I am finally feeling better. I have been knocked out by a cold(viral nothing I could get antibiotics for) for more than a week. I am not 100% yet but this is the first day where I finally feel as if I am at the end. I don't know what it was about this one... I was still functioning...going to work, getting the kids to their "stuff", etc but it certainly wasn't helping me improve any. I took a couple of days to just recuperate and get better... I think it is definitely what my body needed.
Just in time, too, because this weekend is a busy one. Tonight is the Halloween party at the elementary school. K3 is attending and K2 is volunteering to work the games with her GS troop. However, it means full Halloween dress for the two of them. K3 is going as a gothic vampire and K2 has put together her own costume as a Vampirate (she loves this book series that a friend in England has been sending to her). So she's been a pirate in the past and a vampire... she decided to combine the two and voila!... Vampirate. I will take pictures but how good they look may fall upon how well mom can do make-up.
This weekend the boys are going to help J's dad dig out some trees at his rental property so it is GIRLS WEEKEND! Woo Hoo! We love girls' weekend. However, it is interrupted by another GS event. K2's troop is going to a haunted house tomorrow night. Let me just say that, this mom will drive and chaperone but in no way is going anywhere near the place. I will either have a book in my hand and sit in my van or more likely, you may find me sitting by the snack stand downing popcorn and diet coke praying like crazy that my little girl will make it out alive. I hate those things! I hate being scared... period. The last time I was in a haunted house was in high school. We had to walk single-file thru it. I was plastered to my friend in front of me with my hooded sweatshirt pulled up over my head and held tight at the sides so I couldn't see a thing. And had another friend plastered behind me so that nothing could get me from behind. When one of the ghouls tried to do something to me, my friend in front yelled, "Leave her alone! Can't you see she's scared." (Seems to me that was probably his job but what a friend.) Finally, we made it outside, only to discover that we were now being led to the basement thru a cellar door. I was done. I was outta there. I left my group and waited by the car for them to finish.... and have never been inside one since. The only haunted house I will go into is the Disneyland version... I still am not crazy about it but I can at least tolerate it. I will give a report tomorrow after the event.
Not sure what else is in the plans for this weekend... hopefully, some rest... some movies... and some peace and quiet.
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Friday, September 21, 2007
First Missed School Day...
My poor baby, K3, is home from school today... against her wishes. She was up most the night with a fever and a cough yet she still thought she could go to school today. Don't misunderstand... it's not that she loves school but she finally found one part of it to be excited about - BAND.
On Wednesday she received her instrument, the trombone. I don't think I will forget that day for awhile. Her bus pulled up in front of the house and didn't pull away right away like it normally does. I wondered what was taking so long so I peeked out. There was K3 trying to get down the bus steps with her backpack, her lunch bag and a HUGE black instrument case. I hurried outside thinking she would need help. When I called out, she lifted her head and had an enormous smile light up her face...eyes were sparkling... "No, that's okay. I have it."
Everyday since she has put it together multiple times and asked if she could practice... nevermind that she doesn't even know how to read a note or if she is holding it correctly. She loves her instrument and can't wait to start playing. This is why she is heartbroken at not being able to go to school today. Today was supposed to be her FIRST lesson... Wednesdays are full band rehearsals and Fridays are lesson days. I had to promise her to email her band teacher and ask if she can meet with him either before or after school or during recess on Monday or Tuesday.
Maybe now she will get some sleep... and mom, too.
On Wednesday she received her instrument, the trombone. I don't think I will forget that day for awhile. Her bus pulled up in front of the house and didn't pull away right away like it normally does. I wondered what was taking so long so I peeked out. There was K3 trying to get down the bus steps with her backpack, her lunch bag and a HUGE black instrument case. I hurried outside thinking she would need help. When I called out, she lifted her head and had an enormous smile light up her face...eyes were sparkling... "No, that's okay. I have it."
Everyday since she has put it together multiple times and asked if she could practice... nevermind that she doesn't even know how to read a note or if she is holding it correctly. She loves her instrument and can't wait to start playing. This is why she is heartbroken at not being able to go to school today. Today was supposed to be her FIRST lesson... Wednesdays are full band rehearsals and Fridays are lesson days. I had to promise her to email her band teacher and ask if she can meet with him either before or after school or during recess on Monday or Tuesday.
Maybe now she will get some sleep... and mom, too.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
An ER Visit...
We have been very lucky... we have three kids and before tonight have only visited the ER once...back when K3 was 17 months old and had croup (scary!). Tonight's visit was a toss-up on whether we should go to ER or Urgent Care but the unknown led us to the ER.
Earlier today around 1:00 p.m. K1 complained that his middle finger hurt (NO! Not from overuse!!). I disregarded it as nothing. About an hour later, he came to me and said now it hurt across all of his fingers. I took a closer look and it seemed as if his hand was swelling. I watched it over the next hour and it was extremely warm to the touch and the swelling had definitely increased. I called J at work and his diagnosis was tendonitis either from shoveling yesterday or increased video game playing... nothing to worry about.
A short time later I was on the phone with a college friend and told her about K1's hand... she said to go in to the doctor. That's why we have insurance to help alleviate those fears of the unknown. By 5:00 I was going to take him into Urgent Care but by then his hand though still swollen was no longer warm... it had cooled down considerably. However, he could not bend or move his hand in any way. K1 said it didn't hurt as long as no one touched it (which K3 made the mistake of bumping into it and he almost broke down and cried). We had just finished eating dinner around 7:15 and I brought it up to J again. He started touching it (K1 said it hurt!) and J said that K's hand was ice cold. Something was definitely wrong... swelling, poor circulation, touch sensitive. J called his parents who both work in medical professions but they couldn't offer any advice other than to take him in.
Because of the severity of his condition at the time, J and I both decided to go which meant the girls had to come along as well. We debated whether Urgent Care or ER... but I was worried about worse case scenario of a blood clot and thought I would feel better being at the hospital. We have a wonderful Children's Hospital accessible to us and decided to trust them with our son. We didn't have to wait long... maybe 20 minutes at most before we were seen in Triage and then led to an exam room.
Our doctor was extremely stumped... she ordered x-rays, motrin and a warm soak. All which showed or did nothing. His x-ray showed no breaks. The motrin so far has not brought down the swelling and the warm soak evened out his skin tone a bit (it was really mottled when we went in). Our doc conferred with a veteran doctor and they also consulted with a rheumatologist. They could not come to any conclusion on what was happening. They did rule out a clot based on a strong blood pressure reading and reactive crit (pressure to the cuticle). Our orders are to continue ibuprofen every 6-8 hours for 48 hours and see his pediatrician tomorrow. For now I am resting a bit easier and hope that tomorrow brings some sort of answers or at least a return to normal of his hand.
So based on our excitement and anxiety today and tonight... my 3 good things for today all relate to K1's medical emergency...
1. The ability to have a choice on where to get good medical care for ourselves and our children.
2. Girls being concerned over the pain their brother was feeling.
3. Being reassured that our son did not have a blood clot.
Earlier today around 1:00 p.m. K1 complained that his middle finger hurt (NO! Not from overuse!!). I disregarded it as nothing. About an hour later, he came to me and said now it hurt across all of his fingers. I took a closer look and it seemed as if his hand was swelling. I watched it over the next hour and it was extremely warm to the touch and the swelling had definitely increased. I called J at work and his diagnosis was tendonitis either from shoveling yesterday or increased video game playing... nothing to worry about.
A short time later I was on the phone with a college friend and told her about K1's hand... she said to go in to the doctor. That's why we have insurance to help alleviate those fears of the unknown. By 5:00 I was going to take him into Urgent Care but by then his hand though still swollen was no longer warm... it had cooled down considerably. However, he could not bend or move his hand in any way. K1 said it didn't hurt as long as no one touched it (which K3 made the mistake of bumping into it and he almost broke down and cried). We had just finished eating dinner around 7:15 and I brought it up to J again. He started touching it (K1 said it hurt!) and J said that K's hand was ice cold. Something was definitely wrong... swelling, poor circulation, touch sensitive. J called his parents who both work in medical professions but they couldn't offer any advice other than to take him in.
Because of the severity of his condition at the time, J and I both decided to go which meant the girls had to come along as well. We debated whether Urgent Care or ER... but I was worried about worse case scenario of a blood clot and thought I would feel better being at the hospital. We have a wonderful Children's Hospital accessible to us and decided to trust them with our son. We didn't have to wait long... maybe 20 minutes at most before we were seen in Triage and then led to an exam room.
Our doctor was extremely stumped... she ordered x-rays, motrin and a warm soak. All which showed or did nothing. His x-ray showed no breaks. The motrin so far has not brought down the swelling and the warm soak evened out his skin tone a bit (it was really mottled when we went in). Our doc conferred with a veteran doctor and they also consulted with a rheumatologist. They could not come to any conclusion on what was happening. They did rule out a clot based on a strong blood pressure reading and reactive crit (pressure to the cuticle). Our orders are to continue ibuprofen every 6-8 hours for 48 hours and see his pediatrician tomorrow. For now I am resting a bit easier and hope that tomorrow brings some sort of answers or at least a return to normal of his hand.
So based on our excitement and anxiety today and tonight... my 3 good things for today all relate to K1's medical emergency...
1. The ability to have a choice on where to get good medical care for ourselves and our children.
2. Girls being concerned over the pain their brother was feeling.
3. Being reassured that our son did not have a blood clot.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
BAck in the Fitness Mode again!!!
So who gets sick and on the recovery side decides... now is a good time to start working out, eating right and logging it(!!!), drinking that water again... well, apparently I do. Not sure what happened...maybe what I had was a virus that affected my brain. So what happened? A combination of things actually...
After not having eaten for 4 hours, I knew... I KNEW... I shouldn't do it... but I did anyway... I stepped on the scale. Now I really hit a plateau in February which thru me into some sort of downward spiral (hmmm, not very nautical... don't think Alden would like that analogy but oh well!) For most of March, I found that I could just not work out... couldn't work up the energy and more importantly the motivation to do it. Then towards mid-late March, Janet, gave me some good tips to try... go back slow... do something I liked. I took her advice and started up Abs again only this time I switched to Essential Abs plus, I got back into walking.
That's been working okay...but I knew it wasn't enough to give me any results. My little "spiral" cost me 10 lbs! With what I was now doing, I worked my way down 3 lbs. However, now after having been sick, when I stepped on the scale I found that I was now back to my lowest "loss" point. I knew I had to take advantage of this.
Then while I was sick, Janet also encouraged me to try posting under Alden's RevReport. I was not spending much time on the computer but I did go over and post what I did for last week. I also posted about how sick I was... thus giving me the perfect excuse for having a sucky report next week. It wasn't til Wednesday night that I went back to read some of the posts that I noticed one by Mary Jo and she mentioned a website that she uses... www.sparkpeople.com. I checked it out and decided to give it a try.
So today was my first day of it... normally, I would've used the excuse of still being too weak to exercise but I wouldn't let myself do it this time. It was only 35 degrees here but the skies were a pretty blue and the sun was shining so I went off for a walk joined by K2. My lungs were burning and I wasn't walking as hard as I normally do but I went 45 minutes. I also logged everything I ate today... which is the cool thing at the site because it lets you choose type, style, portion, etc... then gives you calories, and the rest of the nutritional breakdown. I did good today but my appetite is, of course, not back to normal. It will be interesting to see how I do when it is.
So I had a great day today! I am starting to feel better... I got a some exercise in... I ate good and logged it!! And I even sneaked in a Chai from Starbucks and found it didn't push me over my caloric limit... not bad!
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Here is my logging from April 5...
After not having eaten for 4 hours, I knew... I KNEW... I shouldn't do it... but I did anyway... I stepped on the scale. Now I really hit a plateau in February which thru me into some sort of downward spiral (hmmm, not very nautical... don't think Alden would like that analogy but oh well!) For most of March, I found that I could just not work out... couldn't work up the energy and more importantly the motivation to do it. Then towards mid-late March, Janet, gave me some good tips to try... go back slow... do something I liked. I took her advice and started up Abs again only this time I switched to Essential Abs plus, I got back into walking.
That's been working okay...but I knew it wasn't enough to give me any results. My little "spiral" cost me 10 lbs! With what I was now doing, I worked my way down 3 lbs. However, now after having been sick, when I stepped on the scale I found that I was now back to my lowest "loss" point. I knew I had to take advantage of this.
Then while I was sick, Janet also encouraged me to try posting under Alden's RevReport. I was not spending much time on the computer but I did go over and post what I did for last week. I also posted about how sick I was... thus giving me the perfect excuse for having a sucky report next week. It wasn't til Wednesday night that I went back to read some of the posts that I noticed one by Mary Jo and she mentioned a website that she uses... www.sparkpeople.com. I checked it out and decided to give it a try.
So today was my first day of it... normally, I would've used the excuse of still being too weak to exercise but I wouldn't let myself do it this time. It was only 35 degrees here but the skies were a pretty blue and the sun was shining so I went off for a walk joined by K2. My lungs were burning and I wasn't walking as hard as I normally do but I went 45 minutes. I also logged everything I ate today... which is the cool thing at the site because it lets you choose type, style, portion, etc... then gives you calories, and the rest of the nutritional breakdown. I did good today but my appetite is, of course, not back to normal. It will be interesting to see how I do when it is.
So I had a great day today! I am starting to feel better... I got a some exercise in... I ate good and logged it!! And I even sneaked in a Chai from Starbucks and found it didn't push me over my caloric limit... not bad!
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Here is my logging from April 5...
Wow! What a Week!!
Last week Friday, I was talking to a friend that I had a lot to post on here but as normally happens I got busy. At the last moment, we decided to drive down to Chicago on Saturday to visit the Museum of Science and Industry to see a special exhibit... but that will get its own post and you can see if I am a horrible parent. I honestly don't know what happened to Sunday... I can't even remember back that far except that I returned to work after being off for a week.
It was during the middle of the night while at work that I first noticed that I was getting sick. It simply started with a dry cough, more irritating than anything, at first. It wasn't until I woke up after only a few hours of sleep on Monday that I noticed that whatever I had was getting worse. I now had a fever... the cough hurt my chest, like being scraped with sharp knives... my head hurt anytime I went vertical... I spent most of the rest of the day on the couch laying down. I took some Advil around 6:00 and seemed to improve enough to go to work that night... bad, stupid, dumb mistake.
On Tuesday, I slept again for a few hours and then was up and down the rest of the day. My body alternated between freezing and boiling except for my eyes which seemed as though they were sitting inside an oven. I took my temp a few times during the day and watched my temp steadily rise... to the highest at 102.7. J kept fluids coming at me because my body hurt so much he was afraid that I was getting dehydrated (I didn't do a great job of drinking when I was home alone). I continually slept in fits throughout the day and night and into Wednesday as well. It wasn't 'til about 3:00p.m. on Wednesday that I think my body felt as if it had slept enough. My temp had finally started to go down and was now below 100. I even ate something for the first time in 40 hours. I did end up calling in sick to work on Wednesday...J threatened earlier in the day that if I didn't, I would suffer my first case of spousal abuse... not trying to make light on a serious subject... but I think he meant it. He thinks the reason I got so bad was caused by me going into work on Monday night.
Now that the fever has completely gone, my body is trying to expel all the crap that developed from this virus/flu/whatever... If I can cough it up or sneeze it out... it is coming out. My sinuses are plugged... can't hear a damn thing (which you'd think would be nice but I just find it irritating). I am still taking Advil to help with the pain in my head (assuming it is sinus related but I have no sinus meds on hand to help with that... and isn't that the stuff that you now need to get from the pharmacist directly???) So I am up walking again... I even did some laundry today and made a great dinner and enjoyed it... well, as much as I could with limited taste buds working. And... get this... I even picked up my fitness program again... I know... WTF???? But there are reasons for that and I believe I will do a separate post for that one too... :)
So to those of you who sent me well wishes... Thanks so much!!! While I am not 100% yet, I am at least on the road to getting there. Now if I could just find the time to get all the blog posts done that I want to do...
It was during the middle of the night while at work that I first noticed that I was getting sick. It simply started with a dry cough, more irritating than anything, at first. It wasn't until I woke up after only a few hours of sleep on Monday that I noticed that whatever I had was getting worse. I now had a fever... the cough hurt my chest, like being scraped with sharp knives... my head hurt anytime I went vertical... I spent most of the rest of the day on the couch laying down. I took some Advil around 6:00 and seemed to improve enough to go to work that night... bad, stupid, dumb mistake.
On Tuesday, I slept again for a few hours and then was up and down the rest of the day. My body alternated between freezing and boiling except for my eyes which seemed as though they were sitting inside an oven. I took my temp a few times during the day and watched my temp steadily rise... to the highest at 102.7. J kept fluids coming at me because my body hurt so much he was afraid that I was getting dehydrated (I didn't do a great job of drinking when I was home alone). I continually slept in fits throughout the day and night and into Wednesday as well. It wasn't 'til about 3:00p.m. on Wednesday that I think my body felt as if it had slept enough. My temp had finally started to go down and was now below 100. I even ate something for the first time in 40 hours. I did end up calling in sick to work on Wednesday...J threatened earlier in the day that if I didn't, I would suffer my first case of spousal abuse... not trying to make light on a serious subject... but I think he meant it. He thinks the reason I got so bad was caused by me going into work on Monday night.
Now that the fever has completely gone, my body is trying to expel all the crap that developed from this virus/flu/whatever... If I can cough it up or sneeze it out... it is coming out. My sinuses are plugged... can't hear a damn thing (which you'd think would be nice but I just find it irritating). I am still taking Advil to help with the pain in my head (assuming it is sinus related but I have no sinus meds on hand to help with that... and isn't that the stuff that you now need to get from the pharmacist directly???) So I am up walking again... I even did some laundry today and made a great dinner and enjoyed it... well, as much as I could with limited taste buds working. And... get this... I even picked up my fitness program again... I know... WTF???? But there are reasons for that and I believe I will do a separate post for that one too... :)
So to those of you who sent me well wishes... Thanks so much!!! While I am not 100% yet, I am at least on the road to getting there. Now if I could just find the time to get all the blog posts done that I want to do...
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