It's Tuesday....What will I do with myself?

Yesterday was Tuesday and after over 5 years of something to do every Tuesday I had a free evening. I cried for almost 2 weeks about being released from Young Women's and last night was the first night I felt the relief that everyone kept asking me if I was feeling. I do miss the girls and my friends but I have to admit that it was nice to have nothing to coordinate. So what did I do with my free evening you may ask? I mopped my kitchen and dining room, did laundry and cleaned the laundry room. Not that exciting but it sure felt good.

I got a great idea here for a fun Thanksgiving activity. It was so easy and I think that Kaylee will really look forward to drawing a gratitude activity each day. I may make it easy on myself and only do the 12 days of Thanksgiving.

Continue your journey and let your hearts rejoice; for behold, and lo, I am with you even unto the end.

D&C 100:12

whew......

We had the scare of a lifetime last night. Several doctors had recommended that Randy have a stellate ganglion block. This is an injection of anesthetic into the nerves which are part of the sympathetic nerve system. They are located in the neck and the injection is placed on either side of the carotid artery. It is routinely done by an anesthesiologist and is most commonly done for complex nerve pain in the upper extremity or face. I have researched it over the internet and read what information we were given and it is really treated as quite a simple process and no big deal. We have a family connection with a very competent anesthesiologist and have been trying for days to get together to perform the procedure. It has meant several times Randy mentally getting geared up for this and then it not working out. Last night we finally got together with the doctor to have him perform the injection.
We had known all day that we were to meet at 8:30pm and I was planning on taking Kaylee with us. Randy was a nervous wreck and I was very much on edge. I didn't even know why, they act like it is no big deal but I had an uneasy feeling. Melissa Keller called me while I was preparing dinner and asked if they could steal Kaylee away for a bit to go to gymnastics with Kiesa and they would be back about 8:30pm. I explained that we had to go see this doctor and had to be there by 8:30pm. I was just planning on taking Kaylee with us. She asked if it would be alright if I just let Kaylee sleep there and then I did not have to worry about it and she would send her home in the morning to get ready for school. Little did I know how grateful I would be for this.
The first injection was very uneventful. The signs they look for to see if they had a successful result were mild and after waiting a few minutes it was decided to do another injection.
I was sitting on the couch as the injection was done when Randy began to have a seizure. It was so frightening. I had never experienced anything like this. He was convulsing, foaming at the mouth, his color completely changed, and the sound of his breathing was undescribable. It seemed to last so long. I was kneeling at his feet and so frightened. The doctor remained so calm and that helped me not to completely freak out. I was in total shock. After what seemed forever but I am sure was not the seizing stopped and then his breathing eventually returned to normal and he opened his eyes and I cannot tell you what a relief it was to see the recognition in his eyes. I honestly thought that he was going to die or certainly was not going to be the same. The doctor explained what had happened. When doing the injection if you you hit an artery or vein this is the result. He knew when he saw blood in the syringe that this is what was happening and he immediately withdrew the injection and that is when the seizure began.
Randy was exhausted after but was cognitive and did not remember anything that happened. We stayed with the doctor for a while until he was sure he was going to be alright and then I drove us home. Next time we do this, the doctor said we will do it at the hospital where he has access to breathing equipment if needed. Rare but not unheard of, of course this would happy to Randy. I am so grateful to have alive and OK. Seriously, people may think I am being dramatic but his brother was with us and he was scared out of his mind as well. I am also so grateful that somehow Melissa was prompted to offer to have Kaylee be with them for the night. I know Kaylee and had she been with us it would have been a very long time before she got over that and I don't know what she would have done when it happened.

It was a GREAT week back to school! Kaylee looooves her teacher (yah) and says she is going to be the star student this year. She has already started trying to memorize all the states and their capitals on her own and is doing fantastic. Another thing that has made it a great week has been that she has had NO HOMEWORK. Bless this teacher for giving us a week to break into the new routine.

Just curious....

At what age does your bra become your purse? I’m just curious. I have seen ladies pull a tissue from there, even money, but yesterday I saw something new. I like surprises. I like to see something that makes me think "well, I’ve never seen that before". This was one of those times. I was in the waiting room of the Pain Clinic Randy goes to and there was a lovely older couple across from me. They seemed quite normal, nothing out of the ordinary. Then it happened. I heard somebody’s phone ringing and I looked in the direction the sound was coming from, it was the couple across from me. It was then that I saw this woman reach into her bra and remove her cell phone. Yes, her bra was ringing and she answered it. Well, that got me wondering at what point will I lay aside my array of hand bags and just give into using my bra? Do I even have the appropriate cup size to carry all the things that I would find necessary. Just a thought.

I am teaching at Village Dry Good's Porch Party in two weeks and finally got the designing done for this project. After days traying to come up with autumn cross-stitch designs it was fun to play with some bright cheeerful fabrics and clear my mind. I hope the gals at the party enjoy this project.