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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Our Craziness :)

Just wanted to share with you.....my favorite swimmer! I'm so proud of her :)
Ive posted some other of her events on Youtube also if you'd like to take a look.
Avrianna has been entered into an 8 and under All Star swim meet in Whitewater, WI Feb 13th which should be a wonderful time. Then the next weekend she has her last swim meet on Sat & Sun afternoon in Fond du lac. Then the next season Avrianna will be put in the next swimming level ... SILVER. She's very excited about that, but still wants to take a "break" for the summer with the team again, so she won't start back up with the team until next Fall.
Here she is sporting all her metals, ribbons, and trophy in front the the board Dan made for her.Avrianna is selling Girl Scout Cookies again this year.....yeap it's that time again. So if anyone would like some let me know. Even if you have too many already or if you don't care for them (gasp) you can donate boxes. Avrianna has a fellow GS who's uncle is going back over seas to Afghanistan for his 2nd tour and we are going to donate cookies to his platoon. Come on guys, lets support the Girl Scouts and our troops :) I know I would make an awesome sales person, just ask Danny's Nurse, LOL.
I decided I needed a new look once again....
BeforeAnd After the color and highlighting ~ I did myself....not too shabby :)Then I treated myself to a very over due hair cut last night.Yeap I went even shorter....again. But I like it :)
Of course we had to highlight Avrianna's hair too....so cute!Danny has been fighting off a double ear infection.....gotta love seeing this, NOT!I took him into Dr Kasper's so he could really clean out his ears as they were very goopy. I think it helped so he is currently just on ear drops. We are trying to stay away from oral antibiotics as much as we can because they really do a number on his system.
This is GROSS!
But No One seems to know what the heck it is. We've been getting this goo out of Danny's tummy a few times a week. This coming from a boy who eats nothing.....and doesn't get anything purple. So.................? Go figure Danny throwing us another puzzle.
So I received a phone call from the Neurologist's nurse....stating the EEG shows NO seizures and the doctor thinks his seizures are being controlled properly. UM....then what is going on with Danny? I asked her what does the Dr think....of course no reply. UGH! If you'd look the definitions and actions to a typical Tonic Clonic (Grand Mal) seizure ~ he's having them. So if they look like a seizure but they are not......what the heck am I suppose to do? Another appt will be in the making, you can bet on that.
This would be the single Lumen Power Med Port that was implanted in my chest. Looks like a mouse....and it's purple ~ LOL
They did NOT knock me out....I was up and talking with them the whole time....DARN! But I did enjoy NOT puking afterwards. They didn't send me home with any pain meds. Just to take Tylenol for discomfort. Now I'm a tuff cookie, but the first 48 hours would have been wonderful to have some pain killers. OUCH! I was swollen in my chest, to my under arm and up over my shoulder. YIKES!
The first night
By the second nite I had to take off the tape and gauze as....Danny and I must has the same sensitivity to tape. I got hives and my chest turned fire red. And Itch! Let me tell you that ice, neosporin, and benadryl were my best friend. You can see the bruising was turning green, eekI got to take the stitches out and it felt wonderful!By the afternoon it started to split open
And by the nite.....it the opening got bigger! UGH! I had stery strips here and tried to close it back up but no go. I reacted to that also.
I can't wait to start up my new med. As I've really been aching and getting weaker. Plus this headache that I've had since the end of November REALLY can go away! This all SUX! I can't tell you enough how much I HATE MS :(
Dan's test came back from his cyst and all was good..... not skin cancer, phew! Last Sunday morning Dan was going to let me sleep in and surprise me with breakfast as Avrianna was at a sleepover, but things didn't go as planned. All of a sudden he was bent over and in so much pain he was shaking. He gave me a kiss and said see ya later.....UM, where are you going. "TO ER" Well you know it's bad if he's going to go to the ER and it must be really bad that he is going to drive himself in, as he couldn't wait for 10 minutes (at best) for the nurse to get there so I could take him in. Off he went and I got myself presentable so when the nurse got there (about 5 minutes after he left) I was off to find him in the ER. I wasn't far behind him and they were just finishing taping the IV down. They gave him some IV pain meds......that didn't work, so they gave him another dose....that didn't work. By this time he was shaking so hard you'd have thought he was standing outside in his skivvies. Then they changed the med and he finally got "some", not all, relief. Off to get a Cat Scan he went........the verdict, a 3.5mm kidney stone finding it's way to the bladder. YIKES ~ but now he knows what Danny had to go through :(. Heavily medicated they sent him home to me to deal with, HA. Luckily he slept ALL afternoon due to all the meds he was on. He woke up, had to pee, and WALL"A the stone (his baby boy as he would put it) had been passed. UM ~ that little piece of rice WITH drugs doesn't compare to the 9lb 3 oz bumbling baby boy WITHOUT drugs, so NO sympathy here. But he's as good as new, heehee. That my friends bought him a referral to a Urologist. Unfortunately it was a useless appt as the pathology test of the stone hadn't come back yet. So depending on the results of that will matter on what, if any actions will need to be taken.
I had to go in for a follow up appt with Endocrine from my Thyroid....remember all the poking! My blood work still isn't great, BUT not bad enough for the doctor to start to treat me with meds at this time. I fluctuate with the different MS meds so much that he's just going to keep a close eye on me. Well with the port in the blood work won't be so bad now. I did go in for another ultra sound on the growth that I have in my thyroid and it has grown but not significantly as again .... close eye.
NEVER EVER A DULL MOMENT AROUND HERE!
Yesterday was the post season Packer/Bear game. I don't get into football, but when the Packers play the Bears especially in a occasion like this we try to have fun. Dan is a .......Bear fan ( I know, I know... I try not to hold it against him) which he's converted my son. Now that's just not right. As of yesterday Danny is now grounded for a week cuz......
You get the picture....but he's still so damn cute. Danny that is ~ LOL
So of course the girls need to be be on the opposing end.
Yeap ~ this is me in my comfy cozies. Thanks alot Avrianna, LOL. Yes I have a Farve jersey on...I am NOT and will NEVER be a Farve fan, but this was the only jersey I have. As I put it last nite...... Well Brett #4 Packers + #4 Jets + #4 Vikings = #12 Aaron Rodgers, Ya Baby! Super Bowl 45 here we come.
*WARNING* The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Chicago and surrounding areas for Sunday the 23rd of January. This warning is NOW in effect. This Flash Flood is caused by the tears of Chicago Bears fans as they saw their Superbowl dreams fade away. Crying will intensify now that the game is over.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Last night was pretty decent for Danny, woohoo. He slept till 4:30am and then after a dose of benadryl he fell asleep till 6:30am. From what I gather the PCA/narcotic can make some of the kiddo's feeling itchy so the nurses thought not only for the itchy feeling but maybe he'll sleep longer with the benadryl. Which he did, Yay! Danny has been in a pretty good mood most of the day today too. I even got smirk out of him earlier...it's so nice to see him not in constant pain or sleeping all the time. He is sitting up and watching tv as I type. The nurse and I gave him a bath this morning and changed his linens so he is all clean, SNIFFFFFFF :)
The Urologist came in earlier and unfortunately the scheduler didn't put Danny on the surgery schedule as he had requested yet. So he thought it would be a couple of weeks out yet, WHAT!?! I guess my eyes must have popped out of me head at that moment. I told him we pretty much are just sitting here in "holding" waiting for this surgery....and I'm not going to wait here 2 more week to get it done. I want to go home and be with my family it's been long enough being apart ...I miss them SO MUCH. So if that truly is the case 2weeks out then I think we'll go home, keep his pain under control there, and then come back for the surgery. I NEED to get out of here, before I totally lose my mind. LOL They were going to get back to me today or tomorrow with the date for the stone surgery. UGH
Today Danny did a trial being on a Passy Mur (speaking valve). Can you say ROCK STAR!! He had no troubles with it at all, WooHoo. So we are going to continue working up the time fram using the Passy Mur in hopes he can be on it longer when awake so he can learn to use his voice again. SMILE :)....I'm one HAPPY Momma.
Tomorrow I have another meeting with a nurse that is interested in being more full time and possibly taking over the care coordination for my lil man. I talked with her on the phone today and I have high hopes with her. We'll see how tomorrow's meeting goes.
Avrianna is back up north in Tomahawk getting spoiled rotten by Papa n Claudia. She always has a blast up there and this time they signed her up for VBS at the local church this week so she should enjoy hanging out with more kids. Dan is trying to maintain the old house, new house, and the laundry solo. I'm surprised he hasn't lost his mind as of yet too....I'm sure we are both VERY CLOSE. I so can't wait to get Danny back on track, move in the new house, and getting the nursing in play so we can start to do things as a family again. It's very rough on all of us and we ALL need some much needed fun time TOGETHER!
Figured I would show off our Laundry....The Clothes Hamper ~ IS NOW OPEN!!
We are located on Green Bay Rd in Neenah in the Express building right in front of Pick n Save across the street from the old BIG Lots, and next door to HardeesWe have a variety of machines that can meet ALL of you needs!
It's handicap accessible. There is parking in both the front and rear of the building.
COME CHECK US OUT!!!!
***update Danny surgery is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Yahoo!!! **** I can only hope that the recovery is just a couple days and we are out of here by the weekend. Now wouldn't that be sweet!