I arrived at The Pony's house about five minutes late, picking him up for our day of listening to the new release of his favorite composer's album. We'd both been looking forward to this event.
Welp! When I pulled up, The Pony walked out empty-handed. That was a bad sign. He climbed into still-running T-Hoe.
"What's wrong? Aren't you coming? Where's your stuff?"
"I don't know if I can. I have a migraine."
"Oh, no! That's terrible. Did you take anything?"
"I took Excedrin. And then ibuprofen. Neither seems to be working."
"Well... I'm sorry that you feel bad. I don't want you to feel like you have to come out. I've been looking forward to our time together."
"I know, Mom. It's just that I'm afraid it will get worse. Right now I'm over the nausea. But I'm still shaking. It feels like my left eye is being scooped out with a spoon."
"Aww. Sorry. You won't have to do anything. You can lean back and close your eyes while I drive. But I understand if you don't feel like it."
"I guess I could come out. Like Dad says, I might as well be there feeling bad, as at home feeling bad."
"Yeah. You can lay on the couch if you want."
"For sure I'm not going to drink anything, in case it gives me a worse headache. But I'll still eat lunch."
The Pony went back in his house to get his keys, and checkbook for house payment, and a bag of ice cubes wrapped in a towel to hold on his head while we started the 30-minute drive. I got him a Coke at Hardee's, and chicken tenders and fries.
We got the music going on my laptop (HIPPIE!) so The Pony didn't have to bring his laptop. The concert was good. The Pony ate lunch, and started to feel a little bit better. "Now it's just like a spoon is pressing on my eye, but not scooping it out!" A couple hours later, The Pony took more ibuprofen. Then Farmer H came home to drive The Pony back to town.
Not the greatest visit, but I'm happy that The Pony started to feel better. I hope a good night's rest will get rid of that migraine.
My migraines are sometimes from dehydration through not drinking enough water, and sometimes for inexplicable reasons can be fixed by eating a teaspoon of sugar, but mostly they're from hayfever and then I get out the prescription tablets that are locked away in the safe and can't be taken on an empty stomach, so I force down a sandwich and glass of water, take the pills and sleep for six hours.
ReplyDeleteDoes The Pony have any idea what caused his migraine?
River,
DeleteNo, that's the problem. The Pony doesn't know what triggers the migraines. I suggested lack of water, from working all day. He said he'd been drinking water through the evening, but woke up with the migraine. They make him shaky and nauseated, and light is what he tries to avoid when they're really bad. Sometimes he can stop them, if he starts taking ibuprofen and Excedrin at the first sign of pain. He can tell the difference from a regular headache, because of the location of the pain.
Lola avoids the light too, by hiding under the covers all day and night, that's how I know she has a migraine. Until I had her, I never knew cats could get migraines and apparently dogs can too.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
DeleteI didn't know about cats and migraines, either, until you revealed Lola's struggles.