It has been a week! I can't say if it's been a good or a bad
week, it's just been a week.
The most exciting part of the week was last Tuesday when I
went to the ER. About a week and a half ago, I started having these headaches
with really weird symptoms. I did get them 5-9 times a day but they would only
last 20 seconds- 2 minutes. Then they would go away. The problem was that when
I got these headaches, they were almost paralyzing because they hurt so much.
After calling the mission nurse, who called Salt Lake, who called the church's
neurologist, we were told to head in to the ER immediaty. They were concerned I
had an aneurysm. The good news is that they didn't find anything alarming in
the tests. We didn't get home from the ER until 1:30 that morning, and the next
day was very long.
They referred me to a neurologist who we saw on Friday who
said I am having a rare form of headache called a trigeminal angio- something
or other. I didn't catch the rest of what he said. He still wants to do an MRI
and a cerebral angiogram which are scheduled for this week to figure out what
is causing the headaches and how to stop them. It's all very ironic to me that
we had to go see a neurologist when my major is neuroscience. :)
It was all very exciting and exhausting! Sister Mueller has
been absolutely amazing through all of this, and has been very supportive.
She's become one of my best friends, and I could not have gotten through this
week without her.
I'm sure there were other things that happened this week,
but I can't seem to recall what they were. In the middle of all of this, I read
alma 7:11-13. I love my Savior. I'm so grateful for his sacrifice which makes
it possible for me to be "succored according to my infirmities." I
know he lives. That knowledge is one of my greatest possessions.
God is good!
~Sister Slade
Pictures
1. Proof that I was in the ER
No comments:
Post a Comment