What a busy life

Well, broken ankle, or no, life goes on.

Jessie has such a busy schedule that we are constantly on the go. I missed my grad class last night because I was feeling lousy from the pain meds they prescribed, and my leg was hurting pretty bad. But Jessie has dance tonight so it's back to our busy life. After school we will pick her up and head to St. Joe where she has dance class for 3 hours. Wednesday night she has book club after school for an hour, Fridays after school it's Musical Mules (an after school choir for upper elementary kiddos). She certainly knows how to keep me on my toes.

As for my little man...Jax is growing and changing as rapidly as ever! He is crawling around, cutting teeth, and trying to talk a mile a minute! He says "mama" (sort of) and is working on "dada". He has two teeth on the bottom & is still chewing & drooling all the time, so I think he's working on more.

They are growing up too fast for my tastes, but I know that it will happen no matter what I want. They love each other, their mommy & daddy, and their big brother, Braxton. I must remember to take each day one minute at a time, and love each and every one!

Surgery, screws & drugs, Oh my!

So surgery Friday...not a fun day. Nothing to eat or drink after midnight, then wait until 3pm for surgery. The lack of food didn't bother me (and was probably good for my waistline, maybe I should do that more often!) but not being allowed to drink anything until after 5 o'clock at night?! That sucked!

The doc had told me in his office on Thursday that the bones in my ankle had shifted enough that he needed to fix it. So I asked if he would be putting in a pin or what. He answered, "A plate and a couple of screws." A couple? How many does that mean to you? 2, maybe 3? NOPE! 5!!! I now have a plate & 5 screws in my leg!


The nurses did tell me that the drugs they would give me before surgery act not only as a sleeping pill, and pain pill, but also as a memory eraser. They were right. The last thing I remember is the nurse telling my dad it was time for "la-la juice" and he needed to leave. Then, apparently about an hour later, I was waking up with my dad & a male nurse standing next to my bed talking. I did have some sort of a reaction to the anesthesia, because after I came to, all could do was scratch. I itched so bad all over & the nurse kept telling me to quit, I was leaving marks all over myself. At that point I didn't even care!



Now, two days later...still in pain & pain meds aren't making much difference. They told my dad at the surgery center that my doc would call on Monday, but they don't have the best track record with returning my calls, so I think I'll be calling them first thing tomorrow morning. Before Surgery, but after finding out the ankle was broken, my doc prescribed Vicodin. It made me a little sleepy, but didn't do a lot to take the pain away. After surgery they sent me home with a prescription for Percocet, which we filled on the way home. It makes me loopy and very sleepy but only dulls the pain when I take TWO pills! I can't go back to work on Tuesday still taking pecocet two at a time! Hopefully when I talk to the doctor's office tomorrow they will have good news for me. Maybe I can get into a removable boot cast, and they can give me some meds that will work better without knocking me out...wish me luck all my friends out there in blog world!

What a crazy (& painful) life!!!

Well, lots of changes since the last post. I went rushing to the orthopedic surgeon's office Monday because I called & told them my toes were turning purple when I was upright for any period of time. So they asked me to come in so they coud cut a slit in my cast. Long story short? It didn't make any difference!

So I called them back yesterday and told them my toes are still purple & the pain has gotten worse instead of better...they decided they needed to see me. "When can you come in?" "Well, I'm at work. I need to find a sub, call someone to come pick me up, & then make the hour drive to your office." Their response? "How about you come in tomorrow?" So when I went in they cut the cast the rest of the way off, then took more x-rays. The doctor came in and said "It has moved enough that we need to fix it!" So I have surgery scheduled for tomorrow...happy homecoming Lathrop Mules! I guess I won't be attending the pep rally to see my color guard girls perform for the first time this season... Oh, well...I guess it's better to get it fixed now. So at 3pm tomorrow I will be having a metal plate & screws attached to my ankle. Hope it helps!

Again, all I have to say is, "Why couldn't I have broken my left ankle? Then I could still drive AND they wouldn't have to cut through my tattoo!"

Pink IS my color!!! (and black & blue, too!)

So the story of the day is...NO SURGERY!!!

After 3 more x-rays & about an hour waiting in the office, I ended up with a pink cast from the knee down! Still can't put weight on it for at least 2 weeks, but at least I am officially on the mend!

So the funny story from Tuesday...I went to my dr., the ortho, radiology, Wal-Mart (where I rode the obnoxious electric chair!) to pick up a prescription & came home exhausted. I spent the evening laying around on the couch & then took a hot bath (after consuming a pain pill) & went to bed. The pain pill wore off around 2 am & it hurt enough to wake me up. I hobbled on my crutches in to use the bathroom, then sat on the couch to adjust my ace bandages. After taking another pain pill and sitting on the couch for awhile, I got back on the crutches to head to bed. In the process of squeezing between my bed & the aquarium I lost my balance. I was afraid to fall on the broken ankle and panicked as I wobbled on my crutches...in the process I kicked the crutch with the middle toe of my right foot. I was tired & just wanted to go back to sleep. Wednesday morning I was in a hurry to get to work, so I got dressed, put on A shoe, & headed out. Off & on thru the day I thought, "That toe really hurts, I must have bruised it pretty bad." When I came home and took my shoe off...the toe was black & blue clear down into my foot! I am pretty sure I broke my toe! What a mess I am! Good grief!

No news has not been good news!

So I am very obliviously NOT good at this whole blogging thing. I guess I'm just not all that interesting...or maybe too interesting to take the time to write it down. Since my last post I have been very busy...vacations, back to work, back to grad classes & all the changes of a busy growing family!

The most recent news is that I currently have a broken ankle! On Labor day I had taken some pictures of a neighbor's adorable 9 month old baby boy. After a storm had popped up, I decided to hand deliver her images on cd. When she didn't answer her back door, I went around to the front where there is a doorbell. After giving her the pictures I looked down at the wooden ramp that leads to & from their front porch. The thought crossed my mind that it could be slightly slick. Wearing flip-flops after the rain was probably NOT the best idea. To make a long story short, I fell down the ramp & landed on the wet muddy grass, where I lay crying for a few minutes. I decided, pain or no pain, I was going to have to make it back to my car. I hobbled over, crying the whole way, of course. (I am a pretty big baby when it comes to pain!) and climbed in. I was able to apply enough pressure to the brake pedal to get the car in reverse but could press hard enough on the gas so I coasted backwards out of their driveway, out the car in drive, and coasted back over to my in-laws, where my hubby & kids were. By some freak miracle, my niece's boyfriend was standing at the open front door so I yelled for him to get Jimmy. Who knows how long I would have sat there if wasn't where he could hear me. I ended up at my dr. on Tuesday morning when I still couldn't put any weight on my right foot. She took x-rays & told me it was broken before referring me o an orthopedic surgeon for him to decide if I needed a pin, plate, or just a cast.

At this point, I THINK I am going in tomorrow to get a cast put on. I'm praying that is what will happen when I actually get to the office.

There are a couple of other funny stories that play into the last couple of days, but I will post more later! Stay tuned for some good laughs!