Monday, July 25, 2005
suffering in the heat
So, it seems that I had a case of heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke Thursday night. :(
It started about 10 pm that night, with some achy joints and sensitive skin. I told Kayla right away, "oh oh, I hope I'm not getting the flu." Then it spread all over: achy knees, shoulders, lower back, fingers and toes, and neck. Then I got really, really cold. Kayla covered me up in TWO blankets while I lay shivering, teeth chattering for a couple of hours. I could not seem to get warm, and kept shaking uncontrobally. My pulse was over a hundred (especially noted by the pounding in my ears when I tried to go to the bathroom). Kayla was worried, but I kept trying to make her laugh. She finally fell asleep and my shivering stopped at 1 am.
Then the headache began for the rest of Friday. I didn't know what was happening to me, but didn't think it was serious enough to alarm anyone. I thought it was a mild flu or some reaction to being on the Atkins diet for two weeks (which I now am off again due to all the Gatorades I've been drinking). Kayla is the one who has been running around in the heat with basketball and softball practice every day. She's the one we've been watching closely. All I do is stand there in the shade, drinking cold fluids, watching her run around. Go figure!
So, according to WebMD, I either had heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Could have been bad, but thank God it wasn't.
It started about 10 pm that night, with some achy joints and sensitive skin. I told Kayla right away, "oh oh, I hope I'm not getting the flu." Then it spread all over: achy knees, shoulders, lower back, fingers and toes, and neck. Then I got really, really cold. Kayla covered me up in TWO blankets while I lay shivering, teeth chattering for a couple of hours. I could not seem to get warm, and kept shaking uncontrobally. My pulse was over a hundred (especially noted by the pounding in my ears when I tried to go to the bathroom). Kayla was worried, but I kept trying to make her laugh. She finally fell asleep and my shivering stopped at 1 am.
Then the headache began for the rest of Friday. I didn't know what was happening to me, but didn't think it was serious enough to alarm anyone. I thought it was a mild flu or some reaction to being on the Atkins diet for two weeks (which I now am off again due to all the Gatorades I've been drinking). Kayla is the one who has been running around in the heat with basketball and softball practice every day. She's the one we've been watching closely. All I do is stand there in the shade, drinking cold fluids, watching her run around. Go figure!
So, according to WebMD, I either had heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Could have been bad, but thank God it wasn't.
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