All Day Dr. Appt.

I went to the doctor the other day for what I thought was a sinus infection. I was taken back to the room where the nurse asked me all those questions about the medications I am on and stuff. She takes my blood pressure and pulse. All the normal stuff they do before the doctor comes in to see you, and leaves the room. In comes another nurse who proceeds to take my pulse again and askes me what I have done that morning and if I have had a lot of caffiene to drink like a red bull or a pot of coffee. I proceed to tell her that I have been in bed asleep all morning and had a little water to drink. She leaves the room and comes back to take my oxygen level with that think they clip on your finger. She then pulls out of the cabinet a paper gown and tells me to undress waist up and she would be back in to do an EKG. At this point I am wondering what is going on. She comes back in the room does the EKG and explains to me that my pulse is much to high. Finally the P.A. that I had the appointment with comes in and tells me that they are very concerned about my pulse rate. It was at 123 b/m and rising. WHAT!! She looks at my sore throat real fast (which was nothing more than the start of a sinus infection) and tells me that I need to go straight to the emergency room because of my pulse. Aaron was with the boys in the car so I get in the car and try to explain everything to him. We drop the boys off with some friends and head toward downtown. After some blood tests, urine tests, a CAT scan, and 4 hours (not bad) of sitting in a tiny room, I was told that I have an over-active thyroid. Who knew I would go from possible sinus infection to thyroid problems in a few hours. Now I have to check back with my primary care physician (see you next week Brenda) so they can do more blood work. Good news is that this could possibly make me lose weight and can be taken care of with medication.

On to a different subject, my wonderful husband surprised me the other day with a partially painted wall and informed me that my dad was comming over the next day to start painting!! It took them 3 1/2 long days and the finished product looks amazing!! Thank you Dad and Aaron!! I now have beautiful green walls and ceiling instead of the white that came with the house. It makes the whole inside look better.

Last, the boys and I went to a friends house today for their family Thanksgiving. It was so much fun. There were so many people in that one house. I forgot what it is like to be surrounded by so much family. She had a great-grandmother there all the way down to her cousins and their kids. What a day! I look foreward to being able to do that later on in life with my kids and their families.

Happy Holidays to everyone!!
Starla