If it doesn’t rain, it pours!

Well I ended up in hospital yet again and after some really serious convincing I managed to escape this afternoon. Here’s how it happened:

I went in on wednesday for a diabetes clinic appointment, on the way I got a severe pain in my chest that ran up to my shoulder. So when we went in to see the diabetes specialist we told them about the pain, they took my blood pressure which was pretty high. After taking some blood and doing some tests to rule out blood clots.

They ruled out the blood clots, but still worried about what caused the chest pains and the higher blood pressure they were pretty concerned about pre-eclampsia.  Apparently due to having gestational diabetes it makes me even higher risk for this.

I was told this morning that if my blood pressure hadn’t gone down further than it had already then I would have to stay another night. (which of course I was dreading – I’d already read through 2 magazines (That’s Life! And Reader’s Digest) and 2 books, played Tetris on a mini hand-held game till my thumbs were sore) Luckily after lunch, a small walk away from the ward followed by a lovely massage from my darling Krzysiek and a nap, my blood pressure was at an acceptable level.

I do however have to go into the hospital tomorrow to get it checked again, then again on monday. I think it’s a small sacrifice to make in order to be allowed my freedom.

~ by blackriven on April 11, 2008.