Loganism of the day

"Mom, I had a really great birthday. Thank you for the fun party today!"

4 yrs ago this rascal entered our lives forever and we couldn't be happier. :)

Happy birthday Logan, we love you!

Birthday kid in the morning

Excited about his upcoming birthday party

Prep work includes stuffing a dragon (piñata). :)

Shoes!

Ignore the devil eyes from my camera phone's flash for a minute. Callum just discovered these (new to him/hand me down) shoes and insists on wearing them, even if the rest of him is not dressed. ;-)

Up, please!

The one tough thing about being on bed rest and not being able to lift anything over 5 lbs is having small children who don't understand why you can't pick them up, especially when they ask. :/

I've been doing a fair amount of resting in bed and while my back is still sore (today, more than usual, since I went into the office for a few hours), overall I'd say I'm feeling better.

Every morning the usual routine is for us four to hang out in bed together for a little bit before we have to get up and get ready (or I should say three of us since Jon usually is up prior to me and the boys). For whatever reason, Callum has grown into this weird favorite habit, where he climbs and sits on top of me, usually on my chest but he's been known to scoot up so his butt lands squarely on my face! ;-)

Since I've been in bed a lot this week, he's been doing it more than usual and loves it. I had Jon snap a pic because it won't be too long before Callum will be too cool for school to get this close to me, I'm sure. :-P

On Bed Rest

I don't know how well you can see this pic, but this is the first page of choices on my DVR recordings. Pretty sad, isn't it?!

After my back flare up a few weeks ago, I've been doing some follow up visits with my doctor. We met last Friday to review my latest MRI results and sadly, the news was not good.

My back/discs have progressively worsened. I have a tear that's increased in size (not good), more bulging of the (same) discs and some pretty bad nerve compression. :(  While I had prepared myself for the news, it was still unsettling to hear. I've been doing my PT and exercises when I can but probably not as much as I should, and instead of feeling great, I usually feel pretty agitated after a PT appt which means my nerves aren't happy right now.

So, we scheduled me for a set of injections this morning. I canceled a trip to Redmond (I was supposed to take tomorrow) and cleared my calendar, juggling the scheduling with Jon and my dad (since he picked me up and is taking care of the kids after school tonight).

I had four injections done which I hear is uncommon (the nurses told me people usually come in for one or two max), so I'm pretty sore right now.  But, all in all, the procedure went well.

I almost blacked out on my very last injection tho! It was my S1, right side, which is the worst, most compressed nerve. My doc hit it with the meds and I about jumped out of my bed it was such a jolt - searing terrible pain through my entire leg accompanied with extreme pins and needles, like I was getting stabbed all over.  It wasn't like the others nor what I was expecting! :)  So, my heart rate plummeted to about 50, my blood pressure dropped, got cold sweats and lost all color in my face! Pretty funny (though the nurses didn't think so). ;-)  My doc was great and talked me through the remaining time left so we were able to finish up before they rolled me outta there.

Afterward I told the nurse, well, I do have a history of fainting so I'm not surprised I reacted that way. She said, what?!  You didn't mention that! And, I said, well you didn't ask. ;-)

(I hadn't eaten nor drank since yesterday afternoon so I'm sure that didn't help)

Anyway, it's actually good because we know my doc got the right spot. But it was a pretty crazy experience.  Hopefully, I'll start feeling better soon. :)

Countdown to Christmas!

Stockings are hung and tree is up! I'm only putting surprises in the advent calendar (the small tree/box behind Logan) each day, since Logan has a bad habit of looking ahead. ;-)