Last night I had a chance to catch up with a friend from high school that I haven't seen in years...she was my nurse at the ER.
After a few hours of wishing away the sharp pains I was having in my chest, I finally woke Brooks up at about 12:30....crying and trying to catch my breath. The pains had become so bad that I couldn't take a breath and I was starting to get very scared.
Our first phone call was to a wonderful nurse-friend from Epic, Karleen, who advised us to head to the ER (and also offered to drive 35 minutes, each way, to come sit with the girls while we went!) The next call was to my mom, who came to stay with the girls so we didn't have to drag them out.
The X-ray results....pneumonia in both lungs. The pain I was having, and still am, came from pleurisy...inflammation of my lungs from all the gunk. Jayme, my friend from school, was a wonderful nurse who sent me on my way after a relaxing cocktail of Motrin, Tylenol, and Vicadin to help me sleep.
Oh, Erica, I'm so sorry to hear! Hoping you are recovering fast! Glad though that you caught it!
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