Yesterday, as John and I were leaving Forest Hills Foods, the gentleman who was ringing the bell for the Salvation Army offered us three free ticket to the Forest Hills Northern production of "Beauty and the Beast" for that night. So we dropped some money in his tin and left. We only had 10 minutes to get there so it was good that it was right on our way home. What a blessing it was...and so spontaneous!
The production was amazing! The sets and costumes were incredible, and the performers were great considering it was high school. When you closed your eyes you could almost just picture the movie because the actors sang and sounded so much like the movie. It was the second best non-professional production I've ever seen (the first is GVSU's Rocky Horror Picture Show). The script is obviously good as it is but they decided to throw some extra things in every now and then. The best was Mrs. Potts' line, "We're all in this together" and then they cut in a clip from the "High School Musical" song "We're All in this Together" and the three actors on stage started dancing. And when the audience stopped clapping and laughing Cogsworth said, "That was weird." It was so funny!
The other really amazing part was the song "Be Our Guest." The choreography was awesome and the students did an amazing job with it. When it was over the audience cheered for about a full minute because it was so good. It had been a long time since John and I saw a really good performance and we were so blessed to be given tickets to such a great show! So thanks to the guy who left them and to the Salvation Army guy who passed them on!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Doctor Visits
Last Thursday, as most people know, I ended up in ER. My blood sugar was low for approximately two hours and my brain was not able to function. John thought I had a stroke because I literally couldn't talk, I could think just fine but I couldn't make myself say the words, it was just gibberish. When the paramedics came they were asking me all kinds of questions and, though I could finally talk, I couldn't give them any answers. John said it reminded him of The Notebook because I didn't know who he was. It was very scary. Once they got me to the hospital (my first ambulance trip) I started coming around a little more. They kept asking me questions but some things I still couldn't answer. When I fully came around they sent me home and I was able to just take it easy the rest of the day. The next morning I still felt kind of fuzzy but I think part of me was just scared because I didn't really know what caused me to be so confused and unable to think.
Take Two: Yesterday I woke up with a pain in my right side. I tried to drink more water, stretch it and just relax but nothing was helping. I didn't want to miss another day of work so I went in. After about two hours I couldn't take it anymore, when someone asked me how I was doing I just started crying because of all the pain. They walked me to the bathroom where I layed down on the couch and called my doctor. One of our first responders gave me an ice pack and that seemed to help. Thankfully my doctor didn't ask me to go to a med center or ER, I was hoping I wouldn't have to. They did order some lab tests so John came and picked me up and took me there. (Here I have to make the comment that people who work in labs are 100x better at drawing blood than ER nurses...I mean seriously, did I ask you to stick me wrong and then fish around in there trying to find the vein only for you to have to pull it out and try again anyway? No, no I didn't.) When I got home I layed down in bed and watched/slept through two movies. I talked to the doctor and he said all the tests had come back fine, there's one more out there that takes a couple of days even on rush so we're still waiting but he thinks it'll be fine too. I ate a little bit of dinner and about an hour later threw it up. But after that I felt really good! The pain went away and I felt good the rest of the night. There were a couple of positions that were painful to sleep in but I found one or two that were really comfortable so I stuck to those all night. This morning I felt pretty good and made it through work. The pain started to come back a little bit but nothing nearly as severe as yesterday. I iced it again during work and that helped again. I wonder if it's round ligament pain, I know Sarah had it around this time so I'm hoping that's all it is. But, then again, if it is it's still no fun!
Hopefully this is all that will be going wrong because I certainly have enough to worry about and this stuff just stinks, not to mention it takes me out of work. So I'm praying that most things will go smoothly from here on. I get another ultrasound in 4 to 5 weeks where we'll find out the sex! We're really excited about that. Also, tomorrow I turn 14 weeks and officially enter my second trimester! :)
Take Two: Yesterday I woke up with a pain in my right side. I tried to drink more water, stretch it and just relax but nothing was helping. I didn't want to miss another day of work so I went in. After about two hours I couldn't take it anymore, when someone asked me how I was doing I just started crying because of all the pain. They walked me to the bathroom where I layed down on the couch and called my doctor. One of our first responders gave me an ice pack and that seemed to help. Thankfully my doctor didn't ask me to go to a med center or ER, I was hoping I wouldn't have to. They did order some lab tests so John came and picked me up and took me there. (Here I have to make the comment that people who work in labs are 100x better at drawing blood than ER nurses...I mean seriously, did I ask you to stick me wrong and then fish around in there trying to find the vein only for you to have to pull it out and try again anyway? No, no I didn't.) When I got home I layed down in bed and watched/slept through two movies. I talked to the doctor and he said all the tests had come back fine, there's one more out there that takes a couple of days even on rush so we're still waiting but he thinks it'll be fine too. I ate a little bit of dinner and about an hour later threw it up. But after that I felt really good! The pain went away and I felt good the rest of the night. There were a couple of positions that were painful to sleep in but I found one or two that were really comfortable so I stuck to those all night. This morning I felt pretty good and made it through work. The pain started to come back a little bit but nothing nearly as severe as yesterday. I iced it again during work and that helped again. I wonder if it's round ligament pain, I know Sarah had it around this time so I'm hoping that's all it is. But, then again, if it is it's still no fun!
Hopefully this is all that will be going wrong because I certainly have enough to worry about and this stuff just stinks, not to mention it takes me out of work. So I'm praying that most things will go smoothly from here on. I get another ultrasound in 4 to 5 weeks where we'll find out the sex! We're really excited about that. Also, tomorrow I turn 14 weeks and officially enter my second trimester! :)
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