Well, what a start to the day - woken up at 5am by Sarah yelling at me to take out me ear plugs coz Zoe had blacked out in the kitchen and hit her head and was on the floor!!
We got her calmed down and dressed and straight to the hospital... foggy as feck and cold and she was pretty shaken up - massive bump on her head, broke the skin slightly too, grazed knee and knuckles. She said that she wanted a drink and when she got to the cupboard everything went fuzzy and then blacked out and next thing she knew she was on the floor!
Just back from hospital now. It was so quiet there but even so, the Dr was sat outside our side room with his head on the desk having a kip and we sat for over an hour waiting for him to see her!!! He literally got woken up and came in!! I was NOT impressed. I wasn't impressed with the nurse who saw her either - she was very offhand and also didn't explain anything she was doing.. ie.. when she came to check her blood sugar she didn't say what she was about to do, nor when she told Zoe to strip off to the waist and then stuck patches on her to do an ECG. I found her manner pretty poor and Zoe said on the way home that she didn't like the way she was and that she didn't know what was happening.
When I told the nurse that Zoe had just started a VLCD (I'm sure that's why she fainted) she tutted and muttered something, she might as well have said 'serves her right then' - and her attitude was even worse! I told her it was a very good diet and balanced. She just looked at me as if I'd lost the plot or was a bad mother!
The important thing is that Zoe is ok, she hasn't got concussion but she has a raging headache now and has gone back to bed. I did give her some chicken this morning when we got her dressed. I rang a nurse friend of mine who said to give her some food and because Zoe is her mothers daughter
she refused to eat anything that would harm her diet! lol Dunno where she gets her stubborn streak from!
So she agreed to have some chicken breast that I had in the fridge. She did feel a bit better after that.
She's adamant that she's going to carry on with the diet and to be honest, I don't blame her. I would too. I have had dizzy spells through this diet, never actually passed out, but then, she is also due on and it's the very first days and they are the worst. So, love her, she's asleep again now and I'm going to head back to bed too for an hour or so then going to plough into some work here for job 1, going to ring job 2 and see if I can go in early and finish early today so she's not alone too much. (need to keep an eye on her for sickness etc as Sarah is off to London at some stage today leaving Zoe alone).
If Sarah hadn't been home I wouldn't have been aware anything had happened! I was fast asleep with the ear plugs in! Sarah's back in bed now too. (The cat's happy she's home coz she lets him sleep on her! ) The dog's limping, Sarah said she heard him yelp and now he's limping and keeping his left paw off the floor - so that might mean a trip to the vet later if no improvement! Vets is only open for an hour in morning and again in afternoon in our town so... I'll see how it is tonight and if no improvement will have to take him either tomorrow afternoon and leave job 2 very early OR he will have to hobble until Saturday morning!! (I'd have to take him with me when I drop Sarah at bus station at 8am!! Ergh!)
Have asked the girls if they fancy going out Friday night for a drink together - Sarah is keen enough, but Zoe (understandably) isn't. She's not up for sitting in a pub with a glass of water.. lol So.. will have to have a rethink - maybe the piccies might be an option! Will have to see what's on.
So, that's my morning thus far and it's only 8.30am! Dishwasher is on, washing machine has finished one load and another is on the airer an another is going in the machine when I get off here! Then - bed for an hour (with ear plugs again as Sarah is still home) THEN steam into work until am happy have done enough. Dead tired and so glad I went to bed and was asleep before 11!!
When I agreed to meet Trudy for a drink I forgot I was supposed to be in a meeting tonight! Ah well.. sod the meeting. I do enough non-fun stuff.
I would much rather sit and have a right natter with her! She's great!
Catch up with you all later xxxx Happy Wednesday (ooooh getting closer to the weekend!!! ) to you xxx
