hi friends,

hope u all are fine. I had a roller coaster experience during the past few days. I was hospitalized for 3 days starting wed. Well it happened at work, when my vison went blurry and head stated throbbing with nausea, and then i had to leave immediatly rather my hubby had to come and pick me up )literally) and I didn't even have the strngth to walk, my left side got very weak, and I almost passed out and wasn;t able to talk...well 911 was called and took me to the nearby hospital...BP was way too low 80/30 and pulse rate dropped very low about 45... well was admitted and a series of tests were conducted...ruled out a stroke (I had all the exact symptoms of one...nothing more or less) but my pulse rate continues to be less...so have this lightheaded feeling most of the time...
anyway finally the headache has been diagnosed as a complicated migraine which has the same symptoms as stroke. Investigation is still going on concerning the pulse rate.
Well now hubby takes care of baby in the night and during my hospital stay baby used to come 2-3 times max, just to feed...it was so embarrasing when I used to leak so often.
Now I feel better, though I don't want to strain...but I am glad it wasn't anything serious.

tomorrow is my Santhosh's 8th month birthday! So planning to make biryani for him... :)

Love,
Ruby ramya replied. dear ruby,
my gosh that was quite a scare...wonder how u managed...
pls take care...hope u have some nutritional supplements/health drinks etc...plsthats absolutely essential..i hv always had low BP and so esp now that i bf i do have health drinks2-3 times a day/...
take care and lotsalove to santhosh
ramya Vidya replied. Glad to know that you are ok. Please take it easy and get a second opinion.

Vidya Vani replied. Dear Ruby,

I cannot even imagine what you have gone through. When I read the subject line that you were not well, I thought no more than a flu... please please do take good care of yourself... I hope your in-laws are still there.

Rishi has not been well and I had been feeding him 7, 8 times for the past 5 days and as Paddu said he just drains me off and I have become very weak. I just don't have the energy to do anything at all. So please eat healthy, lots of milk and frsh juices.

Making Briyani for Santosh can sure wait as Paddu said. At least till he is going to taste it. Please take rest.

My prayers are with you. Kisses to Santosh.

Love,
Vani paddoo replied. Dear Tweety,

This is so horrible. Our heart goes out to you having braved such a scare anf then having the vreve to talk about making biryani. Take rest dear.. Santosh will have many more month/year b'day when you can pamper him all you want..

While feeding, that too an 8 month old, my doc says that most of our stregth gets drained (the qty that they pull now is much larger than when they were tiny) and that there's every chance that the blood count and Hb becomes significantly lower. She's warned me twice and now i'm on an iron tablet and a lactation supplement.

Do take care and try to relax as much as possible.. Remember, Santosh needs you in the best of health and spirits, esp now that he's reaching important milestones in life..

Our prayers for your speedy recovery..
Love and Kisses to Santosh.

Paddoo