Wednesday, October 24, 2012

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

So here I sit at my mom and stepdad's computer, all by myself, in isolation for 72 hours. Actually it's only about 67.5 hours to go now, but who's counting? Went and took my 4 microcurie dose of iodine today, thus making me radioactive of sorts. Tomorrow is a do nothing day, just stay away from people and stay on the low iodine diet. And that's exactly what I plan on doing, nothing. Well, since our washer is on the fritz, I brought over our laundry to do. Also plan on getting up late, maybe work a puzzle, take a nap, read the book I just bought, and go to bed early. Friday afternoon I go for my full body scan so they can see if there are any other active thyroid cells in my body. And there WON'T be because I'm tired of this mess, actually just tired overall, and want it to be over.

Monday we took Colby for a well-check visit; Kentucky Passport is a stickler about these things. The doctor says, hmmmm, looks like Colby has an ear infection. Uh, excuse me, WTH, an ear infection?! So yep, Mr. ColbyBoy MRSAPants is on Bactrim again. I started freaking out just a smidge. All I could think was, no-no, Colby can't get sick while I'm not allowed to be around him, he just can't! Monday he had a low grade fever also. I find this all strange because for the most part he has had a great week at school. Well, there was some incident while he was in speech class today. Apparently his oxygen was low and they were having trouble getting him to stabilize, so she changed out his trach. But she was able to get on the bus with him and get him home safely, which is good, because when I was talking to her about this I was on my way to get radiated!

I hate being away from Colby like this. I don't know which SpongeBob movie he's watching. I don't know which pajamas he is wearing. I don't know if he needs/wants me there. But there's nothing I can do about it, so we're just going to suck it up and do it! I can go home Saturday afternoon at 2:30.

My sweet dad took the washer home with him. He thinks he has it working now. So I'll get that back over the weekend and give it a whirl. Get it, give it a whirl?! Because washers spin/whirl you know. My sweet mom and stepdad made me an iodine free roast with vegetables to eat while I'm here. I've already had 2 huge bowls of it. Good Lord, I can't imagine where I'd be or what I'd do without their help.

Okay, time to throw in some laundry and watch the World Series. Not that I really give a crap since the Reds aren't in it, but it'll give me something to do to pass the time. Only 67 hours and 5 minutes until I go home!

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