrammyS. They even asked if I needed to go back out when I got home though AQ did have a breakdown session while I was gone saying that she missed her Mummy.
I want to feel good again…. I want to get fit again… I want this to be over with…
BQ in Boston again.
The kids have off school tommorrow -WOOOHOO!!!
So this morning, even though I did not go to bed late, I got up at alarm, then reset it and went to AQs bed as BQ was yelling about the alarm. I reset it again, then slept thru and woke up when ZQ woke me 10minutes before bus arrives!! I actually managed to get him there on time and all!! WOW. AQ went in her pjs it was pretty funny, wild hair, snot nose and munching on a bar as I didn’t have time to feed them.
EQ said he had a horrible day at school today. He now has one of the teachers zq had last year, the same on that snapped at him about the glue and aparantly today she snapped at EQ in the playground and he was really hurt. I have to think about how tactfully to approach this one as he has asked me to talk to her about it. hmmmm. Shame as the teachers adore EQ as a student. He really is a pleasure to teach and I am sure she did not mean to snap at him… He was really upset about it this afternoon and I had to make him a tent to hide in until the sad feelings went away. (this was after I removed him from the play area for smashing everything he could get ahold of) He is back to being aggressive with me but really clingy at the same time. Why is it that sometimes the things they need the most are the hardest for them to cope with. I think perhaps he is worried about me too and that isn’t helping. He needs his Goupa slave here to make him feel good and taken care of. lol
ZQ did his homework last night in under 10minutes without help at all and that includes the extra stuff I made him do to make it harder for him. I am glad he is finding this so easy as it will boost his ego a little but he is already starting to sound bored and asking when they will teach him how to read… guess I am going to have to figure out how best to teach reading next.
Did I mention I am meant to be at the ER getting a head CT for fainting? The Dr is afraid I might have cracked my head (might actually beneficial for me! I was cracked already). I think I would know if my skull was cracked besides most of the soreness is on my arse and a CT of the head wouldn’t catch that -lol. So I am avoiding that. I am also terrified of that hosp now…
OK kids need to get to bed. I am planning on lying down with them so I can perhaps feel better tommorrow, still feel weak from lack of blood - why do they have to take half of what you have to test it? OK so it isn’t half but it sure feels like it!
Oh, almost forgot. On the weekend ZQ got up, dressed in a kiwi shirt and grabbed his kiwi and walked around saying he was having a New Zealand day so he could think of his Goupa and how much he loves her. VERY CUTE.