1.03.2007
How Have You Been?
I have been not so dedicated to posting in the last few weeks, but now that the holidays are over and we are sort of back to a normal schedule, I should get back to posting more regularly.So if you have missed us, sorry!
We missed you too!
So here is a quick family update:
Justy is back in a full arm cast. We thought it would be cut down today, but the one bone is not creating new bone as fast as the other, so it still need extra protection. Hopefully in two weeks he will get his wish and only be casted up to the elbow.
Doodles is the last of us to have had the stomach bug. She still has the lingering headache that accompanied it and didn't go to school today. She made basketball though, of course. And she is so totally looking forward to the High School Musical Concert tomorrow night.
Jon-Jon was to the doc today too. He has a bad ear infection in one ear. The good news is that he is very good taking his medicine and it has been almost a year since his last ear infection - when it was a double one, the day before we got on a plane to Florida. (Which I can't believe was a year ago already - it seems like yesterday!)
Joe-Joe has chapped lips right now - exciting, I know. So, he is currently obsessed with the petroleum jelly. He is finding new places to apply it and smear over. I keep finding greasy piles of it everywhere you would think he is two. Oh yeah, he did smear a whole jar of it on the bathroom cabinets when he was, yeah, just about two.
I am obsessed with baking lately after getting my new stand mixer from my parents for Christmas. I don't remember baking to be so fun! We have cookies galore in the house. Seriously, I think I have to send some in to the teachers at school or deliver plates to the neighbors. That is how much we have!!!
Okay - after that lengthy post about ...did you really miss us that much???
Labels: blogging, daughter, doctors, family, family life, kids, life, Teri, writing
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12.20.2006
The Countdown Begins!
Ok -3 Days until Justin's Birthday!
5 Days until Christmas!
Hours from going CRAZY. Making cookies. Wrapping presents. Getting the kids in bed. Wrapping presents. Cleaning up the kitchen. Figuring out what else I need to get before Christmas. Wrapping presents.
Try not to go too crazy!
Oh - I almost forgot, I have one less thing to go crazy about. Justin is in the clear. His bones are finally growing together and making new bones ! YAY! No more appointments for two weeks!
And maybe I should try and write out my Christmas cards that have been in a tote bag that I brought to Justin's last surgery. You know the ones I was thinking I would have a chance to do them then - which I have basically forgotten about until now. Will they even get there in time?
Should I just forget everything and just go CRAZY now???
Labels: birthdays, boys, Christmas, Christmas Presents, daughter, doctors, family, family life, girls, house, husbands, kids, presents, son, teens, work
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12.13.2006
No More Surgery - At Least For Now!
So, when the Doctor comes in and expresses that she is afraid to look at your X-Rays, should you be worried?And worry even more when she says she will be right back?
Well, Yes.
And.
Yes.
When she did come back, she gave us a big thumbs up. His bone has finally managed to stay in the same place for the last five days! Yippee! And if it continues to heal this way and looks the same on his X-Ray next Wednesday, then it is (or should be) smooth sailing from there.
Justin was so relieved, as was I.
I am finally feeling into the Holiday spirit.
And I am finally going on a marathon Christmas shopping spree tomorrow.
Thank you good Doctor!
Labels: boys, Christmas, Christmas Presents, doctors, family, family life, kids, son, teens
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12.11.2006
Two Weeks Until Christmas???
So, I have just realized that it is like...two weeks until Christmas. Actually - less than. Two weeks from right now, all the mayhem will be over.
And guess what? I have not even purchased one single solitary present yet. I have been a bit busy with Justin and his arm and multiple Doctor appointments and surgeries - and then Caci's (yes, Joey & Johnny too) basketball. And school. And work. And life.
Maybe we should just keep busy...
and maybe the kids will forget about Christmas...
yeah, there is an idea.
NOT!
I better get busy!!!
Labels: blogging, Christmas Presents, doctors, family, family life, holidays, jobs, kids, presents
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11.17.2006
The Tick that Doesn't Stop Ticking!
That damn tick we woke up with on Thursday has done a number on us.While waiting to go to the Doctor, I took a picture of the tick bite on Jeff. As I went to download it to my computer with a new card reader - my hard drive crashed. Crashed and burned. And it wasn't until now that I copied an additional operating system on my puter. I will have to have a hard drive recovery firm recover some of the important files from the damaged drive (or whatever) but at least I am back online and can get back to work - even though I missed a very important deadline for a magazine I had submitted something to that I had only saved to my c: drive. Note to self: create a back CD of EVERYTHING that is of any importance. SO I missed out on the $500 little paycheck too. THAT SUCKS - damn tick.
Then comes the medication incident. Jeff was prescribed a very potent antibiotic to take as a prophylactic measure until we find out if this damn tick was carrying Lyme Disease or any other things that can be toxic to humans. About an hour and a half after his first dose, Jeff started twitching. And sniffing. And feeling very congested. At this point we were giggling about it, and wondered what was going on. And then his eyes were watering and his face was puffy and very red. Then he started this weird foam/spit thing from his mouth. It wasn't very funny anymore. Poor Caci started to cry and I told her to go upstairs and to keep the boys there. I wanted to call 911, but Jeff was insistent that I wait a few minutes. I called the doctor, called a nurse friend, and had my parents come over in case I had to take him to the ER. The episode stopped as fast as it started. No one knows what it was from, and I was told to watch him. There was nothing they would do at the hospital except to run tests that he can do at the doctor.
So I stayed up ALL NIGHT listening to him breathe (and snore) until I fell asleep from about 3:00 - 4:30 A.M. I nudged him, and he said he was fine. I looked at his rash from the bite and it was almost gone. THANK GOD! I didn't go back to bed though. I was still a fret with worry about it. It really scared the living crap out of me - I have never seen Jeff lose control in a way that he had no control over whatsoever.
I am glad to report that he is fine, though and the Doctors think he shouldn't take anymore of the meds, and just come in for some testing after 14 days. So glad they are on top of things and not worried about it. I am still worried - even though the tick was in him for less than 24 hours, and you can only see the swollen blood vessel from where the tick had embedded itself.
Oh - I guess I can blame this damn tick for one more thing - I broke a tooth after sort of falling off my chair trying to fix this computer!
NICE!
Labels: doctors, family, husbands, Lyme Disease
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11.16.2006
A Scary Thing Happend This Morning!
Hubby woke me up this morning and proceeded to tell me that he didn't sleep well last night, and how it felt like he was hit with a baseball bat on his side. I looked, and he had a welt there - with a large black spot in the middle, resembling a scab. He thought something may have bit him.Upon a closer look, I realized it was a tick. A deer tick.
I immediately got out the tweezers and pulled it away from his skin. The sucker was so embedded in there, I couldn't believe it. It was like pulling off a large scab. Well, I only got about 3/4 of out intact.
I saved it, and called the doctor. While they seemed more concerned that we had a remaining $5 balance on his account from a few months ago, I wanted to get Jeff to them. They said the nurse will see him at 3:15, and if need be, he will be able to see a doctor then.
WTF???
The nurse?
Does she have Lyme disease-carrying deer tick removal skills???
Ooh, he will see the doctor, I will make sure of that.
I am also hoping that they start him on some medication right away.
I have removed a few ticks from him and one from Johnny before, and they left nothing behind. This is nasty, and it looks like the bulls eye thing already. Maybe I will take a picture, and chronicle it - for safety sake.
I will update after the doc, so don't worry, Ma - Jeff tells me you read this everyday!
I hope this teaches Jeff to stop looking around in the woods (in which he was wearing long sleeves, long pants, a fleece vest, and a hat - and it still managed to find it's way to him) - but I guess it can happen anywhere.
Labels: doctors, family life, husbands, Lyme Disease, woods
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