Saturday, October 8, 2011

Halloween Poems and the kids

Had fun with pictures with the kids where it looked like they were showing off attitude. I thought thses were perfect to add some Halloween poems in between.
 Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh my it's getting late!"
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The thrid one said, "But we don't care."
The fourth one said, "Lat's run, let's run!"
The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?"

Then Wooooo went the wind
And OUT went the lights.

And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
 Flutter, Flutter Little Bat
 by Leanne Guenther

Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you’re at.

Swooping through the darkest night -
You find your way without a light.

Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you’re at!
 Fraidie Cat
by Clinton Scollard
I shan't tell you what's his name:
When we want to play a game,
Always thinks that he'll be hurt,
Soil his jacket in the dirt,
Tear his trousers, spoil his hat,--
Fraidie-Cat! Fraidie-Cat!

Nothing of the boy in him!
"Dasn't" try to learn to swim;
Says a cow'll hook; if she
Looks at him he'll climb a tree;
"Scart" to death at bee or bat,--
Fraidie-Cat! Fraidie-Cat!

Claims there're ghosts all snowy white
Wandering around at night
In the attic; wouldn't go
There for anything, I know;
B'lieve he'd run if you said "Scat!"
Fraidie-Cat! Fraidie-Cat!

Good B's and Bad T's
by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.
The most precious treasures in all this good earth,
The givers of JOY of only true worth
Are good books and babies, the two little B's
That are gifts of the FAIRIES for mortals to please.

The most dreaded tortures in all this wide earth
That to all greatest SORROWS are prone to give birth
Are bad tears and temper, the two ugly T's
Invented by GOBLINS for mortals to tease.


 Trick or Treat
T
onight is Halloween.

R
emember to wear your costume
I
f you don’t you can’t go out.
C
hildren going door to door asking for candy like,
K
it Kat bars.

O
dd little skeletons walk on sidewalks,
R
eal ghouls yell trick or treat,

T
ricky monsters hide behind walls,
R
ickety old robots,
E
lves with pointy hats,
A
ll roam the sidewalk together because
T
onight is Halloween.

still in the hospital...

I know several have been wondering what has been going the last couple of days.  

First off I am still in the hospital with no discharge date in sight yet…

Well  I have not forgotten to post I have literally been exhausted. Even trying to chat in my favorite chatroom has been a chore as I while there are periods I am good to chat, suddenly I fall asleep on them. Sometimes these periods are just a few seconds, others longer stretches, sometimes up to an hour or over several hours.

What are they looking at? Well so far we do know (and have known) that I an ovary that has been giving me fits for some time now. I also have a hiatal hernia, and some kind of GI issue. If the dr’s know what this is about they are not saying much yet.

However, what they are saying is before I can go home I have to be tolerating a certain liquid volume level (they would prefer solids too) but liquids are essential!

When I am able to leave, I will be sent  with a copy of everything I need to hand carry when I get there so they can see what has been done a list of tests, scans, procedures, and the recommended ASAP operations

I am also being told under no uncertain terms I am not allowed to pack, load our trailer, n or clean the apt before we also, once I get home and to limit my one my feet as much as possible activities.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Still in the Hospital...

Well for those of you following the blog/Facebook/Carepages I am officially admitted into the hospital. It is looking like I will be here for until they figure out what is going on.

I am Located the Sierra Vista Regional Heath Center, in Arizona
Contact information if you want to call is - 520-458-4641
I am on the Medical Surgical Unit in Room 124-A

For family members you can call Nana for the password as this hospital requires a password to call through. However if you know my cell # you do not need a password for that.

For those that know my through LDS Chat please send me a p2p and ask for the password.
Facebook you can send me a private message (or through yahoo) to get the password or even email.
Through Carepages send me an email and I will reply back with the email.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The thing I least wanted...

Well the blood is coming back and what I fought so hard against yesterday, I now have no choice but to face the reality of today. My body is not goin g me more time to try fight whatever is affecting me and I need professional help more than a dr's office can offer. I am waiting for the official call to tell me all clear and to get admitted. I am not being given any time frame other than as long as needed to figure out what is going on.

I can't even express how I am feeling about this at the moment. For those who have been praying and placed me on the temple rolls or in prayer circles I cannot thank you enough. When I find out the room I will let you all know. I will have my laptop with me.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Long and exhausting day... AGAIN

WOW long and exhausting day!

Saw my new dr on base. At first I saw extremely annoyed I was already transfered to another dr on base and had only seen my other dr a few times. Well this dr turned out to be a great dr and seemed to be just the dr I needed. After filling him in on what has been going on, and what not been progressing with getting the needed apointments. At this point the new dr felt it was more important to focus on the inability to eat ANY sort of food and the very limited fluid intake.

With that out of the way he wanted me to explain the ER visit as the notes were seriouly lacking in documnetion and were very difficult to read. They had NOT notated my BS (blood sugar) counts as being down to 49. They  listed two IV bags but did not list the start times only the ending times, and had forgetten to document the glucose push. According to the IV times one bag drained in 7 minutes and the other drained in 1 minute??? Then when I told him 1 bag was a regular IV bag and one bag a glucose bag, he asked what did they mean by regular IV bag? This confused me as I was only told regular IV bag.

His next question was "I sure hope they gave you two IV's?" me "um nope just one IV with a Y port." He really did not like that especially when he found out the glucose push was BEFORE the IV's were running. He looked over the blood work and asked about my weight, temp, pre- blood pressures. Then he was furious that NONE of those were taken upon arrival.

Needless to say he was NOT happy at all with how I was treated in the ER, he was ticked with the lack of care and lack and documentation. Apparently the glucose push and saline push through one IV and a y port was NOT supposed to be done. Nor did they document the Glucose push I got at all. Some of my blood work was way off and the only testing that was done was an abdominal x-ray. Blood work after the glucose IV and iv was NOT done, nor to see if more liquids were needed.

He took my notebook that had the phone numbers of the dr's I have referrals for and called the GI dr, told him I needed to be seen today and admitted for testing (ugh). Within a few minutes he came back telling me I had 45 minutes to get things wrapped up at the clinic, get a copy of the referal, find my way to the clinic as he had arranged an emergency apt with the GI dr. Once I got the referral copy from Tricare I headed to the house incase I was not given the option to go back home. I paid our rent and let the office staff know that I was working on finding baby sitting and they and the kids would need access to the house, and let them know the dr's were threatning to admit me today.

 Once done with this quick errand and stop by the apt I headed the 3 blocks to the GI. His reaction was the same as the base dr. I answered the same questions. Fought and argued my case why I needed to be home NOT in the hospital NOT in the hospital. Got the same lecture about what to look. More blood work was ordered (Can we say human pin cushion?). Like the base dr, this dr argued with me about being admitted today. However, with how I was treated in the ER, yes I argued with all I had and yes (again) I did fight hard aboutbeing admitted tonight.

 I was given specific information to share with Frank, Celidah, and Jade so they know when and if the ambulance needs to be called. I was told that if I show signs of severe low sugar issues again then this time to be taken in by the ambulance NOT by car. (Yes I know I have said this several times, but how many times it was drilled into me UGH! I think I know the dangers of low blood sugars now --sigh---) This will increase the changes of proper care. While I DO NOT WANT to ever return to this hospital, both of my dr's need me to be admitted here so they can help with my care and make sure the needed care happens. They needed to know that I know what to look for incase my BS (blood sugar) levels drop below 70 again. I had no idea that 49 is very very bad and both dr’s were SHOCKED I was not only walking but semi-responsive, even if very confused. I guess most with a BS level this low are nearing entering a coma, if not already in a coma.

 At this point the 1st things the GI dr is working to rule are Chrones, ovarian abscess, and appendix issues. He feels very confident that I am not having gall bladder issues because my pains are in the wrong areas even for abnormal gall bladder representation. He is not even sure it is my apendex with how long this has been going on yet he has to rule that out. Right now the GI issues are more important to figure out then the cancer possibility and he is confident if cancer is also involved we can wait another month to begin heading down that road as there is NOBODY here in AZ that knows ANYTHING about sweat gland cancers and any of the of the variants. Then adding in that I have the least common and most rare variant possible, makes things more challenging. He said I need to get to John Hopkins Cancer Center for a complete workup for that.

 I go in on Wed for another CT scan with and without contrast, and have been ordered to remain on just liquids (as clear as possible) until further notice. This GI is bound determined to discover the reason even if it requires exploratory surgery to help find the cause of my not being able to eat. He is willing to get as many tests in with the next two weeks as possible as he is really worried about not eating going for over 2 weeks and now for 8 weeks my ability to eat rapidly decreasing to the point of not being to tolerate any food at all. He is also concerned that over the last 2 1/2-3 weeks my fluid intake levels are also drastically decreasing.

 Maybe now we will get closer to a solution. At least we can play a solution is around the corner...

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Who is the role model that first pops into your mind?

The other day I was watching BYUtv and they had a section on Role Models and why they are important. The question was who is first role model who comes to your mind? Immediately the first person that came to mind was my mother in law then several friends I have from a chat room I visit.

So what exactly is a role model? A role model is a person who serves as an example by his or behavior or the level of caring emulated for others.

My mother in law has been a wonderful role model not only for me but also for my children. She is always there whenever I need to talk to her. My children know they can call her for any question or concern they have. They also know she will simply listen to them even when she cannot understand what they are saying or struggling to tell her. Again, she also loves listening to their school work assignments and enjoys listening to their improvements.

Within the chatroom I have several role models that I look up to I know when I am struggling with my current trials, they never pull me down. Instead they help me find the positives of my trials. As they help me work through these trials, I am grateful for the help my chatroom friends offer me to keep focusing on the positive so I can continue to be the best mother possible.

So while the original question asked: Who is the first role model that comes to your mind? I do not have one, instead many. Without these role models I would continue to really struggle not only as a mother, but with my testimony, and with my ability to provide with my current limited abilities.

Who is the role model that first pops into your mind?