My Concussion Experience

Everything seemed fine on January 3rd. I had come home for lunch from work and ate with my family. I went back to work and I parked, I look where I am parking cuz I don't want to fall on ice. So, I parked in a good place and got out of the truck and the next thing I knew I was looking up under a parked car in the parking lot. And my head HURT! I got up really slow. It was like really slow motion. One arm lifted part of me up and then the other arm lifted me up so I was sitting up. I then got up the rest of the way really slow. I saw a car coming into the parking lot and they got out and came towards me. They were customers I recognized. They walked with me and asked me if I was ok. They said I better go sit down cuz I didn't look good. I went inside and I was soaked on one side of my body. My pants were soaked and my apron on one side of me. And my head HURT! I talked to a manager and him and another manager went to look outside where I had fallen. Alex said he almost fell going out there in that same area. Warren and Alex put salt all over that area and throughout the parking lot. They came back in and Warren filled out an accident report and told me to go to Alta View Hospital if I felt I needed to. I was a little disoriented the next two hours. I stayed at work for awhile until Hannah got there and we counted the safe and then I went home. Mike was at the hospital visiting his mom. He said he would come home but I didn't want him to have to drive home just for "me". I came home and Nic and Ash laid by me on my bed and wouldn't let me go to sleep. I just wanted to sleep. My head and neck were sore but I wanted to sleep. Later Mike came home and that night he woke me up a couple of times to make sure I was ok. The next morning when I got up 'oh my goodness' I was nauseous and dizzy as heck. I went through the motions of throwing up but didn't actually throw up, just nauseous. I decided then we better go to the hospital. The doctor asked me questions and examined me and decided to do a cat scan. That came back normal. So, I rested the rest of the day Sunday and Monday and Tuesday. I was scheduled to work Wednesday but I didn't feel good still so I called Julie and she told me to take the rest of the week off. I didn't realize concussions could be this serious. I mean I knew they were serious but I didn't realize it took so much time and rest to heal. I went to visit Mike's mom yesterday and also picked up some dinner with Nikki and it wore me out. When I got to bed and closed my eyes the bed was rocking. I think I am going to call the my doctor tomorrow and see what she says. Julie told me to NOT come back to work until I am for sure feeling good because it messes up my sick time. I am thinking I might take another week off to rest up. I don't want to go back to work and then be sick again. Brain injuries are serious. I mean, look at the description...brain injuries. It's your brain! That is what controls and makes everything work in your body! Everything!