August 28, 2009

• Still Feeling "Yuck"

  I'm still feeling under the weather.  Low grade fever, body aches, and no voice (for which some are grateful!!!).  I woke up at 8:45 this morning with Rissy breathing in my face.  I ached everywhere and felt like I had slept in one position all night.  I know I didn't, because sometime, in the dark, I began coughing and had to get up to get a drink.  This bug went from laryngitis to a cough and bypassed my nose and sinuses.  I'm not sure what's going on, but it isn't a common cold - not with a fever.

  To say I feel "discouraged" is an understatement.  I was hoping to feel so much better after all of that chemo, and I didn't expect to come down with an annoying bug.  I have the girls up and doing chores around the house for me.  Annamarie showered and washed her hair last, this morning.
                                      
                                   I'm not sure why she is wearing ponytail elastics on both arms. 
                                                 I can't always explain the things she does!

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  The doorbell rang yesterday and I quickly pulled on my bathrobe and sleep cap to see who it could be in the middle of the day.  It was the mailman with a surprise box for me!

  My sweet friend (Tina) sent a goody box with all kinds of things and some new sleep caps for me.  The timing couldn't have been more perfect.  I really needed cheering up and the box of things helped immensely!  There were two little books that aren't in the picture, as well as an a capella choir CD.  Those items are in my bedroom. 
    

  Some of the sleep caps (which I actually wear all day long when I'm here around the house) were velour with the soft side turned in toward my scalp - to keep me warm in the (soon to be) chilly night air.  I'll use them for a long time, because my previous rate of hair growth was at a snail's pace.
                                      

  The girls did their ChorePacks this morning and Rissy cleaned the kitchen sink for me, after taking her bath.
                                            
                                                (The ever present Sushi who is NOT
                                                   supposed to be in the kitchen!!)

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  I'm trying hard to keep the front of the house (what we call the formal living room and formal dining room) clean, so when someone walks in the front door there aren't "things" all over the place.  Do you know what I'm mean by "things"???  Those pieces of paper and odd items that find their way onto the carpet and furniture.  Probably, most of it, brought in by the dog.  I think she makes rounds in the waste baskets several  times a day and pulls "treasures" out and then leaves them all over the house!

    The balloons my aunt and uncle sent me the day of my last chemo treatment are still floating in the dining room, fastened to a chair.  They were worried it wasn't much, since you don't know for sure when you call in an order, but (as you can see), they are still very much alive and were profuse!

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  Jesse is working this morning but will be home around noon.  The girls have their therapy appointment today.  It will be on a different day, starting next month.  He leaves every morning before I wake up and gets home when I'm winding down.  He comes home, takes a shower, eats a little something, and is asleep before me.  But, I do get to see him breathing next to me in bed!!!  At least he's home!!!  LOL!!!

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  Everyone had cavities at the dentist's office the other day and Luci has to go back again on Monday so they can finish filling the rest of her teeth.  Jesse and I really question this place.  It's like a cattle call where they rush you in and out - like a mass production factory of amalgam and Novocaine.  Since my girls brush their teeth regularly, I question all of these cavities they find and fill, and I wonder if it's a way for them to make money.  Especially when they fill baby teeth that will soon fall out, anyway.  Someone was in the middle of talking to Jesse about Rissy's mouth (and bite) and left when called to another room, but never came back to Jesse.  The guy left in the middle of a sentence, I might add!!!!!

  Annamarie had two loose teeth that were bothering her and wouldn't fall out.  One on the top left and one on the bottom right.  I sent a note specifically stating the teeth that were causing her problems.  She came home and told me it really hurt when they pulled the tooth on the left and she showed me her lower gum line and said she thought they pulled the wrong tooth.  She was right.  They did!!! 

  They called today to confirm Luci's appointment on Monday and I told them about Annamarie.  They pulled her file and argued with me (can you believe that ???? !!!!!!!) that their records show they pulled the "top" left tooth.  Since I felt I definitely held the trump card (the fact her lower tooth was missing and the loose upper tooth was still there), I smugly (since I don't feel well) asked if maybe they would like to see *her* on Monday, along with Luci.  The dental person said she couldn't believe that had happened.  I told her I couldn't believe it, either!!!  Since Annamarie said it hurt when they pulled it, I wondered if they had given her a shot in her upper mouth and then pulled the bottom tooth?????  I also mentioned that thought to the gal on the phone and she winced at the thought. 

  Annamarie said they gave her a shot first, but Annamarie isn't a reliable source of information.  I DO believe her when she said it hurt - especially since it wasn't even loose!  I asked, and the good news is that the tooth they pulled by mistake was a baby tooth.  At least it will grow back!

  This story shouldn't leave anyone wondering why I have such a phobia of dentists!!!!!

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  Luci took a bath last night, so I had her sorting her dirty clothes and treating them with Spray & Wash this morning.
     I'm thinking of buying some styrofoam coffee cups to help them do the laundry all by themselves.  Our detergent bottle is impossible for me to handle, due to its massive size, and I was thinking of pouring the pre-measured amount of detergent into little cups for them, then letting them do everything from start to finish.  I may have to do the same with the fabric softener so they don't waste it - it's too expensive and a luxury for us to use.  If it was pre-measured, like the detergent, I could be sure it wasn't being wasted.

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  I suppose I should go lie down again.  The bed and I have become good friends this year!!!  I should also move the card from Tina back to the bedroom so I can look at it.  It's beautiful, hand made, and has a favorite subject of mine on the front - a bird!  Well, the word "peace" is a favorite of mine, too!

        
                                The ribbon is iridescent white, but photographed purple. 
                                       I never know what will come out of my camera!!!

  Be Blessed ~

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