Cat Scan

I almost cancelled the appointment for my cat scan the other day. The Dr. wanted a cat scan to make sure that I didn't have any residual infection left, well, it turns out that I do (an extensive infection as the nurse put it.)

I guess I won't be calling off the pulmonology appointment, no telling what they might find.

On a better note, my mom and dad just called and are having a WONDERFUL time on their Alaskan cruise. Look for some pictures next week.

It's working!!

I started on the NetiPot on Monday and it is now Saturday and I have been able to smell a little more each day. I went to the mall to check out some of the sales and I know people thought I was a simpleton!! I was walking around sniffing the air, I can't remember the last time I was there and actually smelled the fragrances at Bath and Body Works, the Cookie company, and the popcorn machine in the middle of the mall. My olfactory senses were on red alert. I was finally able to smell the playroom downstairs (todd says it smells like feet) and no matter how much I cleaned he could still smell it. Well, after finally smelling it myself I think we have to get the couch cleaned. All the neighborhood kids come over and play the 360 down there, take off their shoes, walk on the furniture and are just generally kids.

I had Emma and Nolan both use the pot this morning and both of them said they felt that they could breath better. Emma has such a slow flow on one side of her nose I know this will be able to help her.

Take me out to the ball game...you know the rest

Tonight we went to the Barons' baseball game at Regions Park. We got the tickets through the church, they had a section saved right behind home plate! I can't tell you the last time I went to a game, maybe the time my dad took us girls while i was still in junior high??? Anyhoo, it was a good game, the barons won, we ate (not hotdogs) at the park, and saw a lot of people we knew from church. At the end of the game the park had a fireworks display. I wasn't too sure about how good a show would be from the Birmingham Barons but I was proven wrong. They put on a fantastic fireworks show. I would say that it was as good as "Thunder on the Mountain" that B'ham does on Red Mountain on the 4th. it is so hard to get a good location to see those that it isn't worth fighting the traffic to try to see them.

We aren't going anywhere for the 4th; Todd is going to finish mom's hardwoods (it seems this has taken the most time and effort) and the kids and I will hang out.

Happy 4th to all!

I"m a little Neti Pot short and stout...

OK, here is another one of my sister Amy's suggestions...the Neti pot. For those of you who don't know, I haven't been able to smell for about 2 or 3 years. I had sinus surgery about 5 years ago and my sense of smell came back for a while but slowly faded. Every time I got on an antibiotic for something, my smell would return, for a short while. Well, with the cough thing I am still having, although not as bad, my smell did not come back when I took the Z pack. Amy had been telling me about the Neti Pot for some time and I finally decided to try it.
It is the weirdest feeling to have water run in your nose, fill your sinus cavity, and then come out the other nostril. I LOVE IT. I use it before I take my steroid spray to keep the polyps away. I actually have moments to where I can smell now. I'm hoping that the longer I use it the better my nose will get. I got Todd to try it, which is no small feat, and it took the whole pot to unclog his nose but by the end, the water was spilling out freely. Right now I'm doing it twice a day but will work my way to down once.



I found mine at Walgreens and it was $14 with a $2 rebate on the box. I'll keep you posted on how it is working.

Walking Pneumonia...No Boogie Woogie Flu

Well, they say bad things come in three's. Within two days we had three medical "issues" in my family. My mom, who is no stranger to surgery, has had one shoulder replacement and two knee replacements. This past week she went in for stomach surgery. They had to take her stomach and wrap it around her esophagus to replace the muscle that pushes your food down to be digested??!! A day after that Nolan had come to me saying that he lower back hurt and asked me to massage it. As I was rubbing I felt a round nickel size thing on his back. I wasn't too panicked because it was smooth and it moved around quit a bit. I did take him to the Doctor and he felt that it was a benign cyst but we did have an ultrasound done on it to make sure. The lab lady couldn't even get it to show up on the ultrasound because it wasn't dense enough. This was all good news. Now it was my turn. I finally went to the Dr. about the cough I have had for about a month which has only gotten worse. At first i thought that because I had started running at night my asthma had kicked up because of the humidity (I do live in Alabama!). Anyway, it turns out that i have walking Pneumonia and have been feeling much better since I started on my Z pack! Mom, BTW, it doing very well!

Post by Emma

emma got grounded from T.V for leaving her stuff in the car. So to keep her from watching T.V she put tape on her eyes.  When she looked at the T.V she couldn't watch what was on.

The above account was blogged by Emma. I will however explain truly why she was grounded. She had left her diabetic bag in the car but swore she had looked for it (several times). We had to use our "backup" supplies thinking that we would find it the next day. She then had to take the "backup supplies" to VBS because she still had not found her bag by the next day. After two hours at VBS she came to the Nursery saying that she couldn't find her meter and it turned out that the Eric, the guy in charge of the teen helpers, had all of them looking for it. I went out to my car to look for the meter in case it had fallen out and what did I find? Not only the "backup meter" sitting in plain sight on the floor, but also her purse which had all the original supplies in it also sitting in plain site on the floor. this had been after numerous times of "looking" in the car for it!! So, we took tv away. We save taking away books for the big things, she loves to read and is trying to get a gold medal through the school for a reading race they do during the summer.

Have you ever???

Have you ever wondered whose blog would show up on the "Next blog" button? I got curious one day and started clicking to see who my neighbor was. I soon found out that it changes all the time but it was so interesting to see all the different blogs. A lot of the ones that came up weren't in English so I wasn't able to read about them but looking at the pictures and making up a theory as to why it would be up on a blog can be just as fun as knowing what it truly says. I also like clicking on links from friends pages. I must have spent 30 mins one night clicking through different links on pages. I came across delovelydesigns.blogspot.com this way. It is so interesting to get a peek into someone's life by reading their blog. A girl I went to grade school with now lives in France and blogs at chitlinsandcamembert.blogspot.com, talk about a life you could write a book about...oh wait, she did that. I'll keep you updated on when it's published. Anyhoo...I thought I would share a few of the blogs that I've come across just randomly clicking.

anthonyjoseph2005.blogspot.com - blog on Joseph

 not in English but I love the pictures!

http://cheryl-jensenfamily.blogspot.com - new baby

mom of 4 who likes to thrift.

Mice on the Mountain

A game site

moments that happen at a villa

So I encourage you to surf the blog world and see how many different places you can visit and how many different lives you can peek through the window at. Be sure to share any interesting ones with us!