We pulled an all-nighter...

...at the hospital. Before you read on, know that we are fine now!

• Since the beginning of this blood pressure fiasco, the doctors said that if I developed a persistent headache - that wouldn't go away with Tylenol - I was to call them immediately. It could indicate pre-eclampsia. Thursday afternoon I felt one coming on and it stayed steady until about 10:00 last night, when it got significantly worse.
• I called my doctor's office reluctantly, already knowing what they would say. Sure enough, the doctor on call said come in to the hospital so we can take some labs and check you out. We trudged out the door at 10:30 PM.
• When we got to the hospital my headache increased - I have never been in so much pain from a headache. I felt like I was going to black out or be sick, and there was an awful lot of whining, thrashing around, and tears (and that was just from Jason...haha!). They hooked up an I/V and gave me something for the headache. Jason was so patient, he rubbed my back the entire time and prayed for me.
  
• 30 minutes later, the headache was still worse and my blood pressure had spiked to 184/108. They thought that the pain from the headache might be causing my blood pressure to go up, so they gave me morphine through my I/V. AHHHHHHHH............
• Problem was, the morphine helped me but also went straight to Brady, so now they had to watch him carefully on the fetal monitor. Brady was previously having a dance party in my uterus, complete with hiccups, but as soon as the morphine hit he curled up and went to sleep.
  
• My blood pressure went back down after the morphine knocked out the headache, which indicated I could go home, but not until Brady's activity was back to normal. My bloodwork also came back looking good, so no onset of pre-eclampsia. The diagnosis was just a good old-fashioned migraine. Yay.
  
• 3 hours later of fetal monitoring and Brady was still snoring. The doctor decided to give him another bio-physical profile and he scored an 8 out of 10 - his best score yet! They finally let us go at 5:30 AM.
• We were exhausted - poor Jason was worse, as I got to lay in a hospital bed all night but he only got a hard plastic chair. We slept this morning until about 11:00 and then Jason went to get us a healthy lunch from McDonald's. Work was kind enough to tell Jason not to come in. They have been very understanding and cooperative through this whole process.
  

So...the drama continues but praise the Lord that it was nothing more serious. At least I am getting to know the nurses in the OB triage department of the hospital; they are all very sweet and sympathetic! My favorite nurse is the one who brought the morphine. :) Brady's morphine has definitely worn off as he is back to kicking and squirming. We will take it easy for the rest of today. I was able to skip my scheduled dr's appointment today because of my hospital visit, but I practically had to beg them to let me off the hook! I have my ultrasound on Monday and regular exam on Tuesday. Hopefully we won't have any more drama - thanks for your prayers!