A Long Weekend Burnt

Saturday

When I was working in the corportate world, due to the constant pressure of working long hours and academic upgrade(the short study deadlines despite having to work from 8:30 - 10/11pm when the official hours are 9 - 5:15pm), I've had history of bad migraine attacks. Migraine attacks are normally accompanied by bouts of vomitting and mine usually left me limp and needed assistance - to be led to the A&E.

Since many years, I've not had any attack and being not working now, I've certainly not expected it till I suddenly woke up with one today. Splitting headache, followed by bouts of vomitting caused me unable to cook Renee's lunch and she was abit frightened by the sight of me vomitting in the toilet that she phoned her daddy twice to urge him to come home earlier, which he did finally, at 2pm. Poor girl, good thing I still managed to tend to her needs - carrying her up to the toilet, made her milk and gave her bread with butter but by the time daddy's back, I was limp on the bed...

I was hoping that it'll go away soon as we have to attend my brother's son's full month celebration but it did not... With my last bout of vomitting waking daddy from his nap, he asked if I wanna go to the doc's. Obviously I needed to and so we went. Good thing the clinic's usually quite empty on Saturday afternoons and so I didn't have to wait very long for my turn. It was confirmed a migraine attack and its medication prescribed. But with the nausea each time I sat up, we were still unable to go to my bro's and it's best that daddy stayed around, in case I'm unable to tend to Renee's needs. I was feeling alittle better after the 1st dose of med and I quickly cooked Renee's dinner But the feeling of discomfort came back when I was just half through but I still have to carry on and even did her laundry. Now, who's the one who said that non-'working' moms' job is easy? No MCs, No Annual Leave, No help...

The medication made me napped again and I woke up from the last one at 11pm last night and not long after I've had my supper(to take the medication), I vomitted again...

Sunday

This morning, I woke up with gastric discomfort - probably from the vomitting and painkillers which, the doc had also prescribed. Also, I've not had enough sleep as daddy's alarm had woken me up really early(he had lazily left it at the setting he's had earlier for his golf!) and by the time I was about to drift back to sleep, Renee's awake and he's going out(qing ming duties), haiz.

1 1/2 hour later, pounding headache came back and the vomitting worsened. I gave daddy a quick text and Renee even phoned him when she saw me vomitting again and again. Daddy came home around 1pm+ and finally at about 5pm, I couldn't take it any further and decided to go back to the clinic. Another doctor was around and 2 jabs were administered since I appeared to be in a bad state - the doctor asked if I used to have bad migraine attacks like this - Yes... When we got home, I asked to get off the car first and rushed home just in time to vomit. Not long later, I fell asleep, just like what the doc had told me. Daddy cooked Renee's dinner('cos we've forgotten to pack her share...)

I woke up at 9:30pm and feeling hungry, looked for something to eat. Tried to order pizza but later found cans of coke in the storeroom, I cancelled it - I remembered the time when I had food poisoning whilst in Phuket, the doctor had advised me to take sodas with fruit salts to replenish the lost sugar(why fruit salts I can't rem...) for energy 'cos whatever I took then will just come out either way... It had worked and craving for coke and found them, I took a can after some food, it helped...

Today

Woke up this morning(hasn't slept well, been waking up every now and then since migraine attacked) with a slight pounding headache, I waited to see if Renee will wake up early/on time, to decide if I should go on and bring her to school. However, this girl, hving tossed and turned during her sleep, had only woken up at 10:25am and feeling a little goggy myself, I decided to extend the long holiday weekend(from last Thurs) for her and skipped school - I guess it'll be dangerous for me to drive in this condition, so better play safe...

Have asked PX to come over earlier later and hopefully, I'll be well soon, so Renee could go back to school tomorrow(she's finally ok about not going again today when I told her that I'm still not feeling very well). She had been a good girl during these few days, not bothering me too much(except those loud laughter/singing she made when playing with her daddy) and she even helped me packed the dinning table last night! Awww.... (I've just put on her long forgotten 'spongebob' vcd for her to watch). Well, I can only hope she'll be this good all the time, :).