Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Verdict is in.......

So we just got back from the doctors office and it is a good thing we went! Casey still has three pieces of "debris" in his knee which they found by taking x-rays. From what the doctor said barnacles carry calcium and calcium shows up on x-rays so therefore we decided it was a good thing to take a look see. Casey was given antibiotics and instructions to heat pack his knee because the plan is for these little buggars to work themselves out of the incision. He got knocked in the knee yesterday at school and it broke open sending out some lovely puss, so I felt pretty confident about my decision to take him in to be seen. Shane was saying that it would just all work itself out and that we haven't given it enough time, it is kinda nice to be right once in a while, but I certainly won't gloat;-) Just kidding, I really won't rub it in, I just see so much crap working at the hospital that the littlest thing can blow up to something big if you do nothing so I felt safe having him seen.
Still waiting to hear about Megan's surgery, talked to Mom right after Casey's appointment and she still hadn't heard anything either. Here is praying for great results and a speedy recovery!

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Casey

Just a little update on Casey and his knee. Yesterday I noticed that Casey's knee was swollen about twice the size that it should be. Being employeed by the hospital all kinds of different things ran through my mind, none of them good of course. I decided to call my orthopedic surgeon's office and make him an appointment so they can make the call if anything needs to be done or if it just needs time to heal. I am thinking aspiration, or worse an I & D so hopefully my fears will be put to rest.

On a different note I have to have to get yet another crown and I am not too excited about it! My dentist also wants me to get a night guard made, but the out of pocket expense for that is over 300 dollars and insurance doesn't cover it so that is a huge no! Can either Megan or Aaron shed some light on this subject? Would a mouth guard like they use in sports work if this was a must? HELP! Some people must work just to pay for their dental care as much as they charge for the torture that they put people through!

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

New Post

Well it has been a while since I have posted so I thought I better get to it!

Thanksgiving has come and gone and we all lived to tell the tale! It was fun for me for many different reasons. First I have worked every Thanksgiving since I have had my job at the hospital so it was bittersweet to have a Thanksgiving off seeing how I wasn't there last year when Wayne and his family came up, not to mention it was the last one that Dad was around for. On a brighter note, Shane coming with me was a huge bright spot! It was a shocker when he said that he wanted to go, but I am so glad he was there! Right after we got to the coast we went for a walk on the beach and he told me that he only came for me, it melted my heart. I already knew that but to hear him say that meant alot. Casey was already going down to the coast with his friend JJ so we knew that we could see him if we wanted to, which we really enjoyed not having the responsibility of having any kids but that quickly came to an end when we got the call telling us that Casey needed to probably get stitches! Needless to say we left to pick him up and to take him into the E.R. in the small hospital in Lincoln City. I thought I was getting a break from the hospital scene, but it wasn't meant to be. He didn't get stitched due to the fact the he had some debris that was removed and the doctor didn't want to possibly stitch it if they missed any. He came back to the house with us and it was a good thing, he needed to keep having his steri strips changed and he woke up at three in the morning having quite a bit of discomfort! We let him go back with his friend and he was happy to go back! Not that he didn't enjoy spending time with his family, but hey JJ has an X-Box you know! Over all it was a great trip and everybody got along great, thanks Mom for providing us with a fun time!

Work continues to keep me busy, and frustrated and I don't see it getting better any time soon. After our holiday schedule is done I am supposed to be going to start working Sunday through Thursday from 3:00 p.m. until 11:30 P.M. This will make it so I will have a set schedule, and I will be working 40 hours a week versus the 36 that I work now. Seeing how I am kind of a "night owl" it shouldn't be too big of a deal for me to make the change, and my hope is that it will relieve some of the stress that I deal with during my 12 hour shifts that I work now.

That's all I have for now, but I will try to keep all up to date on anything I feel worthy of putting in writing.