Today's updates
My father came home from the hospital yesterday after spending a week in the hospital. His surgery to remove the staph infection from his leg appears to have been successful since the nurses say things look good. They have still never closed the wound and he has packing changed a couple of times each day I believe. He also had a stint (?) inserted into one of the veins of his arm so that he could have continuous IV antibiotics for the next 2 weeks at home. A home health nurse came out and taught my mother to change the packings and the IV. He seems to be in far less pain without the infection and is getting out of bed and into his wheelchair more often. I'm still spending most of my time there helping care for my nephew, cooking, and cleaning.
I'm also still having contractions - I'm positive now they're braxton hicks because they haven't gotten any harder or more frequent. I'm having a hard time walking though and am pretty dehydrated all the time. Which is probably what's causing the contractions. I'm drinking lots, but with the heat I'm also perspiring lots as well. Raiden seems to be happy still - I feel him kicking and moving and stretching in there. I think he's turned over though, these are definitely little feet I feel in my ribs whereas before I felt little feet kicking my pelvic bones.
Today I took Grayson to the doctor because of a patch of something gross on his scalp. It looks like cradle cap, only the skin is pretty black underneath. The dermatologist at the Children's Hospital at Richland (now Palmetto?) looked at it and asked me if we had cats. Well, yes, we have 5. Not anymore. She said it was an infection (some sort of yeast) and that it likely came from the cats. As soon as I came home the cats found a new home. No way do I want this stuff spreading on Grayson, Nicholas, or Raiden.
She prescribed a shampoo and hydrocortisone ointment and he gets to go back in October for her to look at it again.
School here starts on Monday. I'm spending as much time as possible doing laundry (we have tons), cleaning, taking care of dad etc. I started my official maternity leave from Chayton yesterday so that I could have time for all this and to get ready for Raiden. I go see Dr. McLeod on Monday. Anyway, I'm spending time with the boys too before school starts. When I'm working steadily I know the boys wonder if they even *have* a mother. So I needed the maternity leave to start now so that I could have time to get things ready.
Oh jeez! I just realized that tonight was welcome back night and we missed it!!! Grayson and Nicholas didn't get to meet their teacher as we'd planned! OI! how could I have been so darned stupid!! I'll try to take them up there tomorrow maybe?
What a day! I'm the dumbest mom ever I think. I can't believe I forgot welcome back night. Nicholas is going to be so broken hearted when he realizes (though the little stinkers obviously didnt think about it either or they'd have been in here reminding me!)
*sigh* I'm going to go get a bath, then give them baths, then I think we'll all go pass out.
I'm also still having contractions - I'm positive now they're braxton hicks because they haven't gotten any harder or more frequent. I'm having a hard time walking though and am pretty dehydrated all the time. Which is probably what's causing the contractions. I'm drinking lots, but with the heat I'm also perspiring lots as well. Raiden seems to be happy still - I feel him kicking and moving and stretching in there. I think he's turned over though, these are definitely little feet I feel in my ribs whereas before I felt little feet kicking my pelvic bones.
Today I took Grayson to the doctor because of a patch of something gross on his scalp. It looks like cradle cap, only the skin is pretty black underneath. The dermatologist at the Children's Hospital at Richland (now Palmetto?) looked at it and asked me if we had cats. Well, yes, we have 5. Not anymore. She said it was an infection (some sort of yeast) and that it likely came from the cats. As soon as I came home the cats found a new home. No way do I want this stuff spreading on Grayson, Nicholas, or Raiden.
She prescribed a shampoo and hydrocortisone ointment and he gets to go back in October for her to look at it again.
School here starts on Monday. I'm spending as much time as possible doing laundry (we have tons), cleaning, taking care of dad etc. I started my official maternity leave from Chayton yesterday so that I could have time for all this and to get ready for Raiden. I go see Dr. McLeod on Monday. Anyway, I'm spending time with the boys too before school starts. When I'm working steadily I know the boys wonder if they even *have* a mother. So I needed the maternity leave to start now so that I could have time to get things ready.
Oh jeez! I just realized that tonight was welcome back night and we missed it!!! Grayson and Nicholas didn't get to meet their teacher as we'd planned! OI! how could I have been so darned stupid!! I'll try to take them up there tomorrow maybe?
What a day! I'm the dumbest mom ever I think. I can't believe I forgot welcome back night. Nicholas is going to be so broken hearted when he realizes (though the little stinkers obviously didnt think about it either or they'd have been in here reminding me!)
*sigh* I'm going to go get a bath, then give them baths, then I think we'll all go pass out.
posted by Danielle at 8:04 PM
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