January 19, 2009
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Long Night/Long Day
Today will be a push for me. I’ve been up quite a bit last night with pain in my chest. A rib on the left side rotated again yesterday. God might have made me youthful with lots of energy, but He left a couple ribs loose when He sent me down here! They move out of place so easily. This time I can’t breathe deeply without shooting pain. No fun.
I went to bed to read, shortly after dinner, with a heating pad on my chest. I became sleepy and fell asleep before the 10pm news. But, it wasn’t a deep sleep. I rolled over once (onto the “wrong” side) and woke myself up gasping in pain. I woke up again at 12:30am and took a pain pill (left over from the dentist and my root canal). I let Sampson (who is old) and Sushi (who is a baby) out to go potty around 2:30am, saving Jesse one trip outside. Then, Annamarie came down the hall to our room, shortly after that, to tell me her throat and ear were hurting. I got her some Tylenol (or something, I don’t remember!) and she went back to sleep. All night long I had dreams that I was in a doctor’s office being checked or in (get this!!!) surgery having my rib repaired! It must have kept me on the edge of a deeper sleep all night. This morning, my chest is still aching and I haven’t a clue what to take for the pain – maybe something like Tylenol or Ibuprofen. I need to be alert.
I’ve already called the doctor for Annamarie’s sore throat and ear ache. The new PA that saw Rissy on Friday can see Annamarie today at 4pm. That works out well because I have to take Chirper to the vet for his nail trim (it’s past due – ouch!) and Sushi needs her incision site checked and her first round of shots. This morning, before leaving for work, Jesse put Sushi’s carrier in the back of the Suburban so I just have to put her in the tailgate and slip her into the carrier without having to lift the whole carrier. Chirper will also have a carrier, but it’s much smaller. I’m hoping that’s not too much for me to lift.
What a day! I’m about to get off of here and take a shower and wash my hair and let it air dry. Laundry isn’t in such bad shape. I should wash our sheets, but there’s no way I’m going to stretch across our huge bed to remove or replace sheets. I plan to leave for the vet between 11 & 11:30am, when it’s a little warmer outside. Temps should be in the mid fifties today, so there’s no firewood to haul – another plus! All of the girls aren’t in the best of health and I’m trying to shelter them for the daily change in temperatures!
We did our Friday home school lessons yesterday. It took 30 minutes and made me wonder why that was so hard to fit into our Friday schedule! That’s like unloading the dishwasher – a job I detest. I timed myself and it took a little less than 3 minutes to unload it; yet, I always put it off like it’s an hour long job!
Somewhere between pet and people medical appointments, I have to fit in school. I’m not sure I’m up to introducing our new phonics books. We’ll see. Tomorrow is our shorter day (History, Science, & Health) and I want them to be free to watch the inauguration. It’s such a history making event, and I’m excited that they are interested.
Today’s To Do List:
* Remain upright (LOL)
* Wash my hair
* Pets to vet
* Lunch
* Teach school
* Annamarie to doctor
* Dinner
* Crash and let Jesse take over when he gets homeI’m truly out of cooking ideas. Rissy turned last night’s ground beef into soft tacos. It hit the spot and required little from me. Jesse helped too, since he was home and felt sorry for me! I guess I’ll take out some ground beef and let it create itself, tonight! “Fiddle, dee, dee, I’ll worry about that tomorrow,” said Scarlett!
This morning, the girls are snapping at each other, Sushi & Chirper are play-fighting but taking it too far (there’s growling and hissing going on around my feet and behind my chair), and I feel like snapping at all of them. I’d take some deep breathes, but that would hurt my chest!!
(holding head up high) “Carry on, Cherylyn!”
Be Blessed ~
P.S. All girls to the dentist on Wednesday, therapy appointments on Friday, cold front with possible ice on Saturday. “What a world! What a world!” Now, I sound like the wicked witch from The Wizard of Oz!
Comments (7)
Ugh! Sounds painful… I think everyone would feel better if it was warm outside, do you? If it was about 20* warmer, I think I’d open the windows & air out the house, but alas, it’s not. It’s still stinkin’ cold out there.
Hope today goes well for you!
So sorry to hear you’re in pain. I’ve never experienced “floating” ribs – or anything like it – but I know from reading this it’s no fun at all! Hope you get to feeling better real soon though! AND the children from their colds!! We had 5 cm of snow this morning… No ice though so it was easy to get off the car and drive to work this morning (at 06.10!!!). Let’s hope this “Monday blues” don’t linger….
Hope you will be able to make it through your day without too much trouble. I’m sorry you are hurting so much. I wish I could show up at your door to run errands for you or something. I can pray…. so I will! HUGS! (very gentle ones!)
Hope it straightens out soon for you!
gives you a light hug!
Tina
Ouch! I hope your rib situation gets better, and that they can stabilize without hurting you.
What is it with dishwashers??? They are such a blessing, but I, too, detest unloading mine (and my daughter does, too).
I, too, hope your get relief from your rib pain soon. Is it a condition that a chiropractor could do something about?
Hope you and yours have a blessed day and that all get well soon.
Love,
Judy
Oh Cherylyn, is there anything that can be done to relieve that pain? I will be praying for you — as the girls get older, they will be able to help more with the bigger jobs. I joke that I haven’t made my sons’ lunches or done the dishes since they could stand up on their own
(I am basically lazy). Anyway, I do pray that you get some time to rest, to read, or to do whatever you would like to do in the midst of they busyness. Are you enjoying warm weather like we are out here? I saw Rissy’s weather report on your pulse 
Blessings to you all, Laurie