There really hasn't been too much going on here lately. My dad and Princess Bear (PB) were both sick from Friday morning through the weekend. They had some stomach bug. It wasn't too awful but PBs GI system isn't recovered completely from the illeus so she wasn't a happy camper. It was interesting to see how much sleep can happen when there is no one around pushing an agenda.
On Saturday my mom decided she wanted to go for a mini road trip. She just wanted to get out and shop. At first her plan was to go to Galesburg which is about 45 minutes from here. She decided that she didn't want to go that far just in case my dad or daughter got sicker or needed something. I get the reasoning but I must say I was bummed. I love going to Galesburg and haven't done it in a very long time. Seminary street has some amazing shopping. Instead we went to Washington to just putz around in the shops around the town square. It was nice and we spent several hours being bums. I'm not sure if would have stayed away that long but PB threw an unholy fit about me leaving her. Whenever she does that it just makes me inclined to stay out a bit longer.
Sunday I woke up for the 2nd time in 3 days with a bad headache. I made it through church. I then came home and took some meds and laid down for awhile. I was praying it wouldn't go into a full blown migraine. It was bad enough as it was but I got lucky- thank G-d! Then my mom wanted to go back to Washington. Her favorite Mom & Pop grocery store is there and we'd run out of a few things. My mom is one of those people that doesn't do sick well. It's just not her personality. The only person she even tries for is my daughter. When my sister and I got sick when we were little we'd call for my dad. He was the one to change sheets if we got sick or bring us 7up if our stomach hurt. So I think 2 days of my dad and PB sick was enough to make her want to run away....repeatedly!
There was a downside to running away. Ever since our vacation to Florida I've been saying something was wrong with my foot and ankle. My dad said it was swollen so I had a Dr's appointment for this past Monday. Well after walking around for quite awhile on Saturday not only did my foot and ankle hurt but everything clear up to my hip did and my knee was way swollen. Several years ago I twisted the same ankle big time. As in the Dr told me I would have been better off breaking it. Instead I did a lot of tissue damage and some of it in spite of a lot of PT was never quite ok. This picture was taken 4 or 5 days after the initial injury several years ago. That means some of the swelling had already gone down.
It seems as though I've done a good job re injuring it. The Dr ordered Xrays just to make sure there wasn't a hairline fracture. I start PT again in 3 weeks. Why in 3 weeks? The Dr. wants me to have it wrapped and elevated just to see if that helps. Dude- she has kids too so doesn't she get that there is no real rest or elevation happening? She did say that last time the ortho wanted to operate to see if that would help some of the muscles and tendons that had been stretched and twisted and did I want to consider surgery now. Um, let me think about that for a sec. Nope! I think we'll try PT for a few months along with some lovely little drugs to take at the end of the day. I'm not a big surgery person.
On the whole hospital/hospitalist fiasco it's literally becoming a game of who can pass the buck. The hospitalist still insists that he saw PB on the first day of her hospitalization. Funny how I was with her unless I had to go to the bathroom which only happened twice and my daughter has no recollection of him coming into her room. I finally called his boss whom I've known for several years and said that he was flat out lying. I did have a great conversation with her and we've come up with a plan so I never have to deal with this Dr. again for any other hospitalizations that PB may have in the future. That's definitely good news for PB but not any other kids and families that have to deal with this jack wagon. I'm not entirely done fighting this. I just don't know how much further up the flag pole I can fly this.
Oh, something very exciting, to me, almost happened yesterday. I was listening to the Glenn Beck show on the radio. I adore Glenn Beck. They were discussing the Chris Kyle movie (which I see a post on in this blogs near future). I called in and was actually on hold to talk with him. I was SOOOOOOOO excited. Total case of idol worship going on. After being on hold for over 20 minutes I had to hang up because of my Dr's appointment. How disappointing!
So that's the news and excitement in this neck of the woods. Hope things are good with you!
On Saturday my mom decided she wanted to go for a mini road trip. She just wanted to get out and shop. At first her plan was to go to Galesburg which is about 45 minutes from here. She decided that she didn't want to go that far just in case my dad or daughter got sicker or needed something. I get the reasoning but I must say I was bummed. I love going to Galesburg and haven't done it in a very long time. Seminary street has some amazing shopping. Instead we went to Washington to just putz around in the shops around the town square. It was nice and we spent several hours being bums. I'm not sure if would have stayed away that long but PB threw an unholy fit about me leaving her. Whenever she does that it just makes me inclined to stay out a bit longer.
Sunday I woke up for the 2nd time in 3 days with a bad headache. I made it through church. I then came home and took some meds and laid down for awhile. I was praying it wouldn't go into a full blown migraine. It was bad enough as it was but I got lucky- thank G-d! Then my mom wanted to go back to Washington. Her favorite Mom & Pop grocery store is there and we'd run out of a few things. My mom is one of those people that doesn't do sick well. It's just not her personality. The only person she even tries for is my daughter. When my sister and I got sick when we were little we'd call for my dad. He was the one to change sheets if we got sick or bring us 7up if our stomach hurt. So I think 2 days of my dad and PB sick was enough to make her want to run away....repeatedly!
There was a downside to running away. Ever since our vacation to Florida I've been saying something was wrong with my foot and ankle. My dad said it was swollen so I had a Dr's appointment for this past Monday. Well after walking around for quite awhile on Saturday not only did my foot and ankle hurt but everything clear up to my hip did and my knee was way swollen. Several years ago I twisted the same ankle big time. As in the Dr told me I would have been better off breaking it. Instead I did a lot of tissue damage and some of it in spite of a lot of PT was never quite ok. This picture was taken 4 or 5 days after the initial injury several years ago. That means some of the swelling had already gone down.
Looked awesome, huh?
On the whole hospital/hospitalist fiasco it's literally becoming a game of who can pass the buck. The hospitalist still insists that he saw PB on the first day of her hospitalization. Funny how I was with her unless I had to go to the bathroom which only happened twice and my daughter has no recollection of him coming into her room. I finally called his boss whom I've known for several years and said that he was flat out lying. I did have a great conversation with her and we've come up with a plan so I never have to deal with this Dr. again for any other hospitalizations that PB may have in the future. That's definitely good news for PB but not any other kids and families that have to deal with this jack wagon. I'm not entirely done fighting this. I just don't know how much further up the flag pole I can fly this.
Oh, something very exciting, to me, almost happened yesterday. I was listening to the Glenn Beck show on the radio. I adore Glenn Beck. They were discussing the Chris Kyle movie (which I see a post on in this blogs near future). I called in and was actually on hold to talk with him. I was SOOOOOOOO excited. Total case of idol worship going on. After being on hold for over 20 minutes I had to hang up because of my Dr's appointment. How disappointing!
So that's the news and excitement in this neck of the woods. Hope things are good with you!
3 comments:
You seriously need to quit jacking up your ankle! You're gonna be my biggest client when I'm done with my massage therapy classes, aren't you? I hope that you're all feeling better, and that your mom isn't going too crazy with all of you down.
Sue-
Yep! At least you know you'll have a very reliable client! :) I'm ok. Trying to stay off of it as much as possible. I don't start PT for a few weeks and its still very swollen and messing with my knee and hip. I actually almost bit the bullet and called Ted. Was going to try the chiro route. Then I found out he's now divorced. Enter the crush again!
Sarah, don't go down that path!
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