This Crazy Life

Yes, my life is crazy. I can't help it but craziness ensues where ever I go. I have had a pretty eventful past 2 weeks. Let us see. I had my gallbladder taken out. Then the Saturday after that I had to drive down to Florida to pick up a check that I was suppose to have been told was sitting there for me but oh no, the ignorant advocate never called me, I digress. So Jana rode down with me, Jackson and Avery. At some point during the trip I got a huge hematoma about an inch from my lower stitches. I had shown Jana my incisions earlier in the day since she had the same surgery. Then while going to the bathroom later in the day I noticed a baseball sized hematoma. It was so gross looking. I have to admit I was slightly worried.

When we stopped to in Troy for a bathroom break on the way back my nose started bleeding. It was pretty much uncontroable. Jackson was scared of me and Jana was grossed out. She ended up going in to the gas station and buying paper towels and tissues for me. Finally after 20 minutes or so it stopped. I was beginning to wonder if I'd need to make a trip to the ER.

Yes, only me. Only me. Things were pretty subdued until Lee got sick almost two weeks ago. He kept going to the ER for his knee and he had a bad stomach bug. They drained his knee once from the fluid build up and he has an appointment with an orthapedic doctor in two weeks. Then Monday night at midnight he called me saying he had been throwing up all day still after over a week and he couldn't stop. He had an ambulance come to the hotel because he said his arms were numb.

I drove with Avery to the hospital in Alabaster. First of all if you ever need an ER please do not go to the Shleby County Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster. I had not seen him for almost 2 weeks and to be honest I wasn't sure how sick he really was and if he was playing games or not. I was wrong about any games being played. He was the sickest I have ever seen him. I feel so guilty because I gave him a really hard time when i first got there. While we waited for the Dr. he continued to throw up. His body would start cramping up and he just looked awful. He also looked like he had lost some weight.

I got there around 1:30 and he had been there for an hour or so. By 2 there was no Dr. and he was so pitiful and continuing to throw up. I stepped outside the room to ask for some anti-nauseau medicine for him but they told me we had to wait for the Dr. Okay, it was a small hospital and I only saw 3 other patients there. This was ridiculous but I was told he'd be next. As I was talking to the nurse I saw a nurse/Dr. in khaki scrubs that were very tight fitting and tucked in. She was around 60 and had very long gray hair in a ponytail. Then I noticed her feet. She had on very thick black socks and really really high heel shoes. She was a sight to see. If only I could have covertly taken her picture.

The Dr. finally comes to the room at 3:15 and it was none other than the black sock, high heel wearing lady. I am glad I made the decision to be there for him. He was so out of it that he forgot to tell her somethings that I brought up. His throat was so swollen from the acid that burned his throat that he couldn't talk real well. He didn't even mention his throat until she asked him if it hurt. He had burned it from the acid and then had a secondary infection on top of that. His body was cramping from the lack of potassium. As she was leaving I mentioned the numbness he had been having in his legs for a week and then his arms that night. She said she suspected it was due to low electrolytes.

She said that they would put another bag of IV fluids in his arm (he had already had one from the paramedics) and it would probably be at least two or three bags since he was so dehydrated. She said that would take a while and the electrolyte test. I decided to go back home and told him to call me when they were finished with him and I'd take him home. That was the whole reason I went up there in the first place. I got home around 4:15 and was exhausted. Thankfully Avery was awake most of the time at the hospital and so she slept like a baby. We slept until 10:40 and Jackson did too.

Lee got the rest of his test results back. His liver tests came back funny but she said it was probably due to the dehydration. His Hepatitis test came back positive that night. She didn't think he had it and once of the meds he was taking causes false positives. He got those results today and it's negative. He can finally go back to work tomorrow. He has been taking Zofran, phenergan and some other drug to supress vomiting. The Zofran works wonders. He was given Z-pak for his throat and some other antibiotic. It seems that it was just a viral infection. Similar to the one I had back during Mackenzie's birthday part in '07. Yeah, the one that lasted for 2 weeks. It was hell.

So the morning after the ER visit I got up and was going to get ready for my haircut appointment. Elizabeth was going to ride with us and then we were going to run errands with her. When Jackson got up he kept complaining about his head. He said it hurt and his "brain hurts too". He and Avery had had a cough since Monday morning and on Monday Avery had a really high fever too. It was gone by Tuesday morning though. We were having to leave the house in 20 minutes and I'm on the phone w/ Avery's Dr. confirming her appointment on Thursday (today) and Jackson is in the bathroom throwing up everywhere. It was so awful.

Thankfully he had been drinking a ton of water that morning because of his throat and had only one cup of milk. I had to clean it up and it was some kind of nasty. Lee was always the throw up cleaner-upper. I thought it was from the congestion and I still think I'm right about it. He took a bath and felt much better so we still went to get my hair cut. Elizabeth stayed in the car with the kids. Let me just say I love this girl, she also cuts Elizabeth's hair. She knows how to thin out hair just right and does a great cut.

I get in the car and we're headed to run errands but Jackson wakes up and says his brain still hurts. On the way from the Summit he throws up. It was so lovely. We go home and I take his temp. It was 102.6. He gets a place on my bed to take a nap. I call my mom to pick up some Tylenol for him. In the meantime Jackson, Avery and I take a nap. Mom finally gets home 3 hours later and his temp is close to 103. I wake him up to take the Tylenol. 2 1/2 hours into it his temp is only down to 101.6. He takes some more through the night and started feeling better late yesterday.

So today was Avery's 6 month check up. She has this barking cough as does Jackson so while she was there he saw the Dr. too. They have croup and are starting to get over it. He said it should last 4-5 more days but the fevers should be gone for good. Avery now weighs 13lbs 13oz and is 25 inches. She grew 1 inch and 15ozs in one month. I thought he told me last time that her even though she was a premie that she didn't have an adjusted age but I was wrong. He looks at her as only being 4 1/2 months for the purposes of growth and skill wise. He said she should be sitting up around 7 1/2 months. She is trying now though. She'll sit in her boppy and lift her head up and try to work her muscles in her stomach to sit up but she can't quite get it.

I really hope and pray that Lee stays well and the kids get better. I also hope I don't get sick. Elizabeth's wedding is next Saturday. Tomorrow night we have her bachelorette party. It's just her and the 4 bridesmaids going to hibachi. I have no idea what else we will do but I can't stay out late. It's not in me. Then Saturday morning we have her lingerie shower. It's going to be a full weekend and God bless my mom for watching the kids. I know she has so much on her but Elizabeth begged her because she wanted to me to be there. It's a slumber party so it's a lot on my mom. I just hope I survive it. I'm too old to do anything crazy.

Avery has finally drifted off to sleep next to me. Last time she got a high fever from the shots but this time we gave her the Tylenol at the Dr.'s office. She didn't get a fever but has been really cranky today. I hate it for her but the immunizations are well worth it. People to don't immunize their kids are nuts. The guy I worked with in Destin didn't belive in it. He and his wife didn't immunize any of their 4 kids. I thought it was nuts. I mentioned it to the Dr. today and he said that they couldn't be patients at their office because they don't accept patients unless they have their immunizations. He said more and more Dr.s are doing that. Good for them.

I guess I better try and get some sleep. It seems every time I turn around I'm not getting enough sleep. Oh oh oh. There is something fun I did that I didn't write about. Jana came up last Saturday to see us. The kids and I were so happy to see her. We went to dinner with her, Elizabeth and Sarah (Elizabeth's best friend and the maid of honor). Then we went to the Gap to return things, to find Mackenzie a new bra and to look around. We ended up staying there for 2hours. It was crazy. She ended up spending the night. We had a blast watching Justin Timberlake on SNL. It was like old times. I missed us doing things together while she was living in Virginia. I'm so thankful we got to spend that time together.

Well I'm for real going to bed now. Good night and if you made it all the way through thanks for reading all the mundane details of my life.