Painful weekend

Friday while sitting at my desk at work, I felt a small pull in my back - a little like a strained muscle. I stretched and pulled at it and it disappeared for a few hours. After work hours, it seemed to get a little worse. I pulled out the heating pad and Mom gave me an Icy Hot patch to use. It seemed to help.

By Saturday, I was in real pain. The cramp seemed to be between my right shoulder blade and my spine. Every deep breath that I took stole the wind from me. No sneezing, no yawning, no filling my lungs with air. Saturday night was no picnic. The pain worsened. I can't lie on my stomach because of the pregnancy and the pressure on my shoulder when lying on my side was too much. I got about 5 hours of sleep, but that just wasn't enough.

On Sunday morning, we called the OB on call to ask him what he recommended that I do. He told me to head to the ER. We got there at 9:30am and were realeased at 3:00pm! Not a fun day. I was hungry and so thirsty by the time we left. Anyway, the doctor said I was having muscle spasms and he ran a blood test to test for clots. The blood test came back negative, so he pulled out this long needle and proceeded to give me injections in the shoulder blade muscle that was spasming. It was LONG. About an hour after recieving the injection, I felt its affects.

Now I am on a low-dosage muscle relaxer and Tylenol for pain. It still feels tight when I move certain ways, but I feel very blessed that I can breathe normally now. Just wanted to update you.