Any of you out there ever tried to be a Stay At Home Mom AND a Work Out of the Home Mom at the same time? Eeek. Essentially, that's what I did for a week straight. Between O's surgery and the fact that our day care provider was closed for 4 days (big yikes) I had to juggle both and it sucked big time. So at home I was keeping an excitable 3-year-old content (which meant we played ALL DAY - this kid doesn't do naps any more), I had to cancel a few classes and teach others (Matt watched O a few times while I ran to campus to teach), and then I stayed up late late late grading and writing exams and prepping for class. I don't know if I'll recover before the semester break. I am so wiped. And weekends are anything but relaxing at our house - O likes to GO GO GO!!!
Oh, and for those of you paying attention, I'm on to cycle #3. No luck yet. I'm starting to get just a teeny tiny bit worried b/c of my age...
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Oxygen
I know, I know...I am a slacker when it comes to posting, but I do have a good reason this time. O had surgery last week to remove his monster-sized adenoids, so I've been a bit preoccupied. Thank goodness all went well. The poor kid was having such a hard time breathing, sleeping, eating - you get the picture.
He was an AMAZING kid on surgery day.
We arrived at about 7:15 that morning and the woman checking us in was quite perceptive and gave O a Spiderman sticker for his admission bracelet. He loved that. After waiting just a few minutes we went back to have his bloodwork done. O is the only kid I know who actually likes having blood taken. He watched as his finger was pricked and then narrated the entire blood draw! He was given 2 Spiderman and 1 Cars stickers in this room. After the bloodwork was done, we went upstairs and got settled in a hospital room and O changed into his gown. It was big, so the nurse brought him some smaller flannel-type jammies. O really dug these. He had also discovered the remote by this time and had a blast changing channels and watching Backyardagins. We had to wait about 20 - 25 minutes in the room until they were ready to bring him downstairs to the OR. This was the hardest part, of course. He was fine until we were just inside the OR area and we had to hand him over. He cried for a few minutes. The anesthesiologist carried him in (he also happens to live behind my BIL, who is a doctor here, and he has a 3-year-old son). Oh, they also took a Polaroid of the three of us that O was able to take with him. I'll scan and post soon.
We were in the waiting room from about 8:10 until 8:40 a.m. and then the doc came out to tell us everything went great, and that O had the biggest adenoids he had every seen! He said they were so big that the soft palette couldn't open and his airway was almost entirely blocked. Yikes, I'm so glad we had this done. He drew us a picture on a paper towel, too - again, I'll post that soon.
About 10 minutes later, they carried O out to us and we went back up to his room. He opened his eyes a few times - and asked for grandma and grandpa - but he mostly slept on either me or DH for about an hour. One thing we noticed right away - he was able to breathe quietly with his mouth closed. WooHoo!!!
The doc checked on him about 1:30 hours after surgery and we were good to go. He managed to eat two bowls of Cheerios (!) and a bag of Skittles that the guy we were sharing the room with had given O along with some balloons. O had never had Skittles before (we try to limit candy) but he was so excited, we let him have them. The guy next to us had his appendix out overnight and happened to be dating a student of mine - she seemed a bit surprised when she saw us (um, if you ever went to class, you'd know what was up!). Anyway, the young guy was so sweet to give O some of his balloons
So, once we were home O ate two bowls of mac and cheese, pudding, applesauce, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, two popsicles and some water. My mom sent him Spiderman jammies and a new toy and he was running around like a crazy person in his new jammies all afternoon - he managed to put both shirts on. Pretty hilarious. He ran around so much (while ignoring our requests to calm down - even when we told him the doctor wanted him to rest) that his nose started bleeding several times. We were told to expect this, so we weren't shocked, but I am sure the activity didn't help.
So he's still doing great, although the poor kid now has a monster cold (not sure from where since we've been mostly home for a week), so he finally gets his airway cleared and then gets all stuffed up. He hardly slept at all last night - nor did I...
I promise I'll try to get the pics up later. It's essentially impossible to do anything when home with O. I'm amazed I was able to type all of this (esp while playing castle/superhero/dinosaur) :)
He was an AMAZING kid on surgery day.
We arrived at about 7:15 that morning and the woman checking us in was quite perceptive and gave O a Spiderman sticker for his admission bracelet. He loved that. After waiting just a few minutes we went back to have his bloodwork done. O is the only kid I know who actually likes having blood taken. He watched as his finger was pricked and then narrated the entire blood draw! He was given 2 Spiderman and 1 Cars stickers in this room. After the bloodwork was done, we went upstairs and got settled in a hospital room and O changed into his gown. It was big, so the nurse brought him some smaller flannel-type jammies. O really dug these. He had also discovered the remote by this time and had a blast changing channels and watching Backyardagins. We had to wait about 20 - 25 minutes in the room until they were ready to bring him downstairs to the OR. This was the hardest part, of course. He was fine until we were just inside the OR area and we had to hand him over. He cried for a few minutes. The anesthesiologist carried him in (he also happens to live behind my BIL, who is a doctor here, and he has a 3-year-old son). Oh, they also took a Polaroid of the three of us that O was able to take with him. I'll scan and post soon.
We were in the waiting room from about 8:10 until 8:40 a.m. and then the doc came out to tell us everything went great, and that O had the biggest adenoids he had every seen! He said they were so big that the soft palette couldn't open and his airway was almost entirely blocked. Yikes, I'm so glad we had this done. He drew us a picture on a paper towel, too - again, I'll post that soon.
About 10 minutes later, they carried O out to us and we went back up to his room. He opened his eyes a few times - and asked for grandma and grandpa - but he mostly slept on either me or DH for about an hour. One thing we noticed right away - he was able to breathe quietly with his mouth closed. WooHoo!!!
The doc checked on him about 1:30 hours after surgery and we were good to go. He managed to eat two bowls of Cheerios (!) and a bag of Skittles that the guy we were sharing the room with had given O along with some balloons. O had never had Skittles before (we try to limit candy) but he was so excited, we let him have them. The guy next to us had his appendix out overnight and happened to be dating a student of mine - she seemed a bit surprised when she saw us (um, if you ever went to class, you'd know what was up!). Anyway, the young guy was so sweet to give O some of his balloons
So, once we were home O ate two bowls of mac and cheese, pudding, applesauce, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, two popsicles and some water. My mom sent him Spiderman jammies and a new toy and he was running around like a crazy person in his new jammies all afternoon - he managed to put both shirts on. Pretty hilarious. He ran around so much (while ignoring our requests to calm down - even when we told him the doctor wanted him to rest) that his nose started bleeding several times. We were told to expect this, so we weren't shocked, but I am sure the activity didn't help.
So he's still doing great, although the poor kid now has a monster cold (not sure from where since we've been mostly home for a week), so he finally gets his airway cleared and then gets all stuffed up. He hardly slept at all last night - nor did I...
I promise I'll try to get the pics up later. It's essentially impossible to do anything when home with O. I'm amazed I was able to type all of this (esp while playing castle/superhero/dinosaur) :)
Friday, October 5, 2007
Yay, Friday!
Sorry for the hiatus. Now that the big pain in the rear convention is over and I'm done bitching about it, I can get back to more interesting and fun things.
It's Friday and it's raining here, but I don't teach on Fridays and that's awesome.
On the medical front, I found out yesterday that all of my blood work came back normal and I am very happy about that. No clotting disorders, Lupus or protein issues. Yay me! Unfortunately, my body is starting to show some signs that I might be peri menopausal, so that's a bit discouraging. To make me laugh about my impending old hagishness, Matt keeps quoting Raising Arizona...
"Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." Yeah, thanks sweetie...
In the meantime, I have a three-year-old who keeps me plenty busy. His most recent thing is his inability to shut his brain off at bedtime. He gets into bed at 8 p.m. but often remains awake until 10 or 10:30 p.m. To say it puts a damper on our evenings is putting it mildly. Good thing he's cute.
Okay, I do have a bit of grading and administrative stuff to do before I try to take the afternoon off (well, not really - I have to clean the house. Wheeeee!).
It's Friday and it's raining here, but I don't teach on Fridays and that's awesome.
On the medical front, I found out yesterday that all of my blood work came back normal and I am very happy about that. No clotting disorders, Lupus or protein issues. Yay me! Unfortunately, my body is starting to show some signs that I might be peri menopausal, so that's a bit discouraging. To make me laugh about my impending old hagishness, Matt keeps quoting Raising Arizona...
"Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." Yeah, thanks sweetie...
In the meantime, I have a three-year-old who keeps me plenty busy. His most recent thing is his inability to shut his brain off at bedtime. He gets into bed at 8 p.m. but often remains awake until 10 or 10:30 p.m. To say it puts a damper on our evenings is putting it mildly. Good thing he's cute.
Okay, I do have a bit of grading and administrative stuff to do before I try to take the afternoon off (well, not really - I have to clean the house. Wheeeee!).
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