Five Months Old Today...

Jacob, 5 months old today

Hangin' out with Dad...

Close up of the outfit we gave him. (worn in pic above with his Dad)..just look at that little face!

This one was taken on Valentine's Day...

Seeing these pics of my grand son has been the high point of my day today....and the three glasses of white zinfandel....loosened up those muscle spasms in my back....

A Lightning Bolt Struck My Lower Back...

That is what it felt like....

I was in the process of writing about our great time in Laughlin, meeting Jeanie and her husband Doc.  I took a break from composing on my blog, and decided to play "fetch" with my dog Izzy.  I leaned over to toss her toy for her again, and WHAM-O!!!

It felt like a lightning bolt struck my lower back!

Was in a ton of pain for the first 24 hours. Had to take pain pills. My husband has been a PRINCE and has been doing e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g for me.  Am taking anti-inflammatories and my using my trusty ICY HOT packs.  Not much to do but stay on the couch and sleep.  Feeling less pain.  Should be back to normal in 3-4 days....

My husband brought me my laptop so I could let you all know why I am not answering emails or posting.  I  have a great post I was working on, so stay tuned.... I will finish it and post pictures when I can sit up longer.

Got A Big Pain...

Got a BIG pain in my left clavicle.

Hurts to sit and type.

So far, ICY HOT PACKS are not working...need something stronger...

May be out a few days...

Happy Valentines Day if I am not back by Monday...

Bad Backs, Diving and The Creature From The Black Lagoon...

Fasted fourteen hours to test my cholesterol levels this morning.  I know my numbers will be high.  It is always way up there in the summer months, mainly because I cannot stay away from ice cream and frozen yogurt.  When it is hot outside, it is my excuse not to anything, let alone exercise.

After my appointment, I took myself out to Coco's for breakfast.  They have a special breakfast for $3.99.  Two eggs, two pieces of bacon or sausage, country potatoes and my choice of pancakes or toast.  I chose toast.  Sat there and read the book I am reading (SHADOW DIVERS by Robert Kurson).  I had tried to read it this morning while I was distracting myself from food...and Izzy got behind me on the couch, put her paws on my shoulder and kept giving me wet willies in my ear...

This book is so exciting!  I can't wait for the movie.  It is suppose to come out in 2012.  I will be buying a ticket the first day!  It was so nice to sit and relax and read to my hearts content...

I ran some errands and then came home because my back was really hurting...

I have been cleaning out our master closet the past few days...threw my back out again.  I am serious pain.  I feel like someone threw acid on my left clavicle and then stabbed me with a huge 12 inch butcher knife!  Got my ICY HOT PAK on, listening to CREED and just took a Motrin...hopefully, it will help me finish this post...

Never heard from the nurse at the nursing home yesterday, so I called.  No new orders and basically she gave me the same report Mom did.  I asked to be transferred to the social worker and then asked for Dad to be put on the list for the Podiatrist.  My last visit his feet looked like the monster from  the movie, CREATURE OF THE BLACK LAGOON... 

She assured me he was on the list.  She told me Mom had left her a voice mail too.  I complained we had visited twice (once me and once my sister) when the podiatrist had been there.  We both told the CNA we would wait while he had his nails trimmed and we were each reassured it could be done afterward.  Both times the guy left!  So hopefully, we can get him trimmed soon.

The social worker also told me Dad's new glasses arrived.  It only took two months.  They make them in the prisons.  I wanted to know his eye prescriptions to make sure he can a new prescription instead of just a replacement.  In the process of looking up his last eye exam, she told me each time Dad returns back from a hospital visit, they close out his other chart and start a new one.  WHaaaaaaaaaaat???  She explained they were short on storage space.  Is it me?  That makes zero sense to me!!

That would certainly explain the problem they have not calling me consistently about Dad!!!!  I told her I had concerns his past history would not be readily available.  She reassured me all his allergies and pertinent information is transferred over to the new chart.  Have any of you ever heard of that before?  Is this common on Medicare-Medi-Cal patients??

Today was my youngest daughter's last day of work as she begins her maternity leave.  I spoke with her tonight and she was very emotional leaving work today.  She is due to have my third grand son in two weeks.

I'm pooped...I'm hitting the sack early for a change...night, night...

Finally...

The wound care nurse phoned me today to let me know she received the two pairs of compression stockings she ordered through Rehab, for Dad.  She told me his wound on his pinkie toe is getting smaller and looking so much better.  Between the blood thinners and the compression stockings, it is making a huge difference.

I tried calling Dad a couple times in the morning and had no luck.  I threw the left side of my back out again, dancing around the house.  I need to lose some poundage... I think I got carried away...so I laid down and napped the rest of the day away.

The weather has been so hot.  I filled Izzy's swimming pool, but she prefers only quick trips outside to do her business and comes right back inside to keep me company.  I got her one of those Fox Crazy Pets advertised on TV and she LOVES it!!  She shakes it and tosses it.  So cute.

Spent two days thrift storing, so I have to get rid of stuff if I buy more stuff, so things don't get all cluttered again...

Gotta get my husband to put another Icy Hot patch on me....

Thank You To Whoever Invented ICY HOT PACKS...

My back is improving,thanks to ICY HOT PACKS. I was able to walk Izzy this morning, take her to get groomed, meet my husband for lunch and do some rummaging around some thrift stores. I found a Vera Bradley wallet/checkbook holder for .49 cents. I found some socks with Kocopelli designs and some pink ones with tiny red hearts....99 cents each. I found a dog bed with a zipper cover so I could wash it, for $5 and a cute soft, rosebud printed baby blanket with Sweetheart embroidered on one corner...for $1.99. Perfect for Izzy's bed.

I also found two baby gates for a total of $8. They are normally $10-$12 each, at Walmart. My girlfriend up the street, has the same model house we do, and we walk our dogs together. She puts her dog in the kitchen area and puts up the baby gates. We put Izzy in her crate when we go out, otherwise she will go outside the dogie door and bark at anyone opening their garage or anyone walking a big dog. We don't want her to disturb the neighbors, so we lock her up.

When I leave during the day, she has the run of the house and uses her doggy door when she needs "to go". She rarely barks during the day, only at night, I guess to protect her packs property. She looks so forlorn, like she is being punished when we put her in there...so we might try putting her in the kitchen when we leave and see how she does.

My husband is so glad I am feeling better and moving around, he told me to be ready when he gets home, because he is taking me out to dinner. I have a coupon for a two for one dinner at Sunset Station's Buffet.

Better get myself freshened up. Thank you everyone for all your well wishes and kind thoughts.

*** This is a dupkicate post to the one posted on my other blog, Discovering The Purpose Of Our Lives...please excuse my laziness. ***