OK, first the earring saga: The girls reached the 6-week mark, when earrings could be changed. We don't HAVE any other earrings yet, so Natalie asked if she could take one out, then put it back in. I said "sure." I'm a dumb ass.
She followed me into the bathroom, and removed the earring, and handed it to me. I dropped it, and it bounced into the sink and RIGHT down the drain. Ummmm. OK. If this kid sleeps without an earring in her ear, it's gonna hurt like hell to put one in the next day. I can't wear them, so I don't have a single one in the house. I sent her to bed.
After an hour of worrying, I decided to fix what I can fix (there are many things out of my control right now, and I needed to have control of something.) I took the elbow part of the drain off, and right there, with all of the hair, nastiness, and foulness, was the lost earring. I washed it, washed it again, disinfected it, and disinfected it again. I went downstairs, woke her up (sort of) and put the earring back where it belonged...in her ear.
You can bet your sweet bippy that we had 8 new pairs of earrings and a box of spare backs the next day! The problem is, the drain won't go back together. Sure, I tried. I tried and tried, and that putty stuff keeps falling off in chunks. Maybe because it was applied in 1957? Anyway, we have to buy new pipe for it this weekend, so don't use my bathroom sink this week, OK? (I told you I was a dumb ass)
Kevin went to the Dr. today, for a follow up, and was told that he has Adhesive Capsulitis. It means, "Hey, dude, your shoulder doesn't move." Yeah, we knew that. Basically, little adhesions have formed, keeping his shoulder pretty much immobile. What is the treatment, you ask? Well, I'll be happy to tell you:
Next Wednesday, they'll put my dear husband to sleep, then FORCEFULLY MANIPULATE HIS SHOULDER until all of the adhesions BREAK THE HELL LOOSE! Now, I know I'm not a doctor, but that sounds PAINFUL! But it's supposed to fix him. Yeah, we'll see.
Thus is my life. Lost earrings, wandering teenagers, broken husbands, unplanned business trips, and the wrong people winning on Big Brother. Sheesh, will someone bring me a beer?
11 comments:
I love the earring story.
What a great Mom you are to take the sink apart
because you didn't want Natalie's ear to hurt the next day putting in a new earring.
Thank goodness they are going to put Kevin to sleep.
About 33 years ago (I am 63 now) I had what they called a frozen shoulder.
Sent me to physical therapy to break it loose.
After 2 times of them pulling my shoulder over my head and pushing hard on it
an me screaming and throwing up from the pain
I would not go back.
Doctors said I would always have my arm just hanging down
and moving it would always hurt if I did not continue with the treatments.
I still would not go back to PT and wore sweaters and vests with pockets
to kept my left hand in so my arm would not hang down at my side as that made the shoulder hurt.
It took about a year but my shoulder healed up on it's own and I never had that problem again.
Wonder why they did not put me to sleep (lucky Kevin)? :-)
Karla~WA
That didn't sound quite right.
The did not pull shoulder over my head
(how would one do that?)
While I was laying on a table.
They pulled my left Arm up over my head and pushed hard.
Hope that makes more sense.
Karla
OUCH!!! I hope like the dickens that it helps him. We'll pray for him. See, that drain needed to be changed, but it didn't know how to tell you . . . drains and elbows not having a voice and all. So don't you EVEN feel like a dumb a**. Blessings, Penny http://journals.aol.com/firestormkids04/FromHeretoThere http://journals.aol.com/firestormkids04/TimeforaLittlePoetry
Well, from one who had her toenails all removed... when you're asleep, it doesn't hurt so bad. And I'm sure Cliff could tell tales about the day the heart surgeon put a tube to his lungs with no anesthesia. Pain is sometimes fleeting. Sometimes not, and then you live with it.
At least Grey's Anatomy is back on.
Oh the poor guy.......I hope they give him plenty of muscle relaxers and pain meds for later!
You might want to get a six pack for yourself too! lol
love ya,
carlene
No, the right people won! I watched the feeds cause I am addicted. Glad it's over now though!
I never put on or take off earrings without plugging the drain first. 'cause I'm a spaz. 'nuff said.
My shoulders have been giving me problems lately, but nothing like Kevin. I feel for you, dude! Here's to drugs and beer!
~Amy
You are right it will hurt like hell! That is why he will be put to sleep! $5000 hospital bill! Yuck.
Careful with the earrings!
So your life is kinda like mine...I try to take control, fix the problem but it always comes back to bite me in the A$$! Glad you found the earring, sorry about the sink problem. Good luck to Kevin next Wednesday.
June
YIKES on the shoulder!! OMG that sounds HORRIBLE! I hope they give him pain medicine BEFORE he wakes up.
Be careful with the earrings....or rather with the plumbing!
Pam
Oh boy....I know you were determined to get that earring back...and you did! Good luck with the rest. Hope your Hubby is healed soon. Sonya
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