Long day...

So today was... eventful, we'll say.

Started off at work in a need to work mode. Lots of stuff to do, never enough time. The CEO of the company is coming on Wednesday and of course there's an insane(sometimes unrealistic) list of things to do.  Then it happened. I got sick. :(

I haven't been feeling the best all weekend. It started off on a Saturday with a small headache, a bit of nausea and just pure and utter exhaustion. I got home from work and just slept. Sunday was an early morning staff meeting and I got home and crashed for 3 hours after that. We had family dinner and then again, sleep. I was getting cold sweats and throwing up a bit. I finally got back to bed and then at work it happened again. Just out of nowhere I had to get sick. Very unusual to me considering I haven't gotten sick this entire pregnancy. My morning sickness never made me throw up. So I was a bit worried, worried enough to actually call the doctors office. I called, explained the situation to the assistant and she told me go straight to the women's hospital triage.

Oy.
That's when a million things start running through your mind.
Fear was a big one for me. Whats wrong with me? What's wrong with baby? Are we ok? What did I do wrong? Am I being punished for something? Im not working hard enough, or the flip of the that Im working too hard...
All thoughts were just silly.
I told the other manager Sam, my boss and called the hubby to come get me... and then burst into tears in the back office. There go those hormones...
Thank goodness for Sam and her reasoning and personal experiences. Shes a mom and calmed my fears for the time being.

The hubby got there and whisked me away to the hospital.

The best thing ever was walking in and seeing Shael!
Shael is an old friend who is 37 weeks pregnant and had a fetal assessment today and was just waiting for her ride to get her. She was nothing short of stunning (she always is) and was in fantastic spirits even though she just found out that she may have to be induced this week. Im hoping thats not the case for her and am sending her tonnes of positive vibes her way. (Good Luck little girl, stay in mommy for just a bit longer!)

I got admitted and all the waiting began. First a full blood pressure panel and blood work. Oh and of course a pee test. The triage/perinatal unit was bumping when we got there so I actually was stuck in a chair  for a few hours... at least it was a comfy chair. They did all the tests and yes, my blood pressure was still too high and I had a slight fever as well. The flu is going around so none of the nurses were surprised. Apparently they've seen a lot of it in the past few days. They were now just waiting for a bed for me so they could check up on baby... and a few hours later one finally opened up! They hooked me up to a baby monitor and there he was, strong heartbeat and having a dance party in my tummy. What can I say? He likes an audience. As soon as the nurse put the monitor on, he was actively running around the womb. Kicking and shifting around so sometimes you would hear him and then he would dip out for a sec and come back a bit later. Crazy kid.

Results on all the test came back. No protein in my urine, so no preeclampsia. Awesome news, I was afraid of the that most of all. Blood work was good, baby is moving lots with a strong heartbeat. Only thing they were worried about was my blood pressure. It still wasn't going down so they decided to put me on labetalol, a medication to lower blood pressure and on an anti needle program. Basically someone will come to my house and monitor my BP just to make sure everything is going well.

I have to call Dr Lee tomorrow and make an appt to see her sooner rather than later and then I should get a call from the doctors office as well because they would like to give me a fetal assesment.

That being said, I spent 3.5 hours at work, 5 hours at the hospital, another hour getting the prescription and  got home with a nauseous, hungry tummy and a cranky attitude. I ate and took a nap. I couldn't do anything else with myself. Im exhausted and too stressed out (mainly work related) to function right now. I had a snack and now Im going back to bed.

Tomorrow has to be a better day.