Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Gout
Who knew that such a small part of my body could cause so much intense pain.
On Saturday we took our family out to a corn maze (post coming soon)and a little way in my big toe started to hurt. I could still walk and we finished the corn maze and everything, but on the way home I had to take off my shoes because it was getting worse. That night it started throbbing and I could barely sleep. Sunday, Jeff took off for a week in Georgia on a business trip. I was tempted to skip church. Taking 3 kids to church while limping didn't sound like something I wanted to do, but I ended up going anyway. People didn't seem to notice too much that I was limping, but by the time I got home from church I could tell something was definitely wrong with my toe. It had swollen so fat that I couldn't wear shoes, it felt like I had broken it and re broken it throughout the day. I was pretty pathetic for the rest of the day. Thank goodness I have such great kids that took care of me, even brought me breakfast in bed the next morning.
Monday morning, its throbbing, red, swollen, hot and I could barely walk. I'm basically crying in pain and I consider myself to have a high tolerance for pain...it hurt that much! I went to the doctor, waited in the waiting room for over an hour. My doctor thinks it might be Gout, which I'm pretty young to have. They say the best way to diagnose is to draw blood from the joint and NO WAY am I allowing them to even touch my toe. So, they do a normal blood test to see if I have elevated uric acid in my blood. I guess Gout is where your body doesn't eliminate the uric acid which ends up forming crystals in your joints and it always starts in the big toe. After doing some research on Gout, I know I have it...however, my blood tests show that my uric acid levels aren't elevated. My doctor wants me to come back in for more tests, but I'm not sure I want too. I'm feeling pretty good now, especially after the anti-inflammatory and pain pills. I'd hate to go through this again, but since my blood test came back normal, I'm not sure I want to put myself through more testing if it was just a one time incident.
I come home from the doctor on Monday and the school calls the second I limp in the house to tell me London was vomiting and needs to be picked up. Then, at 4pm I got a phone call from my Aunt and Uncle telling me that they are passing through and need a place to stay. My house was a disaster! It definitely made for one terrible day...not my Aunt/Uncle visiting, I loved that part...just the last minute notice while I was needing to go get prescriptions filled and clean the house for them. And, this all seems to happen when Jeff is gone. I survived though!
On Saturday we took our family out to a corn maze (post coming soon)and a little way in my big toe started to hurt. I could still walk and we finished the corn maze and everything, but on the way home I had to take off my shoes because it was getting worse. That night it started throbbing and I could barely sleep. Sunday, Jeff took off for a week in Georgia on a business trip. I was tempted to skip church. Taking 3 kids to church while limping didn't sound like something I wanted to do, but I ended up going anyway. People didn't seem to notice too much that I was limping, but by the time I got home from church I could tell something was definitely wrong with my toe. It had swollen so fat that I couldn't wear shoes, it felt like I had broken it and re broken it throughout the day. I was pretty pathetic for the rest of the day. Thank goodness I have such great kids that took care of me, even brought me breakfast in bed the next morning.
Monday morning, its throbbing, red, swollen, hot and I could barely walk. I'm basically crying in pain and I consider myself to have a high tolerance for pain...it hurt that much! I went to the doctor, waited in the waiting room for over an hour. My doctor thinks it might be Gout, which I'm pretty young to have. They say the best way to diagnose is to draw blood from the joint and NO WAY am I allowing them to even touch my toe. So, they do a normal blood test to see if I have elevated uric acid in my blood. I guess Gout is where your body doesn't eliminate the uric acid which ends up forming crystals in your joints and it always starts in the big toe. After doing some research on Gout, I know I have it...however, my blood tests show that my uric acid levels aren't elevated. My doctor wants me to come back in for more tests, but I'm not sure I want too. I'm feeling pretty good now, especially after the anti-inflammatory and pain pills. I'd hate to go through this again, but since my blood test came back normal, I'm not sure I want to put myself through more testing if it was just a one time incident.
I come home from the doctor on Monday and the school calls the second I limp in the house to tell me London was vomiting and needs to be picked up. Then, at 4pm I got a phone call from my Aunt and Uncle telling me that they are passing through and need a place to stay. My house was a disaster! It definitely made for one terrible day...not my Aunt/Uncle visiting, I loved that part...just the last minute notice while I was needing to go get prescriptions filled and clean the house for them. And, this all seems to happen when Jeff is gone. I survived though!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Fuzzy
The girls found this cute little caterpillar and named it Fuzzy. They literally spent hours building it a home gym. They kept it in a jar in their bedroom at night and fed it grass and had a sponge in the jar so it could drink water and not drown. They loved Fuzzy more than any other creature they've brought home before. Seriously, how could you not...a fuzzy yellow caterpillar, it was so cute. I worried every morning that they'd find it dead. It lived for a few days before they forgot Fuzzy and left him outside overnight. In the morning he'd moved on to greener pastures. They bring up Fuzzy's name every once in awhile, still remember the good times they shared together in that short amount of time.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Harvest
Enjoy Kamryn's photography skillz. She already enjoys being behind the lens instead of in front of it...just like her mama!
This has been by far the best garden we've ever had, thanks to all of Jeff's hard work. I love fixing dinner in the evenings and being able to have the kids go and pick a bunch of veggies for what I am making...like spaghetti for this particular evening. Having a garden sure is handy!
This has been by far the best garden we've ever had, thanks to all of Jeff's hard work. I love fixing dinner in the evenings and being able to have the kids go and pick a bunch of veggies for what I am making...like spaghetti for this particular evening. Having a garden sure is handy!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Ka-raw-tee
London had the opportunity to attend a karate class with her friend. I was pretty shocked that she'd even want to, I mean seriously if you know London you know how overly girly she is. She had a blast though and it wasn't all about the punching and karate kicks that I thought, they teach youth about respect and esteem. In London's particular lesson, the teacher spoke about teamwork and then had London and her friend complete different activities together. And she did this all in a skirt! We didn't get to brake a board, but we have a few more complimentary lessons to go to so I'm still hopeful!
And while London practiced punching, Sullivan looked handsome in his Ladies Man shirt...the shirt that makes high school girls swoon over him while we wait in line at Target.
And while London practiced punching, Sullivan looked handsome in his Ladies Man shirt...the shirt that makes high school girls swoon over him while we wait in line at Target.
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