Wisdom from my walk

so I’m taking cipro for a UTI and I am so nauseas.  It started last night and all day I didnt do much of anything but lay around then again this evening about the same time of night I am sick.  I havent had my second dose for the day so it’s not like I just took it and got sick to my stomach, like happened yesterday.   I hate feeling sick, I can be a big baby and today I have done a lot of whining for some reason, well at least I feel that way.  Blah!   I am pretty sure the doctor mentioned calling if I start to vomit or get nauseas, but….otherwise the other symptoms are better so I’m not sure its from the uti or just the meds or some other stomach bug that’s making my stomach feel like nothing I eat tastes good and makes me want to puke, although in general I’m still eating and have not been sick.  bizaare…more annoying than anything.  could also be from the migraine that’s come and gone all day…regardless I’m off to bed early again today.   I’m a load of fun on a Friday night I know!  😉

It’s hard to believe that school starts in 19 days!! Where did the summer go?

still no news if Bo is getting into the preschool that we want him to or not, he was first on the waiting list, I’m guessing we may not know for a week or two if not longer if no one backs out.

my boys are famous!! the local paper was there and came over after the boys got their hair done and sure enough they are up online on their website.  too cool!!!  it’s a GREAT pic of course!! the boys are asleep but I am sure they will so excited in the morning to know they are semi-famous!!  they made the news..kind of!!

We spent 4 hours at a Rock it like they do tour bus event.  It was soooo hot!!   But the kids had fun, mostly!   I am extremely sunburned, I was lucky enough to have sunscreen for the kids, but it was running out and I saved the little left for them and any nearby tots w/ fair skin(and their unprepared moms!)  We went straight from swim lessons not knowing it would be a long wait, so we didnt have lunch until 4!  I had packed a bag of pretzels(which we also shared w/ those in line w/ us) and I walked to a nearby store to buy drinks since it was so hot out.   Pics up on my flickr account, as usual.  Bo got the best hairdo of anyone there in my opinion, he was adorable!!  we are all exhausted though and I’ve got a bad headache to boot.  but I suppose it was worth it….I really enjoyed talking w/ the other moms nearby us and it was kind of cool to bond with a stranger over the three -4 hour span of time…I jokingly said we should exchange contact info…I probably should have really done it.  I told them it was the most adult conversation I’ve had lately and that I spent more time w/ them today than I have my friends in the last few months combined!!

 

I got a haircut today, had a LOT of inches taken off.  You cant tell from the pics but it’s shorter in the back.

Also, we went and got Dean’s new scooter today.

theres some new pics up on my flickr account from the last week including a trip to the park w/ our nephew who rarely hangs out w/ us.

Another day….another doctor appointment, or three.

So this morning I went to the podiatrist because my foot was still bothering me, mostly during and after exercise and at night and first thing in the morning…ok a lot of the time but not ALL of the time.   We talked for a bit, have I mentioned how much I like this doctor, but I digress..so after chatting he decides to take an x-ray, in the office which was great time wise!  results in 4 minutes! and even better he let me see the x-ray and explained it to me, I love any doctor who involves me in this process….way too cool.  I will probably enter into med school sometime in my lifetime just because it’s so cool!  but anyway….so the fracture is healing fine, he thinks I’m just overdoing it too much too soon, AS IF!  :-)  but the fun part was when he starts to explain the arthritis and bone spur on the x-ray.  the arthritis wasnt all that cool looking, as I would have thought.  So he said and the best view of the bone spur issue is here and shows the side view of my foot on the x-ray.    Not only do I have one bone spur which looks jagged and sharp, BUT the kicker is that there is another peice of bone fragment which is a bone spur that broke off and is just sitting there in my foot.  He thinks that is why the cortisone shot didnt really last long, since it wont help w/ that pain.  He said I will need surgery at some point to remove the broken off bone fragment and to take the other newer bone spur off as well.   the issue is when?   the recovery is 8 weeks, the first week is completely bed ridden, or rather no weight bearing at all.  the second week I start to wear a brace(or boot like I have been) and then continue to increase my activity as much as I can.     I am not feeling as bad as I was pain wise before, well I was last night but this morning it’s doing tons better but I havent been up and walking around a lot.    So we need to figure out if we should wait to do the surgery or just go ahead and do it so I can be painfree overall sooner than later.   He said it was good he took the x-ray because know we know how bad it is, I laughed and said, yeah now I know why it hurts so sticking bad.   kind of looked like a splinter, the broken off bone spur, no wonder I lay in bed and am in incredible pain!

Bo and Caleb see the ENT this afternoon…til then we have swim lessons and hopefully the boys will nap.

so on Monday before Zeke’s surgery the doctors and anesthesiologists were very concerned when they learned he had hypotonia and asthma.    Apprarently it can cause problems during surgery and they were really concerned.  then they asked if I knew why he had it, I was a little lost, in that I thought his diagnosis was hypotonia, but apparently that is a SYMPTOM!  He asked if they had done genetic testing on him and I was floored.  I told him all I know is that he has it and that’s all I know.  the more doctors and therapists we see the more concerning this becomes to me.  Sounds like I need to go see the primary doctor again for him and find out what the real deal is w/ him.  the possible causes dont sound so good, that’s what I get for googling it!!

today we spent 2 hours at the gastroenterologist for Bo’s weight issues.   not much to say about that other than this should be fun, and that they referred us elsewhere.  tomorrow he has a speech evaluation and on Friday he and Caleb see the ent, again….I am so sick of childrens hospital….but at least they are awesome as far as doctors go…the room today the exam room that is, had  a tv and they brought us several boxes of toys, and that was the exam room not the waiting room!!

well off to figure out dinner…