Sunday, August 29, 2010

A PEPSI AND A PAIN PILL PLEASE!!!

WE'VE HAD A ROUGH WEEK AT OUR HOUSE!!! NOTHING TOO DRASTIC JUST A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY STUFF GOING ON. AFTER SUFFERING WITH A PAIN IN MY SIDE FOR THREE MONTHS I FINALLY WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND SURE ENOUGH MY GALL BLADDER NEEDED TO COME OUT. I SCHEDULED MY SURGERY FOR MONDAY. NO BIG DEAL. I RECOUP REALLY FAST AND I AM NOT A WANE PANTS. IN THE MEANTIME MIKE HAS HAD A HERNIATED BELLY BUTTON FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS,YES 11 YEARS, AND WHEN WE TOOK THE BRANCH TO THE CABIN HE PUSHED OR PULLED OR SOMETHING AND IT WAS AN EMERGENCY NOW. NO, HE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY AND YES, HE NEEDED IT FIXED THE NEXT MORNING. SO WE GO IN FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. THIS IS THE THIRD PERSON I HAVE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN A TWO WEEK SPAN. I KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AND I COULD PRETTY MUCH PREP SOMEONE FOR SURGERY. (JUSTIN MYSELF AND MIKE) I KNOW THE ROUTINE FOR ADMITTING, SURGERY AND GOING HOME. JUSTIN AND I BREEZED THROUGH OUR RECOVERIES BUT POOR MIKE IS HAVING IT ROUGH. HE IS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO WORK THIS WEDNESDAY AND I AM WORRIED. BEING A PHARMACIST IS ONE THING I CAN'T COVER. I GOT, GET ME A PEPSI AND A PAIN PILL DOWN BUT ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF HE DOES I CAN'T TOUCH. I KIND OF GET QUEASY WHEN I LOOK AT HIS WOUND SO THEREFORE I GOT A MIRROR OUT FOR HIM TO ACCESS HIS OWN DAMAGE. IT LOOKS REAL BAD. I HAD TO USE A PERMANENT MARKER TO RECORD WHERE THE REDNESS IS SO WE CAN COMPARE IT TO IN THE MORNING. THAT WAS KIND OF FUN. AND I TOOK HIS TEMPERATURE LIKE A REAL NURSE. (I WANTED TO DO IT "NOT" IN HIS MOUTH BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME) I HOPE HE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT, WITHOUT TOO MUCH PAIN. I'M CONTEMPLATING TAKING A PAIN PILL JUST TO MAKE SURE I SLEEP TOO, BUT IF WE BOTH TAKE PILLS THEN WHO WILL BE THE RESPONSIBLE ONE. AT THIS POINT, "OH WELL". (AND WHERE IS OUR NURSE WHEN WE NEED HER??? IN TEXAS)

5 comments:

Lisa said...

Get well soon!
Get well soon!
Get well soon!

Hope the recovery is smooth and quick for everyone!

The Browning Family said...

I wish I could be there to help.

Judy said...

HUGS! to all of you. I wondered if Mike was sick or something. Hope every one is back up and running soon. Surgery Sucks!

Hatch Family said...

we will be there tomorrow to help or hinder) :-) Mostly help I think!

Karen said...

Hope all of you get well soon!!! :)