5 things about me

1. I love the show roseanne I have every season except 4 ( or maybe it was 6).

2. I am 22 and I get many gray hairs (eeekk)

3. I watch nick jr when the kids aren't even around lol

4. my favorite season is fall

5. my favorite author is Stephen King

Doctors Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack's yeast infection wasn't getting better and spread to his leg. Sooooo off to the doctors we went. Diagnose? still yeast infection. we were prescribed more cream (we were running out) plus a cream with an steroid to use for 3 days. also doctors order to let my son run around with no diaper. I guess I will be following him with a mop for awhile lol. Plus my moms bringing me her old kitchen table this weekend. I am excited:) then I am moving my table to the dinning area which will be a great place for Jack to sit and do puzzles and have therapy sessions.

not good at all

Went to the doctor today. my lab on my infection was back in. turns out I have MRSA (yuck). Basically it's like a staph infection only the bacteria is resistant. Most antibiotics won't fight the infection luckily I am on one that is fighting it. I also found out MRSA is contagious so I am disinfecting like crazy. as long as i keep the wound covered and wash my hands after touching it to change my dressing I won't spread the MRSA. AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL NEVER "PICK" AT A SMALL CUT OR PIMPLE AGAIN! people to avoid this infection always wash even the smallest cuts with soap and water daily until it heals. another tip hand sanitizer is your friend:)

The Verdict

When Ed got home we went to on-call. yupp just like I thought it's a yeast infection. I am not to happy with the on-call people. as you know my son is globally delayed. He has melt down in most social situations. Well I was told in a subtle way to take him outside. that pisses me off he was the one that had to be seen. so I waited for about a half hour outside. I will not be going there again. anyways my son was perscribed some cream and after one night of medication he's looking a lot better. now today I have to go to the doctor and have my scrape looked at to make sure the infection is getting better. I can tell you the answer now It doesnt'hurt anymore. the swelling and redness is just about gone. So yes it's better the antibotics are doing great. of course i will update when i get home.

I guess after talking to ed I am not royal pissed anymore. but the whole situation yesterday still aggervates me.

A real JERK

I usually don't talk of Ed to much. If I do it's all usually good stuff. Well right now I need to vent so badly. I am going to give you all a peek into Ed's darkside. As I mentioned in another blog entry about my own infection Ed yelled at me the whole way to the Er. That I am being a baby and theres nothing wrong. ok buddy I just have a skin infection that can make you very ill if it enters the bloodstream. Jack will not be going to the doctors today for his private issues. I called Ed at his job first time since he's worked there. so obviously I am concerned about my son. He tells me he's not leaving work b/c he will get fired. (If Ed didnt pretend sick constantly this would not even be a concern) he then tells me it's nothing with my son but he will take my bitch ass to urgent care at 5. god he's a jerk. wow thanks for giving a damn about your son you selfish little baby.

Will it never end?

looks like Jack may have a yeast infection on his privates. I guessing it is from his antibotics he had been on. So now I am waiting for the doctors office to open. when will this end? In the past few weeks its been one thing after another. I HATE INFECTIONS! we have had infected bug bites,scrapes and now a possible yeast infection.

Trip to the ER

Called my doctor about my infected arm and he told me I had to go to the er. I guess I may have needed antibiotics through iv. I didn't need the iv they prescribed me double antibiotics though. plus I need to go see my doctor today. depending when that is we may have to reschedule Jack's hearing evaluation. So right now my arm is wrapped and killing me one minute it throbs and then burns. I guess lesson is always wash and bandage even the smallest of cuts.

Still Sore...plus the fair

My arm is still sore and tender. The swelling has gone done some and the cut is looking better. Hopefully by Wednesday the tenderness will be gone.

Last night we took the kids to the fair. Lexy slept most of the time. Jack loved the animals. He kept saying the animals names and what they say. We also put him on some rides. Daddy rode the train with Jackman once and so did I. He had so much fun smiling and waving to Ed's aunt. Then Jackman and I went on a tugboat swaying type of ride. Which I admit at first scared me ( I have no spine when it comes to rides). Jack was a little scared but for the most part he liked it. Then Daddy got on some daring rides. I wish I had brought my camera to catch some of these moments.

What's been happening

This weekend not to much is going on just the usual. dinner at my moms on Saturday. Maybe will go to the fair I don't know. Not a huge loss if we don't Jack has been their twice with his aunt this week. Monday Jack has a hearing evaluation which I hope goes OK. I really don't think their is anything wrong with his hearing but better safe than sorry. His daddy is moderately deaf in one ear. Of course he thinks it's work related.....I am not so sure. Ed has always not been able to hear what I am saying sometimes since I first met him. That was before the job he had that he thinks caused it.

Falls

Last night we were at a birthday party. Jack is laughing and running. I keep calling him and walking after him. Of course my cousin house is on a hill. Jack gets closer to the drop. I start screaming and running after him (yes I am over dramatic I do scream in situations like this....i do not care). yup he falls into a bush. I climb down after him. of course my little danger boy is laughing. as I get him out I almost slip for a split second I was thinking I may not get out without asstiance.

my turn, my turn...........

Yes it's my turn and that is not a good thing. I was picking at a little bite on my elbow. Well I broke the skin. Now it's all red and sore. Of course there's no pus or anything like that. So I am just using peroxide and antibiotic ointment aka neosprin. It hurts when I extend my arm which is expected it's on the tip of my elbow. I am guessing it's infected because it is also hot. It does look a little better compared to yesterday.

One of those days

My son is driving me crazy today. I know he's in the stage of terrible twos but must he test the boundaries so much today. He has been taking his diaper off,throwing toys,screaming and crying when he doesn't get his own way and crumpling his pbj all over my floor. Just when I didn't think I was going to make it without me crying. It was nap time thank goodness for naps. Now his devil horns have disappeared and he's sleeping like an angel lol. Just 16 more years until he's out of his terrible two's (hehe):)

pics of lexy

Pictures of jackman

you can't scam me

yes people someone tried to scam me. I was chosen to be a secret shopper and was mailed a cashier's check for almost 3ooo bucks. All I have to do is wire money to someone and then keep 200. BEWARE OF THESE SCAMS DO NOT FALL VICTIM. here's some tips on how to tell it is a scam.

1. no business/company will EVER send you a check asking you to wire a certain amount of money. ( these checks will bounce and you will be the on owing thousands of dollars)
2. Just because the business name is legit does not mean it's not a scam. (these people will steal company names and use them).
3. my envelope came with no return address and was from Canada. (If you don't know anyone from Canada and their is no return address......it is a scam.
4. Addresses did not match up my envelope was from Canada yet the address on the letter said Minneapolis,MN. If these don't match up then more than likely your being scammed.

Weekend things

I was searching online and I really think Jack's boo-boo is a infected spider bite. It looked very similar to some of the pictures I was seeing. the swelling is down and it looks a lot better.

Today I stopped at my cousin's house to drop off birthday gifts for her kids. She ended up giving us a toy work bench type of thing that is so cute. Then we headed to my moms for dinner.

My sister was also attacked by a dog on Friday. She has puncture wounds. The dog lunged at her and dragged her off a family members porch. After a trip to the emergency room she is okay. FYI the dog was a lab ( to think I thought they were a family type of dog.......which goes to show all dogs no matter their breed can bite).

Tomorrow will be just a chilaxin kind of day with a little cleaning on the side.

Some of my favorite pics

Alexis in May

Jackman he just looks so cute

I love this sleepy what the heck are you doing pic

Jackman at 8 months old

updates

jack update- yupp It's an infection. The doctor gave up a chewable antibotic. so in 10 days my Jackman should be feeling much better:)

computer update- they didn't sell our model anymore so we had to trade it in for a new computer.

Broken computer:(

I may not be on for a few days. the hinge on my laptop is broken:( (thank goodness for warranties). so we our dropping it off tomorrow night. hoping we can get it fixed fast so I can update you on Jack's boo-boo.

Jack's Boo-Boo

2 days ago Jack has what appeared to be a cut on his head. well today I felt a lump on his head and he whined and pulled away the moment I touched it. I look at it and I see what looks like dry pus on the lump. So I put him in the bath to remove the pus. that cut looks like a puncture wound and their pus inside it. So immediately I yell down to Ed to make a doctors appointment. He first comes up and makes his own "diagnosis" then calls the DR. We have an appointment at 3 tomorrow afternoon so I will update then.

on a good note ST went great today. No tears which made me a happy mama:)

Early intervention update

wow! I am just full of posts today:) After talking to Jack's case worker. We have decided to add on one more day of speech therapy to work on Jack's behavioral issues. Keeping my fingers crossed that this helps him. Also I have an appointment set up for a developmental pediatrician in March to see my Jackman. Also his OT wants me to get his hearing checked to make sure it' ok. He had a cold for awhile and she wants to make sure their is no ear infection or fluid in the ear. I wanted to cry today. Dealing with Jack's delays are really a struggle for me. I want to do everything I can to help him. On the other hand sometimes I want to just say forget it and be done with the whole thing. I know this is what he needs. I don't want him to be extremely behind when he starts school in a couple years. I guess all Jackman and I can do is breath and take it day by day.

5 things about me

1. I am afraid of roller coasters and heights.

2. I have a twin brother.

3. I used to write poetry before my kids.

4. I have never broken a bone (knock on wood).

5. I was the only sibling from my family that graduated high school.

Alexis

With all the craziness that goes on with Jack and therapy. I have realised I do not talk enough about my baby girl lexy. She just turned 8 months old. wow 8 months I can't belive I had this wonderful child 8 months ago:) she has 2 teeth now and is so close to crawling. She is my easy child always smiling and happy. The only thing that upsets this child is when you do not get her food fast enough. She has these big curious eyes and is always looking around and wondering how the world works. Her favorite people are her brother,papa,pop and of course daddy. She's stealing the fellas hearts already. I really believe Lexy will be my wild child.

Melissa and Doug

If your son is anything like mine then he loves cars,puzzles and blocks. Well in his therapy sessions his therapist have some really neat puzzles. from ones with huge pegs and ones with no pegs but are chunky (both are great for small hands). Well the other day I noticed they said Melissa and Doug. So I typed it in my search engine and voila. I found those great puzzle they range in price from 10-20 bucks each. Well I am going to talk my sweetie Ed into ordering 2 10 dollar puzzles this week:) anyways if anyone wants to check the site out here's the link http://www.melissaanddoug.com/

The History of Jack's Delays

My last post got me thinking......yes anyone who reads this knows my son is delayed. But no one on here knows how it started. How we found out and has he always been behind? So I figure I would tell everyone about when this all began.

When Jack was a baby he hit all his milestones on time. Holding his head up,his first laugh and sitting unsupported. When he was around 8 or 9 months old he wasn't crawling. I wasn't worried about it. crawling was not even a "real" milestone ( b/c not all kids crawl). When he started crawling I was so happy and instantly could not wait for the day he would walk. His 1 st birthday came and he was still not walking. then 13 months and not walking than 15 months and still no walking. When he was around 14 or 15 months. I had my sister take him for his check-up because I had an ob appointment and did not want to miss it. That's when I was told the doctor thought something was wrong with his legs and wanted a physical therapist to look at him. I cried so hard that day and I was so angry. How could he say there was something wrong with my perfect son. When the shock wore off I called early intervention (recommended by my DR.) A few weeks later I had Jackman evaluated. He was physically fine. They saw no delays in speech. His motor skills were the only thing delayed.

With help from OT my Jackman walked at 19 months old. He has been in OT for almost a year and now he is running, climbing and doing many other things he could not do. As his 2Nd birthday approached his OT thought that his speech may be delayed. So a ST evaluated him and as it turns out he was. Which brings us to today.

Therapy amd Tears

Surprise,Surprise. Another bad ST session. His ST is now talking about seeing an pediatric specialist and many other things on top that. How am I suppose to deal with that. For many who do not know I am a stay at home mom living in a smallish-town. I do not drive and their are no bus lines where I live. Due to me being home we are living on one income. How am I and Ed suppose to do all this? How is Ed suppose to take time off for this? How are we suppose to lose days of income here and there....and still survive? Most importantly How am I suppose to keep putting my son thorough this? How many times am I going to watch my son scream and cry? How many times am I going to have to rock him after a ST session and cry? I feel horrible for even saying this but Why me? Why him? I wish so badly that he was normal. I honestly do not know how much more of this I can handle.

weigh-In

I lost 1 pound........boo! well I guess I rather be one down than one up:) I have to get my butt in gear and exercise. here's to hoping I lose a lot more weight next time.

Rough therapy

OT went great today. ST was a nightmare. His therapist has a book with a bear drinking a glass of milk. She wanted Jack to say milk. Jack of course said no and refused. So she decided not to move onto anything else and until he said milk. Jack of course still gets upset. Of course I and the therapist did not give in. He started to get even more upset. I actually started becoming scared. Jack was kicking and wailing around,shaking his head back and fourth. I tried to get him to say milk and he just would scream no. Then when I tried to calm him down it was like he was somewhere else.....He wouldn't look at me not once. Finally after therapy was over He gave his therapist a half smile and whispered bye bye. Then all he wanted was for me to hold him like a baby and rock him. He's finally sleeping like an angel. when he has a bad therapy session it breaks my heart and makes me feel guilty like I am being a bad mom.

here I am relieved therapy is over for the week and crossing my fingers that therapy is better next week.

Major Vent!!!!!!!!!!!

I won't name names or anything. I am so pissed off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why give options,why? I just don't get it why say OK you can choose between this and this. Then went you choose what the person does not want you to choose they try and talk you out of it. When you say no I really want/to do this they say OK then just do what they want screw you!!!!!! It doesn't matter if lets just say it's someone I Love's special day.............why? b/c this person is a self-centered,childish asshole and we all know it!!!! If it's not all about them then they want no part.........FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's what I have to say. Anyways sorry about the vent......and I am sure anyone reading this is confused. Yes when I am angry I don't make sense.

weigh in...........

I am so happy. I have lost 8 pounds:) whooo whooo I will be a sexy mama in no time lol my goal is to lose 50 pounds hopefully within like 7 or 8 months.

Whats been going on

This past weekend we honestly did not do much. We went to my mother's for dinner on Sunday.......mmmmmmm sausage and peppers:) minus the bun b/c of mt low carb lifestyle. This week Jack of course has therapy (crossing my fingers that they are great). Then Thursday is Ed's 22nd birthday. I know I am going to bake him a cake but I think I might do a cupcake......cake to practice for Lexy's Birthday. If it comes out bad I will know that I must order her cupcake cake lol.