Monday afternoon as the kids and I were leaving Miss Optimism’s doctor’s office, one of them asked me why my hands were blue. I looked down and sure enough, my hands were blue. I tried holding them higher and lower, tried warming them and they remained blue. At some point after the busyness of getting home and getting dishes done and supper made and kids fed, the blue hands disappeared and I didn’t give it another thought. Until…
Last night, I was sitting at the kitchen table visiting with my mom and The Husband when I looked down and saw that my hands were blue again. I also had had a dizzy spell on Friday and one again yesterday and have been feeling much more tired than usual which I mentioned when they asked me how I had been feeling.
The Husband ‘googled’ “blue hands” and what came up was a scary page that said that if you experienced blue hands along with other symptoms such as fatigue, fainting, or dizziness that you should call 911. So my mom drove me to the clinic. On the way there, I was thinking, “I don’t have time to be dying. I don’t even have time to take the evening off to go to the clinic. I have so much to do.”
We got there and waited a long time and alarmed one of the nurses after she saw my hands. She ushered me to a bed, made me lie down and went to tell one of the other nurses about my condition. The nurse laughed, said to her, “I’ve seen this a few times”, and came into my room with an alcohol wipe, asking me to turn over my hand. She gave my hand a wipe, turned the swap over and sure enough, it was blue! Then she said, “it’s from your jeans.” Everyone laughed at me and I’m not too cool to laugh at myself!
So I’m not dying. I’m just a Smurf!
lol… but only funny after the fact. I hope the dizziness and tiredness is not a concern.
LOL i’ve TOTALLY done that too!!!!
Oh My Gosh!!! You gave me a scare there ~ and the a laugh. I am so glad everything is okay.
Blessings, Dawn
As soon as I read the title I guessed the outcome! I had really bruised knees last night… that didn’t hurt… thanks to my new jeans! And a few years back, I had that happen the day after a series of new meds and injections… I have a circulatory disease so my hand are/were freezing cold and blue. My friend, a nurse had me on my way to the OR, but just before I left, I washed my hands and it started to fade… It can be so scary but so glad you also had new jean syndrome!
LOL that happened to my husband this last spring. He has high blood pressure, diabetes and a very strong family heart disease history so when we were out visiting friends and his hands turned blue, I was freaking out. I wanted to run him into emergency right then. I grabbed his hands and tried to warm them, and rub them. Thank goodness he thought he should try and do it under water. That’s when the blue came off. Sure freaked us both out for a while there.
Glad to hear it was nothing major!!
Giggle
Oh dear, I was starting to get worried, esp considering how much you have neglected your self-care. It was nice to giggle instead!
Glad you’re taking care of YOU (and you know you’ll be better able to care for your loved ones that way as well!)
lol thats hilarious!!!
Phew! Kind of scary.
Too funny, this would happen to me too!!!!
Oh, Sharla, I love this! (well, since it has a good ending, that is!) so glad you’re OK!
LOL that’s hilarious, except for the scary part!
Made me laugh!! Totally something that would happen to me. LOL! Glad you’re not dying. I loved the line “I don’t have time to be dying!” Classic.
but…. at least you bought new jeans!! lol I’m glad you are not dying… but the dizzy spells are still not a good sign. I hope you get some rest.
I hope you are ok! You haven’t blogged in awhile and that is not like you. Praying that all of your kiddos are doing ok.
Andrea, thank you for your concern. We have been dealing with a few crises over here. The prayers are very needed and appreciated. Thank you.
Praying in Jesus name that whatever is going on will stop right now. Praying against future attacks of the enemy too! HUGS