Another Day......

Another problem. I am running behind the gun now for 4-H. My leader is not sure we can be ready for fair because we have been sick so much. I think we can, as long as we stay healthy. I found Christopher a new horse and I think it is a perfect match. Eyore needs a lot more practice but hopefully he will put the effort in. I think we can, I know we can. Hopefully we can.

I am slowly getting better but not fast enough. My medical bills are through the roof at this point. Medical coverage is not enough if you are sick. Readers Digest has an article on it this month. You all should read it, it's good. I fit right into that catagory.

Eyore is slowly but surely getting better. I mean really slow. He still has to take a rest each day and riding his bike is tiring for him but he is a trooper. He is going to officially be homeschooled by next week. The teacher is working with us so well.

Dick Bob has the possibility of getting some B's! This is truly a miracle. 16 is a very hard age.

Off to work I go.

I'm Back....

from the land of sick. I only have a brief time to write but here's a run down. I got sick with a kidney stone. It blocked my kidney completely and within 24 hours my kidney was enlarged and swollen. I started out in one hospital and ended up in another one. The hospital I started out in did not have the necessary equipment to do surgery. The doc was very good but because this is the same kidney stone I have been having problems with since August, he wanted several options available. I was so sick that they decided to do the surgery on Sunday, which they almost never do. I am allergic to narcotics so they put me on chemo medicine. However, I was still sick so they gave me anitnausia medicine. It was still not working. I was throwing up massively and still in such pain. They then upped my meds to double what I was getting and put me on 2 antinausia meds. It helped but not nearly enough. Those nurses were in my room every half hour helping me and every hour on the hour giving me medicine. They were wonderful. My husband would be staring at me while the nurses were wiping my face and helping me in and out of bed. It was a complete nightmare.

I had the surgery on Sunday of last week. They THINK they got it. They better have. I don't ever want to repeat this again. I then reacted to the anesthesia. That was awful. My head hurt, but not like a traditional headache. It was massive and ther was no relief. The nurse finally had me pack my head in ice and that was the miracle I was waiting for. I was in a lot of pain because they can't send the chemo meds home with me. I refuse to take the narcotics. I hate being sick. The antinausia medicine makes me sleepy but not fall asleep. AAAAAhhhh!

Thursday rolled around and I finally felt I could walk across the house and not be in so much pain. My friend was coming over every day and sweeping and moping my floor, doing the dishes, and visiting. I had 2 friends bring me dinners. What a blessing.

Thursday night I wake up in horrible pain in my face. I appear to have a problem with one of my teeth. I get in with a dentist on Friday morning. I am in such massive pain by now. The dentist says I have an absest in the root and it is infecting the bone. I will be in much pain for the next 48 hours. Here's a prescription for antibiotics and some narcotics for pain. I tell him I can't take the narcotics and he looks at me like I've lost my mind. "You really need some," he says. So, I get in so much pain I do take the narcotics the hospital sent home with me. I get sick but the pain is so bad I can handle the sick part better.

It is now Monday of the next week and I am starting to feel a little better. I am afraid of what will happen next. The dentist said come back in a week and bring 658.00 with you for the root canal you need. That's my portion! I've got that in my back pocket.

I got Eyore into a specialist today for gastrosomething. He is going to do a different type of scope into his stomach and esophagus to see what's going on. This will be a day surgery at the end of March. He wan't him to stay off his meds til then. He already throws up some with the meds so this should be interesting.

I am going to a sisters reunion this week-end. Pray all goes well and I stay healthy. My mother will have my kids and my sisters kids.

We got a new dog too. Scooby is his name and he is obsessed about playing ball. If you want him to quit, you have to hide the ball and hope he doesn't find another one.