Normal... Are you kidding me??

SO my gastro doc called last night to give me the results of my HIDA scan.... It came back normal! Well here's what I learned about a HIDA scan "Normal" result... It means NOTHING! Doc asked me a series of questions about what I felt during the contraction medicine they gave me to make the gall bladder contract. I told him about the extreme nausea and major upper abdominal pain. My tech said that would only last 10 min or so... WRONG! The nausea did fade within 10-15 min... But the upper ab pain didn't go back to "normal" until extremely late in the day. Doc said he thinks I have a diseased gall bladder and that I need to have it removed... BUT (there's always a but) he wants to go ahead with the endoscopy (camera down the throat into the stomach) to rule out ulcers. Dotting i's and crossing t's basically. He believes that removing the gall bladder will fix my problems... All my symptoms are "textbook" gall bladder symptoms. So now we wait till Tues and see what the endoscopy shows...

HIDA Scans SUCK!

HIDA scans suck! What's a HIDA scan you say.... Well let me share...
You get a needle shoved in your vein... Then you lay flat on your back under a machine that takes pictures of your gall bladder. First they inject radioactive dye into said port that is shoved into said vein... Then you lay there  for an hour while said machine takes pictures... Fun! NOT. Then they inject some type of medicine that makes said radioactive dye empty from the gall bladder... At which point you want to hurl all over everywhere and your abdomen cramps up and death seems like a better alternative. See... Fun! Again... NOT! Now you lay there for another eternity (Ok not eternity... But 30 minutes) while Mr. Machine takes some more snap shops of your gall bladder. Eventually Mr. or Ms. Tech come back and take the big ass needle outta your arm and tell you it'll be a day or two before you know anything. Nice! NOT! So if your looking for a fun experience and enjoy that hurling feeling, abdominal cramping, and needles... Hurry and sign up for yours today via your gasternologist!  On the up side maybe I'll finally find out if Mr. Gall Bladder is who sent me to the ER last month....

Gallbladder....Ulcer... Hmmm?

So after my stint in the ER last month I thought I was through with pain for awhile.... Hmm uh no... Went to the gastro doc today and they are going to do a HIDA scan on Mr. Gallbladder Tues. and if that comes back ok I get to have an endoscopy of my stomach! Yay...NOT! At this point I just want to feel better.

Summer is BUSY!

Well the girls and I made it back from our trip to Oklahoma. Flew home out of Dallas and got to spend a wonderful evening with my friend and her family. We had a great trip! The girls had lots of fun fishing and spending time with Papa G, Grand Papa and Granaw. We came home to a slow cooked pork ribs and corn on the cob, a clean house, and laundry done... Way to go Babe!! My in-laws came in the same day the girls and I got home and we spend the next day at Dollywood having fun in the sun! Memorial Day was my baby's 3rd birthday. We rented a bouncy house , grilled hot dogs, had cake and busted a pinata! She had a wonderful birthday and was spoiled rotten! I will get picts up soon!

Holy weather batman!

The girls and I are in Oklahoma this week visiting Papa G, Grand Papa, and Granaw. The tornadoes last night were north of us about an hour away... But the picts on tv are devastating! There is a 3 year old boy missing and it is heart breaking. I am thankful we're safe (obviously) but my heart breaks for all those suffering from this act of mother nature. I've spent plenty of time in Oklahoma in my 30 years and never been in a twister (don't want to be in one either!). It TERRIFIES me to even think about it. I squeezed my kids a little tighter this morning and stared at them sleeping a little longer last night. I am reminded of how much I take for granted and how incredibly BLESSED I am. My prayers are with these families and my heart breaks for them. Please pray for them and especially that they find this little boy.

Sweet as can be & ALMOST 3!

Just because she's sweet and almost 3!

Last day of school

Hard to believe the end of the year has arrived already! The girls last day was Wednesday. Can't believe how fast this year went by. Caitlin just finished 3rd grade and Isabel finished 1st. Can't believe they're going to be in 4th and 2nd next year! Where does the time go?! At the same time I am excited to get summer rolling! I got to sleep in till 8:30 this morning... It was A-MAZ-ING! I am looking forward to many more of these sleeping in days!

What is wrong with me?!

Ok I swear aliens must have abducted me and switched my mind with someone elses OR something! Yesterday was the girls last day of school (blog to come on that) meaning today was the first official day of SUMMER break! Yay...Right?! Well this Momma must be getting up on the wrong side of the bed or something... Because I am in an emotional funk... You know when your sad kinda, but mad kinda, but wanna cry kinda..... Yeah one of THOSE kinda funks.... And before someone says it NO it's not that time of the month. So whats wrong with me.... Why so glum? Maybe it's the million and one things I feel like I need to get done but havent been home to do.... Laundry is to that overwhelming point (and we still have clean clothes...Can we say shop-a-hol-ic?!) We're having friends over for dinner... House MUST be cleaned tomorrow! Invitations for Ava's bday party need to be made and mailed out. Saturday morning is the girls last soccer game.... Gotta pack for Oklahoma.... Leaving Sunday morning for Oklahoma just the girls and I... Come back Friday....Just in time for the in-laws arrival for Ava's bday party Memorial Day.... So maybe its just that my plates full... Although I enjoy my plate being full! Makes life exciting! Maybe a good nights sleep will do me good?

Saving while spending!

Store: Target
Retail: $57.40
Paid: $18.13
Savings: $39.27/32%

What I bought:
2 Mossimo T-shirts
2 Mens Gillette Body Wash
2 Mens Gillette Deoderants
2 Friskies Wet Cat Food
3 Dentyne Pure Gum
6 Whiskas Wet Cat Food
2 Kikoman Soy Sauce
14 ct Zyrtec

Sorry no pict.
Store: Kroger
Retail: $ 46.92
Paid: $14.32
Savings: $32.60/72%

What I bought:
Gallon of Whole Milk
Saltine Crackers
8 Colgate Toothpastes
Dove Ice Cream Bars
6 pk Cupcakes (to celebrate the last day of school!)
18 (yes 18) Butterfinger candy bars (they were FREE!)

Emergency Rooms Suck!

Hubs and I in the ER

So Monday after I picked the girls up from school my stomach (between my ribs and belly button) started hurting... Took the girls to soccer practice and the pain started getting worse...Curled up in a ball on the couch by 9 I knew I needed to go to the doc. Our neighbor graciously came over to stay with the kids who were already in bed asleep. I thought we wouldn't be gone more than a couple of hours...WRONG! We should have been home by midnight... But between the doc shift change apparently the new doc forgot about me! First doc swore it was a ruptured cyst on my ovary.... Nurse swore it was kidney stones... All I knew was it hurt! Both were wrong... Ultrasound ruled out a ruptured cyst and urine came back clean. My nurse blew my vein in my elbow vein (why would you put the IV there anyways??). I have a lovely bruise from that. After 2 does of pain meds and no relief,  they finally did a cat scan of my belly (why wasn't that first on the list??) only to reveal... Notta! Then just as fast as it came on it went away... After a dose of super IBP... Makes no sense to me!  I was finally released at 3 a.m. Tuesday. I still have no idea what caused the pain, but I am thankful there wasn't anything majorly wrong.