I really needed to get caught up on my sleep - it's been a rough week!! Tuesday we had all-day appointments for Scrappy, plus I had my checkup in the morning. We had to be there at 7 am, so I'd been up since 3:30 am. No wonder I was crashed in my recliner by 9 pm!!
Scrappy's appointments were just his normal CF checkups, an ENT appointment, and an audiogram. His hearing still isn't where it should be, so they decided he does need another set of tubes put in. He will also be having another nasal polypectomy and bronchial lavage. This will be his 2nd set of tubes, 3rd polypectomy and lavage, and 4th surgery in less than 4 years. The ENT also ordered a head CT for Wednesday so she could see if his sinuses were congested with polyps too. His surgery is scheduled for next Wednesday, the 18th, and is planned to be an outpatient procedure unless she does goe up into his sinuses more. Praying for a simple procedure and no complications!!
We had to be at the hospital at 8am for his CT, so that meant being up at 5am on Wednesday. Poor little man had to fast until after it was completed. Second day in a row that he had to fast from midnight until his first procedure - not fun for him or for us either!! They had to give him anesthesia to do the CT because he was terrified of the machine! Because of this, he didn't go in to CT until 1015. It seemed to take forever for him to come out of it. He started vomiting up mucus and stomach acid, since his stomach was empty. That made for a really long ride home! About 3pm his tummy finally settled down and he came out of it enough that he could eat.
My OB cleared me at my appointment! I couldn't have a complete workout because of the untimely 'visitor,' but my doc told me I could have the last part of my checkup done at our local clinic. She asked if we were planning to have another child. I told her we would like to once we got the go-ahead from her health-wise. She would like me to try to lose a little more weight in the meantime, which I have been working on anyway, but said as long as my last test comes back ok, there's no reason we can't start trying. I'm supposed to start taking prenatal vitamins now too in preparation.
Being at the hospital 2 days in a row took a toll on my diet :( At TOPS this week I had a 3 pound gain. In addition to the eating out, I didn't get my workouts in for the past week since Scrappy hasn't been feeling very well and wanted to constantly cuddle. Today I was back at it hard again. I was vacuuming and picked up the mat in the living room, and left it up so I could try out Zumba. I did about 5 minutes of it and OUCH! I'm not coordinated - I'm sure it would give anyone a good laugh!
I set up my Wii Fit to do the entire routine - 81 minutes! Scrappy was getting a little crabby with me and wanted to play. I told him if he can't wait patiently for his turn, he wasn't going to get a turn. I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow. It's going to be difficult to get my workout in tomorrow - I have class in 8-2 but am leaving early so I can go to a funeral for a friend. Very sad for someone to die so young :'(
Another new challenge I've set up for myself in cooking - try one new recipe each week. I get tired of the same stuff each week and am looking to branch out... Hopefully I'll get some new ideas soon!!
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Monday, December 26, 2011
Christmas
It's the day after. Everything is simmering down. For the next week I have both children home. We may be getting to go play outside later this week because of the unusually warm Minnesota weather - it's been over 40 degrees!! A Christmas without snow makes it difficult to get into the Christmas spirit though. I haven't been feeling it much this year.
However, I am happy to know I am partially responsible for giving someone the best Christmas present they wanted: My mom wanted all 4 of us kids together for a picture, and also our kids and significant others. It's the first time all of us kids have been together (other than Little Warrior's funeral, but that was not the time or place to do it) since my husband and I got married a little over 4 years ago. Here we are (and yes, most of us are in pajamas since that was the theme this year. My hoodie and pj pants were the best I was going to be able to do.... hubby passed on the pj idea):
I know the two pictures look almost the same, but as I was checking them out, I noticed something interesting. Look in the first picture, you may notice some floating spots or orbs in the picture and one right above my husband's head. In the second picture, we see the orbs again, and this time there is one right on my stomach.
Now, I'm not majorly superstitious, but I've learned that there are signs in life and it's a matter of if we choose to see or not to see them. Like I had said last week, I believe that the sun coming out to shine was a sign that our Little Warrior was watching over us and knew we were there to visit him. I think the orbs in these two pictures are there for a reason. I think it's his way of letting us know that he knows we're thinking about him and he was there with us. I think God lets those special people close to us give us signs that they're ok and they're watching over us when we need that comfort and peace. I told my mom that I thought it was sign from him, and she thinks so too. When I asked my husband about the orbs, he laughed at me and told me that people would think he was strange if he said what he thought. But that's because he agreed with me and thought the same. We have our own guardian angel watching over us.
I spent a somewhat 'lazy' day today with Scrappy hanging out at home. Beau spent the night having a sleepover with our cousins and rode home with Daddy when he got off work. Wait - I take back that 'lazy' comment. I don't think getting 1 1/2 hour workout in counts as lazy, even though it was fun and it was with my new Wii Fit Plus game. My stomach (someday possibly to be known as my 'abs' - if they truly are buried in there somewhere!!! lol!!) is a little sore from working those muscles. I've been hesitant to do any abdominal exercises for the past few weeks, but since it's been 6 weeks since my surgery, I thought it should be ok now to try at least a little. Especially since I consider that to be one of my 'problem areas.'
Since both kids are home for the next week, I have a lot less running to do on a daily basis. I do have an appointment tomorrow morning, and since we'll be out we need to drop off some payments and run to the grocery store for milk. I try to only make one trip out, or go when I pick Beau up or drop her off at school I try to get all my running done then and schedule appointments accordingly. It really makes things easier if I already have Scrappy in the car and don't have to get him out and in the house, take off his coat, hat, and boots, then put them all back on 15 minutes later.
I also told Beau that we need to sort through and get rid of some of her and Scrappy's old toys. They got plenty of new toys for Christmas, so some things have to go to make room for the new. They have WAY too many toys. When I have my garage sale in the spring, there are going to be PLENTY of toys to go. I'm not going to bother with all the stuffed animals and a lot of the small stuff. Thankfully the Epilepsy Foundation will be picking up next week, so hopefully I can get a bag or a few bags out for them.
**Note to self - (Since I'm thinking of it right now, I'm gonna write it so I don't forget)... After the 1st of the year, I am going to need to keep better documentation of a few things for tax purposes, especially because of my business. I need mileage for both vehicles as of January 1. I'm going to keep a binder with all of Scrappy's medical appointments at Mayo since we can write off the mileage on those too. I'm also going to create a file for donations since I'll be doing a lot of sorting out and we'll be donating quite a bit. I need to print out the kids' care sheets too so I have a copy of those on hand for 'emergency reasons' - you never know what's going to happen! And I suppose I should call to check on the deeds for our cemetery plots. I thought we would have gotten them by now..... hmmmm....
Well, there's a lot on my plate for tomorrow... Wish sleeping in was on the list, but that's not in Scrappy's book.... Hopefully after some cleaning, some time with Zumba will be on my plate!!
However, I am happy to know I am partially responsible for giving someone the best Christmas present they wanted: My mom wanted all 4 of us kids together for a picture, and also our kids and significant others. It's the first time all of us kids have been together (other than Little Warrior's funeral, but that was not the time or place to do it) since my husband and I got married a little over 4 years ago. Here we are (and yes, most of us are in pajamas since that was the theme this year. My hoodie and pj pants were the best I was going to be able to do.... hubby passed on the pj idea):
I know the two pictures look almost the same, but as I was checking them out, I noticed something interesting. Look in the first picture, you may notice some floating spots or orbs in the picture and one right above my husband's head. In the second picture, we see the orbs again, and this time there is one right on my stomach.
Now, I'm not majorly superstitious, but I've learned that there are signs in life and it's a matter of if we choose to see or not to see them. Like I had said last week, I believe that the sun coming out to shine was a sign that our Little Warrior was watching over us and knew we were there to visit him. I think the orbs in these two pictures are there for a reason. I think it's his way of letting us know that he knows we're thinking about him and he was there with us. I think God lets those special people close to us give us signs that they're ok and they're watching over us when we need that comfort and peace. I told my mom that I thought it was sign from him, and she thinks so too. When I asked my husband about the orbs, he laughed at me and told me that people would think he was strange if he said what he thought. But that's because he agreed with me and thought the same. We have our own guardian angel watching over us.
I spent a somewhat 'lazy' day today with Scrappy hanging out at home. Beau spent the night having a sleepover with our cousins and rode home with Daddy when he got off work. Wait - I take back that 'lazy' comment. I don't think getting 1 1/2 hour workout in counts as lazy, even though it was fun and it was with my new Wii Fit Plus game. My stomach (someday possibly to be known as my 'abs' - if they truly are buried in there somewhere!!! lol!!) is a little sore from working those muscles. I've been hesitant to do any abdominal exercises for the past few weeks, but since it's been 6 weeks since my surgery, I thought it should be ok now to try at least a little. Especially since I consider that to be one of my 'problem areas.'
Since both kids are home for the next week, I have a lot less running to do on a daily basis. I do have an appointment tomorrow morning, and since we'll be out we need to drop off some payments and run to the grocery store for milk. I try to only make one trip out, or go when I pick Beau up or drop her off at school I try to get all my running done then and schedule appointments accordingly. It really makes things easier if I already have Scrappy in the car and don't have to get him out and in the house, take off his coat, hat, and boots, then put them all back on 15 minutes later.
I also told Beau that we need to sort through and get rid of some of her and Scrappy's old toys. They got plenty of new toys for Christmas, so some things have to go to make room for the new. They have WAY too many toys. When I have my garage sale in the spring, there are going to be PLENTY of toys to go. I'm not going to bother with all the stuffed animals and a lot of the small stuff. Thankfully the Epilepsy Foundation will be picking up next week, so hopefully I can get a bag or a few bags out for them.
**Note to self - (Since I'm thinking of it right now, I'm gonna write it so I don't forget)... After the 1st of the year, I am going to need to keep better documentation of a few things for tax purposes, especially because of my business. I need mileage for both vehicles as of January 1. I'm going to keep a binder with all of Scrappy's medical appointments at Mayo since we can write off the mileage on those too. I'm also going to create a file for donations since I'll be doing a lot of sorting out and we'll be donating quite a bit. I need to print out the kids' care sheets too so I have a copy of those on hand for 'emergency reasons' - you never know what's going to happen! And I suppose I should call to check on the deeds for our cemetery plots. I thought we would have gotten them by now..... hmmmm....
Well, there's a lot on my plate for tomorrow... Wish sleeping in was on the list, but that's not in Scrappy's book.... Hopefully after some cleaning, some time with Zumba will be on my plate!!
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