I woke up early this morning to get ready to speak at the Christian Women in the Marketplace luncheon.
My leg was still numb, (thinking it was a pulled muscle) I got on the floor to stretch it out.
I went into a seizure on my entire right side of my body. I laid there not able to call for help, Michelle's house was too big for her to hear me, and my cell phone was on the other side of the room.
So I waited..... for 20 minutes for the seizure to stop.
I then crawled to my cell phone and called Michelle. Calmly I said, "Michelle can you come up here." No, I am HAVING A SEIZURE!!! No, HELP ME!!!! (what WAS I thinking?)
Shortly after she came up in time for the 2nd seizure. We were both still thinking it was a pulled muscle, so she ran and got a "Tiger Balm" (like an Icey Hot patch). She put it on my leg and almost as she did, she realized this was NOT going to work and ripped it off! OUCH!
She said, "we have to take you to the ER!" We had to wait 30 minutes until the second seizure stopped before we could go.
Thank God she HAD an elevator, I don't think I could have made it down all the stairs to the garage without it!!
As soon as I got in the car the 3rd seizure hit!
She drove me to Baptist Hospital, ran and got a nurse with a wheel chair. With the seizure still going full force, they put me in the wheelchair and rushed me into ER. In minutes they had me in a room, stripping me down, (yes in front of Michelle - did I mention I only had met her 2 times BEFORE my trip and it was over dinner each time, so wouldn't say we were close friends) they put gadgets all over me and an IV in my arm and got anti seizure meds in me QUICKLY.
After the seizure (which lasted over an hour) stopped, they took me in for a CAT scan.
The doctor came in and said, "Ms. Cunningham, you have a mass the size of a tennis ball on the left side of your brain!".......
....... What?......... Can I see a picture of it?........ Wow!! That is HUGE!!!!....... a TUMOR?.........
My leg was still numb, (thinking it was a pulled muscle) I got on the floor to stretch it out.
I went into a seizure on my entire right side of my body. I laid there not able to call for help, Michelle's house was too big for her to hear me, and my cell phone was on the other side of the room.
So I waited..... for 20 minutes for the seizure to stop.
I then crawled to my cell phone and called Michelle. Calmly I said, "Michelle can you come up here." No, I am HAVING A SEIZURE!!! No, HELP ME!!!! (what WAS I thinking?)
Shortly after she came up in time for the 2nd seizure. We were both still thinking it was a pulled muscle, so she ran and got a "Tiger Balm" (like an Icey Hot patch). She put it on my leg and almost as she did, she realized this was NOT going to work and ripped it off! OUCH!
She said, "we have to take you to the ER!" We had to wait 30 minutes until the second seizure stopped before we could go.
Thank God she HAD an elevator, I don't think I could have made it down all the stairs to the garage without it!!
As soon as I got in the car the 3rd seizure hit!
She drove me to Baptist Hospital, ran and got a nurse with a wheel chair. With the seizure still going full force, they put me in the wheelchair and rushed me into ER. In minutes they had me in a room, stripping me down, (yes in front of Michelle - did I mention I only had met her 2 times BEFORE my trip and it was over dinner each time, so wouldn't say we were close friends) they put gadgets all over me and an IV in my arm and got anti seizure meds in me QUICKLY.
After the seizure (which lasted over an hour) stopped, they took me in for a CAT scan.
The doctor came in and said, "Ms. Cunningham, you have a mass the size of a tennis ball on the left side of your brain!".......
....... What?......... Can I see a picture of it?........ Wow!! That is HUGE!!!!....... a TUMOR?.........
Laughter fillled my heart instead of fear gripping my heart. To the point that as they took me from ER to the ICU, the nuses thought my tumor was affecting the front part of my brain, and I was "not quite there". To which Michelle told them, "No, that is just how she is, and also she has a peace that God is in control!"
No comments:
Post a Comment