Saturday, January 21, 2012

What A Week

I am just so happy this week is behind us.  This is what we did in a nutshell.

Monday- We had to go to the vet and have Rock put to sleep. He is now happy in doggy heaven. He is no longer in pain or discomfort.  His presence in our house is deeply missed.  About an hour after arriving home Travis fell off his bike. According to my neighbor (who saw him fall) he fell "hard".  My high pain tolerance child just looked at me and said he was fine. No tears, no complaining, no nothing. He did end up coming in the house, snuggled up in his bed, then the couch and watched the same DVD movie about 3 times.  (I think he was depressed too. My heart was breaking for him.)  After a few hours he did complain that his foot was sore.  We elevated the foot, applied ice, gave him ibuprofen and checked in with the doctor to see what we needed to look for in case something was broken.  I could also tell he was starting to get one of his usual sinus infections.  We all cried most of the evening.

Tuesday- We all went to school and work like normal.  However, the morning was sad.  We missed having Rock there. It was our first morning without him. Daryle usually leaves for work before the rest of us are even up.  He was gone and I realized my "protector" aka Rock wasn't there.  It was a weird feeling. That day I came home from work with the most agonizing headache ever.  My friend at school told me about taking Excedrin and drinking a regular coke.  I  did that, came home and laid down for a half an hour before I had to go get the kids. It worked pretty well. It wasn't totally gone but at least I was able to function for the rest of the evening.  Travis continued to limp and complained a few times that his foot still hurt.  That was odd coming from him. He never complains like that.  The red flag was raised.

Wednesday-Travis woke up and told me he didn't want to go to school. What?! He has NEVER said that before.  I asked him why and he told me that he didn't want to have to walk on his foot, that it was still hurting. A lot. I also noticed his eyes were glazed over.  I knew he was getting sick.  So I had to quickly shuffle things around, type up lesson plans for a sub ( I swear, in my profession being gone from work for a day is more work than just being there myself!) and get  Connor off to preschool. All I can say is "Thank goodness for  Red Truck Grandpa!" that morning. I don't know what I would have done without his help.  That morning we went to the doctor and after checking out his foot she sent us for x-rays to check for a fracture. Thank goodness all was well, just a bad sprain.  I told him his guardian angel dog Rock must have been looking out for him... that bike accident could have been so much worse!  He also was getting the usual sinus infection so his doctor wanted one of his specialists to see him while he was sick. Of course we couldn't get in that day... the next opening would be on Thursday.  It ended up being a nice afternoon. Travis and I just hung out and home, very low key, and got some much needed R&R.  My headache was finally gone.

Thursday- I called in for a half day sub to take Travis to the specialist.  We changed up some of his medications and are trying a new approach without antibiotics. If he isn't doing better by Monday she will call in an antibiotic.  At that point I was starting to stress out and feel so far behind at work.  Panic attack!  Travis goes to soccer practice... but comes home limping.  He likes to over do it. I just shake my head. What can I do, he is tough like that.  In the mail that day we got a sympathy card from the vet.  Enclosed was a very sweet hand written note from the doctor along with Rock's pawprint.  Cue the tears.  Gosh, I had almost made it the whole day without crying too!

Friday- I finally get caught up and am ready for next week. I sure hope it is better than this week was!

Saturday- Connor does not know how to sleep in on a Saturday! He was up at 6:30 and ready to go.  I did some cleaning before going to Travis' soccer game. I also was able make my haircut appointment.   We had a great dinner at San Tan Flat tonight.  We ate outside, roasted marshmallows, and watched the kids dance around and have a super time. As we were sitting there I realized I should have brought a camera! Oh well. Trust me, we had fun!  I think things might finally be returning to normal around here!

1 comment:

mad white woman said...

What a week! I hope next week is better for you.