by katyathebutterfly_2y4w9t | Oct 23, 2025 | The Journey
Chapter 9: The Ultrasound As recommended, I followed up with my doctor the following week. “What the heck?” she said. I know, right? I said as I got up from the small sofa in the exam room. She followed up with “You’re too young to be...
by katyathebutterfly_2y4w9t | Oct 23, 2025 | The Journey
Chapter 8: The CT Scan They finally took me into the room and prepped an IV line on my right hand. “When was the last time you ate?” said the nurse. Around noon, I didn’t have dinner, I said but I’m thirsty. “You can’t drink...
by katyathebutterfly_2y4w9t | Oct 23, 2025 | The Journey
Chapter 7: A Blood Clot?! I arrived at Mayo Clinic’s ER a little after 10 PM, wishing I had stopped for some food on my way there, but glad I didn’t. They took me in to record my blood pressure and it was high, about 180/113. The nurse took it a few...
by katyathebutterfly_2y4w9t | Oct 23, 2025 | The Journey
Chapter 6: Drop what you’re doing and go to the ER! I called in sick after the huddle. I just wasn’t feeling good. My stomach didn’t agree with me either and I ended up getting my period that night. Well, at least it wasn’t food...
by katyathebutterfly_2y4w9t | Oct 23, 2025 | The Journey
Chapter 5: Let’s Do it Ourselves! As I welcomed July by putting a pin on my health to give myself time to think about uterine fibroid surgery, I encouraged my sister to smooth the textured walls of my brother’s house before she moved in. I fixed one...
by katyathebutterfly_2y4w9t | Oct 23, 2025 | The Journey
Chapter 4: Ouch! Since the car accident, I continued to have various kinds of pains. The whiplash and back ache were going away. I tried to do physical therapy (PT), but my blood pressure was too high for the care team to treat me so it was hard to schedule an...
