.:10:36 AM:.
Update On Weird Freaky Chit
Okay, I went to the doctors on Monday. I told him the whole thing that happened with the penicillin. I also told him since I've gotten older, I am finding I am allergic to things I have had all my life (kiwi fruit).
He said that the vertigo could be tied in with the penicillin. Maybe the vertigo was a way telling my body that it was allergic to the penicillin. After I told him about being allergic to the penicillin and the kiwi also, he prescribed me a couple of those epi shots. He said it would beneficial to keep one in my purse and one around the house. Yanno, just in case! Who am I to argue?
Anyhoo, my health is fine. I was telling one of my cousins, I could stand to lose a few pounds. Then I realized while I was typing that...I could stand to lose a WHOLE lot of poundage. LOL
How Cute!
Yesterday, I received a call from my cuzzy, Karen. She wanted to stop by with Kim and Bran so we could talk about our trip to the lake this year. I still had to drop Joseph off at football practice so I had her come over at 4 pm.
Anyhoo, the girls get here and we talked all about the lake stuff. We got our menu all set. Reminded each other what we had to bring. Showed off swimming suits or at least told each other what our suits looked like.
Then Nikki decided she was gonna fix Bran's hair. She used a spray bottle to wet it then started styling it. After she was all done with Bran's hair, she worked on her own. At times, she even let Bran help her. Now Nikki is looking around the room for another victim. She spots Kim!
Nikki: "Kim, can I fix your hair?"
Kim: "You got any money?"
Nikki: "No." (As she disappears from the room)
Karen, Kim and myself continue to talk.
(Nikki enters the room)
Nikki: "Here's some pennies." (Nikki hands Kim about 6 pennies)
Kim: "I was just kidding ya little twit, you can keep your pennies and still do my hair."
Nikki starts working on Kim with a big smile. Poor Kim is all I have to say. LOL Is your forehead alright or are you still feeling the harshness of the brush bristles?
Of course, us parents thought that was so cute. Kids can be so ding-danged cute. Cute I tell ya!!!
Anyhoo, it was time for me to go get Joseph from practice. Karen was getting ready to leave the same time as me but I just said why don't you stay. I called Maimee to tell her to come over because she was waiting for Karen to get home. Maimee eventually joined us after taking her afternoon rest.
I picked up Joseph. When I got home, I made some chicken adobo, rice and corn. We all sat down for dinner and watched a movie, The Pacifier.
That was fun! And we get to do it all again next week when we all go to the lake!
Sunday, June 26, 2005
.:11:27 PM:.
Weird Freaky Chit
What's going on? Is this what getting older is all about? C'mon I thought life got better after 40. I'm waiting...what happened to my better? Huh? Where it is??
Last Tuesday, I was eating a late dinner and watching Miss Congeniality 2. As I was eating dinner, I became dizzy. It was the weirdest dizzy I have ever felt. The kind of dizzy like I had wayyyyy to much to drink but the only thing was I didn't have not one drink.
I couldn't finish my dinner because I was so dizzy. I got up and went in my bedroom, holding onto the wall as I was walking. I sat on my bed trying to get myself to feel right. I tried everything..blinking my eyes, shaking my head (That just made it worse), laying down, closing my eyes (Really didn't help) & opening my eyes. Nothing seemed to work so I just lay on my bed hoping that the room will stop spinning! My heart is racing. I'm sure I'm making it race more because by this time I am freaking out. I seriously thought I was having a heart attack or sumpin.
I started telling God that I wasn't ready to go yet. Begging Him not to take me. I still wanted to see my children grow up. Then rushing through my head are thoughts of why I haven't started those journals I've been wanting to write in. I want to write in journals so my children and my husband know how much I love them and to let them know how proud I am of them. I know I tell them all the time but I thought it would be nice so they would always have them in case something was to happen to me.
Anyhoo, I fell asleep and woke up the next morning feeling a little better. At least there wasn't anymore dizziness. I went to the doctor and the doc tells me I had a bad case of Vertigo. No chit Doc!!!
AND THEN
Last night, during dinner I took a penicillin pill that my dentist prescribed to me. I've been taking these pills over the last two weeks. All of a sudden, my hands and feet start itching. Then my face and tongue start feeling itchy. I knew right away I was having an allergic reaction. I started looking at my food as if it was something different. It was chicken stew. Nothing different! Then I remembered I just took the penicillin pill.
I immediately get up and go in my bedroom where my hubby was, and I tell him that I am having some sort of allergic reaction. Just so he knew in case I passed out or something. I don't know why but I jumped in the shower. I started running luke warm to cool water on me.
Only about 5 minutes tops since I took the penicillin, my body was already filled with hives from head to toe. Because my hands and feet were the first to feel the medicine, they were swollen to the point they couldn't swell any more. My hands were so swollen, I couldn't close them to make a fist. When I showed my hubby my hands (Palms down), my fingers were totally white like they didn't have any circulation in them. They were really tight, same as my feet.
My tongue was swollen and my hives just kept growing. Turning from 3 or 4 hives to ONE big huge hive. By this time, I'm starting to panic. I started getting myself all worked up, breathing heavy and everything. My only thoughts are that I gotta get this medicine out of my body.
Standing in the shower, I start feeling sick to my stomach. I jumped out of the shower and puked in the toilet. I thought I was gonna die. I couldn't stop vomiting. Finally, I get to a point where I feel ok and then it wants to come out the other end. Damn!
Once all that was done, I get back into the shower and run cold water on myself. I'm starting to feel better now so I get out, dry off and lay in my bed.
I get on the phone with my mom while I have hubby searching the web for something on allergic reactions to penicillin. I talk to mom because she is allergic to penicillin and I wanted to see what her doctor told her.
I found out that I was having an anaphylactic reaction to the penicillin. I also found out that it could be deadly. Instead of doing what I did, I should have called 911!
I'm much better today although my hands and feet still hurt a little. I'm gonna call my doctor first thing in the morning. I imagine I should get in there and see him again.
If you want to read about penicillin alleric reactions, go here.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
.:10:30 AM:.
The Kids
Joseph started football practice this week. I don't think he is very happy with it right now. His schedule is psycho. On Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, he meets from 10:35 am to 12:45 pm. And then goes back at 3:30 pm to 6 pm. On Thursdays & Fridays, he only has to attend the morning session.
The poor kid looks so exhausted when he gets home. And then the weather here is so hot. In two days, he has already gotten so dark. I hope the practices get a little easier for him. Good luck Joseph!
We bought Joseph a new cell phone yesterday. We told him he could have one when he got into high school. We didn't buy him anything fancy, just a regular cell phone. No camera or anything like that.
Christy was with us when we bought the phone for Joseph. You could see how bad she wanted one for herself. I can't help but feel sorry for her. Call us crazy but Lawrence and I have put something on the table for Christy. If she can keep her kitchen and bedroom kept up without us yelling at her for a month, we told her we would consider getting her a cell phone when she starts middle school. I'll keep you posted on how well she does. Good luck Christy Girl!
Nikki has daddy's old cell phone. The phone can't make any calls out but she sure does enjoy the lights and sounds on the old phone. She thinks she is the stuff. OMG the sounds are getting on my nerves! Imagine a phone that never stop ringing.
Sorry its taken so long to make a post. I've been a little frustrated with online. I hate that no one makes entries so I was on a sort of strike. A strike that only hurt me. LOL I think I am over it. Thanks for reading!
Sunday, June 05, 2005
.:6:12 PM:.
Is Summer Here Yet?
My summer is supposed to be here already. Isn't it? School is out for the summer and normally that's when my summer would start. So why don't I feel like its summer just yet? I'll tell you why.
Well this past week, Christy graduated from elementary school and Joseph graduated from middle school. And I still have Girl Scouts going on. We should have shut down the troop around the same time as school ended but we had some unfinished business to attend to.
We're having a talent show for the parents on the 9th and then the troop will be going to an amusement park on the 16th.
Once all that is done, we will close the troop for the summer. Honestly, I can't wait. I have been so busy this year with Christy and Nikki in Girl Scouts, Joseph in track, Christy in the school talent show, Hubby working a whole lot of OT, I don't know whether I'm coming or going most of the time.
**Yawns** All that makes me tired just typing that. I think I am gonna play a game of gammon and hit the hay.