One Week Later

It has been a week since I had my tonsils removed.  One long, painful week.  Today is the first day that I can say that I see an end to the pain.  I can barely swallow.  Talking is excruciating.  I have had friends come and hang out with me for the past few days so I had a bit of help with Calum.  Today was the first day that I was completely on my own.  Calum and I survived.  Of course, he chose to not take a nap, so it made the day a bit harder.  I was so tired all day, but I knew that I could not sleep.

Lamar and Shianne have been so great through all this.  They have kept everything running here at home.  Hopefully by next week I will at least function a bit more.

A Tonsilless Tale

What does a flood and a tonsillectomy have in common?  The answer is both describe my day on Thursday.  When Lamar and I arrived at the surgery center and saw that their parking lot was under water.  We parked in a neighboring lot and walked over.  Of course we blamed our being late on trying to find a parking spot and not on the Venti white chocolate mocha in Lamar's hand.  Everything went as planned for the surgery.  Routine tonsillectomy.  The whole process was over even before I knew it had started.  Apparently, while I was in surgery, the water continued to rise and it became important to get out of the surgery center as fast as possible...so no three hour wait for me in recovery.  Good thing I was on some happy drugs.  I was more than happy to get out of there quickly.

We had to stop by the pharmacy on our way home.  The Costco parking lot had quite a bit of water in it.  We were hearing reports of flooding from all around town.  Good thing we live high up on a hill.  If the water was to reach us an arc would be needed!

It is now Sunday evening and I will admit that this is the hardest thing I have ever done.  So much pain.  I knew it was going to be hard, but I did not expect this.  Every swallow is a full body event.  I feel every breath of air.  A cough brings me to tears.  None of it is enjoyable.  I have been trying to take my meds every 6 hours, instead of every 4.  I hate to be so dependent on them.  I do not like the way they make me feel, but I really hate the way I feel if I don't take them.  I do not know how anyone could willingly abuse these things.

Lamar and Shi have been a big help to me.  Shi goes back to school on Monday and Lamar back to work on Tuesday.  I do not see how this is going to be good.  Lamar left me alone with Calum tonight just so he could go get Shi from practice.  It ended up with me in tears in the kitchen.  This gives me no confidence for Tuesday.  I am not sure what we are going to do.

A Quick Recap

I know...I have not posted in a bit...but, my excuse is that we have just been so busy! If I add lots of photos will you forgive me??

Shianne turned 13!  Yes, we officially have a teen.  I took her to Portland with two friends and let them jump until they were exhausted at Sky High and then took them out for burgers, fries and extra large milkshakes.

Lamar also had a birthday, but his did not turn out as fun as Shianne's did.  Someone decided to do a hit and run with his truck.  Messed up the back end.  Boo!

Our dishwasher also celebrated it's 5 year birthday.  Why is this significant...well it decided to get a leak.  We fixed the small leak that was originally found, but water was still coming out.  After more research we found a HUGE hole in the pump housing.  The cost to fix this part was close to the price of a new dishwasher.  So, we got a new dishwasher.  Do you know the best part of a new appliance...THE BOX!!

As if the box was not enough excitement, we got some SNOW!!  Everyone in the house was thrilled about this.  It was not much snow, but enough to make everything white.  The kids all waited patiently until I said it was OK to go outside and play.

Calum was so excited to drive his car in the snow, but got really irritated that it would just not move.

Our driveway is the best for sledding!

Calum had so much fun.  I just could not get him to keep his gloves on!.

Shi even got in on the action.  She did try to show off a little and ended up in the blackberry bushes...I hope that taught her a lesson.

Zara thinks the snow is one of the best things ever.  She loves to run and play in it.  She ran so hard that she took a nap for the rest of the day.

After the snow play, Nora Beth and Calum took a bubble bath to warm up.

Shianne tried picking on her father and quickly learned that he can still open up a can of whoop-ass and show her who is boss!

Now, tomorrow I am going in to have my tonsils removed.  Not my idea of a good time, but it needs to be done.  Lamar is taking a few days off to take care of me.