Appt 1 - yesterday
I had my 37 week appt yesterday at 3. They didn't get me in until 4:30, which was when I was supposed to be at the vet's office with my sick parrot. I was so frustrated, angry, worried, etc that everyone kept asking me if I was having contractions. No, you guys are taking your sweet time and I need to go!
The nurse practitioner (ugh) came in and was looking for the heartbeat on my left side, bottom, far right and top. She finally found it, faintly, on the top. Then she asked me where he was. Um, he's in the right position, so his heart wouldn't be up there... I said nevermind, as long as you faintly heard it, he had been kicking in the waiting room, let's get going.
Dr finally came in to see me and of course, my blood pressure was through the roof by that point. He told me to get out of there and take care of my parrot, come back today to check blood pressure and urine (high protein) again. Ok, fine.
Because I got to the vet right at closing time (called first to let them know what was going on), I had to pay an additional $30 for an emergency visit. Bad enough it's a higher fee to start with because it's a parrot/exotic. For now, he's fine, on an antibiotic and a pain reliever (he had a prolapse if anyone is interested).
Luckily I called Jon when I got home to get Coral and he said he was right down the street. So he was able to go with me. Thank God for that. He kept telling me to take deep breaths, relax, calm down. I don't think my blood pressure went down till sometime overnight.
I don't know what's going on with protein in my urine. It'll be there for 2-3 visits, then nothing. It's been fine since I had to do my 24hr test. I'm guessing the stress, high blood pressure and extremely hot waiting room didn't help.
Appt 2 - today
They could only get me in today at 12, which means I had to leave work and go back, 30 min commute each way, just to get blood pressure checked because they couldn't get me in on time last night.
It was the same nurse/medical assistant. She asked me right away how Coral was doing, so that was nice. She took my blood pressure 3 times. 128/80 each time. No clue what that means. She said it was a bit high, but that's close to what it's been every time. Urine was just fine.
Oh, and I gained another pound. So I've officially gained 2 lbs :)
1 comment:
Wow what an ordeal!!!! Glad to blood pressure went down and you passed your urine test.
My appt are always in the morning and i've had a few show up positive for protein, because i hadn't drank enought water that morning. With nausea in the am water was no a possibility, i need to have afternoon appts!
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