… and illness.  I’m writing this at 1:44 in the morning as my angel Tristan has just vomited for the 7th time since coming home from school this evening.  He doesn’t often catch stomach bugs (those are normally Brennen’s domain), so watching his little body wracked with pain is leaving me feeling very helpless. There’s nothing I hate more than being helpless to fix things causing pain to my babies.

Thankfully, my health is much improved.  After 2 weeks of antibiotics and steroids, I have been headache free for 4 days now.  It’s such a relief to not be in constant pain and I’m truly appreciating every moment of health.  I also have renewed hope that the root cause of all the pain is just a combination of poorly designed sinus cavities and common migraines. Now that I’m not in a constant haze, I can reflect back and clearly identify 2 different types of headaches … 1 being the extreme pressure I was feeling from sinus impaction and the other being a right-sided, stabbing and throbbing pain which I assume are the migraines the doctors keep insisting I have.  The ENT had been concerned about the increase in frequency and extremity of my headaches, but I’m hopeful that it was just the result of an untreated infection and that the constant pain combined with a hostile workplace were in turn triggering migraines.

Thankfully, I don’t have much longer to wait for confirmation of my armchair diagnoses.  My CT scans are on February 15 and my appointment to review the results is the following Friday, February 22.