And I am back...

We got home from the ER around 2 am this morning. I continued to slowly regain control of my muscles. It took about 4 hours to regain total control. While we were in the ER they ran a lot of blood tests. The majority of them came back as normal, but my ammonia and bilirubin came back slightly elevated. They actually had to do the ammonia blood test twice because the first time it was not put on ice fast enough. We are still not exactly sure what happened last night. But one of the symptoms of high ammonia is extreme fatigue. So that is a possibility. Ammonia is created in the liver as a part of processing nitrogen.  As of right now I feel fine. I will be following up with the cardiologist, pain clinic, and neurologist, but until then we are crossing our fingers that this extreme fatigue is not a recurring symptom.

Why Won't My Legs Work?

I am sitting in the ER with nothing to do, so I am going to tell you about how I got here. I woke up this morning feeling like I normally do, with a little bit of pain in my abdomen and head. I went about my day like I do any other Saturday, which is going to dance rehearsal from 7-12. Around 2:00 I was already exhausted from the day so I went to take a nap. When my mom woke me up from this nap I realized that I could not really move any of my muscles, and my chest, head, and stomach were in extreme pain. I was also really confused and my mind was really foggy. I stayed like this for awhile, expecting for it to go away on its own, but it didn't. We called the oncall doctor and he said that it would be a good idea to go into the ER. Then we had a slight problem, I couldn't move and my parents couldn't get me to the car by themselves. So we called an ambulance. They came and brought me to the ER. As soon as I got here they did an EKG and checked all of my vitals. Everything came back as normal. They also sent me in to radiology to get a CT of my head. As I am sitting in the ER I am slowly regaining control of my muscles. So far I can move my whole upper body. However I still don't have control of my legs. When we know what this is I will let you know.