((((Toi)))) OMG!

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Oh Toi.....

BLESS YOUR HEART!!! I cannot even begin to imagine what you went

through......feeling bad is hard enough....but then for the docs to

be baffled is even scarier.......there you sit

wondering " OK.....what's the deal here docs? " and then knowing you

were away from the babies....OMG......how heart

wrenching.........Sweetie.....I am so sorry you had to endure

that....your emotions are probably about to explode......I will pray

for you and that you get some much deserved and needed rest and that

your body continues to heal.....and that it won't take long......give

those babies big hugs from all of us.....

Terri in Texas

EDD: 3-1-05

RNY was: 2-16-1

- In OSSG-pregnant , " Toi " <toibox_success@y...> wrote:

> Hi girls,

>

> Toi here, but just for a few 'cause I'm still feeling a bit icky.

>

> We were able to bring the babies home Wednesday night, and they

were

> and continue to do well. I, on the other hand, was feeling pretty

bad

> but attributed it to the anxiety of coming home, checking out of

the

> hospital, soreness and fatigue from delivering 2 babies, etc.

>

> I continued to feel bad Wed. night, and by Thurs. morning I felt so

> awful I was in tears. No extra pains or anything, but my heart was

> really beating slowly and I just generally felt terrible, to the

> point of tears. I spoke with my doc about my feelings and he told

me

> to go to the emergency room immediately.

>

> There followed an agonizing night of EKGs, CT scans, and chest x-

> rays. My blood pressure had shot up to 189/86 (extremely high for

me

> since I usually run around 116/60), and my heart rate had slowed to

> 31 bpm. Docs were baffled since it was rare to see a postnatal with

> these symptoms. The ran me through a gamut of tests, thinking

> everything from a pituitary tumor to cardio myopathy (sp?).

>

> I was admitted into the hospital, having only spent one night at

home

> with my babies. My experience was agonizing, since there were no

> answers, my blood pressure couldn't be controlled, my heartbeat was

> dangerously low, and my newborn babies were at home and I needed to

> be with them.

>

> The next morning I was sent for another round of testing including

> another CT scan of my head, chest x-rays, and an ultrasound of my

> heart. All of these tests were returned with negative results for

> problems, so a conference call was made between my doc, a

> neurologist, a cardiologist, and a professor of obstetrics. They

came

> to the conclusion that the Pitocin used to induce my labor had

caused

> an enormous amount of fluids to be retained in my tissues, which

made

> my blood pressure shoot up, which made my heart beat slow down.

>

> I was kept another night in the hospital for monitoring and with

the

> hopes that my bp would come down and stabilize with treatment. With

> the blessings of God, things began to improve and I was stable long

> enough that they released me yesterday. I am now home where I

belong

> with my family and my dear, sweet twins. I will be on 2 different

bp

> meds and potassium for a while and hope that the specialists are

> right when they say this should be a temporary condition.

>

> What a scary few days, but things appear to be improving. One thing

I

> did want to note was that, now that all is said and done, I am

> finding out that, although rare, Pitocin can have this type of

> negative affect on some patients. There are other induction

> alternatives, so it might be wise to just talk with your doc if you

> find yourself in a position to be induced.

>

> Thanks again for being such good support and I promise to get some

> pics posted as soon as things are settled.

>

> Huggz,

> Toi