OUCH!

It's Sunday evening and I have been on the couch all day with an aching hip. It hurts SO bad. I'm not sure what I did to it...but it feels like it wants to pop out of the socket or something and isn't quite there. I have rubbed it, stretched it, twisted it...everything I can think of to do to it..and it just won't quit. The only thing that helps is staying off of it and Vicodin. *sigh*

When I was PG with my kids it would do the same thing and I could pull my foot up into my lap and kinda stretch it and it would get better. No dice this time. sucks. stupid hip.

I hope I wake up tomorrow and have had a miraculous recovery.

Kidney Stone

Kyle woke up Saturday morning with some back and groin pain and kept feeling like he had to go potty...even when he didn't have to. So I took a shower and got ready to take him to Urgent Care. Then the pain stopped and he felt better. So, I ran to the store and got him cranberry juice and made him drink, drink, drink. Then I went to get a pedicure and my nails done! :)

He was feeling better and then sunday night I was asleep on the couch and woke up with him kneeling on the couch next to me with his head on my stomach. I asked him what was wrong and he said his back was killing him. I asked him if he wanted some ibuprofen and he said he thought he needed to go to the hospital. So, I called my mom to come stay with the kids and we went to the ER.

He was in SOOOOOO much pain. We went to the closest hospital and he was so umcomfortable he couldn't sit still..he paced and sat down and got back up. I felt so bad for him. the ER was so crowded and one of the people there said she had been there 4 hours. I knew there was no way Kyle was going to be able to handle 4 hours at least of this pain. so I went out in the hall and called another hospital..they said their wait was about an hour. So we left.

It took 5 mins to get across town, amazing how fast you can get places at 1 am when there is no traffic!! I dropped him at the door and went to park the car. When I came in, they had already taken him back. Within 15 minutes he had an IV in and morphine. I was SOOO glad I called and took him there!

He got a CAT scan that revealed he had a 2mm kidney stone. The dr. said he thought he would have no problem passing it and it should pass in the next few hours. They sent him home with Vicodin and Phenergan. We stopped at a 24 hr. pharmacy to get his meds filled and were home by 4:30, in bed by 5. Needless to say, my kids were an hour late for school the next morning! LOL

We went to the urologist yesterday afternoon and he got meds to relax the ureter (?) and he goes back in for another CAT scan in a week. He spent most of the day drugged and in pain. We went to dinner with my family last night..he was pretty miserable..but it was free food..and we weren't about to miss that! LOL

At 10:52 last night he finally passed the stone. He was SO happy. The ER had given him a strainer and a cup to put the stone in when he passed it. So, he came in the bedroom and flipped on the light to wake me up, and said "I have a present for you". So, I sat up and looked at it....it looks like a really small stone!! I am SO glad it's over with. He was so miserable..I would much rather be in pain than see him in pain. It was awful. I hope he never has another one.

The sweetest thing

My mom is in the hospital. She was VERY sick for about 3 weeks with the "the BIG D" and got dehydrated, her electrolytes were all out of whack..and her potassium was low...and she had a heart rate of about 40. So, they admitted her and are giving her fluids and potassium and she is feeling better. She had a stress test this morning...hopefully she will get to home this evening.

So..I said ALL that to say....

last night I was visitng her and we were talking to the nurse and all of the sudden I heard "rock a bye baby" playing..I looked around for a cell phone and didn't see anything. I looked around for a music box. nothing. then I looked at mom and the nurse and they are conversing..not looking around..so I wonder if the music is in my head..you know, like the voices. *wink*

Just when I was getting used to the idea of having music accompany me everywhere I went...mom asked what it was. The nurse then explained that a baby was just born...everytime a baby is born they play "rock a bye baby" over the speakers through the whole hospital. Isn't that the SWEETEST thing? I almost cried. really.

and for a split second I wanted to get PG, BE PG for 9 months..and deliver what would probably be a 14 lb. baby, just so I could deliver at that hospital and have the music played for my baby. Seriously.

Lovely...

Now, I am getting sick. I woke up with a very sore ear and a very sore throat this morning. My chest also feels heavy and when I cough, it burns. Lovely.

More snow is expected on Monday and Tuesday..between 4 and 8 inches..good grief! I'm done. I'm good for one good snow a year..we've had it...it's time for winter to move on now! However, my kids still have not gotten to sled since it has been SOOOO cold and they have been sick. so maybe once this new snow falls we can sled..and then we can really be done with winter. LOL Didn't the groundhog say we would have an early spring??

Speaking of spring, I read today, that Daylight Saving Time is kicking off 3 weeks earlier this year and that it can cause all kinds of havoc...or inconveniences anyway. That should be fun.

School's in session...

School has been back in session since yesterday (2 hour delays yesterday and today) but I kept both boys home. It is just TOO cold and they have both been sick and I decided to just let them stay home and rest/get well. Not that we WANT them home...LOL they are really being little pains..and boy are they WHINEY!! I bet I will be REALLY glad when Monday gets here!!

OK..the cold can go away NOW!

I woke up to a temp of zero this morning...who knows what the wind chill is. *sigh* I REALLY want to take the kids out sledding..but with Logans cough..and fever...I am guessing it wouldn't be the best thing to do.

I'm getting a little annoyed with this cold, I swear..I'm about to start doing a search for dubai properties! It stays hot there year round...and is really gorgeous. I bet the dog would be glad too...he HATES going out in this cold.

It's FREEZING!

It has been SO cold here...FRIGID, man!! School was cancelled Monday and Today because of the below zero temps, then at noon today it started snowing..I think we have about 5 inches..and school is closed again tomorrow!! I hope it warms up a little so we can go out and sled for a little bit...my kids are dying to go since we didn't get to the last time it snowed a couple weeks ago. Logan has been kinda sick though..so we probably shouldn't...but I might bundle him up REALLY good and let him go out for a few minutes anyway! Hmm..wonder if that is a "good mommy" or "bad mommy" thing?!?!? LOL