Well on the pain note, things are feeling better. everything has kinda faded into the background or else I have finally gotten used to it *ugh* I see the GI tomorrow anyhow so I will post more on that then.
Julian has his good and bad days. One group working with us briefly on his behavior has given me some charts to work with him on to see if he can learn to identify his moods and choose things to deescalate things. We also have a new referral in for more assistance since we lose all of his services like OT, behavior, Speech etc at age 3. which is less then 1 month away yikes!!
the newest and most annoying thing lately is our old senior cat! he has over the last month or so taken to singling out julians stuff and peeing all over it! today was almost the last straw when I noticed on the way out the door to take julian to school, that the diaper bag (which doubles as my purse) had been peed IN and on! *angry hiss* everything in it was soaked and reeking! I swear kitty has never liked julian taking over head child spot here but never has he been so vindictive :( I am very afraid if he keeps this up, I am going to have to find a place for him to live... away from here :( he is 17 yrs old this year too *sigh*
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
And so the pain stays on...
Well it does appear I will be having this pain for awhile. The kidney stone is starting to move I think, so at least that should be done with soon. The cyst, they won't do anything for unless it causes complications. The hernia has probably been there for years.. this I can believe since I have had pain there for years. The gallstone.. may end up with surgery.
However my latest trip to the ER, yes I had to go back, the dr. thought maybe it was bilinary colitis. I thought colitis was a kids thing.. guess not :/ He gave me donnitol (spelling may be wrong) but it is a bellandonna agent with pain med added. It is suppose to help with the gut and make it relax. The pain does seem to be a little easier, thats for sure.
On other notes: Julian is, as usual, all over the map. He really loves school! If I could afford it I would send him full days. I want to start sending him 5 mornings a week once he turns 3, as we will no longer have music, OT, behavioral, speech therapies. Those were paid for by Alta and they end at age 3... but we also no longer need them *yay* Somedays his behavior is pretty typical 2, and I can handle that. Other days, it is like the faeries stole my child and left a changling in his place that has NO sense of right and wrong *cry*
Will post more hopefully soon as I can get things settled down here. Hugs to family and friends!
However my latest trip to the ER, yes I had to go back, the dr. thought maybe it was bilinary colitis. I thought colitis was a kids thing.. guess not :/ He gave me donnitol (spelling may be wrong) but it is a bellandonna agent with pain med added. It is suppose to help with the gut and make it relax. The pain does seem to be a little easier, thats for sure.
On other notes: Julian is, as usual, all over the map. He really loves school! If I could afford it I would send him full days. I want to start sending him 5 mornings a week once he turns 3, as we will no longer have music, OT, behavioral, speech therapies. Those were paid for by Alta and they end at age 3... but we also no longer need them *yay* Somedays his behavior is pretty typical 2, and I can handle that. Other days, it is like the faeries stole my child and left a changling in his place that has NO sense of right and wrong *cry*
Will post more hopefully soon as I can get things settled down here. Hugs to family and friends!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Whimper.... Medic!!!
*sigh* Once again I swear it should be an unwritten rule about getting sick when you are single parenting (or even a stay at home mom) of little ones!
This weekend I had the most wonderful massage... well earned and worth every penny! However the following morning I felt like death warmed over. I had assumed it was because I hadn't drank enough water to flush all the stored up toxins that were released. I tried to make up for it (even tho I thought I had been drinking plenty) and to no avail. Sunday night I tossed and turned and tried not to whimper to much in my sleep, for fear of waking Julian. After getting zero amount of sleep, I bundled julian up early and took him to school. I then drove to the ER down the street.
Turns out that it WASN'T the massage at all. Oh No... I couldn't be so lucky! No it turns out I had (yes all 4!)
1. a kidney stone,
2. a gall stone acting up again (did I mention I had my gall bladder REMOVED in 2001?? Since then I have been one of the rare and unlucky few that still produce them! I have had 3 removed since 2001 even, not counting this new one!)
3. a large ovarian cyst,
4. a small hernia in the female parts area too!
*whimper*
Somewhere out there I am sure there is a Fate laughing at me!!
*sigh*
This weekend I had the most wonderful massage... well earned and worth every penny! However the following morning I felt like death warmed over. I had assumed it was because I hadn't drank enough water to flush all the stored up toxins that were released. I tried to make up for it (even tho I thought I had been drinking plenty) and to no avail. Sunday night I tossed and turned and tried not to whimper to much in my sleep, for fear of waking Julian. After getting zero amount of sleep, I bundled julian up early and took him to school. I then drove to the ER down the street.
Turns out that it WASN'T the massage at all. Oh No... I couldn't be so lucky! No it turns out I had (yes all 4!)
1. a kidney stone,
2. a gall stone acting up again (did I mention I had my gall bladder REMOVED in 2001?? Since then I have been one of the rare and unlucky few that still produce them! I have had 3 removed since 2001 even, not counting this new one!)
3. a large ovarian cyst,
4. a small hernia in the female parts area too!
*whimper*
Somewhere out there I am sure there is a Fate laughing at me!!
*sigh*
Monday, April 7, 2008
It's the silly things sometimes...
Some of you know I play on Neopets, and have since mid 2000. It is one of my sanity savers, my stress reliever, the place where I can talk and call many folks friends. What a lot of folks see as a kids site, really isn't. Yes there are a lot of kids who play it now, and it has a lot of content geared towards them, but it actually started out as a college kid created site for bored college kids :P In fact over 20% of their players are over 18 and clear into their 80s. I only say this because I know a few who read this blog aren't neopet players.
I have been trying for a long time now, especially since neopets revamped their site to win the UserLookup trophy. Their user lookups are customizable using CSS and it has been a lot of fun creating graphics and code to redo mine. I have done many for friends and entered tons of times but to no avail.. till today!
**for those who aren't neopets players the below links won't work.. but here is an example of my winning UL. If interested in signing up for a neopets acct, it is free, and I have a referral link listed here in the places of interest :)
http://www.kroegercreations.com/ulsnapshot.png
This had me jumping for joy and screaming :D silly maybe but finally custom graphics and code won and proved that Neo can finally chose complete revamps (before most tended to be all of one style... very frustrating!)
and then to boot one of my pets got chosen 1st place in the custimization awards too!!
Week of:
March 31, 2008
Neocash
1st
Pet: Wallie2000
Owner: ickle_pengu
Lets just say.. it has been a real NICE day!! :)
I have been trying for a long time now, especially since neopets revamped their site to win the UserLookup trophy. Their user lookups are customizable using CSS and it has been a lot of fun creating graphics and code to redo mine. I have done many for friends and entered tons of times but to no avail.. till today!
**for those who aren't neopets players the below links won't work.. but here is an example of my winning UL. If interested in signing up for a neopets acct, it is free, and I have a referral link listed here in the places of interest :)
http://www.kroegercreations.com/ulsnapshot.png
| |  [theneopetsteam] The Neopets Staff » Make this user your Neofriend |
| Sent: | 7/4/2008 05:12pm |
| Folder: | Inbox |
| Subject: | You won the Lookup of the Week! |
| Message: | Congratulations! Your User Lookup has been chosen as a winner and is currently on display on the Lookup of the Week page. To see your winning entry, visit http://www.neopets.com/ul_spotlight.phtml . A nifty trophy has also been added to your lookup. Hoorah! |
This had me jumping for joy and screaming :D silly maybe but finally custom graphics and code won and proved that Neo can finally chose complete revamps (before most tended to be all of one style... very frustrating!)
and then to boot one of my pets got chosen 1st place in the custimization awards too!!
Week of:
March 31, 2008
Neocash
1st
Pet: Wallie2000
Owner: ickle_pengu
Lets just say.. it has been a real NICE day!! :)
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Crawls away and hides
Ok.. Now I know it is said the more your child loves you the more they test you. But is there ever a point where your child can love you to much?? *sigh* Some days Julian's behavior just goes beyond the extreme :( Yesterday was one of the ones that fall into the "refund please" category of having enough :/
He woke up out of sorts. He threw minor fits all morning and then the turning point seemed to be when the cat jumped off the computer table and landed on julian's foot. Yep, you guessed right, claws were out and toes got scratched :( we spent 30 minutes crying full sobs. He wanted to be cuddled.. then threw my arms off yet still rocked. then he told me to go away and sat and cried into the rug. when I went to leave he threw a fit because I wasnt holding him. *shakes head* I should have known we had hit that stage where nothing is working and nothing can help. We left to get some lunch and came home and the simple request of asking him to remove his shoes, made everything come undone. he screamed for an hour, hitting, head butting, kicking... finally I removed his trains and put them in the closet. I told him he could have them back when he took them off. after me having to wander about and try not to get hurt (me not him mind you) he finally sat down and took them off. I gave him back his trains and things were fine for awhile. Of course he calmed down just before HOPE Consulting came for thier visit (behavorist group). HOPE has been out to evaluate his behavior issues.
Then later a nap set it off, he didnt want to. On fridays I usually insist because we go out to dinner with family and he isnt fit for public if he doesnt nap. All hell broke loose again and after 2 hours of him constantly hitting, screaming etc I lost it and ended up crying. Called my mom and she told julian that she didnt want to see him if he was throwing a fit. What does he do then? calms down and stops crying! WTF??? grrrrrr we did end up going to dinner and he was asleep by the time we got home.
I think I could probably handle the fits easier if he wasnt so damn violent and I wasnt trying to cope myself. Maybe parents without bipolar or even parents that have both in the household can deal but for me there are times where it seems like I am losing the battle.
He woke up out of sorts. He threw minor fits all morning and then the turning point seemed to be when the cat jumped off the computer table and landed on julian's foot. Yep, you guessed right, claws were out and toes got scratched :( we spent 30 minutes crying full sobs. He wanted to be cuddled.. then threw my arms off yet still rocked. then he told me to go away and sat and cried into the rug. when I went to leave he threw a fit because I wasnt holding him. *shakes head* I should have known we had hit that stage where nothing is working and nothing can help. We left to get some lunch and came home and the simple request of asking him to remove his shoes, made everything come undone. he screamed for an hour, hitting, head butting, kicking... finally I removed his trains and put them in the closet. I told him he could have them back when he took them off. after me having to wander about and try not to get hurt (me not him mind you) he finally sat down and took them off. I gave him back his trains and things were fine for awhile. Of course he calmed down just before HOPE Consulting came for thier visit (behavorist group). HOPE has been out to evaluate his behavior issues.
Then later a nap set it off, he didnt want to. On fridays I usually insist because we go out to dinner with family and he isnt fit for public if he doesnt nap. All hell broke loose again and after 2 hours of him constantly hitting, screaming etc I lost it and ended up crying. Called my mom and she told julian that she didnt want to see him if he was throwing a fit. What does he do then? calms down and stops crying! WTF??? grrrrrr we did end up going to dinner and he was asleep by the time we got home.
I think I could probably handle the fits easier if he wasnt so damn violent and I wasnt trying to cope myself. Maybe parents without bipolar or even parents that have both in the household can deal but for me there are times where it seems like I am losing the battle.
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