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Welcome to Andieland ---- The mind is like a parachute, for it to work it must first be open.
for all moms and moms to be (now or later)
Not much to tell....................
I am a Wife, mother/parent, cook, a housekeeper, a teacher, a referee, a nanny, a nurse, a handy man, a maid, security, and a comforter and much much more. I don't get holiday, sick pay, or a day off. I work every day and am on call every night. I am underpaid and overworked. Now... tell me that YOUR job is harder than mine.
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last week in to this week
So I had a cold, turned into an infection, crap on top of crap.
week or two later I end up in the ER at 4 am on monday morning, doc looks at me and says " you know, what you got hurts". DUH! I had blown my ear, the pressure and congestion inside my ear had caused it to rupture, this was after a week of taking amoxicillin. Shit was literally pouring out of my ear. I'm sitting there in the worst pain I have EVER felt crying hysterically, and trying hard not to pass out from the pain and exhaustion and he says "you know, what you got hurts" UGH! So after a quick, I mean quick once over, he gave me a prescription for MORE amoxicillin and some kind of ear drops, no pain meds just the antibiotic and ear drops and told me to follow up with an ENT (ears, nose and throat doc).
So when I could, sometime tuesday I called the ENT but the ER had not sent any referral, so I called the ER and got them to do that and was waiting to hear back from the ENT.
Wednesday morning I called the ENT again, they said they had received the referral and they would call back with an appointment, that afternoon my other ear started to hurt and by wednesday night I couldn't hear out of it and it had shit pouring out of it.
Thursday, I called again, same thing give the referral to the on call doc and they would give me a call back, around 2pm they finally called. I needed to be there in 30 minutes. So I get there fill out all the forms and what not, go in to see the doc, he walks in, not a word pulled out the stuffing I had in both ears (one was bright yellow and the other red) and he says, "hmmm" very short, very monotone and very creepy. He looks in my ears, a few times, and says " you have better than your average infection, do you have diabetes or heart disease?" I don't so he looks again, a couple more times. He took a culture from one ear and then he started to vacuum them out ---um not pleasant. He looks again and says the first ear started to close up but was still bulging and he needed to cut my eardrum (oh just knick it) and suck out the rest. I asked him will that hurt, he simply and shortly said "yes" - again not pleasant!
After all of this, then he discuss with me whats going on. Many times he said something to the effect of it was good I got in there TODAY because at the rate of my infection I would have been hospitalized by the end of the week end. I even heard (not that I can hear much) him tell the nurse," I'm surprised she's still standing."
Any who, his concern was more than enough to worry me. He had never seen an infection get this bad in an otherwise relatively healthy adult (without a pre-existing condition like diabetes). So he sent me back to the ER, for IV antibiotics. He also prescribed me a different antibiotic to take at home and different ear drops. ---- but still no stinkin pain meds! ! !
So at around 4:30 yesterday I go back to the ER have to register again and all that good shit, (got to see Destra- that was cool) get back there and a different doc looks me over again, and says "wow thats bad, we'll get cha hooked right up, is there anything else I can do for you?" OMG thank you some one finally ask me rather than just telling me whats up, "can you give me a scrip for pain meds PLEASE no one else will give me anything", you know what he said "you've been though a week like this, THATS JUST CRUEL" God bless you Dr. Lohr. -- the only ER doctors name that I will never forget! Walked out 40 minutes later full up with antibiotics and a nice prescription for percocet. ----NO DON'T ASK there are mine, lol
So now I sit here with shit, not pouring but trickling out of my hears, not so much in pain but definitely uncomfortable not being able to here much of anything, waiting for my body to get better. I go back for a follow up on wednesday.
irony-- tuesday Aiden gets tubes put in his ears.
update - today ( saturday) I can hear even less
week or two later I end up in the ER at 4 am on monday morning, doc looks at me and says " you know, what you got hurts". DUH! I had blown my ear, the pressure and congestion inside my ear had caused it to rupture, this was after a week of taking amoxicillin. Shit was literally pouring out of my ear. I'm sitting there in the worst pain I have EVER felt crying hysterically, and trying hard not to pass out from the pain and exhaustion and he says "you know, what you got hurts" UGH! So after a quick, I mean quick once over, he gave me a prescription for MORE amoxicillin and some kind of ear drops, no pain meds just the antibiotic and ear drops and told me to follow up with an ENT (ears, nose and throat doc).
So when I could, sometime tuesday I called the ENT but the ER had not sent any referral, so I called the ER and got them to do that and was waiting to hear back from the ENT.
Wednesday morning I called the ENT again, they said they had received the referral and they would call back with an appointment, that afternoon my other ear started to hurt and by wednesday night I couldn't hear out of it and it had shit pouring out of it.
Thursday, I called again, same thing give the referral to the on call doc and they would give me a call back, around 2pm they finally called. I needed to be there in 30 minutes. So I get there fill out all the forms and what not, go in to see the doc, he walks in, not a word pulled out the stuffing I had in both ears (one was bright yellow and the other red) and he says, "hmmm" very short, very monotone and very creepy. He looks in my ears, a few times, and says " you have better than your average infection, do you have diabetes or heart disease?" I don't so he looks again, a couple more times. He took a culture from one ear and then he started to vacuum them out ---um not pleasant. He looks again and says the first ear started to close up but was still bulging and he needed to cut my eardrum (oh just knick it) and suck out the rest. I asked him will that hurt, he simply and shortly said "yes" - again not pleasant!
After all of this, then he discuss with me whats going on. Many times he said something to the effect of it was good I got in there TODAY because at the rate of my infection I would have been hospitalized by the end of the week end. I even heard (not that I can hear much) him tell the nurse," I'm surprised she's still standing."
Any who, his concern was more than enough to worry me. He had never seen an infection get this bad in an otherwise relatively healthy adult (without a pre-existing condition like diabetes). So he sent me back to the ER, for IV antibiotics. He also prescribed me a different antibiotic to take at home and different ear drops. ---- but still no stinkin pain meds! ! !
So at around 4:30 yesterday I go back to the ER have to register again and all that good shit, (got to see Destra- that was cool) get back there and a different doc looks me over again, and says "wow thats bad, we'll get cha hooked right up, is there anything else I can do for you?" OMG thank you some one finally ask me rather than just telling me whats up, "can you give me a scrip for pain meds PLEASE no one else will give me anything", you know what he said "you've been though a week like this, THATS JUST CRUEL" God bless you Dr. Lohr. -- the only ER doctors name that I will never forget! Walked out 40 minutes later full up with antibiotics and a nice prescription for percocet. ----NO DON'T ASK there are mine, lol
So now I sit here with shit, not pouring but trickling out of my hears, not so much in pain but definitely uncomfortable not being able to here much of anything, waiting for my body to get better. I go back for a follow up on wednesday.
irony-- tuesday Aiden gets tubes put in his ears.
update - today ( saturday) I can hear even less
TUESDAY -update
Had a really long day, Aiden had tubes put in his ears this morning, had to wake up at 4:30am to do that ( he couldn't eat after midnight so I was up til he finished an 11:30 bottle) got home around 10, Griffin came home from school at 11, went to the bank, pharmacy, and to Verizion --but I finally got me a new phone! Got back home around 2:30, Rebecca came home from school at 3, Aiden was cranky almost all night, ran to get some chicken from Church's at around 6, by then I had a migraine so bad I almost threw up in the parking lot, took my meds, layed down for an hour, all better-ish, kids go to bed at 8 and 9. Finally got Aiden to sleep bout 30 minutes ago, so I'm done. --Still can't hear, ears still hurt, I go back to the doc tomorrow at 3.
SO I went back to the doctor for my follow up.........
Streptococcus pneumoniae -strep pneumo as it is usually called, and the diagnosis-- severe acute otitis media (middle ear infection) / mastoiditis ( an infection of the mastoid bone of the skull). And yes it is as painful as it sounds, was given more antibiotics and have to go back again in two weeks. I still can't hear right, everything is muffled and everyone sounds like they've inhaled helium, but it's better than not hearing at all. The doctor said to be patient and again that I was lucky to not be hospitalized.
LUCKY? I guess but I seem to have alot more bad luck than good these days.
Hello there
It's been quite a while since I was here. I miss you guys alot, but I have no want or desire to sit down right now and blog. I'm not in the mood to do much of anything, nor do I have the time. Aiden is doing well, as are Rebecca and Griffin. One day soon I hope to be back to the old me, unfortunately that won't happen until I can get a good nights sleep. Aiden still doesn't sleep though the night yet, in fact he doesn't sleep more than 2 or 3 hours at a time.
Just wanted to let y'all know I'm still here, I haven't forgotten about you, although quite a few people seemed to have removed me from your friends list. Oh well.
Healthcare simplified (-too funny not to repost)
A wealthy woman was being shown around the hospital.
During her tour she passed a room where a male patient was masturbating furiously.
“Oh My GOD!” screamed the woman. “That's disgraceful! ...... Why is he doing that?”
The doctor who was leading the tour calmly explained, "I'm very sorry that you were exposed to that but this man has a serious condition where his testicles rapidly fills with semen, and if he doesn't do that at least five times a day, he'll be in extreme pain and his testicles could easily rupture."
''Oh, well in that case, I guess it’s okay" said the woman.
As they passed by the very next room, she saw a male patient lying in bed while a nurse performed oral sex on him. Again, the woman exclaimed, "Oh my GOD! Now explain what’s going on here?"
The doctor calmly states, "Same illness, better health plan."
During her tour she passed a room where a male patient was masturbating furiously.
“Oh My GOD!” screamed the woman. “That's disgraceful! ...... Why is he doing that?”
The doctor who was leading the tour calmly explained, "I'm very sorry that you were exposed to that but this man has a serious condition where his testicles rapidly fills with semen, and if he doesn't do that at least five times a day, he'll be in extreme pain and his testicles could easily rupture."
''Oh, well in that case, I guess it’s okay" said the woman.
As they passed by the very next room, she saw a male patient lying in bed while a nurse performed oral sex on him. Again, the woman exclaimed, "Oh my GOD! Now explain what’s going on here?"
The doctor calmly states, "Same illness, better health plan."
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