Just a quick email today. This is the most I have had to sit upright since Friday and it isn't very easy.
I don't really know what happened- I do know that after my morning exercises I jumped in the shower. Immediately after, my legs starting seizing up and I could hardly move. I pulled myself into the other room and rolled on the floor. We didn't have any ice packs- only ice cubes. So that did us no good. I laid on the floor for a couple of hours before it became totally unbearable. We went to a chiropractor in the ward. The Relief Society president brought us some food. Some neighbors gave me a blessing. We called the Assistants to get a ride to the chiropractor.
They tried to relax my muscles and relieve some of the pain but it didn't do much. So we headed to the ER. They put me in a wheelchair. It was SUPER painful and that is when my body decided to shut down. Sister Munafo wheeled me over to the bathroom and then everything started going in and out and fuzzy like static on a TV. I knew I was going and tried to tell them. The Assistants looked super panicked and didn't know what to do. I could hear them talking to me but I couldn't feel anything. It was the strangest feeling. Suddenly a nurse was tapping on my sternum. He asked me some questions and I felt so proud of myself for knowing all the answers. They wheeled me right in to get checked. I was really out of it for quite a while. I tried to convert my nurse immediately after I woke up.
They had me in a bed and gave me an IV and pain meds. They checked all my vitals and did some xrays. The culprit- a pinched nerve. Sciatica. Saturday I slept all day from the meds. Sunday I was able to stay awake a bit longer. And now I can move around a bit more. It is not 100%, but things are improving. They have members arranged to stay with me at night so Sister Munafo can go out and check on our investigators.
President Andersen should be giving you a call about the hospital stuff. I don't really know what they wanted me to do with it. Anyways, I love you all and pray you have a great week. I need to lie down again.
Love you always,
Sister Alicia Johnson
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