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January 19th, 2012

sick days

Mommy sick days don’t exist. And what makes being a sick Mom even worse is when you get your own baby sick. And what makes that situation even worse is when your baby gets sicker than you got.

And then, if you try and use a netti pot to clean out your sinuses and you force some of that stuff up into your ear canal by accident and then your ears hurt a ton… that’s even worse.

But alas, stupid is what stupid does.

I’ve been sick for about 5 days now. I think I’m one of those people who probably actually needs tubes (rather than those people who get them because the doctor their seeing doesn’t know what else to do). As an adult I have had more ear infections than most children I know. If I get a cold, it inevitably progresses to my sinuses, and then it is just a matter of time or stupidity in this case, before it progresses to my ears. I end up spending days, weeks, even months feeling pretty crappy.

Thankfully it can be semi dealt with through ibprofin (to reduce swelling/pressure) and then I just have to deal with tissue nose and not being able to bend over with out my head freaking out.

This is my life.

But yesterday, my baby girl was sick. She’s had a bit of a runny nose for 2 days, but yesterday she was hot. And fussy. And wouldn’t even let me set her down so that I could pee. Or get dressed.

So I spent the day in my pajamas. So did she.

I told the dishes they were going to have to wait, and well… I wasn’t likely to be doing laundry any way.

At around 11 I checked her temperature and it was at 100.6 so I gave her some tylanol, and hoped that would help with her discomfort.

It seemed like a very short loop. In the 4 hours between doses, only about 10 minutes seemed like there was any kind of improvement. The other 3 hours and 50 minutes were spent with a hot fussy baby pressed against me.

So I broke out the moby wrap. Daring to dream I put my little independent baby facing inward… and she plopped her sweaty little head onto my shoulder bone (ouch) and fell asleep.

By about 10 pm her fever had broken, and she was feeling better.

Today there is a little residual fussiness (lol), and maybe some snot, but no fever.

 

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July 23rd, 2011

the worst feeling in the world

I thought I had felt the worst emotional pain possible when I got my heart broken in high school. I thought I was going to die, but then I had to say good bye to my husband at the airport. That was a terrible feeling too, worse than the pain a silly boy could cause me.

But now I have this little girl. She is so dependent on me, and when I can’t do anything to calm her or satisfy her it breaks my heart. I can’t help tearing up when I see her struggling.

Ginny has trush. It’s a yeast infection in the mouth. I guess it isn’t usually that big of a deal. I asked about it at her doctor appointment last Wednesday, but the nurse said it wasn’t anything to worry about. But now it has covered her entire tongue, her cheeks, and even a little on her lips. It causes swelling, and makes swallowing painful… which means she’s not eating. She seems to have forgotten how to latch on, and even struggles to find suction with a bottle. It is so painful for me to watch her struggle with this.

It is 4 in the morning and I haven’t gone to bed yet. Instead I am just snuggling my sweet baby girl, and realizing this little girl already has my entire heart in her tiny little hand.

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March 26th, 2011

what a week

  1. I’ve been sick all week. It might be allergies. It might be the universe getting a good laugh at me trying to avoid medications. No matter, I ruined the fun by taking some benadryl. 5 times. Over a whole week. So mostly… I still felt crappy… but I could kind of breath. I was a mess at work.
  2. My Aunt and Uncle are in town so B-man and I are going to go to my parents house and visit every one! It’s their first time coming up here because they weren’t able to make it to my wedding.
  3. B-man usually works from home, but goes into the office once, every other week. Except this week he went in twice. In one week. So was gone Monday, I was gone Tuesday, he was gone Wednesday, I was gone Thursday… and Friday. I missed him all week! lol.
  4. I was gone on Friday because I drove up to Annandale to take the VQAS (Virginia Quality Assurance Screening) - which is a screening process for interpreters. I was just taking the written portions. You must pass the written portion with a 90% to be able to take the signed/performance portion of the test. I passed with a 92%! Which means… I need to add “sign up for VQAS signed test” to my to-do list.I test was a little tricky in my opinion. Some of the questions had multiple right answers, but you had to pick the answer that was correct based on the standards in to Professional Code of Conduct. Umm… I read it once. On Wednesday. I felt almost… over prepared. I tried looking through the material on the VQAS website – but it just seemed like a review of my entire college education. The test only cost $20, so I figured… if I pass… great! If I don’t pass… it’s just $20.
  5. I thought I was getting better yesterday… but then last night I was coughing all night. But I’m coughing up stuff that’s a good thing right? It means I’m almost done being sick… right?

Before I was sick… I slept for 2 – 3 hours periods.

Now I average about 45 minutes of sleep/hour. And it’s not just waking up and roling over. It’s waking up, sitting up, going to the bathroom because I’m awake, coughing a lung up, and then spending the next 10 minutes rolling around coughing and trying to get comfortable.

What I wouldn’t give to take some nyquil. I don’t think that is on the approved list of medications though. lol.

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December 6th, 2010

choose your battles.

I’ve had a lot of teeth problems in my life.

A large portion of my childhood pictures looks like this:

Yup, as a child I had a grill. As I’ve always said, I did things before they were cool. Seriously… I carried Vera Bradley before any one knew who Vera Bradley was. Watch out… whoever thinks they make up fashion… because I make it up first.

Any way.

Want some more of that preciousness?

Ballerina à la grill.

I rocked weddings…

I rocked the swimming pool, and little mermaid…

I even rocked some awkward school photos.

But eventually this happened…

Hmm… upside down… here’s a better one:

Yes, much better.

And then my awkwardly huge teeth phase came. I won’t show you pictures of that. It’s not as cute.

Okay… all of that… has nothing to do with what this post is about.

Sorry.

In high school I had my top two wisdom teeth out. The dentist dropped the tooth. I almost swallowed it but he grabbed it out of my mouth. Wonderful. I know. The same day I went and sang the national anthem at a military retirement ceremony. I’m a trooper. I trooper with no swelling.

Before I got married I had to have like… 20 fillings done. All between my teeth – too crowded, not enough flossing. I learned the hard way. It hurt forever. Now I have previously absent gaps between my teeth and food gets stuck there and it gives me a headache within seconds. The beginning of my real tooth pains.

Last year one of my bottom wisdom teeth started hurting. I got an x-ray down, and it showed that the tooth was touching a nerve. I was told no dentist would remove it because it could result in permanent nerve damage to my face. Great.

I was poppin’ Tylenol like crazy. Why Tylenol? Well, when I had all those cavities filled I took SO MUCH Advil that IB Profin does not work for me any more. Big bummer. Let me tell you. So I got a referal to an oral surgeon. This story is actually kind of funny.

I went in for a consultation, fully expecting to be told that he would not remove it. But the nice dentist man walked in (I know… I’m talking crazy – but I was in pain!) and looked at my x-rays. Then he asked if I had some one there who could drive me home, because they usually put you under to take these teeth out.

What?! You’ll take it out?! Right now?!?!?!!?

This dentist was my favorite person in the entire world.

My insurance wouldn’t cover the knocking out, and I had driven myself, so I asked if he could just numb the area and do it. He said sure. The tooth was gone in under 15 minutes. And 14.5 of those minutes were waiting for the medicine to kick in.

I wanted to jump for joy ladies and gentlemen, it was the best dental experience of my entire life.

Again, no swelling. I guess that’s the benefit of actually having your wisdom teeth COME IN. They don’t have to dig around much.

Okay, now to the point of this story.

Last Thursday I started getting head aches again. Much like my previous tooth headaches cause by my wisdom tooth moving around and rubbing against my nerve. I wish that pain on no one because it is really terrible pain.

But alas, when I press on my teeth with my fingers or push on my jaw… nothing. No pain!

But it hurts when I turn my head that direction, or lay on that side.

And then internet… I got smart.

I have an ear infection.

Duh. I have been stuffy for days. DAYS, I tell you! But now I just have this constant headache. And if I move my head in any direction other than up… it hurts. This is pretty normal for me around this time of year though. It starts as a sinus infection, and then TA-DA… I have an ear infection that makes me into a crazy tired grouchy person.

So umm… yeah. All of that just to tell you my ear/head hurts.

I should probably sleep more.

Graduation countdown: 5 days!

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May 10th, 2010

Brain dump.

I’ve been feeling so absent recently.

I think I’m sick. My lungs are so tight, and I’m all wheezy and sniffly and the worst cough ever.

Well, it’s actually my favorite kind of cough. The very satisfying one that doesn’t sound like your faking it, instead it sounds like your coughing up a lung because that’s what you feel like you’re doing. Hmm… maybe I’ve thought about this too much.

And I’m tired.

BUT I’M DONE WITH SCHOOL (until next month). I took my last exam today. Umm… it may have been terrible.

I also spoke to my teacher, and she said I could do an additional extra credit paper, since I did so poorly on the first exam, but I am one of 10 students that went to class. I can’t believe how many people SKIPPED almost every class. Today I realized that there is a girl in my class that I had another class with. But I never noticed because she was never in this class. Oh well, he loss!

So… I have a recipe to post.

I need a new swimsuit.

I feel really fat.

I keep telling B-man I’m going to pick up this pile of books, but I haven’t done it yet. Hmm… I should get on that.

Shh… don’t tell my husband but I set up a recording of “A Baby Story!” Ha! Only two episodes come on a day, but they come on from 1 – 2, which is just a really inconvenient time for me. lol.

We’re going on vacation soon.

And a wedding. We’re going to a wedding this weekend.

I need sleep. So… I am going to go do that.

Sweet dreams @ 4:26 in the afternoon.

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February 17th, 2010

Sweet Sleepy Slumber

Sometimes I want to sleep. All day. I wake up, knowing that I am going to be tired all day.

I think I am getting sick again. A few months ago I had a monster kidney infection and I was tired and sluggish all the time, and I’m definitely feeling that way again. I am trying to figure out how to make a Dr. appointment… I’ve never had to do this outside of the military. How does this work?
Any way, I don’t have a lot to blog tonight, because I am just exhausted. BUT, tomorrow I will try to be a better blogger. Yup.
Sweet dreams!

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February 18th, 2007

Sick as a Panda

I haven’t been this sick in a while. Last night was the worst night ever. I went to bed at like 10, but woke up every hour or so because i was coughing. I had taken some Mucinex DM, but it just isn’t doing the job for me… so at 4 AM I got up, took some dayquil, and then went back to bed. I’m thinking about investing in some niquil just to make my life easier.

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