Gotta love drama

And I have WAY WAY WAY too much of it right now.

I'm cool!

House even says so! I <3 being a freak o' nature

Time to car shop ... again

So Saturday afternoon, N had to go to work. He leaves, and shortly after I get a call from him to come pick him up to take him to work ... his exhaust pipe (something along those lines, in case he reads this and corrects me) fell off, but not all the way off, just enough to drag it. Bring it in, have them check the car out (since we knew there was more that needed done), and to fix the car up completely would be over $2000, $1600 for the bare minimum, or $35 to drive it off the lot without them doing a damn thing to it (which is the option we went with). So, time to go car shopping again ... lucky us! At least this time, we don't have to really worry if a car seat will fit in the car.

OW! My butt!

OMG ... I'm so sick of being sick. Went to the doctor Aug. 20 ... sinus infection ...got drugs ... got better ... then allergies hit and hit hard before it cleared up completely apparently. Within a few days, I'm calling the doctor back up ... more drugs (FYI, Ceftin = NASTIEST DRUG EVER!) -- this was last Friday. Went back into the doctor today, and ... I STILL have the frigging sinus infection. Got yet more drugs ... plus a shot in the butt to help clear things up. Get drugs filled, get home ... read side effects like I always do before I take a drug, especially while I'm nursing, and it says not to take while breastfeeding (actually it said DO NOT TAKE WHILE BREASTFEEDING, which tells me probably not a good idea for me to take it). Annoys the snot out of me, since I'd asked the pharmacist if it was ok for me to take, and he said it was. So call the doctor back up, and he's prescribing me something else ... what a way to spend a Saturday, constantly running to Walgreens for drugs. Which reminds me, I should double check that the new drug is OK for me to take ...

Oh, and if this doesn't clear things up I get to go see and ENT ... let me just say, not sure I want to have the surgery N had done in May ...

N's Surgery

He survived! Doesn't seem to be in too terrible much pain, of course we haven't let the pain relievers go completely out of his system yet. We got into the hospital about 10:30 (to pay part of the surgery costs, and do the admission stuff that needs done). Got out of surgery after 2.5 hours (we were told it could take 45 minutes to 3 hours), and got discharged finally about 8:00. There was some debate about keeping him overnight, because of the nausea/vomiting but in the end we all decided that he took getting back on foods a little too quickly (and not having enough in his tummy to go with the pain meds). He did really well over night, no more nausea (that he admitted to anyway, and didn't seem to have any), slept well over night from all appearances. Had a little cuddle time with C this morning who did a good job leaving his face alone (so proud of her for that).

We got a nice souvenir photo of one of his sinuses that was blocked before and after shots -- must say, very impressive looking (both while all icky and after all cleaned out).

Ugh

I just love being sick. Wake up, congested. Figure it's allergies (since everybody's has been horrible, figured mine were finally starting). Get to work, start to have a mild sore throat. Get off work and head to my parents to visit a while, have an earache. Leave my parents and go to Target w/ N and C, body aches and fatigue have hit. Get home from Target and have chills and a fever. Lay in bed, shivering like mad and decide that I'm going to urgent care ... and without getting diagnosed with strep I'm getting treated since I've been at daycare around people who have been diagnosed with it. Weeeeeeeeeeee .... love drugs. Too bad they didn't say I could miss work tomorrow ... I could use 3 days off this week .... (told it was OK to go in since I'd take a dose tonight, possibly a dose if I wake up in the middle of the night, and a dose in the morning so I'm unfortunately good) ...

Surgeries

So Dad had to go to the hospital today, to have an angioplasty done (where they put dye in your bloodstream to see the veins/arteries in your heart to look for blockages). If all went well, they'd find nothing. If all didn't go well, Dad would be having by-pass. Got off work, called to find out the scoop (and go break up Mom and B's day if they were still waiting on the angioplasty to finish up) to find out he was in cardiovascular recovery. He ended up having surgery (again, had surgery in November on a major hernia and has to have another surgery for another one that they didn't attempt at that time) to have a balloon (possibly two, he and B couldn't remember for sure) and a stint put in. One of his main blood vessels (left anterior maybe, can't remember for sure now) was 90% blocked, so he was a heart attack waiting to happen basically.

And, N will be having surgery sometime in the near future -- possibly two. He's got a deviated septum, and will be having surgery to fix that. And if that doesn't take care of most/all of his problems, then he might be having his tonsils out (so looking forward to that surgery, at basically 30 years old, that's gonna suck).

Sad that the only real update I have is on all the surgeries looming in my future (known surgeries -- N is also suspecting needing to have his gall bladder removed soon too).

UGH!