Gout and Hanging with Tiana

Last Friday my left index finger was getting stiff. It was out of the blue and totally weird. Saturday morning I woke up and it was really, really sore and swollen. Almost like I had jammed it in my sleep. Only, I hadn't done anything. We buddy-wrapped it with my middle finger and even though the knuckle was really sensitive and swollen, I didn't want to take a trip to Instacare. Sunday came and we made a little splint for it and everyone at church was asking me what happened. I wish I had a cool story. I just woke up and it hurt. Lame. When Danny was wrapping it, he barely tapped my finger and I started to cry! It was extremely sensitive and was getting worse so I knew I had to go to Instacare. After some x-rays and asking a lot of questions, the doctor said I had gout. It's usually in the feet but can also make random appearances in other major joints. So weird. I got a more stable splint and it has really helped. That with the medicine he prescribed has cleared it up within a week or so. I've learned several things from this:

Gout is painful

It comes on very suddenly and each episode is referred to as an "attack"

Gout is painful

It comes out of nowhere and makes you feel crazy

Gout is painful

Tiana is in town so we got together with some friends at her mom's gorgeous house in Herriman. It was exactly what I needed. I've been on a crappy health streak and it was nice to get out of the house and laugh.

Heidi showed up just as we were getting ready to go. It was so nice to see her face and get caught up. I love Foxy Roxy. We chatted about newborns, PPD and how crazy we {well, most of us} are for having kids so close together when it's so hard. I obviously couldn't relate to that but I can sympathize. I don't know how people do it, either.

Liz. The baby whisperer.

I started joking about Gout and soon it was somehow inserted into just about every conversation. Blame the Gout. If you can't laugh at yourself, life would be miserable.

Raising a finger to Gout.

Naughty Liz