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Tristyn turned 7
The boy that made me a Momma just turned 7 on November 27th. I am so extremely proud of this kid. He’s everything I wish I could have been.
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I am so sick
I haven’t been this sick since I was a child. My throat is covered with big white sores and the glands under my chin and my neck are so swollen. It doesn’t even look like I have a neck right now. Even swallowing spit hurts. I’m miserable. I just made myself a cup of green tea to sip on just to keep hydrated. I don’t even know what to do. I don’t feel like doing anything because my pain is peaked at the moment. I always have my never-ending constant hip pain and it’s only gotten worse and it’s about the max I can handle. Any additional pain on top…
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It’s been a busy few days and I’m sick, again.
Saturday we went to my Mother-in-law’s house to celebrate Seth’s birthday. Then on Sunday, we went to my Mom’s house to have Thanksgiving with her and Larry. I got my hematologist appointment made. It’s at the cancer center in the hospital. That was an unnerving text message to get, saying I’d been referred to the cancer center. The hematologists here are also oncologists. It’s going to be heavy walking in there. Being as empathetic as I am I tend to absorb the emotions and the energies around me. I’m guessing I’ll have to have iron infusions since my iron is so critically low and I’m severely anemic. This has been…
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Heavy news this morning
I’ve been going through a lot with my kids and their sickness and it’s been really hard. I have to put it in perspective. The illness that my kiddos have are temporary they go away and life goes on. That’s not the case for one of my oldest best friends this morning. His son has been in the hospital for the past few days with a mysterious illness for which he’s needed blood transfusions. Today they finally got a diagnosis. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Cancer. My heart is so heavy and I feel so badly for my friend and his son. It’s a heavy diagnosis. It’s -1 degrees outside…
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Doctor’s appointments and new karate belts
It has been one very very busy day today. It started off with a snowstorm and a very brisk cold morning. I had to drive to Fort Collins for my appointment with my bariatric doctors and dietitian. It went so well, they are just so awesome there. My dietitian feels that I’m on the right track and I’ve lost another 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks. There were some issues with my blood tests, however. I’m extremely low in iron even taking a multivitamin and iron supplements. According to some of my other blood work, I’ve been severely anemic for years and it’s a bigger issue than I realized.…
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Yesterday was a nightmare
I hated yesterday. I don’t want another day like yesterday to ever happen again. I want to forget that yesterday even happened. Zahkya woke up with croup again as I wrote about yesterday. I tried to make an appointment with her primary care doctor and she just didn’t have any openings like I expected. I’m so frustrated with that doctors office. They never have appointments when I need them. They have appointments booked out for a week or two, which isn’t helpful at all. So we went to the emergency room, again. When we first got there she was still having her croup cough (she’s never had it in the…
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Zahkya has croup again
I could just about cry. Zahkya woke up last night saying, “Mommy I’m having a hard time breathing” and started coughing that dreaded barky cough again. My heart sank. She just had this a few weeks ago and it was scary. I’ve been dealing with Tristyn’s sickness, which doesn’t seem to be getting better either, and now I have Zahkya sick again. So the very first thing I did this morning was to call her doctor. I knew what they were going to say even before they said it. Her doctor doesn’t have any openings until next week. I’ve had this problem with them for months now. I feel like…
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Back to school
Tristyn went back to school today after being so sick the past 5 days. He was tired and worn out when he got home due to not having all his strength back. He fell asleep pretty easily tonight before his bedtime. His cough is still pretty bad and he was coughing all night. Zahkya is starting to get something now. She’s super congested and her nose is a never ending faucet of snot. I hope her little body fights this off and it doesn’t become anything too serious. No more sickness, no more! I’m still feeling pretty bad. I went to the hospital after I dropped Tristyn off at school…
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I am tired of all this sickness
I spoke too soon yesterday. Tristyn had another rough night with extremely high fevers. At one point I had ice packs on him and made him suck on ice cubes to get his fever down. High fevers, especially those that are 104-105 are just scary. He was shaking and really out of it from being so hot. He’s had 4 doses of his antibiotics now and I’m just hoping that it does its job. I feel so bad for him being sick for so long. He’s been going through bouts of sickness since mid-September. I kept him home again today. He’s not eaten much for days and he’s still not…
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My sickest day yet, Tristyn’s better
This has got to be the hardest day yet for me and whatever this is that I have. My body aches are terrible and I’m coughing and I’m breathing fast. I’ve got really bad brain fog and no focus. Moving hurts. I’ve had to get everything ready for the week, however, because Moms still have to do their job even when ill. I think that’s why I’m not getting better. I haven’t had any resting time and I’ve been taking care of everyone else instead of myself. I just made myself a cup of tea to sip. I think someone warm in my throat might soothe it a bit. Tristyn’s…