Ponigirl1809

About Me

Dec. 2012 I was in the hospital (again) for 2 weeks for chronic pancreatitis. Then after that my husband, Bob had bronchitis, then I got it. We had Christmas and New Years 2013. Two weeks into the new year I got one of my normal migraines that I would get in the very early hours (2-4am). I got up took my migraine meds and went back to bed. On 1/15/2013 I decided to work from home because I had a migraine hangover. I have no recollection of waking up that morning. Bob, who is retired planned to run errands all day. My first memory was around 11am and I was working on my laptop and had to blow my nose. When I blew my nose- my brain exploded!! Immediately all sound became very fuzzy and I couldnt understand any sounds. The room started to spin then I got very, very dizzy, and light headed, I thought I was going to pass out. Before I could pass out I started to violently vomit and could not stop. I called Bob and could barely say I have a headache and need to go to the hospital. Im sure Bob thought it was my migraine, from hours earlier, or my pancreas again. When he walked in and saw me he knew right away something was very wrong. I was drenched from head to toe- just soaking wet, and still throwing up. He said my eyes looked as if they were rolling in the back of my head. He got me into the vehicle and rushed me to our local hospital. While he was explaining to the triage nurse what happened- a doctor was working on his laptop close by- and overheard what had happened. He shined a light in my eyes and said get her to CT scan immediately. Then I was put into a very private room, a catheter was put in and I was put IV fluids and the lights were turned off. Not much later that doctor told Bob my brain was bleeding and that I needed to go to a bigger hospital that can handle this type of injury. I was transferred to ICU at University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD. I stayed there for 2 weeks and have no recollection of it. Bob barely left my side, unless it was absolutely necessary. He is my hero everyday taking care of me, no matter what it is he takes care of me. Making all my appointments, taking me to them, filing my meds and dishing them out for me. I can\'t imagine life without him.