Re: update time please! / |)onna's update

January 20, 2010

Why is it that you always seem to ask for an update after I've just had

something happen or done something stupid.. LOL

Monday night, Earl was over to visit for awhile.. I was planning to have

my bath, and my clothes changed & hair washed BEFORE he got here.. he

just got here more quickly than I expected..

For some reason Buster decided that he MUST eat Earl so that Earl

wouldn't get through the door.. I was home alone when Earl arrived.. I

really really did not expect the reaction from Buster that Buster

produced though.. I'm am pretty sure he'd have bitten him (so was Earl)

if he'd have opened the door.. Thank goodness , was nearly right

behind Earl.. he came in first and got Buster somewhat settled.. Buster

was still bristled when Earl came in..but wasn't snarling..

We settled in for a bit of Runescape.. I didn't have the laptop out here

in the living room so poor Earl had to play on my desktop.. He was

showing me how he plays one of the mini-games.. (This kid has it all

down pat.. and I'm finding out how it is that the other kids do things

that we.. " too old to play " people can't seem to do.. LOL)..

Now the three of us have been in this same room together many many many

times before.. and ALL or us smoke.. And I've been fighting a cold off

and on and off and on for weeks and weeks now.. probably even before

Christmas.. so I don't believe that was the problem..

Now I know that I've started smoking way more than I ever did.. and it's

much too much shouldn't be doing 2 to 3 packs a day.. not when I was

doing less than a pack a day a few weeks ago.. So to start with, I knew

my chest was tight...

But ALL of a sudden, I just could not seem to get enough oxygen in my

lungs to satisfy the need for air.. I did stay calm, but it got worse

and worse.. I got my chair over to the living room door.. got it open..

got me into the threshold of the door.. with it wide open.. I told them

before I started to move that I couldn't catch my breath.. I sat there

for awhile.. it would seem to get better.. then not be so better.. but I

had my head out the door in the cold fresh air.. course decided to

stand out on the porch holding the door open.. I kept telling him this

would pass.. he kept asking if I was okay.. kinda hard to play that game

while you're trying to NOT panic and hyperventilate when you feel like

your suffocating..

At one point I got really faint.. things were browning out.. I'm

reaching for the right arm on my chair, cause I had pushed it up so it

wouldn't be in my way moving around.. but right then wanted it beside me

so I wouldn't fall out of the chair if I lost my balance in there while

browning.. ..

THEN.. my left arm went completely and totally numb.. and I was pretty

sure I might be able to lift it.. but it wasn't going to stay under my

control to do anything with it.. Now that's happened before.. not quite

to that extent.. and over 9 years ago.. then the right arm start to

follow suit..

THAT scared the beejeebers out of me.. and I did start to

hyperventilate.. then caught myself.. 's running for a flashlight..

to check my lips.. now it's one of those flashlights that if you look at

the bulb it looks bluish to start with.. LOL.. but he tells me that my

lips are blue.. he's calling an ambulance.. (he was trying to do this

before, and I kept telling him no.. it would pass).. Well.. once

everything had numbed and my lips were blue (so he sez.. ) when he said

dial 911? I nodded..

By the time all THREE ambulances got here.. with my kid and running

round through the yard trying to catch them (they were told which street

to come up).. EVERYTHING was nearly completely back to normal.. little

bit of numbness left in my arms and legs.. (Oh I forgot..my legs got

numb too.. more so than usual)

But it was all pretty much back to normal.. I was a little blabbery..

but I got EMT's well maybe only 2 EMT's the other 2 attendants.. at

least 2 of which are asking questions.. lol.. didn't like the guy to my

right with the machine.. but my pulse ox never dropped below 95..

I was fine.. they weren't going to take me to the hospital if I didn't

want to go.. I really didn't want to go.. (not sure they actually wanted

to take me either).. but said it was like this.. You're either

going in the ambulance or I'M going to take you.. either way you're

going to the ER to be checked out..

So Off I went.. had I gone to McGee.. they probably would have kept me..

but Jeannette sent me home with methylpred 4 mg (which I think is the

same thing as prednisone).. a Z-Pak and an Albuterol inhaler.. they

judged it a COPD flare.. cept I don't have COPD this in only my 2nd

lifetime bout with bronchitis.. never ever had an Asthma attack.. but

I'm a smoker.. therefore..

Well this hospital wasn't equipped to make the call on it being a flare

with the MS.. I've got plaque in the cervical region.. which tells that

the episodes with the right arm have happened before.. and they did..

this time I'd bet they'd find on an MRI a lesion just a bit higher in

the cervical region.. affecting the lung function...

And I heard today that my friend's sister, who also lives in Arizona

(pretty sure Tucson.. or the other big city that I can't remember.. the

one with the huge hot air balloon rally thing) is having a tremendous

amount of breathing problems right now as well..

I knew this could happen.. back when I was diagnosed.. only because I

did some research but also because I knew that Bonnie had the same type

problem either shortly after her diagnosis 25 plus years ago. or just

before her diagnosis.. don't know how long her episode of not being able

to breathe lasted.. just know she had it..

Little scary being home alone all day now that it's actually happened to

me.. but being on the roids right now.. don't think it will happen

again.. and I do have the inhaler.. and the phones beside me.. I just

worry about BUSTER... because the ambulance guys would NOT get in this

house to help me.. but I got myself to the door before in my chair.. and

like I told .. IF I have to call them again.. I will just put my

coat on.. (it's beside me by the couch now).. and my slippers and I will

get myself OUTSIDE with the door closed before they get here.. I'm

thoroughly afraid that they'd have to probably shoot Buster to get to

me.. and I WILL NOT let that happen...

Gotta get some info on working with the dog so that people can actually

get in here to help me in need be too.. It's good to know that the dog

could actually scare an uninvited intruder away.. but not so good to

know that he'd get himself hurt trying to protect me.. especially from

somebody here to help me

ON the good side.. the control arm thing for my wheelz is in.. they will

be coming to put it on this Friday.. Earl will be coming to stay

tomorrow evening.. so that he will be here and settled in with Buster

while is home.. and he can help me with Buster when the guy arrives

to fix the chair.. I'l be happy not to hae that dangling part hanging

there.. but if I disconnect it now.. the control won't power on at all..

so long as it's connected.. works just fine.. LOL

So.. weather has cleared.. yard is a mass of mushy stuff now.. hope

spring gets here soon.. I've had enough winter to last me for awhile..

HUGS

|)onna

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> doing? Is everyone okay? Please send an update!

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January 20, 2010