Monday Jarrod and I were both off for the 4th holiday weekend, which was so nice. What was even nicer was that my mom and dad had Stratton and we had a nice day of doing nothing-ahhhh. . .it was also a good thing because I was having an "episode" Sunday night and Monday. Well, Tuesday was back to work and I started to get a cold. I got my Sprue panel test results and they were negative. I guess that's a good thing. I did a little more research and it was going to be expensive to go gluten-free! But it would have been nice if that was the problem and I didn't have to have anymore tests. My next tests are scheduled for July 19th. They will be doing a CT scan on my small and large intestines. Hopefully, it will be all clear. I am also probably going to try to see a specialist in LR. I am so tired of being sick all the time. I don't think that the doctors here are taking me seriously enough. They know I don't have anything life threatening so they aren't in any rush to figure out what is going on with me, while I am miserable and my inability to eat regularly and go about my normal life is making it super hard on me. Anyway. . .enough about that!
Tuesday my cold was getting so bad that I could barely talk. I couldn't even answer the phone at work because you couldn't hear me! Then Tuesday night Jarrod got "sick". Really sick. I have never heard someone sound like that throwing up. It scared me!! He was in and out of the bathroom from about 11pm-4am. Even after two doses of phenegren he was still getting sick. I was up (couldn't breathe and was coughing and busy taking care of J) most of the night as well, so at 5am we called Margie to see if she would come get Stratton to get him out of the house. You know me, I get the stomach virus at least once I year. I usually get it from people who don't even have it, their kids or spouse have it and then I get it?! So she came and got Stratton and he was gone by 6:30am. Good thing. I struggled with nausea all day Wednesday but didn't actually start getting "sick" till later Wednesday night. I wasn't as bad as Jarrod, though. Wednesday night after being sick all night Tuesday and then being tired and nauseous all day Wednesday Jarrod starts getting "kidney stone pains" he still has one that moves around sometimes. He was really hurting, so he took a pain pill, which knocked him out. Which was good because we would have had to call someone to take him to the ER if it got much worse, b/c he couldn't drive and I was hurling in the bathroom! So, we were a sad, sad, pathetic sight!! I ended up missing work Wednesday, Thursday and went in late on Friday but still wasn't feeling great, but I had to get some things done. I still had a cold and it seemed to be getting worse so after being up coughing all night Friday I went to urgent care on Saturday and yep I have a sinus infection. So I got a steroid shot and antibiotics! The good news is I weigh less than I have in about 5 years, haha. Hey, there's a bright side to everything, right?? Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten a good night's sleep yet. Stratton came back home Saturday afternoon and decided he didn't want to sleep in his bed last night. Jarrod had to sleep with him in the recliner all night. He even let him "cry it out" for almost 45 mins and he was not giving it up. I think he is getting another tooth (on our way to #8) so that probably had something to do with it. And I couldn't stay up with him because I was coughing so much he wouldn't have been able to sleep with me holding him, so we got like maybe 2 1/2 hours of sleep last night! Jarrod took S to church this morning, but I just couldn't make it! I am completely worn out!! I think I will be able to sleep tonight-with the help of my friend Mr. Codeine. . .Hey, don't judge! I gotta get some sleep-this week is going to be majorly busy!!!
Stratton's birthday is tomorrow?!! I HOPE I can get out of bed in the morning. I am thinking I might be a little depressed. Where has the year gone?! My mom and dad are coming to dinner tomorrow night for S's bday, then the rest of the week will be full of shopping, crafting, decorating and basically running around like a chicken with my head cut off! I have lots of last minute stuff to do before Stratton's birthday party on Saturday!!