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February 28, 2006
Tonsils
our gone!!
Hannah finally had her tonsils and adenoids out yesterday. It was pretty uneventful except for the anesthesia part, which strangely enough, is what I had worried about the most.
They got her all ready to go into the OR and she was worried about everyone seeing her butt since those darn johnies don't cover up the behinds! LOL But, she finally got over that and I got to ride with her on the stretcher into the OR. There they put her to sleep and that was a little traumatic for me, but I did ok. Then they took me back out to the waiting room whereupon the anesthiesologist came back and got me about five minutes later to say they had had some trouble getting her under, her airway closed off! They had to wake her back up and wanted me to go back in as they hadn't been able to get the IV and all that established.
So, I went back in the OR and poor little thing, she's quite disoriented, looking all around, like "what the heck is going on??" She was real good though. She let them put the IV in and then they had to spray all kinds of numbing stuff down her throat and some other stuff they put on a tongue blade and had to wait until it melted down her throat, ugh! But she did it and then they intubated her, gave her more meds to make her go to sleep and I left once again only to wait and worry more and more. But, they came out after about 30 minutes and it was all over!
She woke up really well too, just laying there on her side and all of sudden her eyes open and she's looking around and wanted to get out of bed!! LOL
She did really really well and I am so glad they are out and now she breathes sooooo much better and hopefully all the nasty colds and coughs she gets will go away too!
Today has been a bit rough, but I've been getting her to drink all I can and she's doing better with some pain medicine and apple juice!
Posted by tracey at 10:25 AM | Comments (0)
February 25, 2006
Rock a bye baby
I got to rock my little nephew last night and it felt good holding a little baby in my arms again. He didn't like it at first though, he was VERY tired, and was fighting sleep even as he cried rubbing both fists into his eyes! I rocked and rocked and rocked and finally he gave in and fell fast asleep, and I rocked him some more...
Posted by tracey at 06:36 PM | Comments (0)
February 24, 2006
Is this WINTER
ever going to end!!!??? I know I know, I shouldn't complain, but good grief, it's been a LONG one! First I had the inner ear thing, which is clearing up, slow but sure. Now, I have a nasty cold, compliments of Miss Hannah 
I am sure! UGH!!! At least it's more of a chest cold than a head cold, but even still, I sneeze so hard sometimes it actually hurts!
I've managed to get back into the swing of things. Was able to work my regular hours at work and am just a little more tired than usual when I get home. (I think it's because all day long I'm trying to right myself to the center and not to the left so much which is the way I want to go!) I'd hate to have to walk a straight line right now, it would not be an easy task! LOL Oh well, as my mother is so fond of saying, it could be worse and indeed it could!
Bought a new dryer today. Our old one died, finally! I think it was like 25 years old or something crazy like that. We bought it second hand when we moved here in '98, so we got 8 pretty good years out of it. Let's see if this new one lasts that long!
It's snowing and blowing again today. What we didn't get in January, has made up for it in February. March is just around the corner though and then we can look forward to spring.
Well, nothing too much else happening at the moment. Drinking a cup of hot raspberry tea with lemon and going to go curl up on the couch!
Posted by tracey at 03:27 PM | Comments (0)
February 19, 2006
Kids & Lawrence
My 13 year old daughter is going to be the death of me, but I still love her! GOD help me!
She's beautiful, smart, witty (even for her young age) inquisitive, OMG is she ever, and she has a stubborn streak that would wear down even mother Theresa!
But, as much as she exhausts me sometimes, I think often to when I was her age, a little older maybe, and I guess I was a lot like her! I'm in for it is all I have to say!
Last night, I still wasn't feeling the best and I was sacked out on the couch and I turned the channel and there was Lawrence Welk. I LOVE Lawrence Welk, I remember watching that all the time with my grandmother when I was much younger than my oldest is now. So, I left it on. What cracks me up most is the outfits they wore, esp in the 70's episodes! LOL I love just looking at all the outfits and cracking up. The men in hot pink suits to match the girl's frilly skirts! It's hysterical.
She just thought I was weird, but she was watching it too...
(and a wonna and twoa and threea)
Posted by tracey at 06:06 PM | Comments (0)
February 15, 2006
ROFL
(I couldn't help it, this cracked me up!)
Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses
10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm"
9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page"
8. "Not enough Jim Beam"
7. "Trying to stop the spread of bird flu"
6. "I love to shoot people"
5. "Guy was making cracks about my lesbian daughter"
4. "I thought the guy was trying to go 'gay cowboy' on me"
3. "Excuse? I hit him, didn't I?"
2. "Until Democrats approve medicare reform, we have to make some tough choices for the elderly"
1. "Made a bet with Gretzky's wife"
Posted by tracey at 07:02 PM | Comments (0)
Leaning to the left
or maybe to the right...
I am not sure! HAH
This inner ear thing is something else!
I went back to work yesterday. Worked 10 hours and wasn't sure I was going to make it through the morning, but then by mid afternoon, suddenly I seemed more grounded! Driving home was more normal too. How off this thing can throw you! It's so hard to even explain.
Today, I feel weird, not lightheaded like I have been, but I think at times, I am either leaning to the left, or maybe to the right, I'm not sure, but I know I'm not centered!
Oh well, it beats the state I was in just about a week ago today!
And not to forget Valentine's Day, it was nice. Hubby always gets me the nicest cards, they say exactly what he can't always put into words, but I know exactly how he feels!
Warm again today, nearly 45 degrees and what little snow we got yesterday, is melting fast today!
Posted by tracey at 03:37 PM | Comments (1)
February 13, 2006
Feeling better
every day, but I'm still a bit off kilter, think that is how you spell that! Not sure, but anyhow, driving is a bit of a challenge. I ventured out to the bank today, flower shop to get Devon some flowers for Valentine's and then to the post office and back home. Quick head movements to check for traffic are NOT good...
Sitting here at the computer, I feel a bit tilted even though I know I am not! LOL Very strange.
I'm planning to go into work tomorrow for a few hours, I'm going to shoot for at least half a day. Dorene is back Thursday and won't she be surprised to learn I've been sick the entire time she's been gone! So much for back up!
Oh well, it could be worse as they say, although, this was bad enough. :-(
Posted by tracey at 05:13 PM | Comments (0)
February 11, 2006
Ugh, the rush
of quietness on Wednesday...that led to me being violently ill on Thursday!
I awoke at 5:45 am when my alarm rang and as I reached to shut it off I felt as if I was lying in a waterbed, which I was not, but it sure felt like it!
When I tried to sit upright, I fell over to my right side and had an awful time getting right again and then the violent waves of nausea came. Just turning from one side to another would cause this and it lasted ALL day!
At around 4:30 pm when I could no longer take it anymore, I had my husband drive me to the ER. What a time getting dressed and down the stairs. I literally had no balance and with every movement I had the worst feeling of motion sickness and by that time had nothing left to vomit! (Sorry for all the gory details!)
I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis, (a viral inner ear infection) and severe vertigo. They started an IV and gave me two liters of fluid and IV phenergan, thank the LORD for that stuff! In about two hours the nausea was gone and then they hit me with two doses of meclizine.
Today, Saturday I think it is, I'm feeling MUCH better, but still a bit wobbly on the feet. I want to keep leaning to the left! It's like I can feel myself leaning that way and have to keep pulling myself to the center. I'm still on the meds, every 8 hours and am praying that this dizziness is going to subside!
I never knew loosing your equalibrium like that could be so sickly! WOW!
Posted by tracey at 11:05 AM | Comments (0)
February 08, 2006
The quietness
that comes with the new fallen snow. I stood outside this afternoon and just listened and heard nothing, not a sound. It's cold again, hovering just above 10 degrees, there is no wind and with the recent snow that has once again covered the ground, you heard nothing, not a sound.
Kind of eerie, haunting, strange.
I wish it were the end of March and not just beginning February.
Posted by tracey at 03:55 PM | Comments (0)
February 04, 2006
Creative Mode!
Wow, I've been in a creative mood all day! Making web sets left and right!! I haven't made anything for a long long time and for some reason, the creative bug decided to bite me today! You can have a look here if you'd like...
The three sets I made are all children/baby sets. I guess the baby bug bit me as well! No, I'm not pregnant, but am expecting a new little nephew here in a few more weeks so maybe that is it!
I did manage to get some laundry done today, order more coins, take Hannah swimming at the Rec center and make supper! Now Andy is making homemade strawberry shortcake ice cream and does it look good!
The weather is still so warm, we've had the strangest winter ever! It really felt like a warm spring day today. I'm already itching to get outside and start picking things up getting ready for summer, but then I realize, it's only February!! It's just so odd. I am looking at new deck furniture though and I've decided, once we get the new roof put on this spring I'm going to tear our shed down and build another. I don't know how yet, but I'm working on it! I'll have to do some before and after pictures!
Well, off to make another web set. I need to do another girl one I think, but we'll see.
Posted by tracey at 07:41 PM | Comments (0)
February 02, 2006
The list grows
and grows and grows and I find it overwhelming at times, but I continue to pray for those I feel need it most. Every night I thank God for all I have, including my own health and safety, but more importantly, the safety of my family and their health. I have people on my "list" that I've been praying for for a long time, years now as a matter of fact! But...I find myself always adding another. I sometimes think I think too much about things and people and their situations and I ask myself, "Have they created this situation for themselves or is it just life in general, the "nature" of things that has placed them in this circumstance?" I can never know for certain and may never find an answer, and so I pray.
My list varies actually. Like I mentioned before, I always pray for those closest to me,as they say, the ones that mean the most. And then I pray for those I have always prayed for, it just seems like they always need the prayers, but lately I pray for salvation. As my relationship with God has grown and become so much stronger, I realize it is salvation that we are all in need of. And I know so many others that need those prayers as well.
My husband is not a religious or spiritual man and when we first met that didn't really bother me. I never gave it much thought actually, but lately, I pray for him alot! Not because he's bad or anything like that, it's quite the contrary, he's very much a good man, good spirited, well mannered, highly devoted to me and our family, but he doesn't have God in his life, nor has he asked for forgiveness and everlasting life. So, I pray for him. I pray that he will become closer to God, find his grace as they say and want to hunger for the knowledge. I can only pray for these things.
I pray everyday for a little girl battling leukemia. She's the same age as my Hannah and cute as a button and I see her pictures and read of her progress and it just breaks my heart that little children have to suffer so in this world. And...so I pray for her safety, protection, health, no pain and that God hold her in the palm of his hand, always.
I pray for many family members, friends that need some guidance, love and salvation. I feel like I pray all the time and maybe I do! But pray I will because to me it brings such peace and a closeness to HIM that you cannot even describe and I feel like I fear no more of anything or anyone.
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