Hospital Stay

It seems that we now finally have a reason for why I have felt so bad all summer. My gall bladder was a mess. I had hundreds of gallstones and was trying to pass them which was what was causing all of my pain. The problem finally hit the breaking point last week when the pain would not go away after two days. I visited my doctor who did not have an ultrasound on site and gave me prescription meds for what we thought was an acid reflux condition. I began taking that medicine again but the pain was still not going away so I finally went to the ER were they immediately did an ultrasound and found the offensive gall bladder problem. I had it removed the next day but there was still a stone lodged in a bad location so I had to stay in the hospital over the weekend and then have another procedure on Monday to remove that stone.

It has now been a week since the gall bladder was removed and the pain is gone but I am still tired alot and eating carefully. I have been amazed at how many people have had their gall bladder removed especially women who have been pregnant. It appears to be a pretty common problem. I would not wish it on anyone so if you have pain in your chest that goes into your back have them check your gall bladder right away and maybe you can avoid some of what I did. I have learned that trying to determine your own illnesses is not the way to go.

Erynn's birthday is this next weekend so I am glad we got it figured out and resolved before that.

Another Milestone

We had another milestone on the potty training journey today. Erynn walked by me and went to the potty without telling me. Most of the time she will run by and say that she has to potty and want you to help her. Today she just went and took off her underwear and did it by herself. We are doing better. One day we will be pull up free and save $20 a week on that expense. My little girl is growing up.

Potty Training - It May Actually Be Taking

We had a party yesterday when we were told that Erynn was wearing the same pullup that she went to school in. For those of you who have not gone through this, what this means is that Erynn went to the potty when she needed to and did not wet in her pull up. We showered her with praise and she was so excited that we were that happy. Here's hoping that this will continue. However, tomorrow she starts in a new classroom (K3C) which means she will probably have a setback in that area as well as in the area of letting us drop her off without tears. This will be the 4th room in 13 months but this room is very nice and has all of her friends from her prior class plus the one before in it so maybe she will do ok. At least when she gets to regular school she will only be changing rooms once a year. She will be a pro at going into new classrooms by then.

Potty Training

Frustrated is not really the term I would use for Erynn learning to potty but it is the best I can come up with without resorting to foul language. She will be 3 years old in a couple of months and you start to worry that she will be wearing pull ups in 1st grade. The real worry not being her age then but that pull ups just don't come in sizes larger than she is wearing now. However, today has been a very good day. Every time (and that has been 5 times) that she had to go today she actually realized that she had to. She told us and she went to the potty and did not once wet on herself. This is truly amazing considering that her Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle John all visited with her today so the distractions were endless and should have made her pay no attention to needing to potty. Maybe finally she has figured it all out. Of course, I will not get excited over one day but it was very nice. I keep telling myself that like the sleeping, one day we will look back and not even remember the no potty days. My little girl is growing up and I am happy for her!

Noggin

I am starting to feel like my TV existence will be Noggin forever. That is almost all that we ever watch because of Erynn. I know way too much about Wubbzy, Dora, Kailan and Yo Gabba Gabba. I have actually bought Backyardigans DVDs just because I wanted to see them. Three years ago I did not know what these things were and was still blissfully happy. When they say children change everything they were not kidding. I have to record anything that I want to watch on the DVR and watch it late at night or early in the morning. Understand that I am not complaining because at least no one is killed or injured severely on Noggin. Everyone helps each other and shares their emotions. Maybe we all need to watch more Noggin!

Mind Over Matter

It really does seem like I have been sick all summer. One thing leads to another and then another. The medicine the dr gave me the other day made me break out in a rash, so we had to change it to something else. I am tired of taking medication and still not feeling better. I have read many books on how to mentally keep yourself well and I have tried to follow them but it is hard when your body wants to fight you. Anyway, I got up today and made myself do some things so I could get my mind off of being sick and it seemed to help. I can't really be sick with a 2 year old in the house as she does want my attention. Some days I just would like to have some time alone to just veg and not worry about anyone else but myself. But that is selfish and unmommylike so I will just dream and get better! Enough whining for the day!

My Beautiful Child

Yes, it is 3am and I am posting on my blog. I have been sick for what seems like the entire summer with one thing or another. I visited the doc today for a sinus infection and he gave me medicine that dried me up so much it gave me a headache and made me cough worse. I am finally starting to settle down now but it was quite ugly around 1am.

My sweet girl decided to again semi wake up with her blankie and her dolly and come down the hall to our room. As I was up, I intercepted her and carried her back to bed where she proceeded to immediately start snoring. I am not talking a minute or two, I am saying her head hit the pillow and she was snoring. I think she is a little bit of a sleepwalker so we are going to have to keep an eye on her. She is now 2 1/2 and loves her full size bed and just life in general. If you read prior post you will see how hard a time we had with her sleeping but now she is so much better that I have a hard time remembering those days.

While she was sleeping, I just took a moment and looked at her. She is such a joy and every day she learns new things and teaches me many more. Scott and I are so blessed to have her and I can not imagine life without either of them. (Love you too, Jen!)

Getting sleepy now so I will talk more later.

Starting Again

It has been a year since I posted on this blog. I thought I would just let it go since we are now have our beautiful baby and we are not talking about infertility anymore. But, I thought why not just have a place to talk and tell everyone what is going on in our world. Blogger is easy to use and a great way to get things out there. All of you should also have access to the Shutterfly site where you can get pics and stuff now too. Well, I will not bore you with things and you will not get emails telling you that I have updated but you can come out here sometimes and just check to see what is up.

If you have friends who are dealing with infertility issues they can read some of the old posts and contact me if they just need someone who understands what they are going through.

Hope everyone is well!