Colby: Here he
is, sweet, adorable and stubborn as always. We didn't get to go
swimming on Tuesday. Too much snow, ice and slush in the parking lot
still. I think he was upset about it, but that's just tough cookies.
I wasn't about to get out there and chip away at that mess. We
finally got his power chair working so he can practice driving once it warms up and he gets back in school. It
took months for a new switch mount to come in, and we've been
experimenting with a couple different switches. We took him outside
for a total of 12 minutes yesterday. I know because I timed it. Seven
minutes the first time to let him try out the switch, then 5 minutes
the second time so he could show his buddies how he drives. Of course
this morning he had a bucket of snot coming out his nose. It was
worth it, though. I'm sure Colby has cabin fever in the worst way,
and I'm sure he wanted to show his friends how he can activate his
chair by himself.
We're gearing up for Colby's zoledronic
acid infusion next week. We give him extra calcium for 7 days before
the infusion. He will get labs drawn on Monday and if his levels are
okay, he'll get the infusion here at home on Tuesday. This will be
the 2nd time we've done the infusion at home. Praying the
2nd goes as well as the 1st and that Colby has
no weird reaction to the medication or bad side effects. He'll also
get labs done 2 days and 7 days post infusion to check his calcium,
potassium and magnesium levels. This infusion can make these levels
go wonky. If necessary, we'll give supplements to get his levels back
on track.
House: The BIG
demolition weekend is now just 24 hours away! I'm so excited I can
hardly stand it, seriously! We've all been very busy gearing up for
it. In the past week, we've knocked out several walls (plaster and
wood lathe – so dirty and dusty), removed the kitchen cabinets,
taken up the linoleum in the kitchen. Also been recruiting people to
come help, making a “schedule” of sorts so we don't have too many
or too few workers in the house at once. Yesterday a port-a-can was
delivered and set up (woo hoo) and the electric and water has been
shut off to the main part of the house. We'll still have water and
electric in the basement so we can run cords for power tools,
heaters, etc. I cannot believe our big demolition is finally here.
Seems like we've been working toward this weekend for a long, long
time. Can't wait to see it at the end of the day on Sunday. So if
you're coming to help over the weekend, here it is. All the plaster
crumbs sitting around in buckets and on the floor has to be taken out
to the dumpster. The garage is full of old carpet, drywall, strips of
wood lathe, all needing to be taken to the dumpster.
Me: Well, you can
see how I've been spending my time. Colby and house. House and Colby.
Not much else. Still working my part-time job. I've fallen off the
wagon from that whole fitness/eat healthier kick I was on for a
while. Yes, I know I should give myself and my health as much
priority as I give these other things in my life. Just haven't been
doing it. Whatever. But then again, swinging a hammer at plaster is
exercise, yes? Just shouldn't eat a sausage egg biscuit on the way up
there to do it, haha.
Okay, need to put in some laundry. I
have 2 meetings today. Colby's homebound teacher will be here at
4:00. And I think Colby and I will make some cookies tonight to take
to the workers this weekend. We'll see how my energy holds up. Bye
for now. Can't wait to share more house pics soon!
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