The Things I Think About

MY FIRST (AND ONLY) HELICOPTER RIDE.....

THE FIRST TIME I WAS PREGNANT I WAS YOUNG AND SCARED. I DIDNT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MY BODY WAS GOING THROUGH AND I DIDNT HAVE MANY WOMEN IN MY LIFE TO TALK TO ABOUT IT. I WAS 18 AND PREGNANT WITH TWINS. MY DOCTOR ORDERED BED REST AND FOR ME TO TAKE IT EASY. WELL I TRIED BUT IT DIDNT WORK. I HAD A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUST A CHECK UP. I WAS IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR HOURS AND MY BACK WAS HURTING ME (FROM SITTING IT THOSES HARD WAITING ROOM CHAIRS, OR SO I THOUGHT). I DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, AND THEY HAD ONE FOR MONDAY MORNING, SO I WENT HOME. WELL MY BACK PAIN GOT WORSE AND WORSE BUT I MADE IT TIL MONDAY MORNING.

I REMEMBER THE DOCTOR DOING THE EXAM ASKED ME HOW I GOT THERE, STRANGE I THOUGHT, BUT TOLD HIM I HAD DRIVEN MYSELF. HE ASKED IF I COULD GET MYSELF TO THE HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY. HE SAID I NEEDED SOME MORE TEST. I THOUGHT HE MENT I NEEDED A STRESS TEST WHICH I HAD TO DO ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK SO I REALLY WAS NOT THAT CONCERNED. I DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL TO FIND THE NURSES WAITING FOR ME AS I GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR. THEY HAD A WHEELCHAIR AND EVERYTHING. THEY TAKE ME TO A ROOM AND HAD ME CHANGE AND PUT ON THE MONITORS FOR THE STRESS TEST.