Wow, I forget how much I use two arms. Spent the day with the boys finishing up Christmas Decorations and getting together teacher gifts and Christmas cards. I'm feeling very festive I just keep forgetting I can't move my arm more than a few inches in any direction. It doesn't really hurt till I try to reach for something and then oh boy does it let me know I just had surgery. Feeling so much better already, only taking the pain pills when I wake up at 1am because I rolled on my arm wrong. I am a very restless sleeper and constantly move around, wonder where my boys got that from. But I can type again since that doesn't require me moving my shoulder too much. All the major house decorating was done on the 2nd. When I told the boys I was going to have surgery on my arm all they were worried about was that we hadn't put up any Christmas lights or decorated the tree yet. So of coarse that had to be done before the big day just in case.
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy holidays!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Shoulder Surgery
Well it 2 am and my body is wide awake. I've had more sleep in the last 24 hours than I usually get in a week so of course my body thinks I should be wide awake at 2am.
I went in for Same Day Surgery on my shoulder Wed morning. I usually have pretty severe nausea and vomitting after surgery, just like everyone else in our family so they decided to be preemptive and put a motion sickness patch on me. About 5 minutes later I started running a whopping fever, turned red from my ears to my chest, couldn't stop coughing, I felt like clawing my throat open to catch my breath. Needless to say I had a severe reaction and they had to give me benadryl iv push and epi before it calmed down. I was feeling good after surgery, not even nauseated, but as soon as I got up to get dressed, I started coughing uncontrollably and sweating etc. Needless to say the nurses freaked out and I had to stay a few more hours. The anesthesiologist made my promise I would take 50 of benadryl every 6 hrs for the next 24 hours. I thought they were being a bit paranoid, the patch was only on me 5 minutes, but sure enough at 10 pm last night it had been over 6 hours since my last benadryl and the coughing and itching came back. We'll see how I do in the morning. Each attach has gotten lighter and less severe so hopefully it'll be gone come morning.
The truth is though, I haven't been nauseated once and the tight throat still feels better than throwing up for 24 hours. Too bad I know they'll never give me that medication again, since besides the difficulty breathing it worked great. :)
The surgery went well. My ligament was less than 50% torn so he didn't have to sew it. Hurray!! That means no immobilizer for 6 weeks. I have a sling on and I can start using my arm as soon as the pain subsides. He said my shoulder was a mess, full of debree, fluid, puss, yuck, so He thinks it will heal up much faster now that it's all cleaned out.
Now If I can only get my knee better I can start training again.
I went in for Same Day Surgery on my shoulder Wed morning. I usually have pretty severe nausea and vomitting after surgery, just like everyone else in our family so they decided to be preemptive and put a motion sickness patch on me. About 5 minutes later I started running a whopping fever, turned red from my ears to my chest, couldn't stop coughing, I felt like clawing my throat open to catch my breath. Needless to say I had a severe reaction and they had to give me benadryl iv push and epi before it calmed down. I was feeling good after surgery, not even nauseated, but as soon as I got up to get dressed, I started coughing uncontrollably and sweating etc. Needless to say the nurses freaked out and I had to stay a few more hours. The anesthesiologist made my promise I would take 50 of benadryl every 6 hrs for the next 24 hours. I thought they were being a bit paranoid, the patch was only on me 5 minutes, but sure enough at 10 pm last night it had been over 6 hours since my last benadryl and the coughing and itching came back. We'll see how I do in the morning. Each attach has gotten lighter and less severe so hopefully it'll be gone come morning.
The truth is though, I haven't been nauseated once and the tight throat still feels better than throwing up for 24 hours. Too bad I know they'll never give me that medication again, since besides the difficulty breathing it worked great. :)
The surgery went well. My ligament was less than 50% torn so he didn't have to sew it. Hurray!! That means no immobilizer for 6 weeks. I have a sling on and I can start using my arm as soon as the pain subsides. He said my shoulder was a mess, full of debree, fluid, puss, yuck, so He thinks it will heal up much faster now that it's all cleaned out.
Now If I can only get my knee better I can start training again.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was a nice quiet affair this year. On Wednesday night we had our second annual PIE NIGHT! It's really great, we get together and have only dessert! It's much more enjoyable than trying to shove down pie after Thanksgiving dinner.
We had my brothers and their families over, Mel and her family, Scott came down too it was great to see him. Mel made her grandmothers goop. Once I tasted it I remembered it from growing up, It was delicious.!! I will have to remember it for holidays from now on. Next year the rest of you in the area have to come by. I'll send out emails earlier so you can plan on it.
Thanksgiving day we spent the whole day home alone with just Bryan and I and the Boys. We haven't down that in years. It was fun to wear of PJ's and watch the parade and football all day long with no set time schedule. It took longer to cook the turkey than I had planned and it didn't matter at all. And yes we still muscled down more pie after dinner. It had to be done.
We had my brothers and their families over, Mel and her family, Scott came down too it was great to see him. Mel made her grandmothers goop. Once I tasted it I remembered it from growing up, It was delicious.!! I will have to remember it for holidays from now on. Next year the rest of you in the area have to come by. I'll send out emails earlier so you can plan on it.
Thanksgiving day we spent the whole day home alone with just Bryan and I and the Boys. We haven't down that in years. It was fun to wear of PJ's and watch the parade and football all day long with no set time schedule. It took longer to cook the turkey than I had planned and it didn't matter at all. And yes we still muscled down more pie after dinner. It had to be done.
I know it has been a while since I posted. Crazy month! I guess everyone could say that most of the time. There has been progress though this month. Sam's kidneys are working again and we are weaning him off the steroids. My MRI showed a ligament tear in my shoulder and I'll be having surgery Dec 3rd. I won't know until I wake up if I'll have a sling on for a few days or have my whole arm immobilized for 6 weeks. Really not looking forward to that! My knee is in a big brace but still finds ways to pop out of joint. Taking it easy does not seem to be helping so as soon as I can use my shoulder again I'm giving up the whole taking it easy and letting the body heal senario. Not really working so why embrace the depression.
On a brighter note. I just turned in my last assignment to get my bachelors in nursing!!! Yea!!! At least I will have about a year's brake before starting NP school. Hopefully things will slow down by then but I doubt it. Mom in case you were wondering yes I do officially have a life now and it's draining the life out of me. :)
On a brighter note. I just turned in my last assignment to get my bachelors in nursing!!! Yea!!! At least I will have about a year's brake before starting NP school. Hopefully things will slow down by then but I doubt it. Mom in case you were wondering yes I do officially have a life now and it's draining the life out of me. :)
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Halloween
Better late than never.
Halloween was pretty fun this year. I swore to the kids they could wear whatever fit out of the box, I was not making costumes this year. So two days before Halloween Brandon says he really wants to be Harry Potter. I felt bad since he had been an army man the last 2 years so I caved and made him a cloak and want and found him some glasses. He looks awfully cute, I think.
We took Hannan and Ammon trick or treating with us this year. Hannah said she had to be a princess so I made a princess hat and found a princess dress. I think she's found her new favorite thing. He was estatic that she got to dress up as a princess and people would give her candy. Is there anything better in the world?
I was glad than Sam actually wore his Thomas costume. I actually made it last year but he refused to wear it, so being the vain person that I am, I made poor Bryan carry it around and let everyone know I was not a looser mother who sent her child trick or treating with no costume, but had actually slaved away to make him a homemade costume. I know pathetic, but it was so cute and he wouldn't wear it. He was pretty excited to wear it this year.
So we have Brandon - Harry Potter; Benjmain - Darth Vader; Sean - Red Power Ranger; Sam - Thomas the Tank Engine; Hannah - Princess; and Ammon - Superman. We were quite the group walking down the street.
Halloween was pretty fun this year. I swore to the kids they could wear whatever fit out of the box, I was not making costumes this year. So two days before Halloween Brandon says he really wants to be Harry Potter. I felt bad since he had been an army man the last 2 years so I caved and made him a cloak and want and found him some glasses. He looks awfully cute, I think.
We took Hannan and Ammon trick or treating with us this year. Hannah said she had to be a princess so I made a princess hat and found a princess dress. I think she's found her new favorite thing. He was estatic that she got to dress up as a princess and people would give her candy. Is there anything better in the world?
I was glad than Sam actually wore his Thomas costume. I actually made it last year but he refused to wear it, so being the vain person that I am, I made poor Bryan carry it around and let everyone know I was not a looser mother who sent her child trick or treating with no costume, but had actually slaved away to make him a homemade costume. I know pathetic, but it was so cute and he wouldn't wear it. He was pretty excited to wear it this year.
So we have Brandon - Harry Potter; Benjmain - Darth Vader; Sean - Red Power Ranger; Sam - Thomas the Tank Engine; Hannah - Princess; and Ammon - Superman. We were quite the group walking down the street.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Long weekend
I thought my next post would be a cute happy halloween up date, but it has been a long weekend. Bryan's foster father passed away this weekend. It's the only father he has ever really known and it w as hard to him to accept that he wasn't going to get better. He able to spend time at the hospital with the rest of the family saying good-bye and I'm so glad he did.
The past couple weeks Sam has been really cranky. He's ben clingly and not sleeping or eating well. I was worried about him getting sick since his last cold caused his kidneys to shut down. I checked his urine last week and all was normal, but today I noticed his tummy was a little bloated. Sure enough he is spilling 400+ protein in his urine again. This winter is going to be interesting, he will have to go back on the immuno suppressent for another 3 months. For those of you who don't know he has Nephrotic syndrome that is an autoimmune disease. When he gets sick his immune system goes into overdrive and for some reason starts attacking his kidney tissue. I've been really worried about the boys in school what they would bring home, but just like last time all he has had is a stuffy runny nose and cough.
I'm up late finshing some homework, but I will post that cute halloween blog asap.
The past couple weeks Sam has been really cranky. He's ben clingly and not sleeping or eating well. I was worried about him getting sick since his last cold caused his kidneys to shut down. I checked his urine last week and all was normal, but today I noticed his tummy was a little bloated. Sure enough he is spilling 400+ protein in his urine again. This winter is going to be interesting, he will have to go back on the immuno suppressent for another 3 months. For those of you who don't know he has Nephrotic syndrome that is an autoimmune disease. When he gets sick his immune system goes into overdrive and for some reason starts attacking his kidney tissue. I've been really worried about the boys in school what they would bring home, but just like last time all he has had is a stuffy runny nose and cough.
I'm up late finshing some homework, but I will post that cute halloween blog asap.
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