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Live and Learn, Right? - Posted by: Marlene Aug 13, 1999 Well, life lately has been presenting to me some pretty unforunate things, (a nice way to say it's been kinda sucky.) We attempted to go on vacation and had to come back early because, you guessed it, Natalie got sick. We've been having these illnesses since she started 6mp. I don't think I would put Natalie on a plane for awhile, because her doc thinks that's probably where she contacted this bug from. Lesson #1. I took her to our local pediatrician this week for a tune-up and he couldn't figure out why she was blowing kibble 'n bits, (sorry, her cousins coined that one on her), and having temps over 103. So, today we embarked on our 4 hour round trip to her specialist for a full work-up, specifically that she's not rejecting her heart--EKG, Echo, chest X-ray, etc...-- (she had a heart transplant), and to do cultures. The doc thinks it's fungal, so we took her off Augmentin and started her on Diflucan. A sidebar about Augmentin, it was killing her gut! This particular antibotic is especially hard on the gut, but we also thought it would be the most effective. Bad idea. Lesson #2. If she's not better over the weekend, we'll be making the journey again early next week. There's also the possibly that her Crohn's is flaring again and that the inflammation is causing this current mess. Lesson #3 - (I'm sending to God--- Please God, don't overestimate me!) So, we're driving home and my car decides like the rest of us, that she's tired and needs a break. Ka-put on the side of a busy freeway in hot weather. I call AAA, but we sat there in that hot car, (she sleeping thank goodness), with 18 wheelers whizzing by for 1 hour. In the past I would have gotton really pissed off, but I didn't. I just sat there and contiplated a couple things. Therefore, sitting in a hot, broken down, car for 1 hour is not always a bad thing. Lesson #4 - (and pushing it, I know.) I thought a lot about how tired I am of Natalie being sick. We've only had 8 good weeks out of this entire year. Eventually, my thoughts drifted to this board & the infamous "Jordans Story". I think that was a worthy discussion, however, I was real pissy mood when I posted my thread. I shouldn't come from that kind of mental framework when posting. Lesson #5 & final lesson - (enough already!!) My mum used to say, "God didn't make 25 hours in a day because he knew we couldn't handle it." I think after a day like today, she may have had a point. Thanks for listening. :) Marlene |
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