Hey Everyone! Thank you for accepting me. I found this site June 2011. Decided to join after finding Brain Aneurysm Survivors page on Facebook. So, here's my story:
I have had headaches and migraines since my teen years. My mother's mom did too, but not my mom, she got blessed there. I just thought it was hereditary to have headaches. For about two yrs or more maybe, I have looked up on the net my symptoms... everytihng that came up was "brain tumors", "brain aneurysm" and "migraines". Well, I took it that I had migraines. No way did I have those other two ailments!
Well on May 10, 2011, I was proved wrong about that. I don't remember waht happened, or 2 days after that. My husband, Dave, tells me that I got up between 4 am, and @ 5:45 am I came in to the bedroom and woke him up, telling him that I was sick, I didn't feel good, and my head was killing me, and to take me to the hospital. He said I fell down at the foot of the bed, I was soaking wet with sweat and had a towel wrapped around me. I hadn't gotten in the shower yet. He called for a ambulance and I fell down at the coffee table in living room trying to get to bathroom to dress myself. I couldn't do it all myself so he helped me. I had been vomiting all over the bathroom. The ambulance got there and I fell down at the doorway trying to tell them I didn't need a bed, I could walk down the steps for them. (that was silly of me) Got to the E.R. and they wanted a cat scan, and I told them I didn't need a "sat san", Dave tells them this is the 1st time I had slurred speech. So they did the scan and saw that I had blood on the brain, in the subarrachnoid sac. Told Dave, and said it had clotted off, but it looked like a ruptured brain aneurysm. They took me to Jackson, MS, a larger hospital there and better equipped cuz I live in a small town. They ran test, coiled my RBA. Was there 1 wk & 1 day. They thought I was doing really well and sent me home. That next evening I couldn't talk well, no words were coming out, it was just a noise and had to give the phone to Dave and acted like I just had to cough or clear my throat. I was scared and didn't want to scare him, so I didn't say what was wrong. It happened again at my mom's house, she was washing my hair for me and I was bathing, and I couldn't lift my arm and more noises were coming out of my mouth with no words. It didn't last long, niether did the 1st time, just a minute or two. After my bath, it happened again when I tried to brush my wet hair. Dave called the doc. & he said if it happened again, take me to E.R. It happened that next day while trying to talk to my lill brother on the phone. So, we went to E.R. and they sent me back to Jackson hosp. I stayed for 2 more weeks. These huge pills, nemotopes, I think, was making me puke, so they had to needle prick the capsules and squirt them down my throat to stop the vasospasms. They 1st thought that I wouldn't have any vasospasms, that's why they sent me home after one wk. So I'm home, spent 3 weeks in hosp. and haven't gone back yet. I'm a walking talking miracle! I smoked before, but got out of hospital and haven't picked up another one! Shame it took THIS to make me stop. I am so blessed and thank God everyday! My husband has been a blessing, he's a wonderful man. My family is supportive too. But not like him! I believe it was all of the prayers for me and of course my Lord that saved me!