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.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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! :)
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! :)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Its Mom, not Mommy
Recently Connor has started calling me Mom, sometimes. No more mommy. To me that’s a sign he is getting older. Breaks my heart in a way, but he is still mommy’s little boy, and for the most part calls me mommy.
Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend, Connor was with his dad, and it rained ALL weekend but on Monday we made the best of it. I was really hoping to get to go to Freedom Weekend Aloft to see the hot air balloons but it was rained out, and with the storms I don’t think they went up at all, except Friday morning when we had seen them on the way to school/work. Come Monday afternoon Con was tired of being in the house and was driving us crazy, at one point I hear my mom (from the other room), ask him “Don’t you have any imaginary friends you can play with?” I decided that we would check out the Children’s Museum. It just opened Summer of last year so we had not been yet. It was very cool, and Connor had a lot of fun. We were there for 3 hours, and would have been much longer but they were about to close. A week later he is still mad, and reminding me we haven’t seen the balloons. I swear, my child doesn’t forget a thing! So next year I hope it doesn’t rain so we are able to see them.
In the car section.
Making Music
This weekend Connor and I had a date night on Saturday, downtown. He has been really into bridges lately so I thought taking him to Liberty Bridge to walk over it would be cool. Of course he loved it. It is something we will have to do again. I love Falls Park, and everyone is so happy there. I would love for us to take a picnic down there, I just need it to cool down some… its HOT! We also had pizza, walked the 6 blocks to the bridge and then the 6 blocks back UP hill to have ice cream. I knew we would never find a parking spot near the bridge, and the pizza place was at the other end, but it was great exercise for me, of course Con was in the stroller. He was tired when we got home and slept very well.
Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend, Connor was with his dad, and it rained ALL weekend but on Monday we made the best of it. I was really hoping to get to go to Freedom Weekend Aloft to see the hot air balloons but it was rained out, and with the storms I don’t think they went up at all, except Friday morning when we had seen them on the way to school/work. Come Monday afternoon Con was tired of being in the house and was driving us crazy, at one point I hear my mom (from the other room), ask him “Don’t you have any imaginary friends you can play with?” I decided that we would check out the Children’s Museum. It just opened Summer of last year so we had not been yet. It was very cool, and Connor had a lot of fun. We were there for 3 hours, and would have been much longer but they were about to close. A week later he is still mad, and reminding me we haven’t seen the balloons. I swear, my child doesn’t forget a thing! So next year I hope it doesn’t rain so we are able to see them.
In the car section.
Making Music
This weekend Connor and I had a date night on Saturday, downtown. He has been really into bridges lately so I thought taking him to Liberty Bridge to walk over it would be cool. Of course he loved it. It is something we will have to do again. I love Falls Park, and everyone is so happy there. I would love for us to take a picnic down there, I just need it to cool down some… its HOT! We also had pizza, walked the 6 blocks to the bridge and then the 6 blocks back UP hill to have ice cream. I knew we would never find a parking spot near the bridge, and the pizza place was at the other end, but it was great exercise for me, of course Con was in the stroller. He was tired when we got home and slept very well.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
A weekend of many first's
This weekend has been full of first for us. On Saturday Connor got fitted for his first pair of custom fit ear plugs. I never knew these even existed until the pediatricians office sent an email out. I thought these would be perfect because with Connor having tubes he is not supposed to get water in his ears. Last year I kept him away from the pool because he loved to go in head first. In the past I have tried the wax ear plugs you buy at the store but they never stayed in. I am excited about using these this summer, so he can get into the pool! He chose blue and green, and wanted it swirled together.
Saturday we also went put putting for the first time. Connor was so cute he would put the ball right next to the hole and shoot it in. Needless to say he got a lot of hole in ones. I am proud to say I got 4 and that’s on the holes I shoot at. A lot of them I was to busy taking pictures and helping Connor. He loved playing, and has asked all weekend to go back and play again. It will be defiantly something we will have to do again.
Sunday, we went to Wal-Mart and ended up buying a fish. This is our first official pet. We bought a male beta, which is blue with red on the tail. He is very pretty and Connor named him Blue of all things! Of course we got the bowl, water stabilizer, blue rock and a sea horse Connor say that he needed. We got Blue all settled in his new bowl with food and Connor just loved sitting on the counter with him and pepping over the bowl. It wasn’t before to long that I had to have him get down because he almost spelt the water.
Saturday we also went put putting for the first time. Connor was so cute he would put the ball right next to the hole and shoot it in. Needless to say he got a lot of hole in ones. I am proud to say I got 4 and that’s on the holes I shoot at. A lot of them I was to busy taking pictures and helping Connor. He loved playing, and has asked all weekend to go back and play again. It will be defiantly something we will have to do again.
Sunday, we went to Wal-Mart and ended up buying a fish. This is our first official pet. We bought a male beta, which is blue with red on the tail. He is very pretty and Connor named him Blue of all things! Of course we got the bowl, water stabilizer, blue rock and a sea horse Connor say that he needed. We got Blue all settled in his new bowl with food and Connor just loved sitting on the counter with him and pepping over the bowl. It wasn’t before to long that I had to have him get down because he almost spelt the water.
Connor's Custom fitted ear plugs!
This is where he would place the ball at everytime it was his turn. Hole in one!
Connor and his new fish Blue. Blue is in there somewhere but he tends to blend in with the blue rocks we picked out, maybe we will go with another color the next time we clean his bowl out.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
1st blog!
Well I am happy to say this is my first Blog post. This seems to be the "IN" thing to do, so everyone can keep up. I am a little behind seeing Connor is 3 but, better late then never right? Connor says the funniest things, and I want to be able to blog them and remember the things he said years from now. I am happy to be a new blogger!
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