Week of 11/20

[awick14]

((luv2rn4fun)) in glad he's doing well enough to come home now. I hate that it costs all you ladies stupid amounts of money to get medical health. Urg. Worrying about money on top of illness is horrible.

[luv2rn4fun]

Nov 22, 2017 17:26:38 GMT -5 awick14 said:

((luv2rn4fun)) in glad he's doing well enough to come home now. I hate that it costs all you ladies stupid amounts of money to get medical health. Urg. Worrying about money on top of illness is horrible.

Thank you! Our previous insurance actually wasn’t too bad ($250 vs $1k). So far this round is costing us $1100. DH is stressing but we will just have to figure it out. It’s not like we don’t have the money but he refuses to consider not maxing our retirement, which might not be realistic if we start having serious medical bills (but he’s also the only one working and contributing so I get why he feels the need to max out and I am sure I will appreciate it when we can retire by 60ish).

[krystee]

Happy birthday, wineandcheese! Hope it was an awesome day!

I am so sorry about your friend, MrsMB. Such a devastating disease.

Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving Eve!

[HoneySpider]

I'm so sorry MrsMB

We had an interesting night last night, the carbon monoxide monitor went off so the fire dept had to come and check things out....turned out everything was ok, my parents just moved into this house last week and got a brand new oven and with all the cooking we were doing it might have set something off. We'll see what happens today with cooking the turkey.

[wineandcheese]

Half of my kitchen is at work with me today lol. I’ve got 1 turkey cooking in my electric toaster and most of the sides cooking in my crockpots.

Have a happy thanksgiving everyone!!!

[luv2rn4fun]

Happy thanksgiving ladies! So thankful for all of you!!

We have been home all day. L woke up not doing well (he actually had a horrible night and went downhill a couple hours after being home). Took forever to get him to sleep and he was up quite a bit. This morning was a lot of crying from him. Thankfully he took an awesome nap and woke up a couple new baby and seems to be breathing much better! We are going to my dads once they wake up from nap which is pretty soon! Excited to get out of the house and actually do something even if it’s only for a couple hours!

[awick14]

luv2rn4fun- I'm glad L is doing better, I hope you are able to control his asthma easily.

I wrote a long post yesterday and I just realized it's not in here. Urg, stupid proboards. (I posted twice yesterday but I only see one post.)

Happy birthday!!!! wineandcheese

Urg estrellita, vehicle problems suck! Especially when it will cost lots.

((MrsMB)) That's so hard.

I'm not sure if you ladies remember but about 2 years ago a coworkers (both parents are my coworkers) 5 yr old son passed away in a tragic accident. Well I found out recently that the father has passed away from brain cancer. Now my coworker and her son are left to pick up the pieces. I just can't imagine. We have fundraised enough money for them to take a trip for a while if they choose to and just get away from it all. I'm so heart broken for them.

I have been going to a new gym and I've been enjoying it so far. I signed up for 4 sessions as an intro package to get back into it and I love the trainer they have me with. I'm sad we only have one more session but at the same time I think I have the tools to go forward with a good plan to do this one my own. I'm a little upset that she ended today's session a sales pitch of trying to get me to commit to a 1 year 3x a week with a trainer plan. While that would be amazing it's a ridiculous amount on top of the gym membership. (Membership is $50/month) The year plan is $15k. 😳 that is more a month then I pay for full time daycare! Holy crap! That is not happening.

I feel like that sales pitch ruined the the training for me. (Which I also paid for over and above the membership.)


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((suzv)) lose milestones are so hard. December is a big loss month for us and now with DDs bday being in Dec the month is so emotional. (First EDD, loss at 15 weeks, and now DDs birth all happen in dec)

[estrellita]

awick14 oh how sad I feel like some families go through way more than they ever should and it's just not fair.

[estrellita]

So our car issues appear to just be the battery thankfully. We took my car instead of his and he's taking mine to work right now (he works 10pm-3am and is off tomorrow at his regular job) but tomorrow he's going to drive his a bit around town to be sure. I'm happy it was a much less expensive problem!

I was happy to have Thanksgiving with my family this year. It was fun! I just really hate seeing my grandparents the way they are right now. I think I've mentioned before that my grandpa has Parkinson's and has had a few other issues recently, so they just sold their house and moved into assisted living. He used to be super active, riding his bike and walking a lot until somewhat recently (like 5-10 years or so ago). He's using a walker and I'm starting to notice his mind doesn't seem the same as it used to. My grandma (other side, not his wife) is on oxygen right now and is in mild heart failure. They might take her off the oxygen but they don't know yet. She was having trouble breathing recently and this has been helping. I just really hate seeing them like this and knowing there's nothing anyone can really do

[luv2rn4fun]

awick14- so many ((Hugs)) and prayers for your coworker. I can’t imagine. And ((Hugs)) for you with Dec coming up...I know it will be a mix of emotions for you. Yikes on the personal training package! You can buy a decent car for that price (or pay for a year of college, decent chunk for a kitchen remodel, amazing vacation)!

You mentioned having asthma as a kid, right? Any tips? We see his pediatrician on Monday but I am anxious about what this means for him and us, especially with how bad this last episode was. I am encouraged though that it seems like he has a chance of our growing it but I have a feeling we will be dealing with this for awhile and I am not optimistic that we won’t end up in the hospital again (but maybe all the meds will help and we won’t be there in the future?). It was definitely a scary few days. He’s doing much better now...still has a chesty cough but his demeanor is back to almost 100% so I hope we don’t have any more setbacks.

[awick14]

luv2rn4fun, I spent the first 5 years of my life in an out of hospital because if my asthma. (And other health issues that mainly stemmed from asthma.)

Do you have a nebulizer? I know having on saved me a few hospital stays, even into my teens. I know they are not cheap though, but even so it may be worth it.

I know staying on top of my puffers helped me on a day to day basis, if he is on daily preventive ones. For L now that won't be in issue as he is too young to take them on his own. But when he gets older it will be harder.

Making sure you don't go anywhere without your rescue inhaler. (Usually ventolin, or something similar)

When he has a cold making sure that you are taking the rescue inhaler more often to help from making his lungs worse.

Obviously all of this is only helps if your doctor prescribes these meds. I'm an open book about my childhood asthma if you ever have any more questions.

[pooh8402]

I hope y'all can get L's asthma under control, luv2rn4fun. It sounds daunting at first (it did to me when I was learning about it this past summer) but like anything, you'll learn to manage it.


SIL and I went BF shopping last night to avoid the worst of the crowds. I was awake anyway since I was on call, and she took advantage of having a willing shopping partner. We spent too much money even with sales, ha. I bought 10 skeins of really thick yarn, because I'm planning to arm knit a blanket for myself.

[luv2rn4fun]

Thank you awick14 and pooh8402. He’s doing much better so far and slept so well last night that I woke up scared something had happened so woke him to nurse at 4:30.

awick14- we have albuterol in both inhaler and nebulizer form. He also went home with a daily (2x/day) controller med (Flovent). Right now he is doing the inhaler form of everything because he really doesn’t tolerate either and the inhaler is much shorter time/fight than the nebulizer (he has a spacer too).

We see his pediatrician Monday but as I understand right now I am to start the albuterol at the first signs of a cold whereas I was waiting for him to start wheezing before and it was too late.

I am really hoping we can get it under control and avoid many nights in the hospital in our future but I know realistically that that’s not realistic given his diagnosis and eapeyhow fast he goes downhill. And yes, never leaving home without his inhaler. I need to get DH up to speed and have confidence that he can manage things when I am not home...it’s going to be even harder for me leave L now. I also want us to take a CPR class just in case we ever need it. Even more important now.

[awick14]

Nov 24, 2017 9:49:10 GMT -5 luv2rn4fun said:

awick14- we have albuterol in both inhaler and nebulizer form. He also went home with a daily (2x/day) controller med (Flovent). Right now he is doing the inhaler form of everything because he really doesn’t tolerate either and the inhaler is much shorter time/fight than the nebulizer (he has a spacer too).

That's good. Similar to what I did as a kid. It really helped once we got things under control, way easier to manage once you figure it all out. I know it took a bit for my mom to feel comfortable leaving me with my dad because he didn't keep up with medical stuff like my mom did.

[wineandcheese]

luv2rn4fun how’s L feeling?

[luv2rn4fun]

Nov 25, 2017 8:42:30 GMT -5 wineandcheese said:

luv2rn4fun how’s L feeling?

Much much better! He still has a chesty cough when he coughs and I am suctioning a lot of mucus from his nose yesterday (which is usually the first sign that he is getting sick, so maybe he’s catching it all over again) but I would say he’s pretty much back to his usual self and I would otherwise feel comfortable doing a big outing (but we won’t until we see the doctor Monday). He even started taking his first steps on thanksgiving and was doing even 4 steps yesterday! Thank you for asking 😀

[pooh8402]

Glad he's feeling better luv2rn4fun!


Today is DH's birthday. We did family pictures earlier, for Christmas cards. Then we attempted Santa pictures, but E FLIPPED OUT while standing in line. DH's parents will try again later. Now we're waiting to get DH a pedicure--he asked for one! Later tonight is a fancy dinner, then a hotel room locally where we'll catch the rest of the Aggie/LSU game.

[luv2rn4fun]

Thank you pooh8402! Happy birthday to your DH! Sounds like the perfect celebration- have fun tonight!!

[wineandcheese]

I’m so glad he is doing better luv2rn4fun!

[estrellita]

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Holy crap, my coworker due 3 weeks after me had her baby yesterday! She was convinced she was going to have a Dec baby (she was due early Jan) but I don't think she expected Nov! Crazy. I have to admit I'm a little jealous, lol. They are doing well which is good!