I am sure that as the ringmaster here I am more prone to the stress of day to day life. I have been slightly overwhelmed by the stress recently. I am not motivated to do much any more, including my job. I feel overwhelmed by the "to-do" list that is sitting in front of me. I have been sick and so have all the clowns.
I finally broke down and took myself in to the doctor today. As ringmaster I just don't have the time to spare in this crazy circus to do that, but I hit my breaking point last night. I have been feeling gross and nauseous, crampy, yucky and gassy for over a week. (For inquiring minds I have taken the big pee stick test... and it was a resounding negative). I figured that with the "flu" that I had over the weekend that it was over, but then last night full force it was back. I told #1 that it was done... I was calling first thing this morning and getting an appointment to have myself looked at. I am hopefully on the path to repair now with the help of a new supplement, some anti-acid meds, and a determination to stop drinking my one true love.... Diet Coke. Mostly because the bubbles make the gas and cramps worse... so we may only be parted for a few days not forever. We will see, I am afraid that if I go back it will be for good. It is my one vice. I think this has only been fueled by my stress right now over Blinker's surgery.
As far as illness goes it has been a long winter of illness here, we had 3 of the clowns in yesterday alone.
Jane was in for her follow-up with the ENT. It was bittersweet. She has had a persistent hole in her left ear from the set of tubes that she got at 16 months that had not closed after the tube fell out. Well good news was that the hole has closed up. Bad news is that there is fluid behind both of her ears. We were given some allergy nasal spray and a couple of things to do with her to try and help her to 'pop' her ears and try to get the fluid out. We go back in a month for another follow up, if the fluid is not gone we may be looking at another set of tubes for her.
Blinker went in for her consult to get tubes. After 6 weeks on antibiotics. we have decided that it was time for a different answer. She could just not stay off of the medication for more then 2 days without redeveloping another ear infection, thus the tubes. We have to be at the hospital at 6 am in the morning for 7 am surgery. It is gonna be a long day for this ring master.
Buzzy had woken up Monday night with a blood curdling scream. Started crying uncontrollably and could not calm down to tell us what was wrong. We finally calmed him down enough to hear that his ear hurt, off to find the Motrin and back to sleep. So on the way to the early morning appointments for the girls we called the pediatrician so that we could have his ears looked at. Guess what... ear infection.
I am overjoyed by the warm weather that we are experiencing here at the big top, the doors and windows are all open and we are allowing the germs to TAKE A HIKE.
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Life has been going along fine..... well seemingly. Friday is going well, I get a ton done during nap time since Freckles is in school and Jane is at a birthday party for the afternoon/evening. Then along comes Friday afternoon, so much for "Thank goodness it's Friday!". That flew out the window at roughly 3:30 pm.
Blinker woke up from her afternoon nap in a mood that was completely out of the ordinary for her. Fussed for a bit, attempted to nap in the sling fitfully, and then woke up to cry for 2 hours pretty much straight. I called the pediatricians office, knowing full well that Blinker is going to have another ear infection, upset because she just finished a course of antibiotics Thursday. By the time I call the pediatrician office is full for night clinic hours and they transfer me to urgent care. Note: I am never going to urgent care again... I will pay an ER bill first!! Yes it was that bad! We get to urgent care where the doctor there looks in her left ear and says "ok" looks in her right ear and says "ok" and then says "I need to take a second look in the first ear" OOOOOK. He does his double take on the left ear and proceeds to tell me that he thinks it is infected and prescribes antibiotics.
I fill the script, pick Jane up from the birthday party on my way home and get the clowns in bed very very late. This is the beginning of a long long long night that I spend in Blinkers room with her in bed with me. Thank goodness for the full size mattress and box spring that we bought last weekend for her room. It is saving my back over and over again.
We wake this morning and Blinker has dried crusty stuff all over the side of her head around the infected ear... so back to the doc we go... thankfully to the pediatrician this time, not ours, but one of her partners. The ear is definitely infected, and there is no obvious rupture but it is completely possible that there was a tiny rupture and there was some fluid that leaked out and it has sealed up.
Well between when I leave the office and when I get home #1 gets a call from the pediatricians nurse in which we find out here that the UC doctor prescribed the wrong amount of antibiotics (too little not too much thank goodness) and the pediatrician we saw today is going to call in a refill for the extra that we are going to need.
To add to the fun and excitement of that, the pharmacist then calls wondering what is going on. Is it bad that the pharmacist at a major department store knows me and my kids... does that mean we are there to often?? He informs #1 that we need to call before we come in because they are going to have to talk to the insurance company. Imagine my surprise when we find out that the insurance company is not going to like something *insert surprised face here*, but they don't like to do refills on antibiotics. So the pharmacist needs time to mill it over with them, and there is no point in me standing in the store with the clowns. This is the part where having the pharmacist know you is a good thing. :D
UGH!!
We see our pediatrician on Tuesday when we take Buzzy in for a recheck on his ear infection that he had the same time we took Blinker in 2 weeks ago. I am guessing that we will be talking tubes since this is her 2nd rupture and 4th ear infection in her short 6 1/2 months. BOO!
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