Follow up appt

I had my week after surgery follow up appt today. Of course me and the girls left our house late and was rushing to my mom's house to drop off the kids with Erin. She offered to watch them for me while I went to my appt. :) I am glad I called ahead to find out exactly where to go. I was dropping them off right about the time I was supposed to be arriving at my appt, so I got there right before my scheduled time. The receptionist looks at me and asks, "Do you have your paperwork with you?" NOOOOO!!!!! I totally forgot that when I made the appt she asked me to print out the paperwork online and fill them out before I come. I have so much going on these days with moving and my divorce that I totally forgot. I felt horrible. I told her I didn't fill them out and she got on the phone and told someone that I didn't fill out my paperwork. Feeling even worse now. She said that someone was getting ready to go into surgery and it would take me atleast 20 mins to fill out the paperwork. They said I would have to wait about 45 mins before I could be seen. I said that's fine. I'm not going to complain when I was my fault anyways.

Turns out I only had to wait 5 mins after I was finished with my paperwork to be called back. The doctor looked at me and said that I am healing nicely. :) He said it's common to be sore and it will feel less and less sore until it's all better. I went back to my mom's house after my appt. I went to check my mail that was on the diningroom table and guess what was there. The dr office sent me the paperwork. lol If only I had seen it before my appt.

The girls and I spent the rest of the day at my mom's house. We watched some tv, played on Erin's computer and went to Target. After everyone got off of work, we celebrated Erin's bday with a yummy dinner, cake and then presents.

Gallbladder no more.

It's been an unexpected week. I was supposed to have a nice relaxing Monday up in Anacortes but instead i was sitting in a hospital bed awaiting my surgery the following day. It all started about a month ago. It was about 10pm, I was getting ready for bed. All of a sudden I had this horrible pain in my stomach and about a min later the pain went to my entire back. I was in tears from the pain. The kids were sleeping so I tried to control how loud I was. I called my mom and she told me to either call 911 or Denise, my MIL. Luckily Denise lives 2 mins away so she was able to come over. The pain was pretty much gone by the time she got there but she brought me a heating pad and helped me get into bed.

I thought it was a one time thing since I hadn't had any more attacks until this last Sunday. Kim and Pedro got back from Peru, they were gone for 3 weeks. So i packed up the kids and I went down to my mom's house to see them. Everything was going well. I was sitting on the futon feeding Jordyn and i got the pain again in my stomach. I got very nervous. Soon after the pain went to my back again. It got so bad I couldn't hold Jordyn anymore. I tried to find a position that would be ok until the pain went away. But no position helped. Laying on my back made it worse. I just tried to deal with it praying it would go away. When i had the first attack the pain lasted about 30 mins.

My mom suggested Kim take me to the ER. I knew something had to be wrong for the pain to come back but I had no idea what was wrong. My mom said she thought it was my gallbladder. So after about 25 mins, Kim and I left for the ER. I left Camryn and Jordyn with my mom. I was hoping she would be ok. Her ribs still hurt. When we got to the ER i was relieved that there was only one other person ahead of me. I was screaming in pain. I couldn't lay down on my side or my back and I couldn't stand. I was dizzy and worn out from being in pain. It felt like forever but i think about after 40 mins they took me back. Luckily the pain was better by now.

After several hours, they took me back for an ultrasound. Soon after I got back to my room, Cori arrived. Kim had left before i went in for my ultrasound to get dinner and make sure everything was ok with the kids. Cori knew i was alone so she offered to come keep me company. I really appreciated that. Erin was up in Anacortes so she was too far away. After about an hour the doctor came in and said i have lots of gallstones. I needed to have my gallbladder taken out. For some reason i never thought that would happen. I knew something was wrong, but i didn't think i needed surgery. I got a little emotional when i heard that. Surgery is scary.

They admitted me that evening. She said that my gallbladder was inflamed so they wanted to give me antibiotics and wait until either Monday or Tues. I would find out from the surgeon the next morning. My surgery was at 1:30 on Tues. I got my pain meds and got discharged that night. I was ready to go to my mom's house to rest for a couple days. I am feeling really tired, sore and dizzy but I am just happy to have no more attacks.

I am so blessed to have amazing family and friends. I have no idea what i would have done without the help of Cori, Erin, my mom and Kim. Cori: Thank you soooo much for keeping me company in the ER and the hospital. You really cheered me up and it helped to have someone to talk to and walk with. Also thank you for taking care of my kids for a couple days. I never worried once knowing they were with you. Erin: Thank you for taking over and watching the kids for a couple days as well. There is no way i could go straight home after leaving the hospital. I really appreciate all the help.

Decorating cookies

I asked Cori if she and Maddie wanted to come over to decorate cookies. That is something I have been wanting to do with Camryn for a long time. So today Cori, Maddie, Alex(Cori's sister) came over. We had sugar cookie dough, red & white frosting, sprinkles, chocolate chips, m&ms, and Nemo fruit snacks. We didn't have any cookie cutters so we just used cups to form the cookies. The girls had a blast decorating them. I think they did a great job. While we waited for the cookies to bake, we had lunch. Yummy sandwiches. Then after we were all done we watched a little Game Show Network.

Wild Waves

We all went to Wild Waves on the 4th of July. It was crowded and hot but it was an awesome day. Camryn had so much fun riding the rides. She went on the carousel, a parachute ride, the train, a boat ride and a big slide. The big slide she didn't like. She was crying the whole way down. :( We decided to go on the rides first since everyone else would go straight to the water park. We were right. There was barely anyone at the rides. We usually didn't have to wait in line and if we did it wasn't a long wait. Pedro and I wanted to go on some scarier rides. We rode a big rollercoaster and a ride called the Tomahawk. One that ride you go upside down over and over again.

After lunch we went to the water park. Camryn couldn't wait to get in her bathing suit and go in the water. My mom took her to the kiddie pool that had little slides, Kim and Pedro went to the Wave pool and Erin and I stayed with Jordyn. Then we took turns staying with Jordyn. Erin and I went on the Raging water ride where you sit in an intertube and go down hills. There were so many times where we got stuck and couldn't get down the hill. Poor Erin. On the last time, we were stuck for like 10 mins so she got out of the innertube to push us towards the hill and she couldn't get back in before me and the innertube went down the hill.

It was such a fun day. Here are some pics that Kim took.

New tv

Yay! Our new tv has arrived. It looks soooo good. Our old tv was very old and it started acting up. It would go to a half screen. Top half was black and the bottom was normal. Not good. Our new tv is a 32 inch LCD flat screen. It's beautiful!!

Sprinkler time

It has been pretty warm these days so I pulled out the sprinkler the other day. Camryn just got a new suimsuit and was so excited to play in it. I am hoping to get a pool soon. Our pool from last year isn't good anymore. Luckily if we can't, Camryn's friend Liam has one so we can always go over there. I have a feeling we'll be getting a lot of use out of the sprinkler this summer.

Jungle Playland

The girls and I went up to Jungle Playland with our friends Christina and Liam last Wed. It was a lot of fun. It wasn't too busy which is always good. Camryn's favorite part is the ball pit. She spent most of the time in there. She is still a little too small for the big slides so she always goes on the smaller slides. I want to take her there as much as i can this summer because once she turns 3 in Sept the price goes up. :(