Today was the big day...

He had surgery today. Everything went great although they had to put mesh in there.He is in a helluva lot of pain and from what I'm told it's only going to get worse. :(

Today was just an exhausting day for everyone. We got to the hospital at 8:30am and they took him for surgery around 20 after 10. So we got to wait in the waiting room till 20 till 12 when the doctor came and told me that he was ok and in recovery. That was when we got to go outside to warm up. I'm telling you, like you don't already know, that these places are sooooooo cold! Sat there and froze the entire time.

I am happy to report that he is doing good so far, just in a lot of pain. Well, I'm not happy to report the pain but I guess that comes with it huh?

Anyway, thanks for the support, encouragement, and kind words! They are truly appreciated!

Went to the doctor yesterday and..

no surgery for today. :( Workman's comp was dragging their feet so no approval. We do have the approval now so hopefully the surgery will be on Tuesday. He is back to work for now on real light duty. No excessive walking, lifting, or bending. Basically what he is, is a computer man.

Thanks for the prayers! I'll need them again on Tuesday please!

Good news...well, kinda...

Jeremy's work said that he can do light duty and as soon as he could get back to come in. He'll probably being a watching a computer screen. At least he won't be off till Dec 20!

When it rains, it pours...

I have one dramatic life! I swear I do. If it's not one thing it's another but hey aren't most people's?

Well, Jeremy spent the night in the hospital last night. He hurt himself at work. He has a hernia in the groin area. We have to see a surgeon on Wed. and then he'll be going in for surgery on Thursday. Shouldn't be bad. He should be able to come home Thursday afternoon. Depends on what they find when they get into surgery.

He is supposed to stay off it till then. We'll see how long he'll last. He's going to off work 2 to 8 weeks depending on whether or not work will allow him to do light duty. Stuff like sitting watching a screen, filing, answering phones, etc. He is not supposed to lift anything heavier than a styrofoam cup. Our daughter is NOT going to like that one. If he goes fishing (which he says he can) he will sit in a lawn chair but I'll have to drive him because of the meds he is on for pain.

Please say a little prayer that he will be a quick and easy surgery and that he can go back to work as soon as possible. 8 weeks puts us too close to Christmas. Thanks for any thoughts, prayers, etc. that you can spare!! :)

P.S. I am feeling a lot better now. Still having a little trouble breathing but nothing I can't handle. :)

Who knew breathing would become so hard?

For the last few days I've been down. Breathing was becoming extremely difficult, to the point that my chest and back was hurting with every breath I took. Well, I thought I could wait until Monday to call the doctor but no. I woke up Sat and was afraid that I would have to go to the ER sometime over the weekend if I didn't get it looked at. Well, I went to a clinic that runs after hours but it's not ER. My mom even had to drive me. I didn't have the energy to even drive the 10 mins to her house much less the 30 mins it took to get to the clinic.

He checked me over and told me I had two options. One, try antibiotics and steroids or two be put in the hospital. I can't be in the hospital so I chose to try antibiotics. Well turns out I have bronchitis borderline pneumonia. While I was there they gave me a breathing treatment and a steroid shot. I tell you this nurse knew what she was doing. I never even felt the needle go in. I had to check when I got home to see if there was a stick mark. haha The doc wrote me a prescription for antibiotics, steroids, and an inhaler. We are trying this approach to try to keep me out of the hospital. I can't leave my kids long enough to be in the hospital so this just has to work.

There's one more thing I need to call a doc about but I'm not comfortable with posting it for the whole world to read. Carrie, I may email you and ask you if you've ever experienced this before just let me know if I can. :)

I feel a lot better today and am breathing a lot easier today. Still can't do a whole lot but it's getting better. I think that I might try to clean today before I go get my kiddos.

I'm just sad I missed a party last night for a dear friend of ours that got reactivated. His going away party was last night. Jeremy went by himself as I was just too congested and stuff to make it. Doubt he'll ever see this but Good luck Brian and we'll miss you!! :)

He's coming home soon! Yay!!

I hope I don't jinx this. :( My cousin Josh is coming home from Iraq soon! He has been there since Nov of 2005. He is starting to ship some of his things home so it shouldn't be much longer! :) I'm so excited. I've missed him so much!

He said that he wants this huge party when he gets home. One with fireworks and the like. We'll just have to see about all that. lol Tomorrow I'll put a pic of him up but the only one I have of him has someone else in the pic and I don't want to put his face up without blurring it up. :)

BUT HE'S COMING HOME SOON!!!! :)
Edited to add: This is the picture I was talking about. This is my cousin who is coming home. :) Yay!! :)