Anne is a 30-something full-time SAHM mom of 5 ranging from 3 to 17 and grandma of 1 who resides in Ashwaubenon (Green Bay) Wisconsin. She started blogging in 2008 as a way to regain her sanity. She enjoys coffee, chocolate, cheeseburgers and vodka along with spending time with her husband and kids.
I’m sorry….I updated on Twitter and Facebook, but I neglected to mention on this here blog that I am no longer stuck in an uncomfortable hospital bed wearing a lovely gown with my derrière hanging out for all the hospital staff to see.
I came home this past Monday.
After all of the testing ( abdominal ultra sound, chest CT, X-rays, hida scan, and upper GI endoscopy), I came home without an answer as to what is causing me to have abdominal pain and forcing everything I eat to leave my system rapidly via the Northern route.
The only suggestion the doctor who was treating me had was that it could possibly be my gall bladder because when the medication was injected to make my gall bladder contract during my hida scan caused a lot of discomfort.
I however am not about to have my gall bladder removed based on theory.
I am seeing my primary doctor on Friday.
I have been getting more rest at home then I did at the hospital……and I have 3 kids at home….2 that are on Spring Break until Monday and one who just turned 3……and yes….I’ve still had more rest!
I’m still experiencing the pain but it has eased up a bit….
Oh, and this illness has been a great new weightloss program for me….I’ve lost 9 pounds since Friday!
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Do you like to give the gift of wine?
Around here, we are always gifting wine.
For holidays.
For housewarmings.
For birthdays.
Most recently, I gifted a bottle of wine to my mother, The Wino, for her birthday.
I didn’t just hand her a plain old bottle of wine.
I didn’t put it in a gift bag.
I gave it to her adorned with Wine Wear!
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As many of you know, I am a big fan of children’s books. I don’t just buy them for my kids, I pick them up for myself too. I have boxes of children’s books that I have enjoyed over the years as a child care teacher, parent, and those that I enjoyed as a kid. Not only am I a fan of children’s books but I am an even bigger fan of children’s books that send a message and Dream Big Little Pig by Kristi Yamaguchi does just that. (Did I mention yet that since I was a kid I have always been a HUGE fan of Kristi Yamaguchi?? Yeah, it’s true! I even got to see her skate in Green Bay twice!!)
How great is it to instill in your child that they can dream big and aspire to be anything they want. My Zack wants to be a professional baseball and football player, wrestler and chef and I would never do anything to get in his way to achieve his dreams. The Libby, well she wants to be a little bit of everything but tends to give up when things get difficult. This book, Dream Big Little Pig, makes me think of her. She is a lot like Poppy the Pig in the story yet she is still struggling to find her niche.
This book is such an inspirational tale to share with children and definitely follows Kristi Yamaguchi’s personal motto “Always Dream”. Not only is it a beautiful story but the illustrations are gorgeous as well.
Kristi Yamaguchi founded the Always Dream Foundation to inspire children to reach for the stars. Through Poppy, she hopes to reach kids directly, helping to pass along the message of hope that you are only limited by how big you can dream!
That’s right folks.
I’m coming to you live from room 154 where I am currently sitting in bed, wearing my standard hospital issued gown and hooked up to my IV delivering me fluids, antibiotics, pain killers and other meds.
Lovely, no?
When I said I needed a vacation, this was NOT what I had in mind!
Well, I’m pretty sure that was just the precursor to all of this.
For the last week, I’ve been having abdominal pain.
The only way I can describe it is that it feels like a contraction that hits its peak and never starts to descend. It’s just constantly there.
And for those of you out there who have experienced child birth, you know what I mean.
It’s so uncomfortable.
It hurts to yawn.
It hurts to eat.
It hurts to move around.
It just hurts.
So, for most of the week….I dealt with the pain.
I fed it a variety of over the counter pain meds in hopes of making it go away.
That didn’t happen.
Friday night, the pain got so unbearable, I told the Alex I had enough and that I needed to go to the ER.
He obliged.
I was immediately given an IV and some AMAZING narcotics that made the pain go away. For the first time in days, I felt like myself except I was really, really high.
Seriously, I’m not high in my real life.
After some blood work, peeing in a cup, 93 ultra sound pictures of my insides, a bunch of x-rays and a chest CT to rule out a blood clot in my lung since my blood work showed that I do have a blood clot somewhere.
I was sent home with some meds and a prescription to poop.
Yes, the ER doc said my pain was the cause of being constipated.
So, I went home, took my drugs and a stool softener and took advantage of the narcotics and got some much needed sleep.
When I woke up 5 hours later, I was still feeling pretty good and was getting ready to head out to do some errands and prep for Alexander’s 3rd birthday party.
The Alex and I went to the store, gathered the items we needed and headed home.
As we were making our way home…..the pain was slowly making it’s appearance. Apparently the narcotics and 800mg of Ibuprofen had decided it was time to stop hiding the pain.
Within an hour, I was doubled over in pain and dry heaving.
Needless to say, we quickly made our way back to the hospital.
That was Saturday at 2:30pm.
I’m still at the hospital and it is now Sunday at 11:40pm.
Since I arrived a lot has happened and it hasn’t been fun.
They still don’t know what is wrong with me, I haven’t had any food since 6am Friday morning other than a piece of toast I tried to eat today, I’ve had a hida scan to see if my gall bladder is the issue….it’s not and now tomorrow morning, I am having an endoscopy.
