Time for an update….

A month ago things were crazy,then the calm returned, somewhat. 15 days ago I had joint replacement surgery (at 31 yes I know I’m a freak!) but today I’m walking! Walking with little pain and in my regular pre-surgical shoes. The pain I feel now is mostly incisional and is nothing compared to the pre-surgical pain I had been having every day all the time. I am hopeful that in a few more weeks I’ll be running and swimming and will be pain free, at least in my foot!
Also 15 days ago, we had a scare with another abnormal EKG that almost canceled my foot surgery. Last week I talked to my dr and we went over my stress test results from 2006 and the abnormal ekg from then as well. She said the problem looks to be the same and she ordered an echocardiogram. I was a little anxious about it but it was actually pretty interesting. [More and more I’m considering healthcare as the field in which I’ll return to school once the boys are all in school(just a year away!)] I got a call earlier this week that the results of that test were normal. So basically for some reason I just have abnormal EKGs and a slight murmur. Nothing to worry about right now. Which is great news!
In the meantime I had another sleep study which also wasnt very helpful and I’m trying to be better about using my cpap every night even though sometimes I loathe it. I will probably be starting a med soon to help me stay awake during the day since falling asleep driving w/ a van full of kids is not a good thing! Waiting to hear back from my doctor about that one.
I’ve been much more productive this week now that I’m mobile, but that means that the pain in the rest of my body is rearing is ugly head, it really liked the percocet I took last week!
We got our tax return back and paid off all of our debt except one credit card that we’re using to pay medical bills for then paying off as our insurance reimburses us through our FSA. Plus we got an exercise bike and a fridge on craiglist, which makes me very happy!!! So I’m using the exercise bike until I’m able to get back to the Y and swim classes.
Zeke’s new migraine med is working and it’s increased his appetite so much that we are barely having issues with him not eating anymore, heck now the problem is he wants to eat all the time!! which is fine since he was a little underweight!
Bo’s in that pre-reading stage of things, recognizing letters in signs and he can finally recognize numbers as well. it’s an amazing thing to see how far he’s come. I took him for a haircut this week when it was just he and I and he was great. No fussing, no crying, just a big boy excited about getting his hair cut. He’s come so far from the boy who screamed and had to be held done, now we just have to work on the dental visits! His mood has also improved greatly and he’s had a lot less outbursts since his dental surgery to work on 7 teeth 2 weeks ago. I really think that he must have been in pain and didnt know how to tell us.
Caleb is getting all A’s which impressed the eye dr since he does need new glasses! He’s also been attending some counseling at school in hopes of dealing w/ his anxiety issues.
We’re looking into family counseling soon since my condition has been having such a negative effect on our family life lately. Plus it can’t hurt!!
So theres been a lot of bad then some good and now we wait to see what’s next. We realize life does this to us, we go through times when things are great and then life hits us upside the head and we feel like barely staying afloat. Today is a good day, mostly. The kids are doing good, theres money in the bank, the bills are paid, food in the fridge and we’re all together! It’s a high pain day for me, but the good outweighs that but I am going to retreat to bed and a heating pad now that Dean’s home! Hoping my next post is as cheery as this one!!