Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Forever
So, am I horrible or what? March is a long time ago, but I'll try to post more now, maybe. So as some know, I am pregnant with #3. I am 25 weeks and 4 days. It's a little boy, named Dallas Jackson. I can't wait to meet him. More later.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Long Time No Write
Wow, haven't written in forever. Baily is better now. Although last night I took him to PDH ER because he was running a fever and starting to cough again. His O2 saturation was in the high 90's and his temperature had gone down a little bit. The doctor thinks that he just has a cold. His left ear looked a little bit red, but he said that could be residual from his prior ear infections. Today he seems well, so I'll just watch him.
So, for spring break we decided to go to Quincy. We were going to make a long journey to Tennessee to see Billy's sick, elderly grandpa, but decided that all the driving wouldn't be worth the two days we would be able to spend there.
My dad is in Mexico, so of course the weather here is crappy. Its been real cold with just a little sunshine. Supposed to have heavy winds with cold temperatures, rain, and possibly snow. If it snows, it won't be much at all. Not quite freezing weather all day long. Brrrrr. We found some wood and Billy cut it for us, so at least the house is warm.
School is going well. I like my classes and am really doing well in math. I hope anyways. I understand the homework and get the right answers, so hopefully it will show on the test we have next Wednesday. I'll definately have to review though. We learned a lot.
My medical assisting classes are very general and extremely boring, but I am keeping up and doing what I am supposed to be. Hopefully I can run through this program quickly. I've seen job openings in the newspaper starting at $19.00 per hour. That would be nice. Generally office hours are 9:00am-5:00pm Monday through Friday.
So, for spring break we decided to go to Quincy. We were going to make a long journey to Tennessee to see Billy's sick, elderly grandpa, but decided that all the driving wouldn't be worth the two days we would be able to spend there.
My dad is in Mexico, so of course the weather here is crappy. Its been real cold with just a little sunshine. Supposed to have heavy winds with cold temperatures, rain, and possibly snow. If it snows, it won't be much at all. Not quite freezing weather all day long. Brrrrr. We found some wood and Billy cut it for us, so at least the house is warm.
School is going well. I like my classes and am really doing well in math. I hope anyways. I understand the homework and get the right answers, so hopefully it will show on the test we have next Wednesday. I'll definately have to review though. We learned a lot.
My medical assisting classes are very general and extremely boring, but I am keeping up and doing what I am supposed to be. Hopefully I can run through this program quickly. I've seen job openings in the newspaper starting at $19.00 per hour. That would be nice. Generally office hours are 9:00am-5:00pm Monday through Friday.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
I guess my family has a thing for hospitals.
Not even a full month later and, again, I am at the stinkin' hospital. Baily is the sick one this time. He has been sick for most of the month, but this past week he has gotten much sicker.
On Sunday late night he woke me up with a fever, which fairly easy to break with ibuprofen, so I sent him to school Monday morning. I knew it was an iffy decision, so I came to check on him after my class at 12:30. He wasn't doing well and puked all over me, so I brought him home, got his fever back down, and let him rest. Mom and I went and played Bingo and when we got back I ended up taking him to the Watsonville Hospital Emergency Room. After over 6 hours he was seen by a somewhat incompetent doctor.
The reason I call the doctor this is because he didn't do a check-up and missed a bunch of things, which I'll get to later. He just wanted to get us out of there and really wasted my time, even though he probably thought I was just wasting his.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I fought to keep Baily's fever down. Not a fun thing. Poor guy was taking acetaminophen and ibuprofen all day long. Mixed with lukewarm baths, this didn't excite him much.
Thursday I called his regular doctor for an appointment for him to be seen. 5 days is too many days with a high fever. I knew something had to be going on. They had an available appointment on Friday at 3:15, so I took it.
Around 11:00am Friday Mom and I went to Costco to get a plant. I got a call from Billy around 12:40pm saying that the doctors office had called and they needed to change his appointment to 1:15pm. There was no way we could make it to Santa Cruz from Seaside that quickly, so I called them to find out his doctor was on her way out the door to deliver a baby. They told me that he could go to the urgent care, or they would try to squeeze me into see the other doctor in the office when I got there. I was expecting the worst.
When we got to the doctors office at about 1:50pm we were immediately (within 5 minutes) taken back and seen. The doctor saw that he had bilateral ear infections and suspected pneumonia. His oxygen (O2) level was 93-94. He was given a breathing treatment and I was told to take him to the urgent care in the morning to check his O2 saturation again. He was sent home with a breathing machine (nebulizer) and antibiotics.
When we got home, he just seemed to get worse. Of course it was after 5:00pm, so the doctors office was closed. I called the office and they paged the doctor on call. I told her what was going on and she said to take him to the ER and she would notify them that we were on our way.
At the ER we waited over 45 minutes to be triaged, but when the nurse triaged him he was sent to the back right away. Within 10 minutes of being in the ER room, 5 different people saw him. The tech did all his vitals, the nurse started an IV, they got blood for the lab, a breathing treatment from respiratory therapy, and a chest x-ray. Results say that he has pneumonia in both lungs, so we had to be admitted for observation and to control complications. He got a dose of Rocefin, an IV antibiotic for the pneumonia.
They admitted him and we were sent to the pediatrics floor at around 11:00pm. Throughout the night he woke up coughing and also for his breathing treatments. The O2 monitor beeps when his saturation goes below 91, so I awoke to that several times last night. He doesn't like to keep the oxygen mask on, so I just hold it up to his face when the levels drop.
The doctor saw him this morning and it looks like he will be here for a few days. He has to be able to keep his oxygen levels up without oxygen, and he can't do this yet, but he seems to be doing better. The antibiotic is working, and he will get another dose soon, probably just in his muscle this time. He was up and talking this morning, but is sleeping rather peacefully now. Too cute.
I'll write more on his condition later. Gonna try to get a little rest for now.
On Sunday late night he woke me up with a fever, which fairly easy to break with ibuprofen, so I sent him to school Monday morning. I knew it was an iffy decision, so I came to check on him after my class at 12:30. He wasn't doing well and puked all over me, so I brought him home, got his fever back down, and let him rest. Mom and I went and played Bingo and when we got back I ended up taking him to the Watsonville Hospital Emergency Room. After over 6 hours he was seen by a somewhat incompetent doctor.
The reason I call the doctor this is because he didn't do a check-up and missed a bunch of things, which I'll get to later. He just wanted to get us out of there and really wasted my time, even though he probably thought I was just wasting his.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I fought to keep Baily's fever down. Not a fun thing. Poor guy was taking acetaminophen and ibuprofen all day long. Mixed with lukewarm baths, this didn't excite him much.
Thursday I called his regular doctor for an appointment for him to be seen. 5 days is too many days with a high fever. I knew something had to be going on. They had an available appointment on Friday at 3:15, so I took it.
Around 11:00am Friday Mom and I went to Costco to get a plant. I got a call from Billy around 12:40pm saying that the doctors office had called and they needed to change his appointment to 1:15pm. There was no way we could make it to Santa Cruz from Seaside that quickly, so I called them to find out his doctor was on her way out the door to deliver a baby. They told me that he could go to the urgent care, or they would try to squeeze me into see the other doctor in the office when I got there. I was expecting the worst.
When we got to the doctors office at about 1:50pm we were immediately (within 5 minutes) taken back and seen. The doctor saw that he had bilateral ear infections and suspected pneumonia. His oxygen (O2) level was 93-94. He was given a breathing treatment and I was told to take him to the urgent care in the morning to check his O2 saturation again. He was sent home with a breathing machine (nebulizer) and antibiotics.
When we got home, he just seemed to get worse. Of course it was after 5:00pm, so the doctors office was closed. I called the office and they paged the doctor on call. I told her what was going on and she said to take him to the ER and she would notify them that we were on our way.
At the ER we waited over 45 minutes to be triaged, but when the nurse triaged him he was sent to the back right away. Within 10 minutes of being in the ER room, 5 different people saw him. The tech did all his vitals, the nurse started an IV, they got blood for the lab, a breathing treatment from respiratory therapy, and a chest x-ray. Results say that he has pneumonia in both lungs, so we had to be admitted for observation and to control complications. He got a dose of Rocefin, an IV antibiotic for the pneumonia.
They admitted him and we were sent to the pediatrics floor at around 11:00pm. Throughout the night he woke up coughing and also for his breathing treatments. The O2 monitor beeps when his saturation goes below 91, so I awoke to that several times last night. He doesn't like to keep the oxygen mask on, so I just hold it up to his face when the levels drop.
The doctor saw him this morning and it looks like he will be here for a few days. He has to be able to keep his oxygen levels up without oxygen, and he can't do this yet, but he seems to be doing better. The antibiotic is working, and he will get another dose soon, probably just in his muscle this time. He was up and talking this morning, but is sleeping rather peacefully now. Too cute.
I'll write more on his condition later. Gonna try to get a little rest for now.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Good Day, So Far.
Today started out nicely. I actually slept all night long without having to get up to pee or anything. That's the first time for me in a long time. Woke up to no fire, but it's started and going now, so no problem. It's been really cold at night, turning everything into ice, but it's supposed to warm up today. (Probably just to cool off an ice everything back up.)
I am not sure what I am doing all day today. Billy is trying to plow the snow off the road to the barn so we can get hay to Phyllis' house for Dad's horse. After that we are going to find someone with a truck to help us transport it. Then we have some more firewood to get. Gotta find some dead trees to cut down first. Then I think we will head home.
My dad is supposed to get out of the hospital tomorrow, so we will probably see him first. He hasn't made up his mind about where he is staying, but we will find him before we leave. He's a strong man, as of now he is only taking Tylenol for his pain. He has a huge incision in his chest and only taking Tylenol? Not sure I'm strong enough for that, I'm a wimp.
Leo and Baily are outside playing in the snow. They were sledding, but seem to have found that what their dad is doing is more interesting. Playing on the tractor is always fun. I remember being smaller and sitting on that same tractor with my dad and steering and using the controls. Ah the memories you have, that you can share with your kids.
Ok, time to be lazy for awhile, gonna watch A&E for an hour or so, then get busy.
I am not sure what I am doing all day today. Billy is trying to plow the snow off the road to the barn so we can get hay to Phyllis' house for Dad's horse. After that we are going to find someone with a truck to help us transport it. Then we have some more firewood to get. Gotta find some dead trees to cut down first. Then I think we will head home.
My dad is supposed to get out of the hospital tomorrow, so we will probably see him first. He hasn't made up his mind about where he is staying, but we will find him before we leave. He's a strong man, as of now he is only taking Tylenol for his pain. He has a huge incision in his chest and only taking Tylenol? Not sure I'm strong enough for that, I'm a wimp.
Leo and Baily are outside playing in the snow. They were sledding, but seem to have found that what their dad is doing is more interesting. Playing on the tractor is always fun. I remember being smaller and sitting on that same tractor with my dad and steering and using the controls. Ah the memories you have, that you can share with your kids.
Ok, time to be lazy for awhile, gonna watch A&E for an hour or so, then get busy.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Busy Day in Quincy.
My goodness, have I been busy today. I've been cleaning my Dad's house off and on since 7:00 this morning. Mostly off, but it looks way better. There are clean (as clean as you can get with a half broken shop vac) floors in the livingroom and his room and mostly everything in the livingroom has been dusted. Let me tell you about a lot of dust too! A lot of what I was doing was piling up stuff because I don't know where anything goes (if it even has a home), and even what some things are. Dad told me not to get rid of any paper-stuff so there are boxes of papers everywhere. Fun!
Billy has been cutting firewood and moving snow most of the day. We also took a break and went to his sisters house to move a bed and visit for a little bit.
Today is Billy's birthday, so we are going to his sisters house around 5:00 this evening for dinner and a cake. This turns out to be really nice because I am broke and couldn't do anything special for him. We should have a good time visiting and hanging out. Also it gives us a small break from work, even though we will probably have to build a new fire when we get home.
The kids don't seem to mind being up here. Besides not listening (as usual) they aren't too bad. They haven't got burned by the fireplace yet or lost in the woods, so thats good.
Gotta go get in the shower now, I feel filthy from cleaning and dusting all day!
Billy has been cutting firewood and moving snow most of the day. We also took a break and went to his sisters house to move a bed and visit for a little bit.
Today is Billy's birthday, so we are going to his sisters house around 5:00 this evening for dinner and a cake. This turns out to be really nice because I am broke and couldn't do anything special for him. We should have a good time visiting and hanging out. Also it gives us a small break from work, even though we will probably have to build a new fire when we get home.
The kids don't seem to mind being up here. Besides not listening (as usual) they aren't too bad. They haven't got burned by the fireplace yet or lost in the woods, so thats good.
Gotta go get in the shower now, I feel filthy from cleaning and dusting all day!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Decision
One big choice in life,
Which way should I go?
Who should I choose?
How will I know?
Stuck in the middle,
There is no right "in".
If my choice fails,
I lose in the end.
Which way should I go?
Who should I choose?
How will I know?
Stuck in the middle,
There is no right "in".
If my choice fails,
I lose in the end.
My Dad's Ordeal
Friday night he had chest pain (for the first time in his life) and went to Quincy Hospital. They saw something on his EKG (the machine they hook up to read your heart) and sent him by helecoptor to Reno. They put some dye into his heart (called a cardiac cath) and then found 2 blocked vessels so scheduled him for surgery Monday.
Surgery went well yesterday, but they found 3 blocked vessels, so took some vessels from his legs to replace the bad ones in his heart. The first time I saw him, he was asleep and still on the ventilator, but they took him off later in the day. At that point he was drowsy and not talking (the vent makes your throat dry and irritated).
I saw him a little bit ago and he was sitting up talking and seemed to be doing well. I am in a hotel room right now, but we are going to go and see him again then go back to Quincy. We are cleaning up his house and getting firewoood and stuff.
We will probably go back home for a few days until the doctors tell my dad when he will be released (3 more days minimum) and how many doctors appointments he will have. If there are a lot and soon he will probably stay with my aunt in Reno for awhile, but when he comes home we might go back to Quincy to help.
Billy is pretty sure he can find some work either with Kevin or Montey (sp?) so we can still send my mom money for rent to help out if we are in Quincy helping my dad.
Surgery went well yesterday, but they found 3 blocked vessels, so took some vessels from his legs to replace the bad ones in his heart. The first time I saw him, he was asleep and still on the ventilator, but they took him off later in the day. At that point he was drowsy and not talking (the vent makes your throat dry and irritated).
I saw him a little bit ago and he was sitting up talking and seemed to be doing well. I am in a hotel room right now, but we are going to go and see him again then go back to Quincy. We are cleaning up his house and getting firewoood and stuff.
We will probably go back home for a few days until the doctors tell my dad when he will be released (3 more days minimum) and how many doctors appointments he will have. If there are a lot and soon he will probably stay with my aunt in Reno for awhile, but when he comes home we might go back to Quincy to help.
Billy is pretty sure he can find some work either with Kevin or Montey (sp?) so we can still send my mom money for rent to help out if we are in Quincy helping my dad.
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