I Bring You Glad Tidings.....

Do you know what this is???

I'll give you a hint....

Can you make out the writing??

It started with "Happy"

That's right folks!!!!

It's my birthday cake.

The Divine Mr. M decided to surprise me with this

little piece of confection heaven

with over thirty candles on it

when I came home from shopping with Misty.

ALL THIRTYSOMETHING CANDLES...burning a warm fire.

He lit them when I pulled into the driveway.

The only problem was that

I didn't recognize him...

or my son....

or my inlaws...

or my house...

or anything around me.

I barely knew my name.

Mr. M said I had this look on my face he'd never seen before.

He said I was like a zombie..lights on....nobody home.

Scared him to death.

I had a bad headache....and amnesia.

He drove me to the ER

like he was winning the grand prize for Nascar.

That's when I looked at him and told him to slow

the f*^&% down.

He said I looked normal again.

He began asking me questions.

I thought he was crazy and I wanted to go home

and drink the champagne I had just bought for my cranberry spritzer

for my birthday.

Didn't happen.

I was seen and diagnosed with a T.I.A.

Transient Ischemic Attack...

baby stroke in layman's terms.

I finally got to go home since I had to go to Houston

the next morning for a MRI of my leg and see my doctor.

When we got home....thirty something candles had melted completely

over the cake.

(More like shellac...)

The whole top of the cake was ROCK HARD!!!

Mr. M, being as divine as he is, scraped some from the sides

and plopped it on a plate for me for my birthday.

(We did chuckle at this...it's okay...you can laugh too..)

 The next morning, after my MRI of my leg, I see my doctor..

who's totally wigged out.

She sends me down the hall to another doctor.

Who's even more wigged out.

He calls my first doctor.

They agree that I should IMMEDIATELY

be put in the hospital.

I have lots of poking and stabbing..

Took lots or tries to get an IV

and I'm DYING of pain all the while.

I finally get pain meds and I'm a happy camper..

except my head feels weird...really weird.

I have an MRI of the brain...

with sedation.

I can't stand  being in anything that small.

A big 'ol dose of Ativan

and I'm out like a Mike Tyson victim.

(They said they could hear me snoring from the MRI machine.)

When I awaken,

I'm back in my room and the neurologist sees me.

He tells me that I had

a TIA with

transient global amnesia.

I'm impressed.....

never heard THAT one before.

They think the lil' buddy in my leg

is possible from an auto immune disorder

that is causing vasculitis...

aka inflammation of the blood vessels.

They don't know what type of disorder that I have just yet

but they do know

that my tumor

IS

Not

Cancer!!!!

WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!

Thank ya'll for all of your prayers and support.

You don't know how happy I am right now

(even though I have the "crazy head" and my leg hurts...)

I am crying as I type this but it's tears of joy.

I get to be on a blood thinner now

and continue the workup

but I asked to be release to see my youngest son for his birthday and they obliged.

I arrived home around 7 last nigh.

Mr. M drove home

(like he was qualifying for Nascar this time...)
and I got to give Daviss his birthday gift.

I'm still limping along and looking for a kewl cane.

I will post the winners this afternoon of the birthday giveaway.

( I sincerely apologize for not getting done yesterday)

I'm really tired and I'm gonna go take a nap

or The Divine Mr. M will kill me.

Thank all of ya'll soooo much!!!

My heart cannot tell you the joy and love that I have for

all of ya'll..

I have read your comments and encouragement over and over

(especially while I was in the hospital.)

You were always with me and in my thoughts.

My best friend even offered to bring his laptop

so that I could blog to you guys.

(He knows that's how much ya'll mean to me...)

I'm going to lay down now and have my cranberry spritzer

except this one is

with gingerale.

Eventually, I will finish my birthday.......

as soon as I feel better.