Health
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It is what it is
I think I hit a level where everything got too big and I popped. I’m pretty numb to everything and I’ve managed to put on my logical hat and set aside unwelcome emotions. I don’t need anything holding me hostage right now. Mom had her knee replacement surgery on Tuesday and the actual replacement went fine (whew) but she’s been having a lot of complications with the pain meds from having allergic reactions to throwing up to having her oxygen levels tank. She’s been in the hospital for an extra two days now because of it. Does it make me scared for my upcoming replacement? I don’t know, sure, but…
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It’s been an eye-opening time
Not only has there been so much going on in the world, but there is a lot going on here at home too. I’ve had a lot of problems medically the past year and I’ve been going through a lot of testing and procedures. It’s been challenging because you can’t take your kids with you to doctor’s appointments anymore with COVID-19 regulations and I really struggle to find babysitting and available appointments in between dropping and picking up Tristyn from school and karate. The kid’s Nana is getting a knee replacement tomorrow (she’s my babysitter) so she’s going to be out for a month or two. So I went in…
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It’s amazing to me how fast kids can get sick and recover. Zahkya always gets whatever sickness the worst. She got a cold from Tristyn, got a fever with it, ended up having so much mucus drainage she was throwing up everywhere (including right in my face yesterday morning, yay Motherhood!). Today she’s not congested or anything, fever is gone and she’s acting as if nothing happened. I met with my Gastroenterologist yesterday and they ordered up a bunch of tests and procedures. I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, and “many many many biopsies”. A few weeks after that I go in for my pulmonary testing. The hospital did…
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Mishaps with appointments
I’ve had pretty bad luck this week with doctor’s appointments. I waited a month to see my pulmonary doctor and when I showed up there was no one in the office. The lady sitting outside the office taking people’s temps suggested I walked over to the hospital and see if my appointment was there instead. After I walked through the entire hospital the pulmonary office was exactly on the opposite end of which I entered. When they tried to look me up they said my appointment was a month from that date and to come back in a month. See, I had to get babysitting for this appointment and that…
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War and sickness
War in Ukraine. Russia is invading. This very quickly can turn into WWIII. Putin is cutting off his country making it more similar to North Korea than to any free world. The videos of the innocents get me every time. I can feel their fear and sadness and pain through the TV. It makes my chest so tight and my stomach in knots. I feel helpless watching from this far away. I’m about over the sickness. My family has been getting sick on and off for months now. We get better and it’s not long, maybe a few days, before we’re back sick with something else. Two weeks ago it…
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Well the nightmare has happened
I woke up bright and early, as usual, thank you Zahkya, and I had everything ready for school yesterday. The kids were dressed, Tristyn’s snack was packed, his water bottle was clipped to his bag and ready to go. Then my husband reminded me it was late-start-Monday. Every Monday they start school an hour later to help the teachers get ready for the week. So, that’s awesome. Time to destress about getting to school .. I had an entire hour and everything was ready! Wrong. It wasn’t even 18 minutes later I got a text message from the school: Dear students in Mrs. G’s kindergarten class. We have recieved notification…
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Side effects from second COVID shot
Today is my third day post COVID-19 second vaccine shot. I’m mostly out of pain at this point but I’m super tired. My body is bouncing back, like it should and I’m thankful for that. I was scared I’d have complications or other issues with it but I’m getting thru it fine. Not bad for a girl with two auto-immune diseases. I’m trying to pace myself today so I’m not over doing it but the body aches and headache are gone. I’ve gotten caught up on stuff from the past two days where I basically did nothing but take care of my kids. I cooked minimally and I did a…