Hawaii was wonderful, except for the absent husband. The ocean was a beautiful sea-green or blue-green depending where we were. It was amazing. Our cabin was 20 feet from it and the constant sound of the waves was very comforting.\ I went on: a boat ride, a helipcopter ride, a submarine ride, a canoe ride, […]
Brian Loves Hawaii How happy is the boy? No, really, do you remember ever being that happy? I’m really glad they’re home, but after seeing the pictures, I’m kind of sad I wasn’t there with them.
I was able to get my foot into the boot yesterday and crutch/walk around the kitchen a couple times. That’s better than I’ve been able to do since surgery (almost a month ago now). Unfortunately, I could only handle it for about ten minutes before everything revolted and I had to take it off.\ My […]
There’s really not much to talk about when all I do is sit on the couch… I had a lovely Thanksgiving over at my parents’ house. I think the infection is gone, although where the doc re-opened the incision is healing kinda funny. I’ll take a picture when Jen gets home, or if I can […]
I slept from 10:00 PM until 1:30 AM, and have been up trying to get comfortable ever since. There’s an uncomfortable moment any night I don’t sleep where I resign myself to being awake. It usually happens around 5:30. It’s a horrible feeling, being exhausted, but knowing that I’ve just made the decision to get […]
First, there was the contamination. Now, it’s an “infection”. I have a fever, I have puss. I have new antibiotics, cultures at the lab, incredible pain that’s making me watch the clock (two hours until I get to take more pain killers), and a slowly creeping disdain for my right foot.\ I got to watch […]
When you sleep for thirteen hours, that means you miss three doses of pain medication. That probably means you’ll wake up in a good deal of pain (probably because you moved wrong and woke up swallowing a scream). But, part of you is happy and shocked that you got more than two hours of sleep […]
Falling down hurts. Falling down hurts even worse when you’re on crutches and have a bum foot.\ I wish I could sleep.\ I wish this pain pill would kick in.\ That is all.
As of today:\ Maxwell, age 6 yrs, is 48 1/2 inches tall and 53 lbs.\ Brian, age 18 mos, is 35 inches tall and 30 1/2 lbs.\ All of these stats are at or above the 90th %. No wonder my back hurts.
My longest post ever-\ Kevin’s doctor was about to receive the doctor of year award from us, when two bad things almost happened. Before surgery, the nurse came in to review K’s case. Then the anesthesiologist came in to review K’s case. K reminded them that he is allergic to penicillan and sulpha. Then the […]