In mid-January, we took a trip up to Washington to go see my family. I wasn't feeling too well when we left, but had gotten some medication from the Dr. , and thought everything would be fine. Well after only being there for 3 days out of our 10 day trip, I got really sick. It was the strangest thing, but I was extremely dizzy, so dizzy I had to hold on to things to walk. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time in bed. I went to a few docs there and no one could figure out what was wrong. They gave me all types of pills, and tried all kinds of head maneuvers, but nothing worked. I kept thinking it would go away eventually, but day in and day out 24 hours a day, I was miserably dizzy. I couldn't do much with the kids, so Andy really was taking care of them all day and night by himself, with a little help from my parents. Finally I just told myself that I might just feel this way forever, so I better suck it up and just figure out how to live with it. So finally I felt brave enough to get onto a plane with two kids.
Once we got back to Utah, I again went to a few docs, an ENT, had an MRI, a MRA, then to a Neurologist. Finally a about a month after we got home things started to get better, little by little I could feel the dizziness and fog lifting. The Neurologist thought it might be migraine related, so she gave me some pills for headaches, so with taking those and some other "Homeopathic" pills that were suggested to me, the dizziness finally went AWAY!!
You never realize how lucky you are to be in good health until that is taken from you. When Ryker was first here, I was so dreading getting up 10 times a night again, I am an 8 hour or sleep a night kind of girl, and can get a little grumpy with lack of sleep. But once I was unable to get up with him because I was sick, it was the worst feeling not being able to take care of my kids and feel like I wasn't being a mom to them.
I was so excited to get rid of the baby weight and start working out as soon as I could, and I couldn't do that either....needless to say, I am so happy to have my health back, and am trying to remember not to take that for granted. I can play with my kids, go out on jogs with them, and I am so grateful for that!
I will give an update on the kiddos and what they have been up to in the next few posts, but here are a few pictures mostly of Ryker from the past few months.
Ryker 3 weeks old
Taking a nap while daddy reads...if any of you know Andy, he is never caught without a good book to read, so this was a common napping place.
Getting ready for bed one night...about 6 weeks old
Hudson HAD to lay on Ryker's play mat. He thought it was so funny, and started laughing. I don't think Ryker could figure out what was going on.
Asleep in the swing
Having some tummy time on the couch and not looking too happy about it
Look at all of that blond hair!
I was in the middle of burping him, and he fell asleep!
Totally passed out
Cute lucky dog! About 2 months old
Chillin out max and relaxin all cool!
Figuring out he can kick and splash water EVERYWHERE! Good thing it's cute and funny!
Playing peek-a-boo after his bath
