I woke up in the middle of the night last night in the most horrid pain of my life. Ive had kidney stones, gall stones, sprained ankles and bruised tail bones, and I would take ANY of that again over the pain I had last night. I would rather go through natural, unmedicated labor and delivery than go through the pain I did last night ever again. It felt like my arm was bring ripped off my body at the shoulder. There was nothing I could do to make it stop or dull it. I tried to lay it down and take all pressure off of it, that didnt help, I tried to prop it up on my side, that did nothing. Finally I put an ice pack on it held in place by a pillow, and after that for over an hour, it dulled enough to allow me to move it from the elbow down. At least it was something. That allowed me to get a few hours of sleep and not waste 100s of dollars going to the ER. I went to the doctor at 8am thinking he was going to tell me it was just a pinched nerve, but apparently it was a bit of a bigger deal than that. I tore the muscle that holds your arm in place. Its a mild tear, but the usual treatments involves a cortisol shot, and strong pain killers, that since Im pregnant, are not an option. So I was sent home with instructions to ice it all the time and make sure to still use the arm. Apparently should I NOT use the arm, the muscle could heal incorrectly and I could get "frozen arm" where I would lose some of the mobility of my arm that couldnt be corrected without surgery. Luckily after icing it all day, the pain has begun to subside, thank god! I couldnt go another night in that much pain!
I still dont know what to do about a name for this baby should it be a girl. Ugh Ugh Ugh. Boys are already proving to be easier!
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