Wednesday, September 26, 2007
So now I'M the sick one.
Me, however, well, let's just say I am not the picture of health.
I've been to the doctor twice this month. I have bursitis in my knee, the result of a fall in the garage (and a bruise the size of my entire knee) and slight hearing loss. The doc has given me three meds to try to unclog my ear. Seems like the last one worked.
Got a blood test as well. Various things wrong with me. I get yet another antibiotic, for some "infection" they found. My white blood count was up which indicated. They think it is in my ear, which may be causing my temporary hearing loss.
And... surprise surprise... high cholesterol. They don't want to put me on a long term maintenance med, so they tell me to take over the counter niacin (a vitamin). It is supposed to open up your blood vessels so there is not as much clogging. My stepmom tells me to take it before I go to bed, apparently it makes you itchy and hot, which shouldn't affect you if you're sleeping.
THAT WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I took one pill (apparently half the dose of what I should be taking). Within 10 minutes I feel itchy. 5 more and my skin is on fire. I literally felt like my skin was too small for my flesh. My fingers felt like sausages and my lips were puckering. It was awful. I ran downstairs to try to cool off, and start feeling like I can't breathe. My pulse was racing. My heart was beating out of my chest. It was exactly how I imagined a heart attack to be. Well, in a few more minutes I was fine.
The doctor said - take an aspirin a half hour before you take the niacin. Fortunately that worked. Last night I kept waiting and waiting to feel like I was on fire again.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Brush teeth
Chris tried to brush Braden's teeth tonight. He would NOT let him. Apparently this is a mom thing! He opened his mouth really wide and let me brush every one!
His new thing is that he likes to dip his food. Everything he eats he wants to dip in something! Today it was fries and honey mustard, yesterday it was quesadillas and salsa!
Also - platelets are good! 215,000! One more blood test to go!
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Busy Busy...
Today Chris worked at bingo, so Brady and I met him down there for lunch. Brady made a beeline for Chris every time he caught his eye. He literally ran to him a couple of times. He ran back to me, but only when I had food! Other than the time at the fire hall today was a "mommy day". Each day he seems to choose one or the other of us, and the other one gets snubbed!
I dropped him off at "Aunt Nicole's" house because she was going to watch him for a couple hours while I went to a Tastefully Simple party at one of the Pittsburgh Mom's houses. He did very well at Nicole's. I was impressed, because a lot of times he acts up when he's staying with someone who hasn't watched him before.
The Tastefully Simple party was fun. I always like tasting all of the new foods! Susan, the consultant, is from the Mom's group as well, and she's very sweet. I also saw Suzanne, another friend from the mom's group, and she brought me a huge box of magazines! Janet, the hostess, gave me a bunch of little boys clothes that Brady can grow into!
So, I guess I better get back to cleaning up. Sorry for the boring blog, but, it's a boring day! Back to work tomorrow!
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Another day...
This morning I went to the big consignment sale to check it out. I got a few things - a few pieces of clothing for Brady, a pair of shoes, a Little People barn and some random little toys. I'm selling things there too. So far after one day of the sale (plus the pre-sale) I've sold $60 of my stuff. Hopefully after the week I do better!
The past few days I have not been feeling so well. I have no other signs, just really tired. Thursday I started to feel like crap. I came home and fell asleep on the couch at 8:00 that night, and didn't wake up until work on Friday. Then last night after Chris and I went shopping, I couldn't wait to go to sleep.
I had an almost 2 hour nap this afternoon, and then fell asleep almost 2 hours on the couch tonight. My head is pounding. I'm stressing out over all the stuff I should have done instead of sleeping.
We visited Michele and Leo today. I was headed to the mall to take Brady to play in the kid's area, but called her and went over to her house instead. It's so funny to watch the two of the kids together. They are hilarious together. At one point they were trying to hit each other with the little metal pots and pans from Leo's kitchen. We had to step in at that point.
I guess I should get to work. I need to do some laundry, load the dishwasher, clean up the toys. Chris is working at a wedding at the fire hall tonight. He should be home soon.
New words
Brady learned how to say "uh oh" today. We were over at Michele and Leo's and Leo said it, next thing you know, Brady said it too!
He also does the sign language for birdie. All the time. Birdie birdie birdie. Any time he sees or hears a birdie.
He also knows "woof". I taught him when we saw dogs, I would say, "Dog. Woof".
We were reading a book tonight and each time I said or pointed to dog, he said, "Woof." There was a birdie too. That made the birdie sign.
I'm so proud.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Whew!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Worried...
We took Braden for a "routine" blood test on Saturday morning. They were testing for lead, since we live in an older house, and hemoglobin, which is routine as well.
Sunday morning I received a phone call from his pediatrician notifying me that his platelet level was low. She told me that the lab called her at 3 am, which alarmed me to start with. Then she asked me questions, like, is he bruised a lot, which he is, which I thought was due to him being a 13 month old who thinks he can RUN. Does he have a fever? Not currently, but in the past 6 months he's had quite a few that had no other symptoms. A few more questions I don't remember specifically. She said it was probably a mistake in the blood test since they did a finger-prick test, and that we had to take him today to test again.
Today Chris took him for the second blood test - again, platelets are low. We are seeing a specialist tomorrow at Children's Hospital. Hopefully we get some insight soon. Until then this is pretty scary. I don't know what is wrong with my child. There's nothing I can do to help him. No one can tell me how serious this can be. I'm tempted to do more googling but that led me to some scary things so I'm going to resist the urge.
If you're reading this, please say a prayer that all goes well tomorrow at the doctor's. I'll post more as I find out.