Choklit blog #18: I passed out for the first time ever!!!

As you may have read in one of my previous blogs, I almost passed out at my karate class a few weeks ago right after exercising. Well, I still usually feel a little lightheaded and nauseous after the exercises at the beginning of class, but I've never really come close to passing out other than that one time. That's why I just assumed I would be ok yesterday at class when I started seeing green and blue spots everywhere and feeling more nauseous than usual. When my vision started getting really bad (as in, there were more green and blue dots and I felt like I had been staring at a million-watt lightbulb), I thought about asking to sit down like I did last time, but I didn't want to do that again since this time I was sure I would be fine. Unfortunately, by the time I changed my mind about sitting down, I could hardly see and would have never found my way off the mat. Joy was standing next to me and asked if I was ok and I said no, just as one of my knees buckled. I stood back up straight, thinking it would somehow make me ok in just a second... but it's a good thing Joy knew better and caught me before I fell over. At this point, my vision was completely gone and I think my eyes closed, but I'm not sure. I felt myself being dragged across the room or something... I'm not exactly sure. I remember feeling like I was moving and seeing blue and green dots everywhere. I had no clue where I was or what was going on, and I'm not sure how long I was conscious and how long I was unconscious (or if I even really was... I'm not completely sure, but I think i must have been). Then I felt myself being laid down on the floor and heard my teacher saying stuff like "Bring me a clipboard. Go get her some water. Get me that ice pack," to some other people's moms who were there. I opened my eyes and I could see again and I felt ok, so I told them I was fine but they all said I wasn't. After about 20 minutes (maybe more) they let me go back to class because most of the color had come back to my face and lips. I was completely fine after that, so I don't know what happened. And apparently my face and lips were blue at first for about 45 seconds... I don't know what's up with that either.

I went to see a doctor about it today, but the only thing I found out is that I weigh ten pounds more than I thought I did. I have to go back tomorrow so they can run a bunch of tests to see if I have heart problems, and I think some other problems like diabetes (I know she mentioned that, but I'm not sure if I'm being tested for it, or if that's already been ruled out). I can't imagine why I would have heart problems tho... I mean, my dad only has about a million! So yeah... I can't eat anymore until after that appointment so I'm hoping to go at like 7:30 am (if not, I'll probably starve to death. Then it won't matter if i had heart problems). But even if I do, it's not like something that's gonna kill me, thank goodness. But then again, considering the fact that Barack Obama was just elected President, it might have been better if... oh nevermind. I was hoping to get my mind off the election by writing this blog, but I guess that was an epic fail. Kind of like our country will be in... grrrrrrr... *stops typing*

OTHER RANDOM THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK: Um let's see, the worst day in American history!!!! / I heard a Philmont song playing after youth group... it was wonderful / Family Force 5 was in town and I couldn't go see them / I actually picked up my bass and... played it! / I added more songs to playlist.com/veerawk / I was actually late for English class... for the first time ever / I wrote a blog in which all my "Random Things That Happened This Week" were either music-related or bad / KEEP ROCKIN AND NEVER STOP --MC