Dumb
I picked the windy day to spray paint and now I’m annoyed and babysitting my newspaper ground barrier!
Date Night Sitter
Last night was our first night out with the new sitter at home with Nolan. We went to see Mission Impossible 4 and had dinner at a new burger place. Our sitter was fantastic. She responded to my text after the movie. Instead of just saying he was doing great she gave us a quick detail of his evening. When we got home she shared how much she enjoyed playing with Nolan. She was awesome!
We would love to go out every weekend but sitter rate is 12 an hour plus everything we do on top on that. When date nights are now special events is probably one of the harder adjustments to parenthood.
I’m about to write her a great review on care.com. I want others to know how great our experience was.
10 millimeters and straight
Every six weeks or so I pull a muscle in my back and end up barely walking around. I thought I did the same lifting Nolan a week ago so I went to the chiropractor.
On my initial visit, they took X-rays and did a range of motion test. I started muscle therapy and adjustment. Today I went back and had my X-rays read.
She put the one on the left up and I was like well what’s wrong with it looks fine. Then she put the one on the right up and I was like oh shit, that one is mine. She then proceeded to share that the left X-rays are typical or normal so I can see the difference.
The difference was clear. A spine is supposed to have a natural curve towards your lower back. It’s supposed to dip inward. My spine is straight up and down! No flipping curve! She then proceeded to share that she has never seen that before in a lower back.
Why? My lower back muscles are pulled so tight that it isn’t possible for a curve thus the back spasms and decreases range of motion.
The she pulls up my front X-ray of my hips and her ruler. Again I could already see the problem because I felt it but didn’t think it was possible.
My right leg is 10 mm shorter than my left leg! My body is compensating for the height difference. It feels like someone came up to me and constantly has their hand on my shoulder. My hip flexer muscles are so stretched that they are making my spine twist to the right.
So my dears, it is not a sports injury. I have a messed up spine that now requires a heel lift and 18 session on therapy! After that we can reevaluate.
Ears Ears Ears
When it comes to Nolan and sickness lately I feel like I’m just winging it or guessing. Nolan was sick the week before Christmas with bronchiolitis and a double ear infection. He completed his 10 day round of antibiotics and he appeared to be feeling better.
For about a week now, he has been waking every few hours in the night fussing or screaming. We assumed it was teeth. So we offered ibuprofen for comfort. His nose has been running but then again so is everyone’s nose in his class. Last night after a bath I noticed fluid/gunk coming out of his right ear. We decided to take him to the Walk-in clinic to check it out.
The Nurse Practitioner that we saw looked in the left ear first and said that he had an ear infection in that ear. I wanted to shout wait we are here for the right ear! He attempted to look in the right ear but there was so much pus/gunk/whatever that he couldn’t see the eardrum. He said that it was perforated obviously also infected. He doesn’t have a fever.
We went home with a steroid for his nose and mucus and augmentin for the ears. We go back Friday to see his pediatrician. Friday was already our follow up appointment for his ears from our last visit.
On a happy note, I think that his blocked tear duct has opened. The eye isn’t’ gunky anymore especially with all this mucus it should be pretty bad. It appears to be clear but we still see the eye specialist on Friday too. I would love for him to be like “and why are you here?”
Let’s see if he can keep down the medicine. That is a whole other blog post!
Weekend highlights
Nolan scooted himself across the dining room floor and under the table ( on his belly).
We went on two neighborhood walks. One with the stroller and on with the wagon.
We took the wagon to the community park. Nolan tried swinging on the swings.
We tried two new restaurants. Both yummy, trendy, and kid friendly without being Chuck E Cheese!
I napped twice with Nolan.
The tree came down and went into the Christmas body bag.
Tyler made brownie sundaes for New Years Eve.
All of us were in bed by 10 on New Years!
I’m not sick anymore. Z-packs are awesome and my cough syrup causes trippy dreams!
We cleaned out our files and made a financial plan for 2012.
I just sang Nolan to sleep with the ABC’s and Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Tyler attempted making a pork butt. It was tasty but he was disappointed.
It was a mix of fun, relaxing, and productive weekend. If only every weekend was like this?
How long do you wait?
This has been my issue with being sick since probably forever. How long before I go to the doctor? Are my symptoms even treatable? I hate to go in for just the common cold. I hate that I do wait. Duh, of course 104 temp isn’t the common cold. I didn’t go in the first time I got sick. I just chalked it up to the flu. I waited another 3 weeks before going in to a walk in clinic.
Even though I was hoping to get something to knock this shit out, I was skeptical. There was a part of me that was like yeah they will just tell you you have a cold and to deal with it. This is probably why I’m not a doctor!
I got a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia. My lungs came back clear but with gunk in the bronchioles. I got a breathing treatment to break up the mucus. I am being treated for bronchitis. I have a z-pack, inhaler, aleeve, and cough syrup that will help me sleep.
I should have went in with the high fever before. I just assumed it was a lingering part of the flu.
Well let’s hope that this arsenal of meds can knock this bronchitis out!
Runny
My mind says hey jump on the treadmill but my nose quickly says ah shut up and get another tissue! My post flu cold is getting better but it’s still lingering and returning to work after the holidays is draining!
New Year
I’ve been reading about metabolism since mine went to shit after having Nolan and I came across this eating motto by Jillian Michaels…” If it had a mother or it came from the ground eat it.”
We plan meals for the week. That is how we shop. Sure we keep a few frozen left overs or staples for lazy days but for the most part every evening meal is planned. Tyler planned this week and I asked him to consider the phrase when planning. I really wanted to try it or make an effort.
To my surprise most of our meals already follow the phrase. That is probably because of our grocery store choice and that Tyler loves to cook.
Where I run into a pickle is my own doing. My snack choices and often lunch choices were made in a plant but not made FROM plants.
I’d rather not diet into the new year, but make choices to improve my health.
Home Again
It always amazes me how debilitating the flu is. It couldn’t possibly happen to me I got two flu shots this year! I can’t seem to wish the fever away not even when I take an ice cold shower.
My room look like it threw up. I have chill clothes and sweating clothes thrown all over!
Last night I hit 104 with splotchy red spots before I went into a sweat frenzy that dropped me to 99.
I hate missing work. I hate calling in sick. I hate that I have this guilt over being sick. They can go on without me and they do a great job at it. Maybe that makes me a good teacher? I think I tried to convince myself that 102 was really close to 98 this morning.
Worst part is that Nolan is getting more mobile. Since I’m sick he seems to have gained 10 pounds. He’s not interested in playing lay with mommy.
I’ve been holding steady at 100.5 for a couple hours now.
But this flu can show it. It does make me question my flu shots.
