After my wife had problems with the left side of her vision blacking out, she had gone to the eye doctor near New Bern. They said she checked out okay, but needed to go to her regular doctor to be checked for Multiple Sclerosis (SP?), since the symptoms could indicate a possible case of MS.
So today she went to her doctor here in Wilmington and they said she was fine and not to worry. Unless the symptoms were more severe, the were sure it was only an atypical migraine causing the eye trouble.
We had another appointment on April 4th. We didn’t know what to expect, it was supposed to be another routine check up.
When we got there we were told it would be a half hour wait since the doctor was still at the hospital. My time was limited so I started to get a little antsy (as much as I ever do ;). But we actually got shown back much sooner that I expected.
After being shuffled between a couple different rooms, we still were waiting for the Dr. to arrive. Finally a nurse came in and said that she was here.
I can’t remember the name of the Dr., but she was short, slim, and had short blonde hair. She was very nice, if a little distant. She answered my wife’s questions, and then said we were going to listen to the baby’s heartbeat. That was a pleasant surprise.
It took the Dr. a few minutes long than she expected to find the heartbeat, and she had about given up, when she finally found it. The baby’s heart was making a quick whooshing sound… about the speed you would expect your heart to be going after a good run (or a scare).
And that was then end of the appointment. We were out of their after only an hour and a half, so I wasn’t late getting back to work after all.
Yes, real headaches… and she can’t take any of her prescription migraine medicine (not that she ever did ;->) so when she got a bad headache last Friday there wasn’t much we could do. Fortunately she was able to call the doctor and get a prescription for another type of pill that was safe: a cocktail of Butalbital (for tension headaches), Acetaminophen, and Caffiene. Ha! How about take two Tylenol and drink a cup of Coffee? Seriously, it really helped.
But then on Sunday (yesterday), her vision started getting cloudy with dark spots, mainly on the left side. Her migraines have been on the left… so we don’t know if this is a symptom of the headaches or of the pregnancy. She’s going to an eye-doctor this afternoon.