That's how I felt Wednesday. Well, that's how I felt most of this week. Monday started off with the hubby's car not starting. See, mom had her knee replacement on Tuesday and my Aunt and I promised her we'd spend the night with her in the hospital each night and I was scheduled for Tuesday night, so there was no time for a car to not work, much less a 3 year old car.
So, we called the insurance company and had the car towed to the dealer. A few house later, we left with a new car. The lease was coming up in a couple of months so we just started the new lease a little sooner.
Mom had her surgery on Tuesday and it went well. I got to the hospital Tuesday night and we had a pretty smooth night. It's hard to sleep well in the hospital, even when you're not the patient. Mom's nurses were pretty attentive which was good, especially after how bad my hospital experience was this past summer.
After calling home to wake the family up so they could get out the door and make it to the bus stop on time, I got a call back from them on the way out the door and was instructed to make a doctor's appointment for Bug, his foot was swollen and red again.
I made the appointment and Nate picked him up and brought him to me since I was right by the ped's office and there was no way I could get to Bug and back to town in time for the appointment. The red swollen spot on his foot is a different spot than last time and may be from the crocs we forgot to wash after the first incident; if this issue is in fact from brushing against something in the woods, otherwise we're at a loss. So doctor's appointment done but we have another problem.
To get rid of the celluitis on the foot, oral steroids are needed. Bug's annual food allergy blood work was scheduled for today. Guess what I got to do, yep take him for his blood work. Well, that was a nightmare but we got it done. I will be filing a complaint with Quest though. Their complete lack of compassion for pediatric patients year after year is simply unacceptable. We started the blood work with them and for the sake of consistency we continue to use them for this once a year, and it's always a horrible experience. Any other time we need Bug's or even Roo's blood drawn we go to LabCorp at the hospital and they are far and beyond better. Rant done...lets continue figuring out what day of the week it is.
So, that's done and we go to Toys R Us and get a toy. Then back to the hospital to visit mom. Bug picks out flowers and is beaming ear to ear as we're walking down the hall to visit grandma. We find grandpa in the hallway and he leads the way and tells grandma that he found something in the hallway. Bug is beaming as he enters the room and gives her flowers. Then within 3 minutes, he sees her IV and takes in everything going on and he was done. Like, I have a stomach ache, get me outta here as fast as you can, done. He's going to be my fainter, just like his mama!
After that we went to lunch at Basilico's and had a wonderful time, the staff loved Bug. On the way out the lady at the register said "he's the cutest kid I've ever seen."
Whew, we finally got home and I was able to finally shower and relax.
I think Thursday and Friday were fairly normal, just swim practice and the normal routine. By Friday I had finally figured out what day of the week it was and luckily remembered to update our auto insurance with the new car info. I don't usually take that long to do that, just glad I didn't completely forget!
Today I took Roo to a swim meet in Richmond. He did great. He hasn't been focusing on back stroke as much this year and this past summer his times started getting worse. I was super nervous for him because he had 100 back today. He did great though, just needs to work on his turns. He didn't have any DQ's and he got ribbons in two events including the 100 back, which is great. One benefit of a long race is that there are usually fewer kids his age signed up, so it's very motivating to finish those races. I have no doubt that he would finish any distance his coaches ask him to swim, he's a hard worker and works his tail off in practice. I love his work ethic and hope he keeps it and that it translates to school as he gets older.
After the meet he and I had fun going to Target for his Pokemon cards he earned, going to the Apple store to visit the Apple doctor for my computer and getting a good prognosis, having dinner together and then a quick stop at Trader Joe's before heading home. I think next time I know we're going to Trader Joe's I'm going to ask facebook friends for input on what to get, that would be fun!
Nate spent the day with Bug and took him back to Basilico's. He said everyone remembered Bug and they even offered to bring him a free dessert. He said it was crazy, that the servers were having fun chatting with him and saying what a cute kid Bug is. He also went to Target to get some workout clothes and then they went over to a friends house.
And, we're ending our Saturday watching the Patriots game.
