Scary start to a great weekend

This past weekend started off crazy!  Friday morning was Sara's follow up appointment with the GI doctor.  We have decided to have an endoscopy done, we have to wait until we are contacted to schedule it.  It will have to be done in Phoenix so we will miss a day of work and a day of school but I think we need to continue to figure out why she feels the way she does or rule things out so we can help her feel better.

While I was leaving there with Sara to head back home (they were out of school for a short Fall break) I received a text message from my boss saying not to come in yet until he lets me know that the internet is back up and running again.   In the meantime I got a phone call from Karlee, she was very upset and crying and having a hard time breathing.  She was having a panic attack.  She was at work, and asked me to come get her.  I grabbed Kyle so that he could drive her car back to our place so that it wasn't sitting all day at the Dillards parking lot.

Karlee was upset from whatever happened yesterday, it had her very freaked out and concerned.  I was concerned too, the more I knew about what went on between what Sara said and what Karlee was saying, I couldn't help but want to know what happened or what is going on.  I texted my boss and told that something came up with Karlee and I would not make it to work today.

Karlee and Sara the day before, on Thursday had drove up to the Snowbowl to take some Fall pictures and spend some sister time together.  Prior to her driving up there, she started experience strange physical things that started with a headache, she thought maybe a migraine was coming on (she had only had one that she knew of in her life) but it was the type of headache that hurt a ton and she started to not see on the right side.  Long story short everything she ended up describing sounds like symptoms of a stroke.  Yes I know it sounds crazy but you couldn't help but wonder, it was scary.

I picked Karlee up from Dillards and we headed to urgent care, I really didn't know what to do or where to go since it happened the day before.  I wanted to talk to someone for some guidance, tell me what to do lol.  We were told that the best thing to do since it was Friday and most doctors and even urgent care do not have a ton of equipment to do any of the exams that would need to be done to rule anything major out, he suggested to go to the ER.  It did sound neurological and could be serious but maybe not, since she was alright today, but to have a peace of mind it was best to go to the ER.

We headed to the ER.  We knew we wanted answers so that we could move from this moment.  We sat there most of the day.  Finally she was seen by a doctor, a very nice doctor who took time to evaluate what was going on.  He said that she was going to be alright and that there would not be a need for any major tests.  We were relived to hear that but still wanted to understand what had happened.

He asked a ton of questions about her headaches in the past.  While listening I began to think about mine and how they fit into a lot of the questions.  Then I knew that we had a history more than I realized and things began to fall in place.

Migraines.

Karlee had a migraine with aura.  Those are ugly  migraines that can have "stroke" like symptoms. Crazy!!!  Who knew!

Since she doesn't seem to have a bunch of headaches often she was given a prescription for a medicine that she would use as needed and to take as soon as her head hurt.

We got through Friday during the day and then got ready for football at night!  Karlee went with us and I enjoyed her being there so much.  After a long emotional day I cherished our down time in the cold night air at the high school football game.