A Promised Update

Update:
OK, I promised frequent updates, so here goes. On Wednesday night, Haley was in agony with a severe headache. At 11:30, when Larry could no longer take it, he put her in the car and headed to the ER. Dr. Henderson was called in the middle of the night, and he said that we should call him again in the morning (Thanksgiving day).  She was discharged and they got home at 3:30 am.


We spoke with him on Thursday and he was asking a lot of questions. He said that it is probably more than one thing going on with her. He wants us to take her blood pressure every 4 hours and also to check her blood sugar daily. He suspects that her spine bones in her neck are unstable, which is causing her fainting, but he wants a special MRI done in Washington, DC, to know for sure.


Meanwhile, she is fainting more and more. Just today, I think she has fainted 10 times. Folks, this is so, so hard. Tonight I asked her if she thinks we should rent a wheelchair again (I do). She shrugged and said, "maybe for when I'm out of the house."  I think she should be in one in and out of the house. The stress level in our house is HIGH!!  When she faints, she goes down hard and usually awakens crying in pain from whichever body part was the latest casualty. She has hurt her nose, the orbit of her eye, her head, her arm(s), her shoulders, her knees, etc. from the fainting and subsequent falling.


It is so hard to believe that just a few short weeks ago she was driving herself to work and working up to 9 hours at TJ Maxx!! How did we get here again?


Thanks for your continued prayers. God answered the one about Dr. Henderson calling Dr. Marsh back. (That happened on Wednesday afternoon!)


Please pray for Haley in her discouragement. As you can imagine, it's very difficult to be so debilitated once again. She's getting cabin fever and would love an occasional outing if anyone wants to come by and take her out. If that's something you want to do, just contact her through FB.


Also, I am two weeks away from finishing my semester in grad school. It's hard to think about studying for a final exam and also wondering when we need to go up to Maryland to see Dr. H. We so appreciate all of your kind words and prayers. They are our sustenance.