Now, I wont go into all the details about each day, but I will explain a little what happened. I was mainly nervous about Jane being affected by me being sick, but lucky for me I already had an appointment scheduled and we checked on her, and she is doing GREAT!
When Mr. Hunt was out of town this two weekends ago, I started to get a stuffy nose at night, but during the day I was fine. This was what I thought was normal at first because honestly, Ive had a stuffy nose the whole pregnancy, which is normal. Then it just kept getting worse, day by day. Monday was pretty bad, but I fought through it. When I laid or sat down my nose would clog up the most so I tried to get some errands done and be up for most of the day. I thought (like I said before) that cleaning the entire garage the day before might have pushed me over the edge, so I just rested hoping it would go away. Mr. Hunt told me that a little cold was going around his office and since my immune system is "down" I figured I was getting that. Then Tuesday (the day of my appointment) was worse than Monday. I couldn't breathe out of my nose no matter what I did. The worse part was that when I blew my nose, nothing would come out....like my sinuses were just closed. I took a HOT shower before my appointment and when I got out, had some relief. At my appointment my doctor checked everything for me. My ears (good), my throat (good), no fever, no aches, and no green mucus. The one thing she said she saw was that my sinuses were really inflamed so she thought it was just allergies or something. I have NEVER had allergies, but apparently Texas is one of the worse places for allergies, so maybe I do now. She told me to take Claritin or Zyrtec for the allergy part and Sudafed for the congestion. I was REALLY hoping for some relief with any of these, but NO! Sudafed didn't work on the congestion what so ever, neither did Zyrtec or Claritin. Tuesday night was the worse BY FAR. I woke up at 1:30am not being able to breathe. I tried everything to clear at least one nostril so that I could get some sleep. I sat at the humidifier with a towel over my head (nothing), I drank hot tea (nothing), I took a hot shower (nothing), I did the neti pot at least 5 times (nothing), and I even tried jumping jacks which was something I read online (nothing). Then at 6am, I laid back down and tried to sleep breathing through my mouth, and that was just miserable. So, its safe to say that I didn't get ANY sleep and Wednesday was no different. I randomly got one nostril cleared for about an hour so I tried to sleep right away, but maybe only got 30 minutes of sleep.
I ended up calling my doctor back when I started to cough up yuckiness because I had a feeling it was turning into a sinus infection. She prescribed me a 5 day antibiotic that is safe to take pregnant, and I started it right away.
Wednesday night, I was miserable again, partly because I hadn't slept and I had just had enough. Mr. Hunt remembered that he had this nasal spray from when he got a sinus infection in the spring. We called Kaki, my mother in law, and she said it was safe as long as I only used it at night and only 2 nights. I used it with an attitude, thinking that it wouldn't do anything like everything else I tried, but NO, it worked miracles! It was awesome! Instant relief.
I got a FULL nights sleep and I was a happy girl. The next day was hard again during the day, but it seemed like it was starting to get a little better from the antibiotics, plus I had sleep. Every day after that was better and better. So its safe to say, it probably was a sinus infection....and a bad one.
Now, a week later, I am still blowing my nose every 30 minutes or so, but stuff is actually coming out. I also have a pretty nasty cough, but honestly, its better than not being able to breathe. We have a 3D ultrasound scheduled for this Saturday so we will be able to see Jane and double check she made it through the week. I know shes still in there and she's being very active so I'm sure she is fine.
Only downside is that I have no clue how I got a sinus infection. I really wish I knew so that I can prevent it from happening next time.
Love
sick lady
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