I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to write. I haven't blogged in weeks. Probably months. I can't even remember the last thing that I blogged about. Things the last few months have all blurred together. So I guess I will start with April.
April
I got a call about my dad. He was sick, pretty scary sick. So the kids and I flew back to North Carolina. Those flights were a whole nother story! But we made it safe and sound. We spent two weeks in North Carolina with my family. My dad pulled through and is back to doing everything that he normally does. It was amazing to be back home with my family. I didnt realize how much I missed them until I was there with them again. It was also bittersweet because of my dad being sick. Leaving was another story in its own, but it was something that I had to do and I did it and we came out of it just fine.
Then less than a week after we got back to California Dan's predeployment leave started and it was my baby girls first birthday! Her birthday was on Friday and we had this huge party on Saturday. It was an amazing time with great friends. I still can't believe all of the friends who came. It shows the support system we have here.
The next day, Easter Sunday, I'm cooking a huge meal and we're having a great day as a family. I was sitting on the couch holding my daughter and waiting for my potatoes to boil for mashed potatoes. All of the sudden I felt this stabbing pain on my side. I couldn't move. I had to holler for my husband to come and get my daughter from me. I had no idea what was going on and it hurt, really bad. I tried to tough it out and it just wasn't working. I gave in and called the medical officer of the day at the Naval Hospital. I told her my symptoms and she told me it sounded like I had gall stones. She said that if I didn't develop a fever, didn't start throwing up, and could stand it, I should probably just wait until the next day and get an appointment with my normal doctor. So I got up, made my mashed potatoes, fixed plates for everyone and we all sat down to eat. The first bite I swallowed, I had to run from the table.. I honestly didn't think I'd make it to the bathroom. I have dealt with stomach viruses, food poisoning, horrible morning sickness and drunk vommiting. This was the worst case I had EVER had. I cleaned myself up and laid down on the couch and let the family eat their dinner. After they ate, Dan came over to me and kissed my forehead and asked how I felt. I told him I felt like crap and that I was just trying to deal. He felt my forehead again and told me that I was "burning up." He went and got me a thermometer. I had a temp of 103.9. Off to the hospital I went. I had my husband drop me off at the ER because I didn't feel that he and the kids should have to sit there hours too. I tell them whats going on and I'm rushed to triage. From triage I am rushed to a hospital bed and all these people start coming into the room. I have never had this much attention on me in a hospital except for when I had my kids. The doctor comes in, talks to me and away she goes. I'm layin in this bed, hearing people talk about ambulances and this that and the other. They finally bring me something for the pain. Then they come in and tell me they are taking me to another hospital by ambulance. By this time I decide I should call the husband. So I call him and he takes our kids to a friends house and then, there he is. They put me in an ambulace and then tell me I am only going to the other hospital for an ultrasound. I go and do that, come back and sure enough I have gall bladder disease. The give me pain medication, send me to the pharmacy and tell me that if I don't hear from the surgical department by 10 am the next day, to show up at the hospital. At 930 I haven't heard from them so I call and am told to come in the next day. I go in the next day and the surgeon says can you have surgery tomorrow? So the next morning bright and early there I am for my surgery. I had the surgery and went home. I recovered quite well. However, no one told me I would still be feeling the pain a month later. Thank you Lord for protecting me during those 3 days!!!!
May
We finally get a one story house because of all my medical problems!!! We move over Mother's Day weekend. Dan goes back to work and we begin the countdown. We have less than a month and deployment will be here. Nothing of significance really happened in May. We went to a Clay Walker concert. We basically just spent the whole month enjoying our little family of four. I have to say, it was a good month except for the nagging thought, "He's leaving soon." We finally got a date of departure. And time seemed to pass sooo slow until Memorial Day weekend. We spent the weekend doing what most people did. We had cookouts, we went swimming, we just enjoyed life.
May 31, 2011
We said "See ya later." It's never goodbye its see ya later. Its been almost a week. I have heard from my husband and I know that he got to his destination safely. This week has passed surprisingly fast. I have amazing friends who have kept us busy!!!! And soon we are leaving to go home to North Carolina again for a month and a half. I can't wait to spend time with my family and I know that the time will pass quickly. It will be bittersweet for the time to pass so quickly but at the same time, it will help us get through the beginning of this deployment quickly!!!!!
I wish I had something better to write about, I really do. But maybe one of these days I will have something fascinating for you phantom readers and I promise to start blogging more often!!!
