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February 11, 2006
Ugh, the rush
of quietness on Wednesday...that led to me being violently ill on Thursday!
I awoke at 5:45 am when my alarm rang and as I reached to shut it off I felt as if I was lying in a waterbed, which I was not, but it sure felt like it!
When I tried to sit upright, I fell over to my right side and had an awful time getting right again and then the violent waves of nausea came. Just turning from one side to another would cause this and it lasted ALL day!
At around 4:30 pm when I could no longer take it anymore, I had my husband drive me to the ER. What a time getting dressed and down the stairs. I literally had no balance and with every movement I had the worst feeling of motion sickness and by that time had nothing left to vomit! (Sorry for all the gory details!)
I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis, (a viral inner ear infection) and severe vertigo. They started an IV and gave me two liters of fluid and IV phenergan, thank the LORD for that stuff! In about two hours the nausea was gone and then they hit me with two doses of meclizine.
Today, Saturday I think it is, I'm feeling MUCH better, but still a bit wobbly on the feet. I want to keep leaning to the left! It's like I can feel myself leaning that way and have to keep pulling myself to the center. I'm still on the meds, every 8 hours and am praying that this dizziness is going to subside!
I never knew loosing your equalibrium like that could be so sickly! WOW!
Posted by tracey at February 11, 2006 11:05 AM