30w5d BP Scare and admitted to L&D

8/24/18

Friday morning I woke up at 2am with chest pain and shortness of breath. I tossed and turned for awhile trying to go back to sleep. I finally got up and checked my blood pressure and it was 155/96, the highest it has ever been!

I laid down and checked again 10 minutes later, the same. I called the after hours nurse and she told me to go to the hospital.

Nick was woken up and so was Tristan and we made our way to Texas Women's at 4:30am!

We hadn't taken the hospital tour yet, so were a little discombobulated. Nick dropped me off at the ER, while he parked, instead of using the free valet! The ER told me to go to L&D in the West Tower (we were in the East Tower), so Tristan and I walked to L&D and went up to the 3rd floor. Upon checkin, L&D stated I needed to go to the ER and then they wheeled me in a wheelchair. Goodness!

By the time we get to the ER and get checked in, my blood pressure was normal! Since I was still having chest pains, they started an arsenal of tests: bloodwork, BP monitoring, urine tests, several EKGs,  a VQ scan and an X-Ray. I can only imagine the bill for all this!

My BP did start spiking when Nick left to bring Tristan to school, so I was admitted to L&D for further observation and monitoring of baby. My baby shower was the next day! Good thing is everything stabilized and I was released at 3:30pm to go home. I missed my dinner reservations with Sonia and Mindy. MIL's flight landed at 4:30pm, so it was good timing all around to get checked out and pick her up from the airport.

I was so tired from everything. I had stickiness all over me from the many EKGs and a hole in my arm from the port that the ER put in. It started gushing when the nurse removed it, like a geyser that wouldn't stop! Glad Nick was able to handle the blood and not pass out.

After a good night's rest, I felt better the next day and had the best baby shower EVER!