We had a bit of a scare today. On what was to be just a quick trip to make a few groceries with our three oldest monsters. My eyes started twitching, I had a blood vessel rupture in my right eye, blurred vision, pain and numbness on the right side of my head and face, nausea, and just plain confusion. I called Matt and he quickly got me to the hospital. My confusion continued when I wasn’t able to remember my social security number and two of our four children’s date of birth. Which anyone that knows me well knows my vivid memory especially when it comes to numbers and important dates. I probably wouldn’t have held as much concern had I not had a family history on both sides of my family with aneurysms. My Granny had one rupture in her brain and my Maw-Maw had one rupture in her belly. Going in to that hospital with this knowledge was quite honestly my biggest fear. Upon evaluation and talking with Matt and I about my medical history and recent surgeries he felt that it was likely related to the onset of a migraine. But wanted to air on the side of precaution and ordered a CT scan due to my family history. The most unpleasant moment of this trip. I’m extremely claustrophobic and no matter how wide open these new machines are is still quite traumatizing for me. So he gave me a sedative to prepare me for it. Thankfully my results were quick and my diagnosis wasn’t related to an aneurysm! Prayers answered! He is referring me to a neurologist for further evaluation. But said that he feels the numbness and pain is a trigger that my migraine is setting in, and sure enough I had one before I left the hospital. He thinks the more consistent on set of the migraines are a direct result to one of my surgeries a few months ago. Which makes perfect sense to me now. As unpleasant as migraines are for a mama of four lil monsters, I am beyond thrilled with my diagnosis as opposed to what I had feared and would have been a much more frightening battle. I’m so thankful to be back home in my pjs, tucked in bed, had been given meds quickly with the onset of the migraine, and my love getting dinner ready and tending to our littles. As much as I dislike doing so I guess I have to tend to me now.