First I want to say sorry for taking such a long break from blogging. I have had so much going on. I always have a ton going on, but I guess more than usual this time. I've had some personal issues with my oldest son; he's 15 now, and not liking his mama very much these days. I'm doing everything I can to make things better, but I'm pretty much at a loss at this point. I just hope these teenage hormones and attitude problem doesn't last too long, because I don't know how much more of this I can take.
Besides that, I just had another surgery on Dec. 30. Shoulder surgery this time. Recovery has been sooooo painful! I had no idea. My cervical fusion I had in June was a breeze compared to this! On top of the normal pain, I also had complications and ended up in the E.R. twice a few days after surgery. I had bruising from the base of my skull down my right side and down the bottom of my back bone. I couldn't breathe, was very light headed, in unbearable pain, and running a fever. I called the surgeon- Dr. Baker Jr. @ Houghston Clinic in Columbus, Ga and he asked me "what do you want to do, it's Sat. night; what do you want to do?" First off, it was Sunday night, and Second of all, it doesn't really matter what night it is when you think you're dying! I thought he might be able to give me some of his educated knowledge and tell me if what I was going through was normal or should I be worried and maybe head to the E.R. Thanks, doc! Didn't mean to mess up your weekend! So I spend the day in the E.R. and find out my blood pressure is high, my blood count is at 21, and I have internal bleeding that they can't be sure has stopped without admitting me and observing me overnight. Since I had 3 kids at home alone I told the E.R. Dr. I would have to go home for the night and come back the next morning so they could recheck my blood count. The next morning my blood had not decreased from since the night before so the bleeding seemed to have stopped, thank God! The Dr. told me to start taking iron pills, which I have done, and am feeling much better. My BP is still up a little and my I can feel my heart flutter every so often, but it's going to take some time for my body to adjust. My middle son was absolutely wonderful those first 3 days after I came home and did everything for me. If it had not been for him I have no idea what I would have done! Thank you so much, Devin! The next week I went into the office to see Dr. Baker Jr. for a check up. I sat in the office for almost 3 hours before seeing the Dr and when I did see him he left the room before I was through speaking with him and never came back. I asked him a question about exactly what he had found during the surgery, he was going to show me the pictures and called for the girls in the office to come in and bring them up on the computer. At that point he left the room, got on the phone, and never came back!! That was MY TIME, MY 5 or 10 minutes that I sat there all day waiting for! It was very RUDE, to say the least!
To add a little more stress to my life, I am in the process of applying to graduate school. I have been working on getting up everything I need to apply since my surgery. I need to retake the GRE exam because I made a 900 on it last time and that's probably not good enough to get me in. I just hope my new scores will have time to be processed and sent to the university before the deadline. Everything is due in by Feb. 15 so I am cutting it really close. . If I don't get in this time I will have to wait a whole other year before applying again. I trust that whatever happens though was meant to be. So wish me luck!
