We went off to the asthma specialist appointment one Monday morning, Hubby taking time off work to join us. When I talked to the lady on the phone that set up the appointment she had told that the lady we were to see could help us out with finding a pediatrician for Tornado, all I had to do was tell her what had happened. GREAT!! She told me that she would be able to set up an allergy test for him, to see what triggers his asthma.
We get barely make it there on time, my Hubby likes to leave NO time for mistakes or delays. We are running down the hallways looking for this place. I have to go to the washroom and it is NOT very nice to make a pregnant woman run when she has to go!! We find the room and she is busy so off I run to the washroom. :) Thank goodness she was busy. :)
We get into the room, and a bathroom is bigger than this room. There is nothing for Tornado to do!! (At the Children's Hospital and nothing at all for him to do!!) With that being said he was a very well behaved boy considering the situation.
She could not help us get into a pediatrician. :( She informed us that is EXTREMELY hard to get into one and that if we did it would only be for Tornado's asthma. Why is that ?!?! Because we live in a big stupid city!! (my opinion) She could not set up the allergy testing!! What did she do you may ask?!?! She just went over what asthma was, well we already knew what it was because we both had it as children. The one helpful thing she did tell us was that NO person with asthma should have a cough suppressant!! Also, even as an adult you should still use a chamber because without it you are only getting 5% of the dose!! SO there you have it our appointment with the so called specialist. Don't get me wrong she was very well educated on asthma BUT it was not what we were told this appointment was all about.
In the end we felt robbed of our time and Hubby should of went to work!! Now we sit and wait to be called by the Asthma Specialist she referred us too. I hope this one can help us out more with Tornado's asthma and not just asthma in general. Only time will tell.
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
IT IS A GIRL!!!
IT'S A GIRL!!!
WOW!! What a shocker!! I was totally expecting a boy. I am so excited that it is a girl!! But here is how my Saturday went:
First we get home at 530am ish from the Children's Hospital with Tornado. (another post to come for that one). Fall asleep and get woken up by my alarm WAY too soon. But first at 7am ish Tornado wakes up and says "Is it tomorrow?" I whisper "Yes, go back to sleep." He replies "Well lets go see the baby now!! I slept so I can go now." Me "Oh my...it is too early we still have time to sleep, SO please go back to sleep." That was the end of that conversation because I was NOT getting up yet. LOL Than my alarm is going off at 830am. I hit the snooze button and think to myself 'I am not ready to drink that water or to eat a dam thing!! I just wanna sleep.' This was the first time I wish I had booked the appointment for the afternoon. So I drag my butt outta bed and finish the water and food, at this point I am jealous that John can sleep until 930am, and off to the ultrasound we go.
We get to the ultrasound place and there is a sign on the door WASHROOMS CLOSED!! OMG are you freaking kidding me!! Nope they are not. I am pregnant and you have ordered me to drink this water and now you telling me I have no washroom to use. GREAT!
So off to the ultrasound room I go. This ultrasound takes FOREVER!! The tech. asks me if I want to know what the baby is. I say YES but I have to wait till my hubby and son are in here because if I don't they might kill me. LOL SO I have to wait the whole time of her doing her thing, which is FOREVER!! FINALLY it is time to go and get the boys!! :) BUT they are gone...Tornado had to go pee...GAH!!! LOL Finally they return!! Than my little girl decides she is not going to co-operate for us to see what she is...THANKFULLY the tech. got a good look during the examine!! I am overfilled with joy!!
Here is Tornado's reaction:
"But I wanted a baby brother" I say "Well honey remember we said it could be a sister?" He says "Ya" Than the tech. jumps in and says "You are going to be an AWESOME big brother to you baby sister!!" and than Tornado perks right up and says "YES I am!!" from than on he has been excited.
Here is Hubby's reaction:
PISSED RIGHT OFF!!! He didn't even want to talk to anyone...he would not talk to me...I spent many hours with tears in my eyes not being able to celebrate my excitement. It hurt very much that he was so angry at the fact we were having a girl. Our plan was to go shopping that day BUT he was not interested now. I didn't want to show him my excitement because he was so upset/angry that it was a girl. I had to tell everyone, he didn't want any part in that. It was a pretty rough day. But by the end of the day we were able to talk a bit. I understood his disappointment but at the same time I had to accept that Tornado was a boy and I NEVER once acted like that. (I really wanted a girl with Tornado LOL But now I would not trade him for the world) The funny thing is that he said it was a girl the whole time and still the shock hit him like a brick wall. (He also knew Tornado was boy from the start)
SO later on in the day Tornado and I went out shopping!! He needed pants and pj's SO I thought it would be GREAT to do both at once. Well we ended up spending more money on Tornado than baby. LOL It was hard to find the right size for baby girl. Tornado picked out 2 sleepers for her and a matching blanket!! It was really sweet of him. :) That was all we got this weekend. Good thing we have 20 more weeks to shop!!
So that is how the ultrasound day went.
Friday, June 11, 2010
My Weekend Adventure June 2010
Before you start reading please forgive me if I have left any words out here and there. I have not read it over and I am just hoping it is good to go!!
Friday night:
Packed up and set out to go camping.
Stopped for KFC on the way because we started off later than expected.
Got to camp!! Got the same spot as last year!! Start to set up.
Get everything set up and go to pay and get firewood. Time now is about 9pm I think.
Boys get back and J goes to turn off his phone...it's gone!! OMG 600.00 phone GONE!!! So off I run to where I got reception last year to phone it. We figured it fell off in the KFC when we stopped for dinner. Get to the spot no reception!! SHIT!! Run back to the site, search the truck a bazillion times and all around the site and than decide to check inside the tent...BINGO!! It had fallen off in the tent and was hiding out under our cots!! PHEW!!!
Next start a fire. Sit around the fire and relax.
Than Tornado wants to go to bed so off Tornado and I go.
That night I had the shittiest sleep ever!! Tornado was wheezing like mad!! It started to rain in the middle of the night and OMG it was SOOO loud. (I am not a heavy sleeper so this kept me up) AHHHHHHH!! Combination of the rain and waking up to listen to Tornado's breathing and giving him his inhalers in well he slept and well waking up FREEZING meant I got no sleep or very little that is.
Saturday Morning:
Woke up to soaked chairs and blankets, no one put them away before bed time so the rain washed them up for us!!
Made breakfast, which my hash browns were a flop but we still ate them we're camping who cares!!!
Cleaned up the dishes.
Went for a walk and got soaked!! Because well it decided to rain half way through!! LOL Before this we would not let Tornado walk in the river because we didn't want him to get wet! LOL But it was fun so who cares!! Than the sun came out just as we got back to camp!!
Set up our tarp because the weather could not make up it's mind!! It was really crazy weather the whole time we were out there!! I think this is the first time in FOREVER that I can remember it raining on us when we have gone camping, LUCKY DUCKS!! But it was still tons of fun because we did get out and were able to do things because the rain came and went so much!!
Lunch time now...we all just picked
Tornado and I played Go Fish and Tornado won and he says "YES NOW GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY!!!" LMFAO
Than Tornado had a nap. (thank goodness because well he was sick and all the rest he gets is best!!) J and I played crib well he napped and YES I double skunked him!!! WHHOOOOHOOOOO!!!
Tornado wakes up and it is supper time.
We all go into Grandpa D.'s van to cook the spaghetti and play Skip-bo. Well in there Tornado's breathing is getting worse and worse and well we have already given him his inhaler 7times in less than 24hrs. So we have a little powwow about what to do. The end result packing up at 9pm at night to go home.
Tornado is very very sad that we are going home but we tell him it is ok we will go again and the weather is crappy so it is better to go home.
We packed up in 45minutes, I think that is a record for us!! As we are packing up we are like are we over reaching, cuz we do tend to overreact at times and we know it, would other parents really be packing up at 9pm at night to go home!! But that never stopped us from packing up BUT the thoughts were still there.
Tornado is still wheezing like mad so we get into the truck and start the 1hr 45minute ride home, thinking he will get better as we drive.
Get home about 12ish, ya midnight!! SOOO tired...come in to have a shower and get all nice and clean but WTH no hot water. GRRRRR FINE I will just go to bed. Come and snuggle up with Tornado on the couch and his wheezing is HORRIBLE so we decided to give him his inhaler for the 8th time in 24hrs at 130am. WOW!! That worked like a charm so 2am J and I decided to go to sleep.
330am Tornado wakes up in a panic because he is having a hard time breathing. I get up calmly and say ok lets go get your inhaler, not knowing the time, look at the clock and have to rub my eyes and take a closer look. "Are you kidding me!!" Ok time to wake up Daddy and start our adventure to the hospital. Poor guy couldn't even speak sentences that well or take a small sip of water without gasping after for air. On the way to the hospital he got sick all over his blanket. :( so no blanket for the hospital now. lol
Get to the Children's hospital and they take us right in, no admin no nothing just straight back. The admin. person came to us in our room. WOW J and I look at each other and wonder if we waited too long. We have never had to deal with his asthma being so bad before. Usually it is a few puffs here and there and DONE!! So this was pretty scary for us!!
They come in and started him on the blue inhaler and a green inhaler that stunk, it smelt like that color spray you use at Halloween!! He got 6puffs of each every 20 minutes, and I thought 8puffs in 24hrs from us was CRAZY!!! LOL He also got some liquid steroids. Let's not forget he also got 2 Popsicles. Dad also went to Timmy's for us, thank goodness we needed coffee!!! So Tornado also got a chocolate donut!! YUMMIE!! This kid is gonna love going to the hospital now. LOL I honestly couldn't tell you how long we were there BUT we learnt alot of good information and know in the future if he needs his blue inhaler we can give it to him. We also learnt he was a level 5 when he came in and it goes all the way to 12!!! Level 5 was enough for me and I would not want to see any child any higher than that!!!
So we get home at about 745 am and YES Tornado is asleep!!! So we all crash!! 1000am Tornado is up, are you kidding me child I am sooo tired!!! He had soo many steroids that sleep was not on the top of his list!! So I stumble out to the living room where I thought he would just let me crash on the couch well he watched t.v. NOPE no such luck. I was sooo tired that I felt sick and had a pounding headache but OH well Mom's jobs are to push through it, right!?!?! So I finally got a power snooze, 20minutes but I'll take it, well he watched t.v. and WOW that made it soo much better!!!
We still had the truck to unload, prescription for Tornado to get, laundry from camping, lets not forget we all had to eat still too, grocery shopping(ya that didn't happen lol) and we all needed showers!!! BUT I was dead to the world and sooo sick now!!! I guess the lack of sleep and stress just got me. GAH!!
So we unload the truck, cook breakfast (OMG you should see the mess that was created in the process of this), and than veg out on the couch all day long!!
I manage to get the energy to go get Tornado's medicine. So I first go to Safeway, it is close to home and I can grab a few groceries, right? NOPE The pharmacy there wanted to give Tornado 5 tsp of the steroids every time!! YEAH I said 5 tsp!! I was like WTH are you kidding me!!! With a start face she said no. I was like well he only had 1tsp at the hospital so I think you are crazy!!! Well we usually give pills... I cut her off He is 4yrs old, just turned 4 and you expect me to give him pills!!! Are you nuts lady!!! She said yes just make him take them. I was like umm thanks but no I will go to Shoppers. Grabbed the presciption back out of her had and walked away. Go to Shoppers and look at that they have the right stuff. Lesson learned: Don't go to Safeway EVER for meds. just drive a few extra blocks to Shoppers where they know what they are doing!!
So get home and veg out more on the couch. I have never been sooo lazy!! I think the last time I was this lazy was when I was forced to be on bed rest when I was preggo!!
I am sure I have left some things out of my weekend but for now that is it that is all!!
Hope you all enjoyed reading it. LOL
Friday night:
Packed up and set out to go camping.
Stopped for KFC on the way because we started off later than expected.
Got to camp!! Got the same spot as last year!! Start to set up.
Get everything set up and go to pay and get firewood. Time now is about 9pm I think.
Boys get back and J goes to turn off his phone...it's gone!! OMG 600.00 phone GONE!!! So off I run to where I got reception last year to phone it. We figured it fell off in the KFC when we stopped for dinner. Get to the spot no reception!! SHIT!! Run back to the site, search the truck a bazillion times and all around the site and than decide to check inside the tent...BINGO!! It had fallen off in the tent and was hiding out under our cots!! PHEW!!!
Next start a fire. Sit around the fire and relax.
Than Tornado wants to go to bed so off Tornado and I go.
That night I had the shittiest sleep ever!! Tornado was wheezing like mad!! It started to rain in the middle of the night and OMG it was SOOO loud. (I am not a heavy sleeper so this kept me up) AHHHHHHH!! Combination of the rain and waking up to listen to Tornado's breathing and giving him his inhalers in well he slept and well waking up FREEZING meant I got no sleep or very little that is.
Saturday Morning:
Woke up to soaked chairs and blankets, no one put them away before bed time so the rain washed them up for us!!
Made breakfast, which my hash browns were a flop but we still ate them we're camping who cares!!!
Cleaned up the dishes.
Went for a walk and got soaked!! Because well it decided to rain half way through!! LOL Before this we would not let Tornado walk in the river because we didn't want him to get wet! LOL But it was fun so who cares!! Than the sun came out just as we got back to camp!!
Set up our tarp because the weather could not make up it's mind!! It was really crazy weather the whole time we were out there!! I think this is the first time in FOREVER that I can remember it raining on us when we have gone camping, LUCKY DUCKS!! But it was still tons of fun because we did get out and were able to do things because the rain came and went so much!!
Lunch time now...we all just picked
Tornado and I played Go Fish and Tornado won and he says "YES NOW GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY!!!" LMFAO
Than Tornado had a nap. (thank goodness because well he was sick and all the rest he gets is best!!) J and I played crib well he napped and YES I double skunked him!!! WHHOOOOHOOOOO!!!
Tornado wakes up and it is supper time.
We all go into Grandpa D.'s van to cook the spaghetti and play Skip-bo. Well in there Tornado's breathing is getting worse and worse and well we have already given him his inhaler 7times in less than 24hrs. So we have a little powwow about what to do. The end result packing up at 9pm at night to go home.
Tornado is very very sad that we are going home but we tell him it is ok we will go again and the weather is crappy so it is better to go home.
We packed up in 45minutes, I think that is a record for us!! As we are packing up we are like are we over reaching, cuz we do tend to overreact at times and we know it, would other parents really be packing up at 9pm at night to go home!! But that never stopped us from packing up BUT the thoughts were still there.
Tornado is still wheezing like mad so we get into the truck and start the 1hr 45minute ride home, thinking he will get better as we drive.
Get home about 12ish, ya midnight!! SOOO tired...come in to have a shower and get all nice and clean but WTH no hot water. GRRRRR FINE I will just go to bed. Come and snuggle up with Tornado on the couch and his wheezing is HORRIBLE so we decided to give him his inhaler for the 8th time in 24hrs at 130am. WOW!! That worked like a charm so 2am J and I decided to go to sleep.
330am Tornado wakes up in a panic because he is having a hard time breathing. I get up calmly and say ok lets go get your inhaler, not knowing the time, look at the clock and have to rub my eyes and take a closer look. "Are you kidding me!!" Ok time to wake up Daddy and start our adventure to the hospital. Poor guy couldn't even speak sentences that well or take a small sip of water without gasping after for air. On the way to the hospital he got sick all over his blanket. :( so no blanket for the hospital now. lol
Get to the Children's hospital and they take us right in, no admin no nothing just straight back. The admin. person came to us in our room. WOW J and I look at each other and wonder if we waited too long. We have never had to deal with his asthma being so bad before. Usually it is a few puffs here and there and DONE!! So this was pretty scary for us!!
They come in and started him on the blue inhaler and a green inhaler that stunk, it smelt like that color spray you use at Halloween!! He got 6puffs of each every 20 minutes, and I thought 8puffs in 24hrs from us was CRAZY!!! LOL He also got some liquid steroids. Let's not forget he also got 2 Popsicles. Dad also went to Timmy's for us, thank goodness we needed coffee!!! So Tornado also got a chocolate donut!! YUMMIE!! This kid is gonna love going to the hospital now. LOL I honestly couldn't tell you how long we were there BUT we learnt alot of good information and know in the future if he needs his blue inhaler we can give it to him. We also learnt he was a level 5 when he came in and it goes all the way to 12!!! Level 5 was enough for me and I would not want to see any child any higher than that!!!
So we get home at about 745 am and YES Tornado is asleep!!! So we all crash!! 1000am Tornado is up, are you kidding me child I am sooo tired!!! He had soo many steroids that sleep was not on the top of his list!! So I stumble out to the living room where I thought he would just let me crash on the couch well he watched t.v. NOPE no such luck. I was sooo tired that I felt sick and had a pounding headache but OH well Mom's jobs are to push through it, right!?!?! So I finally got a power snooze, 20minutes but I'll take it, well he watched t.v. and WOW that made it soo much better!!!
We still had the truck to unload, prescription for Tornado to get, laundry from camping, lets not forget we all had to eat still too, grocery shopping(ya that didn't happen lol) and we all needed showers!!! BUT I was dead to the world and sooo sick now!!! I guess the lack of sleep and stress just got me. GAH!!
So we unload the truck, cook breakfast (OMG you should see the mess that was created in the process of this), and than veg out on the couch all day long!!
I manage to get the energy to go get Tornado's medicine. So I first go to Safeway, it is close to home and I can grab a few groceries, right? NOPE The pharmacy there wanted to give Tornado 5 tsp of the steroids every time!! YEAH I said 5 tsp!! I was like WTH are you kidding me!!! With a start face she said no. I was like well he only had 1tsp at the hospital so I think you are crazy!!! Well we usually give pills... I cut her off He is 4yrs old, just turned 4 and you expect me to give him pills!!! Are you nuts lady!!! She said yes just make him take them. I was like umm thanks but no I will go to Shoppers. Grabbed the presciption back out of her had and walked away. Go to Shoppers and look at that they have the right stuff. Lesson learned: Don't go to Safeway EVER for meds. just drive a few extra blocks to Shoppers where they know what they are doing!!
So get home and veg out more on the couch. I have never been sooo lazy!! I think the last time I was this lazy was when I was forced to be on bed rest when I was preggo!!
I am sure I have left some things out of my weekend but for now that is it that is all!!
Hope you all enjoyed reading it. LOL
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