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September 28, 2007
Diagnosis for Husband
Well, Husband went for his MRI testin on Wednesday. I"ve got to say that I am quite thankful for our insurance. $1400 is a lotta coin to put out of pocket. Turns out that he has herniated discs (L3 and L4). So far, our chiro has been great and we've also had additional help and advice from my awesome friends Kathy and Todd who are chiros in California (Hi guys!)
So, for now, he will seeing Joe on a regular basis and I will need to set him up with a visit to an orthopaedic doctor and possibly a pain management specialist. Husband has been feeling a lot better. He's been icing the heck out of his back as well as taking the anti-inflamnmatory and muscle relaxant. He did get another script for pain and he has been feeling a lot better. Heck, he is able to lay down and sleep now.
What else.. what else.. well, things are starting to calm down around here. I am burnt out and I grabbed a nap yesterday for about 90 minutes. Then, I conked out by 11pm. I still feel like I could sleep for a day or two.. how funny.. I just yawned as I was typing out the previous sentence. Heee!
OK - off to work on some errands and chores. Ciao!
Posted by Cate at 08:19 AM | Comments (1)
Brilliant!
A mom (Anita Renfroe) has condensed everything a mom might say to her kids in 24 hours into less than 3 minutes - to the tune of the William Tell Overture. You can find her at anitarenfroe
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September 25, 2007
New pics
DOn't forget to clickr my Flickr!
Posted by Cate at 10:46 AM | Comments (1)
It's really me
Hey everyone! I'm ok, thanks for the concerned emails.
Now Husband, on the other hand, he's not so good at all. A few weeks ago he messed up his back by simply bending over to pick up something in the yard. His back said TWANG instead. A few days (more like a week) of rest and visiting our chiro, he gradually eased his way into our normal daily routine.
Well, he messed his back up again about a week ago. I know it must have hurt him terribly, he tried to get through the week and it just wasn't working. We visited the ER and they diagnosed him with "acute lumbar strain". Gee, ya think? It's a good thing they took those xrays. What he really needed was an MRI. He couldn't sit, he couldn't stand, he couldn't sleep because he wasn't able to lay down.. it was awful. The ER gave him some muscle relaxers and vicoden which took the edge off but only barely. We ended up doubling the pain meds and that seemed to help him a lot more.
We followed up with our regular "doctor" - what a joke. I was ready to punch this guy in the face. It was obvious, even to a dead person, just how much pain Husband was having and this guy wasn't very sympathetic. He did prescribe an anti-inflammatory med, another muscle relaxer and Percoset for Husband - 1 tablet every 8 hours. WTF? Was it coming from his own personal stash? Stingy bastard.
This past weekend was not very fun at the Katespot household. I called the doctor only to be told that the answering service isn't permitted to take messages and we'd have to call back - on Monday - or go to the ER. When I explained our situation, she said she would take a message and IF the doctor checked in, the service would pass it along. Needless to say, we will be leaving this doctor ASAP.
I called our chiro and Husband saw him yesterday. You know what? He felt a million times better after his appointment with Joe. AND, Joe will send us for an MRI. He gave us the number of an ortho doc he wants us to follow up wtih, just in case.
Oy - there's more but I've got to get the kiddies off to school. Husband finally went back to work today - he's been home since Thursday. I hope he's feeling ok today and doesn't overdo it.
How the hell are all of you? I have missed you guys!
Posted by Cate at 06:49 AM | Comments (4)
September 17, 2007
Where is he?
Anyone see Zonker?
Posted by Cate at 01:07 PM | Comments (3)
Lovin' It!
The cool fall weather.. it's AWESOME! My girls are complaining that it's too cold in the house. When I check the thermostat, it says 70. HA! Better drag out those sweatshirts... this is *my* kind of weather.
Off to Girl Scouts - wheeeeeeee!
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September 12, 2007
Great way to start the day
It's not because of the PTA meeting I will be attending this morning... I got an email from my adopted soldier from Adopt A Platoon. I do worry about him so I was very happy to see an email from him. In fact, we also receieved a letter from him about 2 weeks ago too. I will be putting together a care kit to send to him, hopefully in time for him to get it by Halloween. I've got a ton of GS cookies and candy to send out to him too.
Yeah, I'm doing fine... just too busy, as usual. Once the morning routine gets established around here, I think things will get much better.
Off to feed Olivia. Hey, she's gotta eat too!
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September 11, 2007
I swore I wouldn't watch
Six years later... and I still cry..
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September 03, 2007
I WANT THIS!
The girls and I just saw this product being advertised on television this morning. The girls went nuts and are begging me to purchase it. I've got to admit - it's pretty cool!
Posted by Cate at 09:46 PM | Comments (4)
Relax......
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