Blog Post by Kati:
Once upon a time there was a 27-year-old who was 18 weeks pregnant. She didn't have much food in her house so she ate a bowl of dry Rice Krispies and headed out to the grocery store an hour later for a quick trip...looking like a slob unshowered in a t-shirt and jeans. After a successful jaunt up and down the aisles and a cart full of good, healthy snacks she was waiting in line to check out. She started to feel a little weird- sort of dizzy- and decided to open one of the Powerades she was planning on purchasing to get a little sugar in her system. This girl knew what this feeling was (potentially), as she had fainted at least a dozen times in her life.
The very friendly check-out lady started ringing up her groceries and all of a sudden the girl knew it was going to happen- and passed out onto the floor. She woke up a few seconds later and the man in line behind her helped her get up. The check-out lady asked her if she was okay and the 27-year-old told her she just felt a little dizzy and proceeded to swipe her credit card. Uh oh...then passed out again. The same man helped her up, she signed her name on the credit card machine and...bam. Passed out again! By this time the paramedics had been called, and the store was in a tizzy. Managers were everywhere helping the girl move to a bench to sit and wait to get checked out. How embarrassing!
The paramedics arrived (four large, burly, hunky men) and all of the girl's vitals were normal and blood pressure was fine. Her mom and husband both showed up to rescue her, though her pride was wounded more than anything else.
After a quick trip to the doctor to make sure everything was okay (and she was, as was the baby!), the girl went home and took a long nap. But not before eating 2 different lunches and drinking more Powerade and water.
The girl's husband now has a new loving nickname for her now. Instead of "Fatty" he calls her "Fainty."
So the moral of the story is to not eat only dry Rice Krispies while growing another human. As the girl's mother said: "Your body is not your own anymore!"
The End.
Oh my goodness Kati!! I'm so glad that you and the baby are ok! I'm sure your mom and Chris had quite the scare as well. We might need to get some ice cream during the puppy play date (I hear it has some sugar:)).
ReplyDeleteLet me tell you....it is no fun to see an ambulance and know it's there for your child. No fun at all. We all live and learn..... I love you Cakie.
ReplyDeleteKati, hope you are feeling better and enjoying food to keep you from having another episode. I read your post at around 6 am Saturday and thought at first it was some type of joke. I was thinking of calling you up to see if I needed to make a trip down for french toast and cinnamon rolls?!
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