Working on getting back to a "normal" schedule around here. Last night I gave Colby a cough treatment at 11:00, then didn't give him another one until 6:30 this morning. He has done just fine today so I think we can lay off the overnight cough treatments soon. Think tonight will be the last time. Good! We still need to get caught up on our sleep. Colby has had a most excellent day today. He was off his bi-pap for 1.5 hours early this morning. His bath aide came over and we cut his hair and gave him a bath (pics to follow). He was off his bi-pap most of that time, too. So tomorrow we're going to try to sit Colby up for a while. Even if he has to stay on his bi-pap, I think it's time. He'll start home hospital tomorrow. The teacher will come here 1 hour 2 times a week until he's ready to go back to school.
Working on getting the apartment back in order. Our super-fine, hard-working babysitter came over today and helped me for 3 hours solid. We unpacked Colby's extra supplies from the hospital, put up clean laundry, did dishes, etc. Oh crap, that reminds me I have a load of laundry in the washer that needs to be dried. Note to self, put clothes in dryer. The living room looks much better than it did, although it's not back to being presentable just yet. Should be able to get it mostly straightened up tomorrow morning. The mountain of paperwork/mail remains. Hope to tackle that this weekend.
Working on schedules. Talked to Cincy Children's 3 times yesterday ironing out Colby's followup appointments for November. Called my ENT office today to re-re-reschedule my surgery, which will now be next week. Now I have to figure out when I can get back to typing. Hmmm, I'm thinking October isn't looking too promising!
Working on eating better, taking better care of myself. Gotta get geared up for the next slice-n-dice. Honestly, I was tired of eating crap hospital food. Went Krogering last night and got some healthier stuff, actual fruits and veggies. Doesn't help, though, that there are still 2 huge bags of leftover hospital snacks around here. Good stuff, too. Reese's cups, Airheads, Starbursts, Sunchips, Ritz crackers of course. My new fascination: Nutter Butter bites. Oh my they're addicting. I need to lock those things out in the van, they're nothing but trouble.
Working on not being too hard on myself. I knew things would be difficult around here for a while once we got home. I need to be patient with myself. Some things are just going to take longer than others. Who is the person who is hardest on me? It's me, and I really need to stop that. I AM working to get better organized, not so discombobulated (love that word.) I'll be honest, it's been hard. I haven't had my "let down meltdown" yet, but I know it's coming. That's the way I've always been. I'm great during the stress episode itself. Then once things return somewhat to normalcy, I reflect back on what happened, the seriousness of it all. I'll need some time to digest what has happened over the last few weeks and then have a good old fashioned cry-myself-to-sleep night. And I'm going to allow myself to do it. I deserve it.
That's it for now I suppose. Nitey-nite blogland.
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