No more port!

A lot has gone on. Mom has recovered from diverticulitis. She was so sick. I was so worried. She would get better and then BAM, she would get sick again. She had a long hospital stay but I am glad to say that she is doing so much better.

I had my port removed on Wednesday. I am so happy to have it gone. It’s not that has bothered me but it was just there and it was a nuisance. I had to have it flushed every four weeks and it would ache sometimes. So I am just glad it’s gone. I also had to have a colonoscopy the same day. OMG if you ever had one I don’t even have to explain about the day before and the miserable “prep” as they call it. I had to drink the magic potion at 2:00. After I choked it down I was sitting there thinking. Hmm, maybe the misery everyone talks about won’t be so bad for me, I mean I hardly ate anything yesterday and I haven’t been on anything but liquids since I woke up this morning, Everything was going good for about 40 minutes. Then my sister called and I got up from the computer to answer the phone and it hit me. Sue said, “hi how’s it going” and I said…”good, OH NO, I GOTTA GO!!!!!” and it was downhill from there. I spent the next 4 hours running back and forth from the living room to the bathroom. Sometimes I wouldn’t even make it three steps out of the bathroom and I would have to turn around and go back again. If you have ever eaten a red hot chili pepper and know how bad it burns your mouth, just imagine what it would feel like if you sat on one! Well that’s what I felt like! It was miserable! Then 6:00 came and I had to drink the rest of the potion. I took one drink and had to gag it back into the toilet. I mean I have been through a lot in the last year but this topped it all. I just could not bring myself to drink the rest of it. Megan was cheering me on, but I just couldn’t do it. I did choke some down but I decided I had enough and poured the rest down the drain…….poor drain…lol.

Ok so I was clean as a whistle and ready for my colonoscopy. It went good and I wasn’t nervous at all. I just wanted it over with. I was so chatty with the nurse my mouth got dry from talking. My mom and Sue came with me and then Steve showed up with breakfast for them. I just remember being in the operating room and they were discussing which way the wanted my head, and they turned me twice and then I finally said…”Just put me out and I don’t care what way you put me, you can flip me around any way you want to.”

Then they started putting something in my IV and I said. Oh is that the stuff, and then I said..my ears sound funny then I woke up in the recovery room and felt where my port used to be and thought…OK I must be done, my port is gone. It has been an easy recovery. I was really sore the first 2 days, and now I am just a little sore. Oh, I did have 2 polyps removed that they found, and I had to have a biopsy of an area that was inflamed. They said I may have colitis. I still haven’t heard anything about that yet.

We had a after marriage party for Bonnie and Jeff at Pam’s house Saturday.

I really wanted to have a small reception for them, but Bonnie had family coming in from California and North Carolina so we had a small family and a few of their friends come over for a gathering at Pam and Mikes house. It turned out really nice. Jeff’s friends dad came and set up karaoke and I have to say, we had so much fun with it. Jeff was so funny. He makes me laugh. He was the life of the party as usual.

It was very casual. We had Pizza and beer and little ham and turkey roll up sandwiches and a variety of salads. I also bought a cute little wedding cake. We had a lot of fun! I still wish we could have thrown a nice reception for them and invited all my family and friends but they are truly happy with the party they had.

Baby Jeffrey is getting to be so much fun. He loves to smile! I love him so much. He makes me smile!

Moms in the hospital

My mom’s in the hospital! She is really sick. She went in with stomach pain on Friday and has been in since then. They diagnosed her with diverticulitis. That is the same thing Jeff had 2 years ago only his ruptured. She has an obstruction that is causing the pain and the way they treat it is, no food or liquid. She has not eaten anything in 5 days. She is doing ok one minute then terrible the next. It is so hard for me to see my mom like this. She is breaking my heart. A surgeon came in today and said that they will continue to monitor her. She drove herself there on Friday, (which I am still not happy about) but she said she didn’t want to bother any one until she knew what it was. I was leaving for camping and she didn’t want to ruin my trip! I got a call from Mike and he told me. I didn’t know what to do because we were pulling out of the drive way. We were only going an hour away so my family told me to go and set up the camper and then they would let me know what was going on. I was so upset. I felt so guilty as we were driving there because she was at every appointment for me and here I am going camping.

I kept in touch the entire weekend and then headed up to the hospital as soon as we got home and dropped off the camper. They had to put a tube in her nose and down to her stomach to help with the stomach fluid. She was so miserable. When I was there the other day she sneezed so many times she sneezed the tube right out of her nose! She was so upset! Now we laugh about it but at the time I was horrified! They left the tube out but the doctor that saw her today said if she keeps getting sick then they will have to put it back in. I hope she is better tomorrow….L ……………

update… I just talked to my mom and she is feeling really good. She had a good night and they let her eat something this morning! I am so happy! She has been so miserable.

Our camping trip was really fun. We just sat around relaxing for 3 days. It was a really nice park but the flies were just awful! I turned into the crazy fly swatter lady! I was in the camper while Jeff was taking a nap swatting at flies for an hour. When I think about me and that fly swatter I can’t help but laugh. We had a nice time, but I just couldn’t help but think about my mom the entire time.

I actually quit work the other day but I am somehow still working…. I don’t get it either but I am there. I am just going to go in until things settle down and they can find a permanent replacement for me.

Now for the great news! I found out my friend Jacqui from New Zealand is coming to visit me! We have not seen each other since 6th grade. I am thinking that is about 29 years ago. She moved here from New Zealand with her family and they lived down the street from me. They lived here for 1 year and we were really close. I can still remember crying and waving as their car pulled away to go to the airport knowing that I would never see her again. We kept in touch with letters and then when email came out we started e-mailing each other. I am so excited that she is coming. She will stay with me for 2 weeks!! How cool is that???