I think on my last post I wrote how I wasn't really coping too well. Well two weeks ago I saw my specialist for a regular checkup. He called my OB who then admitted me to hospital. There wasn't anything obvious. I was just tired, dizzy, nauseous and feeling very faint. I had lost 2 kg in the last two weeks which isn't good either. So initially I was admitted for exhaustion. After a few days in, I had had lots of sleep, but the dizziness was still there. My OB thought I might have a labyrinthitis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinthitis
Basically its an inner ear disorder that may be caused by a virus, a family history, or the pregnancy itself. I was put on stemetil for the dizziness and zofran for the nausea. She wouldnt' say when I could go home, it really depended on how I coped.
Over a week later she finally let me out on the proviso that we put Charlotte into full time care; which we were able to do pretty easily. So I'm been home for nearly a week, and have been struggling a little. I have good days and bad, and emotionally it is hard. I keep hoping it is a virus and will go away but I'm not really getting any better. And the other night I had a reaction to the stemetil where I had uncontrollable shaking so I've now stopped it. Of course that coincided with Charlotte being really sick and vomiting several times in the night so it was a pretty miserable night.
So now I just take one day at a time. I find that everything is blurry alot and it is hard to focus on anything, which is why it has taken me so long to post this. But the nausea has reduced significantly which is one blessing.
In other news, we are finally going ahead with the renovations which is exciting. They should be starting in the next week or two. So all we need to do now is tidy up, set up bubs room, pick a name, pack a hospital bag, get him some clothes..... only a few things!
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