Well I somehow managed to get the kids packed despite a sore cheek (dentist yesterday) and a migraine .
Tonight is round 2 of packing. I have no idea if I even have enough clean clothes for me for a week, I guess if I don't I will just have to take dirty and wash them there :) Ohhh maybe I could have mom wash them for me....its been forever since she's done that.
The next time you'll hear from me I'll be on the road or actually in Arkansas.
Whoo Hoo
January 30, 2009
Packing
I hate to pack, wait let me rephrase that, I hate to pack a suitcase when I am crunched for time. I mean I normally like to pack when things are orderly...but the last few days (see previous post) and the fact last weekend we went out of town...well I "just know" I am going to forget something. I am even to tired to may a mental list in my head...the second I think about something else...bam my list disappears and I have to start all over again!.
So instead I am watching Lazy Town on tv....which could be another blog in itself...I mean come on a tv show about a town that was lazy from watching too much tv/video games....isn't that a little ironic?
Don't worry, I'll get things packed, we'll leave on time (or shortly thereafter) and the trip will go great...now if we can only get it to snow some while there in Arkansas.
So instead I am watching Lazy Town on tv....which could be another blog in itself...I mean come on a tv show about a town that was lazy from watching too much tv/video games....isn't that a little ironic?
Don't worry, I'll get things packed, we'll leave on time (or shortly thereafter) and the trip will go great...now if we can only get it to snow some while there in Arkansas.
January 29, 2009
4 hours in the ER
Yesterday our 2.5 year old Isabel (Iz) started running a fever around noon, so at 1 I gave her some motrin and she seemed to look better. At 5 she looked sick again so I took her temp and it was 102.6, so I called the nurse line to see if she might need to be seen today, mainly because we are going to be traveling this weekend and eveyone knows its no fun to travel while sick.
The advice nurse said she had no open appointments for today, but if her fever was still present in the am call back and see if any opened up, otherwise if her temp rose over 104 go ahead and come to the ER.
At 10 I went to her room to give her tylenol and discovered she was burning up. I took her temp and it was 105. So we loaded up and went to the ER.
We sat and sat, which was kinda odd since the waiting room had very few people in it. The Naval Hospital is supposed to have this "fast track" system where "urgent but not deathly" people are seen by one dr, and true emergencies are serviced by another. Apparently this usually is supposed to run 9pm -9am, but this night (of course its the night we go) they decided to run it midnight - noon.
We are finally seen at 12:30 and the Dr looks her over. He said her ears, nose, throat all look clear, nothing in the lungs, so it's probably just a fever virus. He then asks id she had any urinary problems. I said no, well the last few days she would tell me she was wet, and when I'd go to change her she would be dry....then later she would fill her diaper in less than 5 minutes. He asked if we could get her to pee in a cup....no go...so they had to cath her. I felt sooo bad as they were doing it. They brought in another nurse to hold her legs, and I had to hold her hands. It was soo sad lookig into her eyes as she was crying NO! I kept thinking "I feel so bad about even bringing it up, if she's not sick I am going to feel even more guilty"
After they were done they brought her a popsicle and she stopped crying. About 15 minutes later the Dr came in and said he was really glad I mentioned the peeing stuff because he was going to just send us home to rotate tylenol and motrin, but turns out she had a very bad bladder infection. So he wanted to give her a shot immediately, have her take 10 days of antibiotics and then come in 2-3 weeks to be re-checked. At that point I was soo glad I mentioned the peeing even if it never even occured to me that she was sick.
The nurse then came back in with a shot about the size of those you vaccinate cattle with. I swear the needle was 3 inches long. Iz started crying, they had to bring in Mr strong nurse in to hold her down...and it took the nurse forever to get all of the medicine into her little heiny.
She was soo upset. I was so upset. All I could do is hold her and rock her and tell her she's going to be ok. The nurse came back in and gave her a popsicle and she ate it while crying.
We finally got out of there and on the road. Mike mentioned we needed to get gas b/c the low fuel light was on. So about 1 mile from the gas station guess what....that's right, we ran out of gas. We had to call road-side assistance, the guy came and brought us gas (and once he heard we had been at the ER since 10:30, and it was now 2:45 he gave us the gas for free. )
We finally made it home, by this time I had a migraine and barely slept at all....some from the pain, but mostly because I was still worried about Iz.
This am, we had a bout with the fever, but this afternoon/night she is doing LOTS better. The Dr cleared her to travel, so we'll once again be hitting the road.
The advice nurse said she had no open appointments for today, but if her fever was still present in the am call back and see if any opened up, otherwise if her temp rose over 104 go ahead and come to the ER.
At 10 I went to her room to give her tylenol and discovered she was burning up. I took her temp and it was 105. So we loaded up and went to the ER.
We sat and sat, which was kinda odd since the waiting room had very few people in it. The Naval Hospital is supposed to have this "fast track" system where "urgent but not deathly" people are seen by one dr, and true emergencies are serviced by another. Apparently this usually is supposed to run 9pm -9am, but this night (of course its the night we go) they decided to run it midnight - noon.
We are finally seen at 12:30 and the Dr looks her over. He said her ears, nose, throat all look clear, nothing in the lungs, so it's probably just a fever virus. He then asks id she had any urinary problems. I said no, well the last few days she would tell me she was wet, and when I'd go to change her she would be dry....then later she would fill her diaper in less than 5 minutes. He asked if we could get her to pee in a cup....no go...so they had to cath her. I felt sooo bad as they were doing it. They brought in another nurse to hold her legs, and I had to hold her hands. It was soo sad lookig into her eyes as she was crying NO! I kept thinking "I feel so bad about even bringing it up, if she's not sick I am going to feel even more guilty"
After they were done they brought her a popsicle and she stopped crying. About 15 minutes later the Dr came in and said he was really glad I mentioned the peeing stuff because he was going to just send us home to rotate tylenol and motrin, but turns out she had a very bad bladder infection. So he wanted to give her a shot immediately, have her take 10 days of antibiotics and then come in 2-3 weeks to be re-checked. At that point I was soo glad I mentioned the peeing even if it never even occured to me that she was sick.
The nurse then came back in with a shot about the size of those you vaccinate cattle with. I swear the needle was 3 inches long. Iz started crying, they had to bring in Mr strong nurse in to hold her down...and it took the nurse forever to get all of the medicine into her little heiny.
She was soo upset. I was so upset. All I could do is hold her and rock her and tell her she's going to be ok. The nurse came back in and gave her a popsicle and she ate it while crying.
We finally got out of there and on the road. Mike mentioned we needed to get gas b/c the low fuel light was on. So about 1 mile from the gas station guess what....that's right, we ran out of gas. We had to call road-side assistance, the guy came and brought us gas (and once he heard we had been at the ER since 10:30, and it was now 2:45 he gave us the gas for free. )
We finally made it home, by this time I had a migraine and barely slept at all....some from the pain, but mostly because I was still worried about Iz.
This am, we had a bout with the fever, but this afternoon/night she is doing LOTS better. The Dr cleared her to travel, so we'll once again be hitting the road.
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