Happy Birthday Michelle

This post is in honor of my sister for her birthday. We may not get along all the time but she really is the best sister one could ask for. She has been through so much and it has all in turn, turned her into a strong women. She is always there when I need her, and of course loves Connor with all her heart. I just wanted to wish her a 27th Happy Birthday! I love you!

In the last month

We have been busy. This time of the year is always busy for us. Con is gone every other weekend so trying to plan things, and do special activities on the weekend can be a tricky. We always seem to make it work though. This past weekend Connor and I had some Spring pictures done. I found a lady on Craigslist that is just starting out and did it for a very very affordable price (which on my tight budget was what I was looking for) I looked at some of her pictures on facebook and figured it was worth a shot. We ended up going to Legacy park in Greenville, and it was beautiful! I can't wait till we can go back when it is warmer and have a picnic. The pictures turned out really good and I am excited to get some printed out.

This past weekend I also have a shower for Meggie. I went to High school with Meggie, we knew each other then and only spoke in school, but this past year we have became really close. I am so glad to have a true friend like her. This will be her 3rd child, and It's a GIRL, her name will be Emmeline. I get the great honor of being there when she is born. I couldn't be more excited and cant wait for that day to come.

The diaper cake I made, I must say I did a pretty good job!

Back to the grind

Well this week was the first week back to the grind. Needless to say I have recovered from my surgery. The HIDA scan showed that I had no leak, and he then thought maybe there was a torn muscle. I started to feel better over the weekend then on the Monday before I was return to work I felt the best I had. On Tue. I was back to feeling horrible and was due to turn back to work on Wed. I decided to go ahead and have my FMLA extended. Good thing I did I ended up getting the FLU! It was horrible but I had a few more days to rest up. I went back this past Mon. and I think this was the longest week ever. I am glad it is the weekend and Connor and I can have some fine.

Connor did very well in school this week, he ended up with no notes, and was pretty good at home as well.

This weekend we plan to pick out some fabric for some chairs we have been wanting covered for a long time. These chairs were my grandmas and I remember them from my first memories of her house. I don't even know how old they could be. I am excited because they are still in decent condition.

We also have allot of cleaning and laundry to catch up on. Between recovery and sickness going around our house we can say its gotten behind on us. Not to mention we have a unwanted house visitor again.. another Mouse! I don't know why we never had any before last fall now this is the 2nd time. I know we live next to a field but I need to figure out how to keep them from coming into my house, they are unwanted and gross me out!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

A little set back

Today is post op day 8. I am still not feeling well. Thu after the surgery I called the Dr. to ask about my pain meds because they didn't not seem to be helping. The RN told me that he would not call in anything stronger and if I needed to I could come in. On Friday I felt a little better but still had awkward pain. On Sat. I got out of the house, and that night was in horrible pain and also very very sick. I couldn't keep anything down. I am so thankful my sister was here in town to help me out. Sunday and Monday I still had pain and was very Blah feeling. On Tue. I called the Dr. and they made an appointment for me to come in that afternoon. I expressed concern to the Dr. that its been 6 days I thought I would be feeling a whole lot better, like I never even had the surgery. He said that yes I should be feeling better, and I shouldn't have the pain I was having. I was feeling like my gallbladder had never even been removed. I hear a lot of people say they felt immediately better afterwards, not this girl. The Dr. told me that he believes what happened is that 1 when the gallbladder was removed some of the bile spilled out and is in my system, and just needs to work out. He believes this is the situation because I was not sick anymore or had the nausea feeling. OR 2 that there is a leak and the bile is leaking. To fix that would be another surgery and a stint being placed. He told me to go home stay on pain meds, lay down, and drink plenty of fluid to wash it out. If I was not feeling better the fallowing day then give him a call and they would schedule me for a nuclear test called a HIDA scan. I waited a day to see if it all would pass over. Well this morning I am still hurting, so I called and spoke to the RN, they scheduled me to the test tomorrow morning. They couldn't get me in today because I had already ate. So tomorrow I will have the test. I don't know if I want it to show that I have a leak or not. If it does that means that's the source of my pain, and if it doesn't means.... I have no clue that it will mean. I know I don't have a high tolerance for pain but I should be feeling 100% by now.

As far as everything else going in our life, I registered Connor for 4K! I don't know if he will get in, they will do screening at the end of May. They test the kids to get in, they take the kids that need more help. I don't know if he will get in or not because he is very smart when he wants to be. I hope he does, it would save me a small bundle that I am paying for daycare. I can not believe he is going to be 4 in exactly 2 months! Time truly does fly. Of course I am already on the ball gathering up ideas for his party. I truly thing I missed my calling in the party planning business.

We have being struggling with his behavior at school, past 3 weeks he has come home with a "Oh - No Report" from school. One of the days I think it was because he was tired. The night before he was up for 4 hours in the middle of the night, playing and watching a movie, just like he use to wake up. Ive been trying a couple different things so he wont wake up and stay up. This week is so far so good. I told him if he was good this whole week then we would do something fun this weekend. This morning he requested chuckie cheese... I don't think I am feeling that but I was thinking something outside maybe Sunday cause I heard its going to be in the 60's. Hopefully he will be good today and tomorrow. He says he doesn't like school and sometimes its hard to get him to go and then when we get there hes acts all sad. I don't want it to be a fight like it was for me from 3rd grade on. I want him to like school, and do well in it so he can go to college and get a good job. Ideas and suggestions are welcomed for me to get him liking about school.

Recovery

Well Surgery went well. I got there at 10 am surgery being scheduled for 12 pm. I had it done at Greenville Memorial and while they get you ready you have your own room, which was pretty cool. Of course my veins are shot from all the previous times in the past I've had to get stuck. My RN had a hard time finding a vein for the IV, and had to get someone else to look. I ended up having it put in the inside of my wrist.. yes ouch. After the IV was in they gave me some medicine to relax me. The Dr. came in to talk with me before surgery and something I have never seen before he asked if he could pray with me. I thought that was awesome. Before to long they were coming into wheel me to the OR. We got outside the room and had to wait (I guess they had to finish setting up), the RN came out and introduced her self to me, and let me know she would be in the surgery with me. I said I didn't get to speak to the anesthesiologist , as this man was standing there says, didn't you speak to someone at pre op. I said yes but I needed someone here to be aware of the problems before, he then states he would be the one putting me to sleep. I became slight upset and told him a briefly about what happened in the past and I wanted everyone to be aware. He reassured me everything would be OK and they would watch my Blood Pressure closely. I think he may have been a little annoyed with me because the next thing he says is I gave you some more medicine, and that was the last thing I remember, before I was even in the room.
We got home about 4:45 and I went to bed. I slept until the next morning at 7am. When they put you out like that, that's always the best sleep. I am thankful for my friend picking up Connor from daycare and bringing him home.
Connor has been very good and very careful around me. When I showed him my stomach he looked at it weird.
Today I ended up sleeping until 2pm. This weekend Connor is with his visit Nana for their weekend visits. I don't know what this weekend will bring, but I am honestly thinking I would be OK to go back to work by the middle of next week. I have a Dr. apt set for next Friday. I know my Dr. has to sign off on papers before I can even return so I am not sure how that will work. I plan on resting more this weekend, getting some things organized, and getting back on my coupon clipping.

The Gallbladder is being evicted.

Yes my Gallbladder is coming out and I could not be more happier. I started having problems the week after Christmas. I suddenly got sick after I ate, I thought it was weird but I brushed it off as the start of a bug, I was pretty sure my son brought home to me. The following week I got sick again right after eating. It was also a different feeling when I got sick and I knew something was not right. When I got home for the day, I started looked up symptoms on the Internet (I know some Doctors frown on that, but for me I knew it wasn't normal for my body), the only thing I could come up with was gallbladder. I had my doubt because I had pain on the left side, which the gallbladder in the the right side. After I had some pain with the vomiting I was convinced it wasn't normal. I called my Gastro Dr to make an appointment and they were able to work me in within two days. Within the two days I researched about gallstones and was then convinced that's what it was. When I went for the appointment I pretty much told her that's what I thought it was and she ordered a ultrasound for the fallowing day. The ultrasound did show gallstones so then I was off to the surgeon and of course he said it needed to come out, which I already knew. So the big day is in two days. I want to have a normal life and not worry about going out and maybe having an attack. I am so ready for this.

Although I am more then ready I am also terrified. The last time I had surgery something went wrong. From what I have been told my blood pressure dropped really low, and my kidneys shut down, I think I was in ICU for 9 days or so. I was in the hospital for around 2 months I believe. I honestly don't remember that much they kept me pretty drugged up. I remember the pain from the chest tub and that even after it was removed and the wound had healed I was not able to sleep on my side for a long time. They have reassured me that they will keep a close eye on me during surgery, and that the removal of the gallbladder is a simple procedure compared to the lung surgery which was a major procedure.

I am on FMLA for 2 weeks. It is not going to be so much fun because this will be without pay, but I plan on getting lost of rest and taking it easy.

I have been through a lot in the past and I know that it is always going to work out one way or the other.

Please remember on Wednesday to keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

At this again

I thought I would try blogging again. I have been reading a couple people's blog and I must say I want to give this a try again because I want to remember the funny things Connor does, and remember our day to day memories.

It is hard to believe that Connor will soon be 4! Time really does fly. He changed daycare at the start if Nov. and in the short time he has improved so much. He is learning so many things and so many new words. The past 2 Fridays he has come home with a "OH NO Report" the first day there were three things listed, not listening to the teachers, hitting his friends, and looking in the girls bath room with a girl in there. I can't help but laugh at the 3rd one, he is only three! I explained to him the reasons he couldn't do any of those. My friend always looks at the lighter side and makes me laugh, she said at least you know he knows how to defend him self and that he likes girls. This past Friday the note read he wasn't listening again, and that he kicked his Friend in the chin. I have no clue what has got into him. He received a responsibility magnet board for Christmas (from Santa, I told him Santa must have wanted him to start behaving! :)) we used the board for a couple of weeks and it seemed to help. We will go back to using the board this week. I hope it improves his behavior at school. Another problem is every morning its a fight to get dressed, and get out the door, he says he hates school and doesn't want to go. I started that at 3rd grade and from that point until I graduated high school it was a fight every morning. I am hoping that he looks forward to going, and learning. I know that it will make a huge difference if he does. I want him to do well in school that way he can be anything he wants to be. I know parents always want the best for their children, me included, I just don't want it to be a struggle for the next 14 or so years. The daycare has a program Called Stretch N Grow that comes during daycare hours and they usually do I think so sort of activity. They are starting spring training on Monday. It is a 10 week program, and they play soccer, track & field, hockey, and baseball. He asked me if I could sign him up because one of his friends was doing it. I thought twice about it because that's just another expense. I told him I would think about it, so again the next morning in the car on the way to school he asked again. I told him yes. My child never forgets about anything. He is so excited to play "Soccer Ball" as he calls it. I told him it was more then just soccer. I am hoping he enjoys it, and will teach him a little more discipline. He played something similar last summer with the Y so I know he will like it.

This coming Wed. I will be having my gallbladder removed. I have never been looking so forward to a surgery in my life. I am ready to be able to eat normal with out worrying if it will make me sick, and to have a social life and be able to go out and eat.

I am going to try my hardest to keep up with this blog. I have plenty to say so I think it will be easy. Hopefully I can keep to maybe one topic a entry that way it wont seem like I am skipping around.

I am open to suggestions, and ideas to write about.

Fair warning my grammar, and spelling is not tip top! :)