Debbie Cousins's Journal, 24 Feb 19

Three Members in the House of the Living Dead! I’m starting this journal entry at 7:08am. I just got home from 7 hours at the hospital - not for myself, but with the formerly-homeless-guy-turned-family-member who lives with us. SEVERE hives – the kind that would send a little kid running crying to his mother. He went to bed at 8pm with severe body aches, alternating hot and cold, and dizziness, and woke up about 11:30pm looking like Sylvester Stallone after being beaten to a pulp in Rocky! I was afraid to take him to the hospital myself because of his dizziness, so I called 9-1-1 and followed the rescue squad vehicle. Basically, they don’t know what caused it, and I have to take him to an allergist on Monday to show them the pictures I took of how bad he looked.

I don’t think I’ve put in my journal that for the past 8 days, I’ve been staying home, taking care of my husband who has a severely pinched nerve in his neck. He, too, has been very dizzy, so I have to follow him around making sure he doesn’t fall. He is in a neck brace and not supposed to turn his head, so I’m preparing all his meals, tucking him into bed, preparing heating packs for him, etc. I’m going to take him BACK to the doctor on Monday, also, because he is not any better than he was before they put the neck brace on him and before he took all the medications which were prescribed for the pain. (In another post sometime, I’ll explain why he is in constant pain every day of his life.)

I posted day before yesterday that I had been feeling dizzy, and weird, and tired and basically BLAH. On Friday night, I actually passed out when I got up to go to the bathroom during the night. I made it to the bathroom doorframe, and held on, and then gently fell into the piled up basked of clothes next to the door. Thankfully, I wasn’t hurt in the fall. Tonight, when I was driving home from the hospital, I had another VERY weird experience! All of the road signs that are supposed to be white or yellow were NEON GREEN. Well, they were neon green TO ME (not to my passenger!) When I got home, the porch light was also neon green (to me). Very strange phenomenon!

At my doctor’s office, if you call precisely at 8am on any weekday morning, you can get a “same day” appointment. That’s what I’m going to do for me and my husband. We’ll have to call to schedule an allergist appointment for Dwayne.

On a brighter note, I did well on my eating and drinking water today. EVEN while sitting in a hospital waiting room staring right at the snack machines and soda machines for six hours.

My twin friends are being kind enough to go and pick up the prescriptions for Dwayne (which we went to get, but weren’t going to be ready for an hour). As soon as they get here, so he can take his meds, I’m going to bed!!! I never went to bed last night at all.

I do have what my Christian friends will understand as an “unspoken prayer request” regarding a relationship strain. Believe it or not, THAT is the most discouraging thing to me right now, in the midst of all this other chaos.

I appreciate all you fine people who are so supportive and encouraging. It is HELPING! The fact that I stayed within my macros today was something I was beginning to think I’d never see again. Miracles DO happen, even in the midst of trials! Praise the Lord!