The good news is my daughter has broken her fever so the antibiotics must be working! She’s also back to her springy self. She said her throat still hurts and her glands are still swalled from what I felt. However, I’ll take any progress I can get around here!

I am hoping to get a few hours into work tomorrow. They will likely be right smack in the middle of the day but anything has to be better than nothing right? I need to be another step closer to “normal”.

My dad has offered to join me in the endocrinologist apt I need to set for this week. I still think I’m underdosed and that is why I’m so sluggish. I was taken from 100 mcg for many years down to half that at 50 mcg. That’s a huge jump – especially considering my 8 year old is on it. I called Saturday and the on call endo agreed to let me go up to 75 mcg but I really think I need to be at 88 to be functional. It’s also possible that my being on generic has a major part to do with this. I’m anxious to get to the bottom of this as the cardiologists and neurologist all said it’s got to be endocrine related. The key is also to get in with my daughter’s endo because mine is a jerk. I hope he’s not just a pediatric endo! I’ll find out in the morning.

So, we’re making progress here in lock-down-central. Daughter should no longer be contageous too which is good!

Oh, and my neighbor, who is always so good to me, vacuumed my leaves remaining in the front yard and also brought down my xmas stuff so I can slowly start getting stuff up – only in four weeks to bring it all back down. I’m thinking there will be no outdoor lights this year. I’ll be lucky to get the inside decorated. Time will tell.

That’s the latest!

Well, my mom drove my daughter and I to the pediatricians this morning only for my daughter to throw up once we got there. I was too weak to help so my poor mother had to help the staff clean up the mess. Turns out she shows all the signs of strep but the five minute test was negative. The doctor thinks the culture that comes back Monday will likely be positive based on the symptoms. She said she was shocked it didn’t come up positive in the quick test. Her glands are all swollen, her throat is a mess she said, and on top of it she had blood in her urine – a sign of a UTI. With the amount of pain she was having in her side I was worried she’d end up in the hospital I was discharged from. She’s on some strong antibiotics to cover both infections and has been deemed contageious so that pretty much caused me to lock the front door and want to post an “out of order” sign. We slept most of the afternoon which was good. Her fever comes back whenever the Motrin wears off which is still a bummer but hopefully tomorrow will show improvement with 24 hours of antibiotics in her so she could go to school Monday. I’m going to have to try to go to work Monday I think which gives me only one more recovery day even though only yesterday I was discharged from Intensive Care. Everyone has commented how surprised they are I wasn’t stepped down to standard care before sent home and I agree that is very odd. I’m just glad to be home.

I’m now home from the hospital – thank God. However, now my daughter has just spiked a fever. #$%&

Well crap. I was in the ER Monday for dangerously low potassium, fixed then released. Wednesday I embarrisingly had an ambulance ride from work back to the hospital where they have me in intensive care. Apparently, my phosphates or something were dangerously low. They are still trying to figure out what in heck is causing this all of the sudden. I’d like to think I eat healthy and I cannot think of anything that has changed. My wonderful family has brought my life line – computer – for me to stay connected to the outside world. I’m typing very slow but I’m also really weak. Not sure how long I’ll be in here but this isn’t how I planned on having my Thanksgiving. My ex-husband brought our daughter up to see me this morning and is planning on stopping up again this afternoon during m limited hours of visitation. This sucks.

Spent large portion of the day in the ER today.  Apparently my potassium was dangerously low.  Also found out my thyroid is off and I was mildly dehydrated.  They said I might also be getting a touch of the flu.  Lovely.  I’m on a liquid diet for 24 hours, on horse pills for potassium and have to call tomorrow my specialist and see what to do about my thyroid meds.  It’s amazing how potassium being low can make a person feel like they are going to die.  I was told if it got any lower my heart may have stopped.  Lovely.  Glad I went in.  The nausea was horible as was the weakness and dizzyness.  Glad to be home.  Poor daughter was so worried about me though : (  It’s never a good sign when I grandparent picks you up and you didn’t get the “just checking-in” call at 4 from Mom.

My daughter and I both spent 24 hours with our friends this weekend and what fun it was but oh how exhausting!  She went home after school with her friend, then to a school function, then I picked them up and they spent the night here.  The friend didn’t leave until 3:00 today at which point they were on each others last nerves.  I thought for sure when that friend left that my daughter would want to take a nap since they stayed up late and were up at 7:30.  Nope, another friend who just so happens to be moving out of the country in a few weeks for three years with her family for business called for her to go to her house.  Well, normally I would have told her “no” but under the circumstances I let her go.  Let me tell you – that kid was out of steam when she got into the back seat from that play date.  Unfortunatly, her dad wanted her at his house for normal visitation so I had to drop her off there.  I told him she needed to go to bed early but I doubt he did it. 

My best friend, her husband and son were over last night as it was originaly going to be a “girls night” but his plans were cancelled.  They stayed until after 10 at which point we were zombies.  This morning they were back for the big football game (we are rivals) and didn’t leave until a little before 10:00 again tonight.  I love them dearly and really enjoyed their presence but oh my am I exhausted.  I’ve just finished putting my house back together from the two year old tornado, the daughter and her friend.  I’d love to sleep in tomorrow but I have to work.  Thankfully not too too early but still – in the morning. 

I had built a huge leaf pile for my daughter and her friend to jump in as well as my friend’s son last night.  My daughter had always wanted a friend to be over to jump in our huge piles since we have very large old trees.  Well, my friend and her son were able to enjoy it and I figured today my daughter and her friend could as well.  What I didn’t think would happen – did.  The leaf pick-up truck sucked them up at 7:30 a.m.!!!!  I watched out the front door and my daughter came up beside me sad.  The good news is they grabbed a rake and made a pile – though much smaller.

I had a scary episode at dinner last night where I almost had my friend call the medics.  It felt as though a vein in my forehead blew or there was a clot or something to the point I stopped and felt my forehead for blood.  There was nothing there and I had wondered if it was bleeding below the skin or something.  I then felt a strange sensation of what felt like a clot or something move down the vein next to my nose, down my neck and then my heart raced like crazy.  I became light headed and blurred and felt like I was going to pass out.  All I could think of was that I had to pick up my daughter in 20 minutes and I was the only one on the pick-up list who could.  Even if I sent my friend she could not leave with her.  We rushed home as quickly as possible at my request and I took my blood pressure which was high and my pulse was like 115 or something.  That was about 10 – 15 minutes after the episode so I’m guessing it was really racing at the time.  I called the doctor to see if I should be seen and she said only I could make that call and that it sounded like a strange anomolie.  She said I’m not normally a complainer or an alarmist so she was really concerned and thought I should be checked out but all I could think of was the promise to my daughter for an overnight I’ve had to post pone for a long time.  The tingling in my hands finally went away after about 20 minutes and I was feeling much more back to “normal” so I figured whatever it was must have passed.  If it was a clot it likely broke up.  Or maybe it was a panic attack or something.  I have no idea.  I’ve been hit with those out of nowhere before and been told it could be from my thyroid.  Stupid thyroid.  What burns me is now my daughter has that thyroid disease as well.  She will be faced with this hell for the rest of her life as it’s the autoimmune version I have.  Ugh.

There’s something just downright wrong about having a Christmas parade with tree lighting ceremony on the 10th of November.  I mean, Halloween just ended 10 days before it!  The most whacked out part is there were three Santa’s in the parade.  I really struggled to explain that one to my daughter who still believes.  After the parade someone came up to her and said “I heard that Santa had so much fun that when he’d get to the end of the parade he’d run back to the beginning and hop on another float.  (That sounds more like an amusement park ride!)

Wouldn’t that be nice?  I would be able to stay at home with my daughter and not worry about getting as much done as possible in the small window of home life I get.  Oh stop that – I can dream right?

Two of our new fish passed away in the last 24 hours.  I took the bodies and receipt to the pet store along with a sample of water only to find the PH was off the charts.  Now, I’ve had that same problem with the swimming pool in the spring when I set it up.  All this makes me wonder exactaly how it is the PH is our drinking water is supposedly good enough to drink but it’s not good enough to swim in or keep fish alive.  Hhmm.  Something seems a bit odd there.

My parents and best friend and her fam are all traveling this week in separate directions.  I’ve been longing for a getaway myself but wish I could find one my pup could come along with.  I have a friend who can get me a really good deal at a hotel she works at which is my absolute favorite.  The place is massive and has all sorts of fun things to do.  The more people there you know – the better to have an ideal stay.  However, what would I do with the dog?  I’d feel horribly guilty not being with her.  I am not joking – she’s like another child to me.  I’m attached!

My daughter was really asking more this year about the whole voting process and all the signs around town.  I took her with me to vote as I always do and she was interested at the first booth I voted in but lost interest by the second one.  (Long story – we had two separate elections for the first time in our area’s history – at the same time.) 

Saw the first snow this morning.  Didn’t stick but I get the point Ms. Mother Nature.  Funny how She throws us into seasons around here with no warning.  Summer we are thrown into 90’s from 60’s, etc.  Even though it’s November the summer and fall seemed to last longer around here.  I haven’t even put away my shorts yet!

There are many times that I’ve felt bad my daughter doesn’t have a sibling.  Whenever she sees her cousins (especially younger ones,) or even her friends siblings she seems to love playing with them.  Well, this evening was a time of “I’m glad I have only one.”

1.  Filling out school forms!  Oh the endless to-do list that comes home from school each day!

2.  Daughter and dog were bickering back and forth all while I was on the phone.  They were egging each other on but acted like they had no idea they were.   had tried breaking them up by putting on on either side of me but when I turned my head the dog snuck back over and was nipping my daughter again.  She in turn was doing some sort of repetetive motion which aggrivated the dog making her nip more.   I  finally had to end the call and break them up for good. 

I’m still convinced that any parent of more than one child is no longer a parent – they are a referee!