Breaking through the Fibrofog…

So we went to Dean’s parents for lunch and to swap out Ginger(the dog) and to get Caleb back.   Caleb was hopping around not putting any weight on his foot.   I asked him about it and he said he had a blister on his foot.  I looked at it and it is huge!! I thought it looked infected so after lunch my MIL took him to the nearest ER and sure enough it’s infected and its the same kind of infection I had when I had the puncture wound in my foot, so he’s on two heavy duty antibiotics for 10 days.  No swimming either for that whole time!!  They didnt do anything to the wound itself, but said it will hurt worse once its breaks, which is going to be lovely since he’s already miserable! I’m not sure how much fun we’ll have on our trip since he’s miserable and cant walk on his foot and my foot still hurts.  So chances of us actually going to any museums are slim to non at this point.   I am tempted not to go but we really were looking forward to it.  I just dont want Caleb to be miserable (well he already is) but any more miserable and away from home driving us all nuts!!   but we’ll figure it out.   I’m just glad we got it looked at before it got worse and we were in Maryland already.     It just never ends with us and our health…..until now Caleb has been the most healthy of all of us.  Sounds like we’ll be seeing a dermatologist once we get back in town, add that specialty to the list of ones we’re all seeing as a family and we could probably have our own hospital!!

I rarely go to bed early, but last night I went to the store to pick up prescription refills to have on hand for our trip and grabbed some tylenol PM in hopes it would allow me a night of uninterrupted sleep.   the box says it helps you fall asleep fast and wake up refreshed….well it took me over an hour to fall asleep and I woke up at least 10 times before before getting up this morning.

I did talk to my doctors office about my bloodwork, everything they got back so far was normal, including my thyroid.  They are still waiting on the vit D results and of course the dexa scan results.   I was praying it was a thyroid thing so they could medicate me and help me feel better, now who knows.  I hate feeling this way.  I spent a good part of the day yesterday in bed because I felt so bad.   I havent packed up for the trip yet and we had a friend over last night and I barely did anything to prep for that and Dean alone made dinner for that and I went to be while he was still here.   I’m up now w/ the kids, I know Dean didnt get to bed til late and someone has to be up, may as well be me!   I dont feel horrible right now but I have been in bed for almost 12 hours!! but I’m still in pain and achy and still tired!!    well the kids need me….one more day til we’re in a Baltimore…oh and yeah…Happy 4th!! it’s a rainy day here so not much fun to be had as we had planned originally to spend the day outside as most folks had I’m sure!

Holy headache…..I finally just called my doctor to try to get my bloodwork results, they are usually really fast in turning around that kind of stuff and generally call right away or if things are fine they mail me something saying so and it’s usually w/in 3 days tops.  it’s been a full week and no word from them and I feel absolutely horrid.  headachy, body achy, and exhausted all of the time.   add to that the weight gain and I expected a quick call back that my thyroid is way off, but no news yet….just more waiting.

Zeke’s surgery is scheduled for July 21st, the boys and I have a ton of doctors appointments over the course of the next month, anyone want to come babysit some boys for free?!?   I dread the appointments in general, add to that either taking 3 kids w/ me or finding a sitter even and it’s just plain not worth it to me sometimes.  but some of the appointments are very necessary for the boys right now…..and me too!

Dean’s supposed to be coming home soon early for the holiday and I am hoping we can all nap since Caleb’s at his aunts so we just have the little ones who at least one of can be persauded to nap!!

I am probably a little nutty, but I was looking online for info on the hotel we will be staying at, it’s in the heart of downtown Baltimore and was just built in 2005.  The room has a kitchen which means fridge and dishes so we can buy groceries and eat lunch in to save money!  Plus there’s a free breakfast, not just any breakfast, but a BUFFET!!  There’s a “kids” room which from the looks is just a small room w/ toys but I’m glad to know there will be some distraction within the hotel itself since it doesnt have a pool, since it’s downtown and all!   It’s w/in walking distance to the museums we can go to for free since we have memberships here and they are part of the reciprocal program, I can almost bet no one takes advantage of that as much as we do!  So we have $75/day to spend on our food budget and get free breakfast and could simply do pb& j for lunch at the hotel in our room and have a grand ole’ dinner!!  :-)  no matter what this may be our best trip yet!!  praying the kids stay healthy as do we, esp. me since I have been struggling this week alot.   A few more days and we’re Baltimore bound….Dean’s got his heart and stomach set on a place to eat that we saw on diners drive in and dives…we love that show!!   so that should be fun too.   My mom is keeping the boys overnight one night so we can go out alone, and that too will be great!!  and of course seeing everyone is going to be nice too!  :-)  I am excited but wish we could get there w/out the 9-10 hour drive.

Zeke and I spent an hour or so waiting for his ENT appointment yesterday.  He will get new tubes put in, his fell out since his last appointment and he still had fluid in his ears.   He will also get his adenoids taken out at the same time.

I went to get a dexa(bone density) scan this morning, bright and early!!  I was the youngest one in the waiting room full of women getting mammograms.   I dont know why my body is getting these old people ailments but I’m about sick of it!!  If I’m going to keep getting post menopausal conditions I mine as well be post menopausal, I’d welcome those symptoms over the monthly hell I have now!!   but that’s probably TMI for you!

so now we wait, I am waiting for a call back before we schedule Zeke’s surgery and I’m awaiting a call w/ my bloodwork and now dexa scan results.   It may not happen til next week, that phone call about my results and I’d much rather know things now!! 

I went all day yesterday w/out my brace on my fractured foot, but am not paying for that.   I will need to wear it again today which sucks.   I was hoping I wouldnt need to wear it while we go to Baltimore but now I’m not sure.  I go back to the podiatrist the Monday after we return.   (or more specifically the day after we return from our trip)

so nothing going on really, nothing to talk of that really means anything other than life is complicated and continues to get more so w/ every passing day.

I need to schedule appointments for the kids, Zeke needs to go to the orthopeadic specialist and probably back to physical therapy  on top of his ENT stuff.  Bo needs to see a nutrionist and a gastroenterologist as well as get a hearing test and hopefully speech therapy somehow.   we could probably pay for some of this out of pocket but I dont really want to use all of FSA money for that! but I am sick of interpretting his speech all of the time, when he should be able to talk clearly, esp. when it’s sad that Zeke is completely understandable even w/ ear issues.

so far Dean and Caleb are healthy…….pray it stays that way or I am going to get soooo sick of doctors waiting rooms

I took the boys to the museum today.   We started in a different part of the museum than we usually do and the boys really enjoyed it.   Then we went to the childrens’ part of the museum, more specifically a part designed for more play than learning.  Bo and Zeke got to be on a small stage as part of a kids’ karoake, they sang Happy Birthday and it was adorable!! not on key at all but as cute as can be!   The boy who always talks of being on stage refused to get up and sing, I even tried to push him to several times and he just got mad at me.  I asked him how in the world does he expect to act in shows when he couldnt even get up and sing a simple song in front of no more than 10 people!

Dean and I left Friday afternoon to go to Columbus OH for a few days without the kids and life’s demands. Friday night we went to Thurman’s Cafe and got the best burgers ever!! Mine was called a “Yaeger”, it had fried onions, mushrooms, cheese, and french onion dip on it served open faced. we were going to go the drive in afteward but decided not to so just went back and watched movies on TV after stopping at a JCPenney’s outlet store where we got some shoes for us and Caleb. We took our time getting up and out on Saturday, which was soooo relaxing!! we went to the game convention for the day and got to play some demo games, lots of which were not yet being sold at stores. We even bought one that we really liked and bought it there since it’s not for sale in stores yet. For dinner we went to a chinese buffet and went back to the hotel and watched “The Others” then went out late for a milkshake at Sonic. Today we had lunch at a park then went to COSI(a musuem) for a few hours before heading home briefly to see the kids and have dinner w/ them before going to church to serve on the child dedication team. We got home and put the kids to bed and have been catching up on Dr. Who ever since! This week is fairly busy then ends w/ our trip to Balto. beginning!!

PICS UP ON FLICKR from this weekend