So to the updated news, we are still here. Since my son was admitted I could never leave him alone here in the hospital by himself. I have been sleeping here every night. I am glad we are at the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital cause it caters to families when the children are admitted. They have a pull out couch that is pretty comfortable and an attendant brings by free breakfast to parents in the morning and much more. In the last post I mentioned that my son had the appendix taken out, but there was a lot of bacteria already in his system. He was doing better that weekend after but soon made a turn getting sick again. The bacteria was forming an abscess and a couple days later they put a drain in his stomach to get it out. That was on Thursday the 12th. Here it is Sunday the 15th and they will remove it hopefully tomorrow. I thought they would do it today, but the orders were never put in.
The Dr. here and his assistant surgeon are really nice and have been doing a great job with AJ. They said after the drain is out, he can go home when he is eating and walking around like he normally would before the first surgery. I think that sucks and I'm so ready to go home but I agree, I wouldn't want to take him home and something start bothering him again then have to come back. Even though he might still have pains, it needs to be manageable by pills only and not bad enough to need morphine any more. Me personally, I didn't want him to have morphine anyway, just cause it is a harsh drug and I don't want him to be a drug addict by the time we are out of here, lol. But I know it has been needed. My poor boy looked so sad and in so much pain. It has been the hardest thing I have had to go through with him and I'll be so glad when he is home and better. I can't imagine those parents that have sick kids that can't ever go home. I have felt so many times that there is nothing I could do to help, and there was no way for 'mommy to help the pain'. At least I can be here for him and help get him through this by just being mom to help do the simple things. I'm glad my work hasn't let me go because of this and my school is letting me make up some of the work to hopefully pass.
If I am unable to make it to my last class, I wish everyone well in their classes and maybe I'll see ya around. It's been fun!
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Since I was absent...
The weekend of May 31st was fun and then later turned into a horrible cpl weeks. We celebrated my son's 16th B-Day just by hanging out and watching a couple movies. He wasn't feeling well the next day and I just assumed that he had eaten bad shrimp on Sun night. I went to work and school, but that changed when I got home on tues night after school. His stomach was bloated and he was complaining of lots of pain. I asked how bad and said we should go to the hospital and he said it wasn't that bad. the next morning he was still in some pain so I helped him to the car and took him straight to Winter Park Hospital. I explained what was going on and they asked my son, AJ, even more. He had been throwing up with a 102 fever.
They quickly took him into an exam room and the Dr. said it was most likely an appendicitis. Within 1 1/2 hrs they had him in ultrasound and a CT Scan. The Dr. told me he had a small pin hole in his appendix and it was leaking. Now, Winter Park Hospital doesn't have pediatrics so they took him by ambulance with sirens to Florida hospital on Rollins St. From there they took him right into surgery and removed the appendix. This was the first time my son has been sick beside the every once in a while bug or sore throat. He was doing very well taking it all in and just allowing the nurses and Dr's to help him. The surgeon told me that his appendix was half dead tissue. This means it had been slowly leaking for a while (time period still unknown) and there was probably quite a bit of bacteria floating in his body already. They got some out during the procedure, but they said there is more around his organs they couldn't get. The surgery was Wed the 4th. He was doing better that weekend and was able to start eating a lil bit. But it wasn't over..
stay tuned...
They quickly took him into an exam room and the Dr. said it was most likely an appendicitis. Within 1 1/2 hrs they had him in ultrasound and a CT Scan. The Dr. told me he had a small pin hole in his appendix and it was leaking. Now, Winter Park Hospital doesn't have pediatrics so they took him by ambulance with sirens to Florida hospital on Rollins St. From there they took him right into surgery and removed the appendix. This was the first time my son has been sick beside the every once in a while bug or sore throat. He was doing very well taking it all in and just allowing the nurses and Dr's to help him. The surgeon told me that his appendix was half dead tissue. This means it had been slowly leaking for a while (time period still unknown) and there was probably quite a bit of bacteria floating in his body already. They got some out during the procedure, but they said there is more around his organs they couldn't get. The surgery was Wed the 4th. He was doing better that weekend and was able to start eating a lil bit. But it wasn't over..
stay tuned...
Monday, June 2, 2014
Almost done, I skipped golf!
So this past weekend I was wanted to finish my porch and get it done so I may relax and grill!!
And that's ALMOST what I did. If you haven't read my last post, I'm redoing the pavers and paving the other 3/4th of my porch with new ones. I started to actually place my new pavers around the old ones, and I'll tell you, those things are heavier than you think! So I am leveling the ground, laying the pavers and then settling it down in the sand where it fits. Ugh, I'm already tired just remembering how exhausting it was! The good news is I got 54 pavers placed and decided that I wanted to pave the walk way instead of using the oval cut outs. I was already tired, but if you want something done, you need to keep going. I ran to Home Depot and got 14 more pavers and made a new change to my idea. I was going to just leave the border of the porch alone (dirt), until I saw the stones. I made an executive decision and told my self that my porch would look so much better with these grey rocks along the border. I got home and put down the rest of the pavers I got.
And again, I changed my overall idea again. I decided I will pave the entire porch area instead of putting plants along the back side. Guess what, that is 26 more pavers and about 4 more bags of rocks. I have decided that it is all worth it! the finished front side looks amazing and when I'm done, it will be perfect! I will soon finish this porch... Maybe next weekend.. I wish I could post the picture of the progress, oh well..
And that's ALMOST what I did. If you haven't read my last post, I'm redoing the pavers and paving the other 3/4th of my porch with new ones. I started to actually place my new pavers around the old ones, and I'll tell you, those things are heavier than you think! So I am leveling the ground, laying the pavers and then settling it down in the sand where it fits. Ugh, I'm already tired just remembering how exhausting it was! The good news is I got 54 pavers placed and decided that I wanted to pave the walk way instead of using the oval cut outs. I was already tired, but if you want something done, you need to keep going. I ran to Home Depot and got 14 more pavers and made a new change to my idea. I was going to just leave the border of the porch alone (dirt), until I saw the stones. I made an executive decision and told my self that my porch would look so much better with these grey rocks along the border. I got home and put down the rest of the pavers I got.
And again, I changed my overall idea again. I decided I will pave the entire porch area instead of putting plants along the back side. Guess what, that is 26 more pavers and about 4 more bags of rocks. I have decided that it is all worth it! the finished front side looks amazing and when I'm done, it will be perfect! I will soon finish this porch... Maybe next weekend.. I wish I could post the picture of the progress, oh well..
Twin Rivers!! Yay!
Now if you have read my earlier posts, you will know that I have already been to this course. I actually do like this course for the most part. It "dog-legs" to the left a lot and has a lot of water. It is great green grass for most of the fairways and the greens. The only issues I had was that it was horribly hot out side that weekend. I'm sure everyone in Orlando was trying to stay out of the heat on Memorial day weekend. Since we didn't have time to go on Sunday, we went on Monday. Memorial Day. I don't have any family here and not really any friends here, I was really bored that weekend and needed to get out of my house.
On a side note, I have a side project going on at my house. I have a little porch in the back of my apartment and we are allowed to fix it up, just as long as it doesn't violate any housing codes. My little area is about 10 1/2' x 18 1/2' spot. It had some old large pavers in some spots, but some were broken and some were missing so it really didn't cover much. In addition to that there were granite oval sink cut outs just randomly placed around, some mulch hidden under tall weeds and dirt.
The past month or so, my son and I have been doing a little bit at a time. This same weekend we had all the pavers pulled up and all the weeds pulled and were going to put down the old pavers in a new spot. This means it was nothing but dirt.. So we started and got those down and also put down some of the new pavers that were to border the old. We didn't finish because we couldn't decide what exactly we were going to do with the space. We probably changed our minds 10 times. We thought the best way to figure this out was to put some down in certain areas and then if we like it, actually place them in. We thought, the next weekend we will decide and finish.
On a side note, I have a side project going on at my house. I have a little porch in the back of my apartment and we are allowed to fix it up, just as long as it doesn't violate any housing codes. My little area is about 10 1/2' x 18 1/2' spot. It had some old large pavers in some spots, but some were broken and some were missing so it really didn't cover much. In addition to that there were granite oval sink cut outs just randomly placed around, some mulch hidden under tall weeds and dirt.
The past month or so, my son and I have been doing a little bit at a time. This same weekend we had all the pavers pulled up and all the weeds pulled and were going to put down the old pavers in a new spot. This means it was nothing but dirt.. So we started and got those down and also put down some of the new pavers that were to border the old. We didn't finish because we couldn't decide what exactly we were going to do with the space. We probably changed our minds 10 times. We thought the best way to figure this out was to put some down in certain areas and then if we like it, actually place them in. We thought, the next weekend we will decide and finish.
Sprinklers!! really?!?!
A couple weeks ago I went golfing to a new course. I was so excited! I thought because it's over by Wekiva area, it'll be lush green fairways and beautiful greens! Oh boy, was I wrong! Starting off, they didn't instruct us on which 9-holes to start on, but we figured it out. Then at our 3rd hole we were doing so good that I thought we were going to have a great scoring day. Our first 2 holes we made par, and that usually doesn't happen in the beginning for us! So we get to the green and we are lined up to birdie the hole! Yay!! Then it happened. These massive sprinklers turn on right on us!! What kind of golf course has their sprinkles on in the middle of the day on Sunday when people are playing!!!! So I called the club and asked if we were somehow on the wrong 9 and I told him cause the sprinklers were on. He said not to worry bout it and that they will turn off in a few short mins. What? I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
First of all, you don't water your golf course grass in the middle of the day cause the water will burn the grass in the 90 degree weather! Second of all, there are people playing! Do you know how hard it is to putt a golf ball on a soaked green? You have to whack the crap out of it just to get it a few feet! So there goes our birdie and also we had to wait like 5 mins just for one to turn off and another then another to come on. we were waiting for almost 15-20 mins in the scorching heat just to finish the 3rd hole. We got hit on at least 4 more holes and then even our 18th hole was paused by sprinklers. We will never go there again. And what makes it comical is that the greens were all almost dead and the fairways on over half of the course were dirt and dead grass. I'm starting to wonder where I gotta go to play a decent course with out breaking the bank!
Just incase you're wondering, the golf course was called Rock Springs. and it was, I think, 25-30 per person. I've played on cheaper courses that were better. Oh well, the hunt for the right golf course is still ongoing...
to be continued...
First of all, you don't water your golf course grass in the middle of the day cause the water will burn the grass in the 90 degree weather! Second of all, there are people playing! Do you know how hard it is to putt a golf ball on a soaked green? You have to whack the crap out of it just to get it a few feet! So there goes our birdie and also we had to wait like 5 mins just for one to turn off and another then another to come on. we were waiting for almost 15-20 mins in the scorching heat just to finish the 3rd hole. We got hit on at least 4 more holes and then even our 18th hole was paused by sprinklers. We will never go there again. And what makes it comical is that the greens were all almost dead and the fairways on over half of the course were dirt and dead grass. I'm starting to wonder where I gotta go to play a decent course with out breaking the bank!
Just incase you're wondering, the golf course was called Rock Springs. and it was, I think, 25-30 per person. I've played on cheaper courses that were better. Oh well, the hunt for the right golf course is still ongoing...
to be continued...
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