1-800-Ask-a-Mom(Nurse)

Ok, Im polling all you moms out there that might be still awake.

KC swallowed 2 tablespoons or more of dilluted shower gel, should I run to the ER?

This happened after 9pm and hes never thrown up but has been gagging & acting like he wants to puke. Hes been drooling and has snot coming out of his nose. I feel horrible, and the Hubby keeps saying stick my finger down his throat to make him throw it up.

Why do these things always happen at night time?

Yours truly~
The Irresponsible Mom

Boo boo's, allergies, and scrapes...oh my!

In the last week KC has gotten enough bumps, bruises, and scrapes to last him for awhile. Last week we dealt with a stupid mosquito bite that left his left eye swollen shut. This week we have skinned knees, a shin , and a nose. He took a nose dive literally in our carport on Saturday and come up with half of his nose filleted open. Next he was pushing his dumptruck around and got going to fast and his knees ate it on the same patch of carport. We then went to visit our neighbors down the road where he fell on his knees again, followed by his right shin. He also got another nice mosquito bite in the middle of his forehead. Poor guy has had a bad week, Im thinking in investing in Neosporin after this weekend.

The Hubby got rid of his catheter finally, he feels so much better. He isnt passing blood or clots either which is great news. We go back to the Dr. on May 5th for a recheck and to find out the lab results. A long time to wait and worry in my opinion.

We didnt do a whole lot this weekend, just hung around the house. I put away all the Easter decorations and cleaned out the garage some. My goal is to convert half of the garage into my craft/scrapbooking room and slowly but surely I think my idea is taking hold. Im in the process of searching craigslist for some desks and storage ideas since I have everything cleaned out. The Hubby has his own manly garage for all his tools and toys, but I have nowhere to call "my" place and the kitchen doesnt count! Im really looking forward to having a area to call my own so I can get back to doing things that I enjoy by myself. Everyone needs "me" time and I have been missing out on that for sometime now. Well enough boring you all, have a great week!

Finally....some Easter photos & a update on Hubby

I still dont have my laptop, and with everything going on its not been high on my priority list. I have been posting my pictures from this dinosaur but I am not able to resize or edit them because I have none of my programs, or favorites, or anything on this stupid thing! The Hubby is finally home, he was able to come home Thursday afternoon. After spending 4 days in there he was ready to come home, even though the food was great! That place is just the greatest place, people are there from all around the world for one common cause....cancer. I brought my camera Wednesday when I took KC to visit him in the hospital, but Hubby said if I took a picture as soon as he got out of there he would smash my camera into a million tiny pieces, so it never came out of the bag. Guess you could say he did not want any memories of this huh? Im playing nurse until Monday when I get to remove his catheter. Wait...what did I just say?? You read it right, they taught me how to remove a catheter from my husbands penis before we left the hospital and I will tell you I am about as pleased at that as my Hubby is. I also learned how to properly flush a bladder through a catheter with a giant syringe & some saline. Fun huh? On a lighter note, he did tell me that hes had more women touching his pecker (his exact words) in the last 4 days than he has in his whole life. I laughed so hard in the car on the way home I cried. I had to add the fact that a few men had done the deed also, since he has male Drs., he didnt find that to funny though.

I wanted to share some Easter photos because if I dont I know I never will. On Easter KC, KAS, & I went to church, then after church we went to my familys to eat lunch. KC got to hunt eggs for the first time, even though he was by himself. He still had a blast! KAS & I colored eggs on Saturday while KC was napping because its just to messy for him still. We did tie dyed eggs, camo eggs, and some other cool ones too.

Enjoy!


KC in his Easter outfit complete with paci.
Our eggs

KC with his Easter basket

KAS and her Easter basket

From my phone to you

Does it work?

****Why yes it does****

Trying out the new blogging from your phone thingy and by george it works! Very cool!

Wordless Wednesday

Yesterdays News

Well, a last minute change happened yesterday and the Hubby did not come home as planned. His surgery was supposed to last right around 1 hour and 2 1/2 hours later I knew it could not be good news and I was right. The surgery was to remove 2-3 tumors that were seen during a cystoscopy in November. At that time Hubby had no insurance and the bills at Moffitt totalled right around the $20,000.00 mark from previous surgeries and procedures so we applied for financial aid through Moffitt. During the holidays our paperwork was somehow"misplaced" and we didnt find out until February. We re-applied then and it was just approved at 100% payment 2 weeks ago, so his surgery was pushed to the front since it had been so long. When his Dr. went in his bladder he said the entire inside of his bladder was covered in tumors and in all he lasered out tumors that added up to the size of a grapefruit. He said Hubbys CT scan did not show any tumors or growths on the outside of the bladder which he was pleased about, and he said the tumors that were removed we not deep in the muscle which he was also pleased about. He was really concerned at the amount of the time it took these tumors to take over, and in the 7 or 8 years we have been with this Dr. I have never heard him use the word concerned which really made me uneasy. He also used the actual word cancer which scared the shit out of me. This decade of dealing I have always told myself it wasnt real cancer, so it would be ok. I always rationalized it in my mind that the kind of cancer that kills is the malignant kind, which my Hubby didnt have so its all good. In 1998 when this all started Hubbys tumors were actually malignant cancerous tumors in his bladder, and from then until just today all tumors that were removed in other surgeries were benign, superficial growth tumors, and that is a HUGE difference! The tumors today were sent off to the pathologist to determine if they are the superficial growth tumors we are used to, or the the other cancer kind that we really really dont want. The results should be back in 3 - 10 days, but the nurse said usually they are back within 3-5 days. The Dr. also did say some news I was glad to hear, but then followed by some more news I didnt want to hear. The good news, after this surgery the Dr. said he is leaning more towards NOT doing a bladder replacement, after the last 2 surgeries he had said he was only going to do this a few more times before he wanted to just replace his whole bladder. Right after this, he said that if the pathology reports come back as cancer we would discuss our options further, but that he would more than likely want to start some rounds of chemo and radiation since that path has never been taken and see what happened. Hubby has been lucky that he has never had to do any of these treatments, and I hope he stays that way. So, with all the cutting inside his bladder he was still bleeding pretty bad so they decided to keep him over night. His catheter got clogged with blood clots 4 times over the evening because he was bleeding so much. Just the thought makes me cringe! I didnt tell the Hubby all the details because he was still to out of it to really comprehend it all, and I knew it would just scare him. I didnt leave the hospital until 9pm, and he didnt want me to leave him but I just couldnt do it. Hubby said this morning that the Dr. came in to check on him and there was still way to much blood so he may be able to come home tonight at the earliest. I dont recall many people checking out at night so Im assuming he will more than likely stay again tonight. I hope these results come back quickly and they hold positive news for us!

Blahhhh!

Hubby came through surgery ok, but we didnt get good news. He actually had to stay overnight because of nausea and he was still bleeding quite a bit but he should be home tomorrow hopefully.

I have started compiling the details to post tomorrow because I wanted to read it again when Im not so out of it. I dont think I have been this tired since I came home from the hospital with a newborn baby KC!

Im off to dream that this all is just a dream.

Thank you for caring!

Surgery Day

Ok, so I never found time to post about Hubbys surgery but over the next few days I should have a alot of free time. Surgery is today at 12:45pm at Moffitt. His surgery shouldnt last more than 2 hours, the are going up in his bladder to remove several large tumors. This is a day surgery so we should be home by later this evening unless plans change last minute. This makes 11 surgeries for this same thing so it should be a cake walk, but its not. My Hubby hates anesthesia, and hospitals like most guys do, and hes the biggest sissy, like most guys are. Last time we did this he was sent home with a catheter which I had to remove 3 days later, and Im not a RN for a reason. Can we say ICKY! It was not fun at all, for me and certainly not for him. Im not good at all this, I get frusturated and agitated because men are supposed to be men and I dont know how to handle a balling 38 year old man very well. Ive had several surgeries and its always not been a big deal to me. Is that insensitive of me? I hate that I feel that way but Im just like get a grip! Oh how I hate this part!

Please keep us in your thoughts & prayers this afternoon.
I will update once we get home and settled.

Thanks so much!

We found our first allergy

KC got bit by a gnarly mosquito Thursday night, right on the side of his head near his left eye. This first picture is from last night around 9pm, and the last one is from this morning about 20 minutes ago. Sometimes his other bites would swell and end up like a rash but nothing like this. I tried putting a cool pack on it last night but he wouldnt sit still longer than 5 seconds. His Dr. opens at 9am this morning so hopefully they can see him. Saturday morning cartoons are no fun with one eye! Poor baby!

Prayer Request

Please say a prayer for my cousin, and his wife (Barfly, some may remember my previous rants) She lost the baby this week, and they both are just devastated. They just closed on a house about 1 week ago, and I dont know where all this is going to lead them. I hope with all my heart they are able to get through this together and still remain a family. She had gestational diabetes with her 1st pregnancy pretty bad, and I know she had been having issues with skyrocketing sugar levels but they are still not for sure what happened.

Its very, very sad and I dont even know the words to say.

TRAITOR....me??

Yes, yes, I am a traitor. You see my love for Disney is so strong that I havent been to any other theme park since 1997 when I last went to Busch Gardens. Living in Florida is a vacation dream anyday of the week, there is Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and now Hollywood Studios which make up Disney World, (yes Disney World is actually 4 parks for some that may not know that), Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Sea World, and Busch Gardens all within a short drive. All these choices but really with my way overpriced, kinda Florida discounted annual Disney pass, there is no other choice. So, until last week I had not ever thought about cheating on my true love......until we got some free tickets courtesy of my BIL! Hey, KC told me he wanted to go play in the water and see meerkats so I couldnt say no.


We went last Thursday and it rained the first half of the day. As soon as it quit we loaded up. Once we got there and pulled out the stroller I swear on my life the tire was flat! We went to buy a patch for the tube, and in natural pit crew action the Hubby and I patched that tube, put the tire back on the rim with 2 pens, aired it up and went back to park. After the slight delay we were in the gate and ready for fun. We saw lots of animals, The Hubby & I ate some BBQ, I rode Shiekra, we played in the water play area for kids, rode the carousel; it was just a fun and relaxed afternoon. KC loved the fish, turtles, elephants, and the meerkats. Oh did he have fun watching the meerkats, or did they have fun watching him?? I'll let you be the judge.


Just to clarify I did wear a Disney hat to show my love, come on now.

Wordless Wednesday

Today..

Today, marks the one week spot for the Hubbys surgery.

Today, I made him go for pre-op all by hisself.

Today, I am not looking forward to the week ahead and the weeks that will follow.

Today, I wonder why everyone always thinks that I am so strong.

Today, I thank others from the bottom of my heart for providing my family the financial aid needed to pay for Hubbys surgery 100%, healthcare for one year, and $20,000.00 in bills that were already accumulated, all paid for by donations to Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.

Today, I wish that one day we will be able to help someone else like we have been helped.

Today, my mind wrestles with the thought of my Hubby not being here.

Today, I try to tell myself everything is fine.

Today, I want this surgery to be the last surgery.

Today, I worry.

Today, I hope.

Today, I pray for my Hubby and others.

Oh what a glorious evening, if you're really expecting something glorious then please dont read!

I left the house this evening right around 6pm leaving KC with the hubby for a quick trip to Wal-Mart for some Tide, shaving cream, razor blades, toothpaste, and a handful of Easter goodies. After checking out and spending $48.72 on on 8 items I headed to the car in tears remembering the good 'ole days when I could walk in a store and not worry one second about how much money I was spending. Not today though, today I am saving change, clipping coupons, and adding things in my mind as I buy them not forgetting to add the tax. So with my mind racing about all our finances I pull out of the parking lot headed to spend some more money we really dont have feeding my gas sucker. I had my blinker on to make a right and a car zoomed up behind me and to keep this non driving fool from crashing into me, I hung my right hit the curb and my tire blew out on the sidewall which I already knew was not fixable. Lovely! Just great, and these tires are about $200 a piece so I knew this was going to be fun. I tried calling the hubby for over 30 mins. to no avail, so I called the in-laws and he was there but he was in no way happy and hung up on me. Once he got there it was, I know you were talking on the phone, which I was not, how can you hit a curb like that, why didnt you just let the dumb ass hit you, do you know how much a new tire is gonna cost, were you not paying attention, do you realize this is the 3rd time you've done this, (which was later recanted, it only happened one other time in 2000 when I jumped a huge curb Dukes of Hazzard style in my Celica and in my defense I drove a Z71 truck before that). Anyways, thankfully this all happened at the gas station and minus my precious cargo, but it was still a pain in the keyster. The hubby went back home to get all the necessary tools to put on the spare and instructed me to sit in the car. I was more than happy to sit in the car because I knew we were on the edge of a argument so I patiently waited for the all done signal so I could go back home. Much later in the evening when I was done making supper, that was almost 2 hours late the hubby decided to apologize and say sorry for being so mean. I responded by saying no big deal, I hit that curb on purpose just to make his life a little more crappy today, I did it with intent and forethought just to be able to suck some more money out of our savings which is now non-existent. Im really nice to, right? Grrrrr, is there anything else I can screw up or make worse? The good part is I will only be buying one tire, not four! I think Sneaky Momma jinxed me on the tire deal, so Im totally blaming her for my mishap since I never once laughed while reading about their tire adventure. Click the link to read her tire story, but dont blame me if next week you need a new tire too!

Im baaaack!

I made it back to FL after driving over 12 hours on Sunday. My laptop is still not back from getting fixed so I have been on turtle speed internet and I havent had the patience to post anything. My trip was less than exciting, it was ok but I can think of about 10 other things Id rather been doing but oh well, its over now.

My computer should be back by Friday so I should be back soon.