Kaiser Week Continues

I thought our week of being at Kaiser all the time was over…but I was wrong!!!

Poor little Owen has had a cold that he just can’t seem to kick! Last week he had a fever on Monday & Tuesday…but it went away. In his typical fashion he wasn’t acting sick or anything…so life resumed as usual. Then on our way to Laughlin Thursday evening Owen had a horrible cough, which he did not have when I brought him to Mom’s in the morning…it just appeared during the day at some point! By Saturday there was a runny nose and the yucky cough persisted!  So yesterday when I picked him up from the babysitters I noticed the cough was still hanging around AND his little chest sounded rattily when he’d breathe.  Last time he sounded like this was in June and he had an ear infection, bronchitis and had to have TWO breathing treatments. So I made a same day appt and Owen and I headed to Kaiser after dinner.  And the verdict was….no pneumonia since the fever went away…no ear infection but he did have an upper respiratory infection and asthma that is flared with the cold. I knew that our children had a very high chance of being asthmatic since Yosh and myself both suffer with it…so Owen is just another asthma geek added to the family ::tear tear::. Makes me a little sad…but know its totally not the end of the world..

Thank goodness for free downloadable kid games on my droid..total lifesaver!!!

So after a breathing treatment..30 minute wait in the pharmacy for his steroids we headed home. Owen was exhausted…and so was Mommy!

THEN Today I had an appointment with the podiatrist.  When they called to make the appt they made it sound very urgent to get my foot seen…so it made me a little nervous. A few people have told me that when they fractured their metatarsal they had to have surgery…so I was freakin’ out a little bit!  I went in and had the cast removed for weight barring x-rays of both my feet. The doctor was very nice and told me that she thought the ligament in my foot was torn, which would have required surgery but it was totally ok! THANK YOU GEEEEEZUS! 

 

       Finally luck was on my side! 

So I have a follow-up with the foot doctor at the end of October..her instructions were to PROMISE her that I’d wear the CamBoot instead of casting me again. I pinky promised her. ZERO weight on the foot for 3 weeks then slowly progress into walking. I’m seriously gonna listen to instructions this time b/c this foot HAS to be back to dancing shape for our Ireland trip in December!!  So I’m very happy to be able to shower like a normal human being again (my “non-normal” showering only last 2 days…haha) the boot IS allowed off for showers only!

So I’m hoping our Kaiser visits slow a bit until my appointments at the end of October!!  Everyone needs to stay happy & healthy darnit! haha

Now I must go and rent my Knee-Walker so my arm-pits are raw for the next month!!!