Spinal Tap Feb. !st

Well I woke up this morning with a slight sore throat and a small head ache . I smiled and thought to my self can you have a social hang over ? That is what I felt like my head was still kinda swarming with conversation from the night before . I thought of a few different high points and found my self laughing out loud a little . Then thanked the heavens that no one made me give a speech oye ! I would of done the ugly cry and that is never something you want to do in public . Thank you all for not making me give a speech .

Sister came in my room and told me the plan for the day ..... a spinal tap ... blah ! So I procrastinate getting out of bed till about 30 till we have to leave . I start getting dressed and then I stop and think to my self I can't wear this it has metal in it . So I find my jammie bottoms take off my bra - every time I wear one to the hospital I have to take it off so whats the point right ? - put on a tank yop and a t-shirt and call it good . No sense in dressing up for the day spent in the inner walls of the hospital .

Sister and I wait for almost an hour to get in for my appointment . They had a few others who were in worst shape then me who get in 1st . Which is fine by me , I'm sure I trumped a few people when I went for test when I first got there . So we sat there and watched Cops and it was a good episode . Favorite part is when the cop steped in dog poop while in a house . I'm easily entertianed what can I say .

I get called back into the room and it is the biggest machine I had seen so far . The nurse asks me a few questions then tells us about what is going to happen . I tense up . Sister comes and puts her hand on my shoulder . The nurse tells me if it feels uncomfortable don't jump try and remain calm and just tell us it hurts . In my head I was thinking - ARE YOU F"ING KIDDING ME !!!!! - Well the nurse hands me a robe and tells me to change and informs me to leave my undies on but take every thing else off . I go to change and start laughing . It was the second time I was not wearing underware . Hahaha so I ask her if I can wear my jammie bottom and all she could do was laugh at me and say sure .

I lay on my tummie and she puts a pillow under my tummie for a flater back area where the injection site will be ( with drawl site either or ) . The nurse starts to prep for her part and she had this awesome lead suit that was something out of the wizard of oz . It was a emerald green foa snake skin lead suit that was a skirt and vest . I was hopping she would bust out in the a song from the movie .... one can wish .

The needle lady comes in and the machine comes to life and the table I am laying on starts to go up and down and the x-ray " eye " is spining around and she is giving the nurse directions that do not make sense to me . Then I hear a small victory in the needle lady's voice " theres our spot ! " She lanicains the area and tells me I will feel a slight pinch . I think to my self relax . I am finding this to almost be my mantra . The pinch was not that bad . So I mentally tell myself that She is a pro this won't hurt , let your fears go , and that nothing so far has hurt as bad as I thought it would . So I let go of the fear .

Needle lady says that she is in the area and is about to take out my spinal fluid . She starts to with drawl and my body starts to feel weird not the good weird either . I say to her that I feel funny she tells me to discribe the weirdness . It kinda feels like when you drink a glass of cold water and you can feel it go all the way down to your tummy , but through my whole body and like 60 percent more intense . While I am talking I guessed I passed out . I woke up to them yelling my name . I kinda flinch up and the Needle lady tells me not to move because I still have the needle in my spine . I am shaking and have the cold sweats . The nurse is talking to me calming me down . I ask her if this is a normall thing . She daps my forhead with a damp cloth and say soory but no , I think this happened because you had low fluids . ( WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN !!! ) She then asked me how much water did you drink before you got here ? I tell her a glass of water . She tells me I should of drank a lot water . OH well no one told me that I would of if I would of known .

Another nurse comes in a declares me good they finish the spinal tap and take me away to be obbserved for about an hour . I thought I had been everywhere in the hospital . Boy was I wrong . They took me to a place that reminded me of what hospitals must of been like before t.v.'s and private rooms . All the little area had was a curtain and a few devices . It was super quite too , which is weird in a hospital .

I have some apple juice , water , and then some grape juice . The nurse takes my vitals and says I am good to go . Yippy !!! I get put in a wheelchair and get rolled back to where I started . Sister looks at me and asked if I'mm ready to go home . She has no idea how ready I am to go .

We get home I lay down as flat as I can and my body tells me it is ready to nap . I give in . Sleep feels good .