Day 75 - Monday February 27, 2012

Most of the day Bridgett rested.  She started feeling nauseated in the afternoon and I gave her one of the Zofran tablets.  Her primary care physician office (Dr. Hafen's) called to say that she had elevated DHEA levels shown on her blood tests and that they want to schedule a CT of the pelvis and adrenal gland.  They said they would let us know when it was set up.  I explained about the weekend and said that she was still nauseated.  They talked to the doctor and said to continue the Zofran until she felt better.  Bridgett seemed a little foggy in the afternoon and unclear about some things.  In the early evening she got up to go to the bathroom, after sitting for about 15 minutes, and she again collapsed, but this time onto the couch as we were still standing by the couch.  She was "out" for about 20 seconds.  But, she started talking and seemed OK.  I took her blood pressure--which was normal.  She wasn't dehydrated--she had been drinking and peeing normally.  So then I thought low blood sugar--which Tyler and Arrianne thought at the same time.  She hadn't eaten much because she'd felt nauseated.  We gave her yogurt, a fried egg and one of the Boost drinks.  I figured we could always go to the urgent care if necessary.  After two hours I went and bought a glucometer.  Her blood sugar was 84--so low for after eating.  We had her eat more and by this time she was actually hungry.  She had some applesauce, then peanut butter on toast and finally some macaroni and cheese (used to be my favorite food when I was a kid and is one of her favorites-although I know not too healthy).  After eating her blood sugar was 117--so still low.  But, at least she had protein to eat and some carbs.  I watched her through the night and only woke her once to talk to her.  This morning (Tuesday) I looked up info about high DHEA levels and it says this can cause Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (they already wondered if she had this because of the cyst problems she's had in the past), insulin resistance and Addison's Disease.  The insulin resistance can cause low blood sugar among other things.  The Addison's Disease says that it is frequently undiagnosed until someone has an accident or requires surgery--which makes the disease advance quickly.  I will definitely be calling the doctors office this morning.  We need to find out about this quick, because Addison's Disease can be very serious.