You ever heard the saying for doctors diagnosing ailments: When you hear hoofprints, think horses not zebras? Well, here's a picture of our family:
Image courtesy: imelda
Yep, we're zebras.
Case Number 1: Daddy's headache. Almost nine years ago, he woke up with the worst headache of his life. I told him to go back to bed. Three hours later, all better. Next day, same deal. Day three? Headache didn't go away. He saw an eye doctor and his family doctor. Zip. He lay in a dark room in agony for several more days. The pain continued, his parents came to stay with us, and he finally insisted on an MRI. (All the while I was caring for an 18 month old and 3 months pregnant with number two.)
On the day of the MRI, I told him I hoped they would find something and that they could treat it. When he got home, we had an answer: brain tumor. That afternoon, he was admitted to the hospital and the next morning he had surgery. The tumor was located in a space in the middle of the head called the third ventricle. It had grown big enough to block the flow of cerebral spinal fluid which caused the headache. The surgeon created a bypass for the fluid and later my husband went through radiation. Today he is normal. BUT, if he had done nothing, he would be dead. So listen to your body and advocate for yourself!
Case Number 2: Micada's swollen ankle. When she was two, I discovered that her ankle had swollen up twice the normal size. But she was walking on it and acting normal. We got X-rays that day (nothing was broken) and a cast was put on. (She picked neon orange.) When the cast was removed, the ankle was still swollen and another X-ray showed the same as the first: nothing. We had an MRI. Finally a blood test showed she had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, (and the medication supertrain began). We also had to go see an eye doctor because the inflamation was in her eyes, a condition known as uveitis. If that had not been treated she could have had serious damage to her vision.
Case Number 3: Mom's stomach ache. Two years ago, I woke up with a sharp pain in my right abdominal region and after moaning and stumbling around the house for a couple of hours, my husband said, "Do you want to go to the emergency room?" I really wanted to stay home and tough it out, but this pain was different and strong, so I said yes. Turned out it was a kidney stone. I got serious pain meds but had to wait for the stone to work itself out. Luckily, that only took another four hours. Unfortunately, a follow-up X-ray showed another stone was in the same kidney and it worked its way into my urethra three months later while on Christmas vacation. That one took 4 days to exit. Youch. But I knew what was happening, I knew how to handle it, and what medicine I needed.
Case Number 4: At forty I started getting mammograms and right away the scan showed an anomalie, so I had to get a biopsy. Yeah, that hurt. But it turned out to be a calcification, not cancer. Whew. Later I found a hard lump the size of a peanut near my armpit and thought, "Okay, this is it." But that wasn't cancer either, just a blocked sweat gland.
So, don't be afraid to get things checked out. I've taken my daughters to the pediatrician with fevers as low as 99.4 degrees F and they've had ear infections. (Other times they've had nothing.) Our cats are part zebra too. One was peeing outside the box: diabetes. With treatment, she has lived to 17 and is still with us! The other was losing weight and peeing out of the box: kidney stones. With daily fluid injections, she survived a year past diagnosis. (Miss you, Sidney.)
Okay, I'm off to read about other zebras.
Hi, Tamara,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these happening. You've proven it's so much better to be safe than sorry.
Whoa. Gotta listen to your body. Your family is living proof of that.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we have to prompt the doctors to do more tests, too. It's a good thing all of those things were caught in time.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of freaky stuff! Glad you have caught it all and I can definitely see why it's important to watch for the unexpected!
ReplyDeleteHi, Tamara,
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in on our hop! And you are so right... we have to listen to our bodies.... and get things CHECKED OUT!
Glad to hear you all survived your maladies...
That's an awful lot of ordeals and scares and near-misses. It's a good thing you've followed your instincts. Our health, and that of our loved ones, is nothing to take chances with.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, nice to meet you here through the bloghop.
New follower. Smiles.
I've had a kidney stone! Those are the worst. Spent the night in the hospital.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the blogfest.
Congrats to you and your zebra family for insisting when you know something is wrong. Advocating for yourself (and family) is crucial to surviving.
ReplyDeleteI have a habit of putting off doctor visits until it's obvious it's something serious. By the time I go in, it's always serious. Not smart. I had serious stomach pain for a period of time, but never went to the doc. To this day, I have no idea what it was. Maybe stones? I'm glad they found your husband's tumor. So scary! And ouch for your daughter. RA so early. But it's good they looked at the possibility and were able to make a diagnosis.
ReplyDeleteI've tended to ignore a lot of stuff with me and my kids over the years. I guess we were pretty fortunate that nothing particularly serious sidelined any of us. Maybe we were just real healthy or maybe the good Lord was looking over us. It's not something I'd recommend, but my kids made it to adulthood and all seem fine. I am glad that now I finally have health insurance thanks to my wife's job. As I get older I think there are more things for me to consider.
ReplyDeleteYour family certainly had their share of health events.
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Hi Tamara, we used to put off doctors visits thinking nothing bad will happen to us. Not any more. We're on to of things as well as take preventative measures such as eating healthier. Best wishes to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in the Blogfest. Hope to see you again for next year's event!
Hi Tamara ... your family has been through its fair share of difficult diagnoses - may you now have some respite ... thanks for highlighting these ... Hilary
ReplyDeleteYou know... the real trouble with being a zebra is that it's expensive. :/
ReplyDeleteBeing checked out- not scared.
Insane diagnosis that comes after the first 12 docs had no idea and passed me on - relieved, actually, even though it's bad, at least it's something that exists.
Getting the bill after-- bloody terrified.
LOL. Life is expensive.
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