Day 2... Results Already?

Scott and I took Tiani, D-man and Malianna with Norma and her children to Vao and Lafo's (VOP/Pacific Generation) "Shake-Off" event at Tahitian Noni last night. The food and the company was great! If you've never been to Tahitian Noni Int. in Provo, then you should make it a date to go. Their gardens are gorgeous and the kids had a blast roaming the beautiful grounds. I wasn't too sure if I should go because my Solu-Medrol had to be administered at a certain time starting at 7 pm and finished by 10 - 11 pm, as my nurse required per my doctor's orders. Tonight, it has to be delivered by 6pm and finish before my nurse stops by to pull the needle out. Anyhow, I tried to cancel, but I felt bad for Vao and I told him that if I were to come, I would have to show up with my IV then. Everything seem alright at first as Norma flushed my line, but when the medicine took effect, the migraines crept in and I felt a tightness in my chest. I started to sweat while I sat there, but then it subsided, although the migraines remained. Towards the end of the event, I started to feel a little strange so I tried to get up when Norma came over to check on me and she freaked out when she saw that my blood had traveled more than 1/4 of the way into my IV line. Apparently, I had my foot on the line and was cutting the flow of the meds. I wasn't worried about it since I've had it happened to me several times while I was hospitalized several years ago with pancreatitis and a gall-bladder removal, while I was 7 months pregnant with D-man. It was definitely not a fun memory for me having to deal with a PICC line and be fed via a feeding tube. Anyway, by the time I got to my vehicle, most of the blood had drained back into my vein.

As for day 2's results, I've noticed an improvement from yesterday. Sure the metallic taste and heartburn was there, but as of this morning there is a noticeable improvement on the right-side of my body. I noticed my leg, especially my thigh and my middle and lower back are not tingling as much. The only sensation that are still apparent is a feeling of "heaviness" and the tingling in my head is not as bad, although it's still there. The pain in my neck and hip area are still annoying, but I'm hoping with time it will dwindle. Being that today is my last day of treatment which I'm ecsatatic about, I'm anticipating to get my entire right-side fully functional again. I'm not sure if getting results this quickly is even possible, but I do know that along with this medication and help from Heavenly Father, prayers and the Priesthood blessings that I've recieved have been and are instrumental in my healing. I still believe that my symptoms are not MS-related and I hope my doctor's will agree with me. I think the hardest part of this treatment is having to spend 3-4 hours of my time waiting for my medication to finish when I've got things that need to be done and dealing with insomnia, which I had another exasperating night of it. However, I finally got to bed a couple of hours ago and slept for about an hour or so only to be awaken by the sounds of someone rummaging through Scott's things in his nighstand. When I woke up, Malianna's sweet little smile greeted me. So, now I'm fully awake, though I feel like I'm ready to drop. I meant to call my doctor yesterday about getting some meds to treat my insomnia, but I got tied up with errands, one of them was visiting my chiro. I also visited my mother-in-law, Marla, who was in the emergency room for a couple of hours. She got into a 3-car accident which totalled her vehicle and Scott left his office early and rushed over with Quinn to give her a blessing . We were so grateful and relieved to know she didn't have any broken bones and seem to only suffer from a stiff neck and shoulders [whiplash]. She's the kind of person that will always put others first before herself and that was evident yesterday. She was so concerned about the other drivers and the children, who were passengers of the pick-up truck who caused the accident. I got a call from her a few hours ago and she's doing wonderfully this morning. What a relief!

Well, the day dawn broke hours ago and my kiddies and I are going with Norma and her children to a family day BBQ at the National Guard station, even though Mike is away at boot camp. GO GUARD!!! So, we'll have to finish our Saturday chores when we get back. Scott and Anson have decided to stay home and mow the lawn and work on two of our computers. Out of the 5 computers we normally use, we still have 3 that are operating at the moment, so what's two that don't work? Well, one of the computers that needs to be tended to is hooked to our flat screen and it acts as our "Tivo" and it's free and it also allows us to go online and my kids love to watch youtube, netflix and hulu. The other computer is for my little ones and my hubby built it just for them and they can't go on PBS kids without it (lol).