Juicing Day.... Ahhhh... I lost track!

Things went a little out of sorts for me and my family on Wednesday night.
I had the scare of a lifetime. My mom called for me and was having incredibly bad chest pains and she couldn't breathe. Called 911. The ambulance got here, but beforehand, she had worked herself up so much that she started seizing (she has epilepsy). The fire and paramedics got her stabilized but she kept having seizures in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

We get to the ER and for someone coming in with chest pain and seizures, they were incredibly lax! ..I was very pissed off. It wasn't crazy busy in that ER either. At this point, my mom was still having seizures and she was in one that she wasn't coming out of, not matter how much we talked to her and tried to get her to focus. No pillows, nothing to pad her arms and legs when they flail. I was doing a slow burn. Almost an hour later the ER doctor finally made an appearance. Told him what was going on.. all the usual stuff you go through in the ER. He said ok, well we'll get something to help calm seizures, and he shuffled off. A couple of minutes later a nurse came in with the seizure meds and gave it to my mom through her IV. I simply asked if it would interfere with her heart meds, she didn't even look at me and said in a snotty tone, no. Okay, then. One thing to know about me is that I understand the medical profession and I know that they have tough jobs to do, so I stay out of the way and don't hover. Lord knows that I've spent countless hours in hospitals since I was kid with all the illnesses in my family, ranging from my grandparents to both my parents. Sadly, hospitals are not a foreign place for us. HOWEVER, if I have a question and it pertains to my mother or any other family member who is ill, I'm gonna ask. Just don't piss me off, because you're gonna hear about it. Ms. No Personality Nurse then went off to finally get some pillows.

So after a round of tests... EKG, blood work. Everything came back okay relating to my mom's heart but they wanted to keep her and monitor her especially with the seizures. So, the next waiting game began. It was after midnight when they had the room ready for her to go up. Mind you, this was 6 hours later. My dad and I went up, helped get my mom settled and got home close to 1:30 am. Long night. But given her condition, I was relieved that she would be monitored overnight.

Went in the following morning on Thursday with my dad. The doctor scheduled a stress test for my mom. That took over three hours. Her test was in the afternoon and she was wiped afterwards. The doctor decided to keep her an additional night. Went home, fed my cat and returned to the hospital for a couple of more hours. Found out that the stress test came back negative, thank God. She was released late morning on Friday. My dad went to pick her up and I had a regular day of caring for my nieces.

Very happy that she's home, but things need to change for her. She NEEDS to stick with a cardiac diet as my dad had been (still should be). And she NEEDS to move more. She is also having follow up appointments with her cardiologist and neurologist.

I want more than anything for my parents to be healthy. They mean the world to me, but only they can make the changes for themselves. I am here to help as much as possible and they know that they have my support.

Sooooo..... juicing through all of this?? ..Well Wednesday night (Juicing Day, 12) when it all happened, I had my usual juices throughout the day, but I got messed up at night. I only had water with me and ended up buying an iced decaf coffee. When it was getting late, I was seriously starving. I got home and ate a banana with a little bit of natural peanut butter.. I was starving so much and couldn't run the juicer because of how late it was. The banana was tough to eat. I felt like it didn't digest well and felt a heaviness in my chest. Not to mention, that I filled up very quickly on it.

The following morning on Thursday (Juicing Day, 13), I did juice my breakfast and some green juice for later, which I took with me to the hospital. Thursday was an all juice day.

Friday (Juicing Day, 14) was an all juice day, except at night around dinner time, I tried eating another banana and felt okay.. so I had another one with a little bit of natural peanut butter again. Bad idea. I felt that tightness in my chest again. I was very uncomfortable.

So, up to speed now and it's Saturday (Juicing Day, 15). I have had just juice today and feel better. I've realized that introduction to chewing my food is going to be a lot tougher than I thought. My stomach must have gotten smaller because I get full very quickly. It's now 5:30 pm and I've only had 2 juices. I've been feeling very down today and have not had much of an appetite anyway. I do have to run a couple of errands because I am completely out of food.. I hope that my energy level can get up there. Gonna suck down as much water as I can.    

This is such a long post.. so I'll end it now. I may write later, or not depending on my mood. I really just want to rent a movie and cuddle up in a bunch of blankets. I've been wicked cold lately.. can't seem to get my body temp up.

This looks sooo cozy... really want to make one :)