I went to work on Monday at my new job... I went to pick up the kids and go home. I was having a headache and just thought it would pass nbd. It was getting worse over time and I didn't have any ibuprofen in the house so I decided to go to bed early and sleep it off. Around 3am I woke up from a dream with my head pounding. In my dream I felt the pain and I was at a hospital - I asked a police officer for help getting medication and he called me pathetic - (all in the dream lol) and I flipped and we fought. I woke up, sat up, and I was going to go to the 24 hr store to get medication for it. I woke Justin up to let him know where I would be. I then stood up from the bed and collapsed onto the floor, grabbing my head, and screaming in pain. I called my mom frantically in tears as my head felt like it was exploding. Thankfully, she answered. I told her my head hurt so badly I couldn't move and that I needed someone to please get me some pain meds from the store. She told me no, I had to go to the ER asap. Justin went and woke my dad up and he took me to the ER. At the ER they tried a bunch of migraine meds but nothing touched the pain. A nurse came to take me to the bathroom but moving only made me start crying hysterically again in pain. So then doctors came in and they did a spinal tap. The spinal tap revealed that I had white blood cells in it but no bacteria which ruled out bacterial meningitis but confirmed that I had Viral Meningitis. Viral is a good one to have if you're going to have it - the bacterial is said to be much much worse - (although, having gone through the pain of viral idk how that would even be possible - idk how the pain could get or be any worse). So then they started treating me for the pain with morphine and Toradol which treats inflammation. Meningitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal cord meninges - so the medication truly helped and was like a life saver.
The worst part was not being able to see Noel for the 3 days I was in the hospital. I couldn't see him or be around him at all. :( I missed him so much. He stayed at my moms house with my mom and sister. Moe skyped me with him one day and I was crying because I missed him so much. When I got out I went to play poker (to give the time necessary for all the medications to leave my system before nursing again). I knew that once Noel saw me he would want to nurse asap. But when we got home he was already sleeping and he didn't wake up until morning. When he finally woke up he went right to nursing and we resumed out breastfeeding journey.
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