What a week! It has been such an emotional, stressful, busy, crazy week!
It all started on Sunday when my dad came home from a boy scout activity he had been at for the weekend. He came home thinking he had gotten the flu. He was coughing, and had a fever and just didn't feel well.
On a side note, my Mom was scheduled to go into the hospital on Monday morning for a procedure. She didn't want a fuss about it so didn't tell anyone. She was supposed to be in the hospital 3-5 days after her Monday surgery and we had the whole week planed with her absence. Dad was going to take her Monday morning. I was going to take Abby to school and after she was going to go to her dads for a few days while my mom was in the hospital and I was at school. I was going to pick her up Wednesday night.
So...dad came home not feeling well. We had someone come over to assist my dad with a blessing for my mom and Abby wanted to stay awake for it so she could be with grandma and see grandpa since she hadn't seen him in a long time, so I let her. She gets her blessing and we are all feeling ready for this and prepared! My dad was going to take her to the hospital at 6am for her 6:30am appointment. I was awake doing homework and taking care of some other things till about 2am (i know, i don't sleep) and dad came in and asked if I could take her since he was sick. I thought that i could take her and get her all checked in and then rush home take Abby to school then come home for 2hrs finish my homework shower and then go get Abby then come home have her dad here and then i would go to school....that is not how it worked out.
I did take mom to the hospital (Monday i functioned on 3hrs of sleep) and I came home to get Abby ready for school but when she woke up she was complaining of a headache. I took her temp and it was 99.6. With all the flu stuff going on, I thought it would be best if she just stayed home. So we stayed home and as I was getting her ready to go to her dad's I get a call from my Mom around 9am (her surgery was scheduled for 8:30am). She told me that there wasn't going to be a surgery. While they were prepping her she went into a-phib (sp) her heart was pumping way to fast and with her anesthesia that would only get worse. SO, they cancelled it and told her that she would have to reschedule for six weeks out after meeting with a cardiologist. Mind you that all of her pre-surgery tests came back just fine.
SO...with no surgery we thought that she would be coming home Monday afternoon. So I called Abby's dad and said that she wouldn't have to go over there because my mom was coming home....little did we know she wouldn't come home till Wednesday evening!! .....I had a Monday class I could not miss because I had a test and my dad was sick so I asked a friend to watch her and when I picked her up she said her headache hurt worse and now her temp was up over 100. So i immediately called the doctor and made her an appointment for the next day (Tuesday). We stopped by her Dr's office Monday and I got my flu shot, Abby couldn't get it because of her fever.
Monday night it all fell apart! Her fever soared up to 104 and she was on ibuprofen all night and in the morning she started throwing up so we get to the doctors and sure enough...she has the flu! (the doctor said pretty sure h1n1). SO...we both (Abby and I) get notes to excuse us out of school for the rest of the week and we go home and get Abby her medicine and continue with the ibuprofen and Tylenol.
While this is happening to Abby...my Mom is still in the hospital and they cannot get her heart under control. They try her on a i.v. med and that helps but around midnight Monday she goes into a-phip again. So, they can't figure out whats wrong.
So...Tuesday we get home and I give Abby her medicine and she rests on the couch. She starts throwing up once every hour and I can't get her to drink anything and she hasn't gone potty all day. So, I call the doctor and she's concerned for dehydration so she tell us to go to the emergency room. So, Tuesday evening Abby and I head off to the emergency room and get her checked out. They took some blood and thankfully she was not dehydrated and they gave her a prescription (suppository) for her throwing up. We leave Tuesday night and go get that fill and get home and give her all her medicine and put her to bed.
Mom...is still in the hospital! I can't go and see her because of Abby. They finally found a little hole in a heart valve. They unhook her i.v. and give her some oral medicine and shes just fine till Tuesday night when again...she goes into a-phib!! So, the hook the i.v. up again and she can't come home!!
Wednesday, Abby is feeling better, still not good but better. Her medicine is really helping. Mom and her Dr. finally get everything under control enough to where she can come home until she makes her appointment to meet with her cardiologist.
Thursday...Mom's home and Abby is much better.
Long story!! Monday-Wednesday...hard days!!!
Everything is starting to get back to normal now.
(This is too long for me to proof read, so hopefully it's understandable)
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