Heart Palps, Addictions, & Gettin' Jiggy With It

I went to the Dr. Tuesday morning. I'd had a headache for two weeks straight and what I now know are heart palpitations. The headache that wouldn't go away is what prompted the appointment. Of course, it went away a few days shy of said appointment.

But the heart palpitations did not. They've been happening several times a day. It seems that a deep breath and a pause in activity, and all goes back to normal. So, I mentioned it to my Dr. She offered several possible explanations and told me to AVOID ALL CAFFEINE for a while, and she insisted on an EKG.

Which felt like a death sentence. The caffeine part, that is.

Turns out I have a Bundle Branch Blockage. I've probably had it from birth and have never known about it. She says, "don't worry about it right now. We'll do an echocardiogram and get those results and go from there."

So this morning, thanks to a sweet friend who kept Sister, I had the rare and wonderful experience of thirty minutes in a dark room, in the quiet, tucked beneath warm blankets, while I watched and listened as the radiologist explained to me what I was seeing. (The parts, not the issues...) She was a good teacher.

The heart is AMAZING. 

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

It just kept beating and beating and beating (and I know you're going, "duh! That's what hearts do!") but to see it going like that - it was INCREDIBLE. I could have stared at it all day long. God is quite the engineer! To know He controls every beat...WOW!

The Echo results should be back early to middle of next week.

God has graciously granted me peace in my heart.

My sweet little niece had an Echo done today, too. What are the odds? We're rejoicing and thanking God that she is just fine!

Backing up a bit, Tuesday and Wednesday I crashed from lack of caffeine. Seriously, it was like I was in a haze. When I dropped Little Man off at school Tuesday morning, several people asked me if I was okay. 

I don't think I drank that much caffeine. A double shot of espresso (that's about the same amount of caffeine as a regular cup of coffee) in the morning and sometimes a single shot in the afternoon. I drink decaf tea. No coke. I mean, really?

But this morning I woke without a headache. I'm only moderately tired this afternoon and I haven't fought taking a nap. I feel better. Who knew?

Hmmm...

This stud muffin (hee hee) has been gettin' jiggy with it! Quite literally.

He's finishing the bookshelves, only we modified the plans. He's building a super cool support system. He cut, I don't know, A LOT of these supports. Each shelf will require four, two on each end. It's old school stuff. He made a jig to cut 'em. He's SO GOOD!! Can't wait to show you!

And there's Little Man. Sporting his batman jammies. But only when his spider man jammies are dirty. 

And Sister...riding, riding, riding! And spelling, spelling, spelling. The Engineer and I have lost a crucial form of communication - spelling to one another mid sentence. It's over. The girl figures it out every time.

Batman gets dirty EVERY TIME.

Sometimes he steps out of uniform. Recently he's learned to ride Sister's bike. The only problem - the bike is so big he can't get on OR OFF without help. Which means he's logged a good bit of time riding circles begging for someone to let him off!!!

And sweet Scout (that's Warrior above) is having issues controlling her bladder. The vet says she's "getting older." I laughed and told The Engineer, "our family's about 50/50 on the potty training if you count the dogs!" Ha!

Hope you have a happy day!