Well unit #3 is down. She spiked a fever last night and we had to call the after hours nurse. Like that did any good. She tells me… “if she gets too sick, take her to the ER..” Well yeah, I could have told MYSELF that. Then she proceeds to tell me to rotate tylenol and motrin for the most effective fever reduction… can’t do that either… no NSAIDs with the old failing kidneys. THEN she says that a nurse will call me by 7 am and I leave my CELL phone number because the rabbit chewed through our home phone cord and I haven’t gotten a new one yet… so no home phone… and imagine that. The doctor’s office called the HOUSE phone.
I give up.
So I called yesterday to the Peds office and asked them to have Megan CALL IN the Tamiflu for the other two so that IF we needed it we would have it. The lady on the phone was EXTREMELY rude and said that they could NOT do that because the CDC recommendations blah blah blah. I was thinking to myself… yeah but I bet the CDC didn’t account for kids like Ky either?
Some days I hate being right. Owen is still down with a fever, Ky is now down and I am counting the hours until Ross goes down. At LEAST Troy was able to take Ky to see Megan today and she DID write for Ross also. I feel like crap but I honestly couldn’t tell you HOW bad I feel because I am on pain killers anyhow so its just a stuffy nose and my normal old headache. Worst of all… we have to shoot a wedding tomorrow! Its not like I can call the bride and say “Hey sorry… we can’t spread the flu and come to your wedding…” I swear I feel like wearing a mask but I know that would freak people out. LOL
So another amazing weekend of sickness. Thank you Fayette County Public Schools for not sanitizing the rooms. Yes, I think its totally unnecessary too! (rollseyes……)
Just pray that Troy and I make it through tomorrow before we crash with this thing.
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Praying that everyone feels better soon. God bless.
Hang in there, Amber….you have many, many people praying for you and your family.
Hang in there. I just prayed for you. I hope that everybody gets well very rapidly.
Love,
Lynnette
PS I’m going to ask for prayer for your family on my blog this weekend. I had this big blog party to announce today and I knew it would get lost in the big, confusing post.
Amber,
I found your site through Lynnette. First I wanted you to know that I am praying for you and your family. I know things can get really tough, but God is SO Faithful!
I read through some of your blog to read more about your story. Evidentally I do not live very far away from you. We live in Richmond, KY but travel to Lexington all the time. Actually my hubby works in Lexington. We also go to church in Lexington as well as most of our doctors are in Lexington.
Dr Iocono did surgery on my son a couple of years ago. Our pediatrician here in Richmond thought that he had a stranglating Hernia, and sent us to UK for an emergency. Dr Iocono decided it was a cyst that wasn’t an emergency. We held off for awhile, but eventually had the surgery. He was wonderful!
Dr Cotrill has been a part of our life also. October 28,2008 I gave birth to our stillborn daughter Faith. She was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome as well as having Turner’s Syndrome. We found at at our 20 week ultrasound that there was a problem with her heart. I saw Dr Cottrill on a regular basis as well as the Maternal Fetal Specialists and my regular OB. I went to Ann Arbor Michigan three weeks before my due date. I was to be taken care of there and deliver her there so that she could have Surgery soon after birth. I was there about 4 days and we found out her heart had quit beating. I decided to come home and deliver her here with my own OB and family and friends. I had her at Central Baptist Hospital. It has been a rough road but God has been with us along the way. We found out about Turner’s Syndrome only after an autopsy.
If you would like to talk or anything you can email me at onhavingfaith@gmail.com
Blessings,
Karen
Ugh Amber- I hope that everyone makes it through the weekend… and that you and Ky can get through flu and not end up in the hospital (either of you!). THis is when the feeding tube comes in verrry handy!
Ugh. Us too. Benj was dx with Influenza A today. This is going to be quite the ride!
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Since you haven’t let us see our grandchildren since April and only twice in the past year, I wanted to know if we are going to be allowed to see Owen on his birthday and if we are going to be allowed to see them for Christmas. We missed Ky’s birthday. I kept thinking we may get an invitation to a party you may have had for her, but since we didn’t, I didn’t know if you would let any of them have a card, gift card or gift if we sent one. I remember how stron the feeling of “falling in love” was with each of the kids the first time I saw them after they were born. We have been there for everything you needed since you were married. We paid both of your car insurances for 8 years, we helped you start your studio, we sold the house to you at such a cut price, we put about $5000 dollars into the trunk that has since been sitting in front of your house, and $2000 on tire and brakes and anything else the Jeep needed that has been repossessed, and we paid for Troy’s college education so he wouldn’t have any loans to pay off. But we did it all because we love you all and the kids. We tried to make things better and easier for you. That should show you how we felt and that we were doing what we felt was right. I didn’t tell Troy to come home after he left like you told me to do because it was not any of my business. I would rather he go home on his own than because I told him to. Punishing us by keeping our grandchildren away from us because of that is cruel and vicious. I don’t know what you are telling them about us but please let them know that we love them more than they know and miss them. Your parents were not supportive of you and your work, of the house you had built, and especially not of your having another baby-Ky. Your mother sat in my house and told us that you knew that she wasn’t happy about you having another baby and that you didn’t need another one. She has told me many times that you two don’t have enough sense to have kids. We really need to see our grandchildren.