When you’re a single mom, the single most thing that is the most important is having a support system. Although I have I one, I never really put it into action. Never had the reason to…
Last night I went out with some work colleagues. In the middle of listening to a story being told by a friend, I sudden started feeling really ill; dizzy, hot, sweaty and all kinds of weird. I tried to go outside for some fresh air and collapsed. Couldn’t get back up. Paramedics called, etc. After drinking what I’m sure will be a $2000 glass of water it was decided that for some strange reason my blood pressure dropped. To point where no one could get a pulse. I’m sure if I hadn’t been actually talking people would have really freaked out. But I was talking and thinking about how embarrassing this was… I’m sure that many people thought I’d been, umm… over-served. I hadn’t, but someone collapses at a bar, what would you think?
Meanwhile, a friend was gathering my belongings and another was paying my bill. A third was heading to my house to ask the babysitter to stay late or take over herself until I was declared OK. The friend who gathered my belongings stayed with me in the hospital for three hours while I was poked, prodded and poked again. (Apparently, when you have really low blood pressure, your veins are nearly inaccessible). Her husband collected us at 2am and drove me back to my car. I, literally, worried about nothing because I knew they had all taken care of it. These weren’t people on my so called “support system”, but they stepped up like an well oiled machine. I can’t even think of how to express my gratitude.
I guess I’ll never be moving again. No matter how much it rains.
*Still no idea why my blood pressure suddenly dropped. It’s always pretty low, so it’s not like I was totally shocked, I’ve just never collapsed in public on the floor before. After finding my heart beat and 15 attempted blood draws I was officially declared weird and told to follow up with my Dr.*
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