I took advantage of the beautiful sunshine today and began decorating our front porch
with a little bit of purple…
a touch of yellow…
a tad of red…
a little bit of pink….
and of course a whole lotta white!!!
I still need a few things that I hope to be able to pick up this weekend!! I can’t wait to show you my favorite place to sit, relax and drink coffee when it is all finished!!
Have you heard about (or seen) Kohlers new toilet that will be coming out in the fall?? Feast your eyes on this baby, I introduce to you the Numi….
Kohler is saying that this toilet is their most advance toilet! So what is so great about this ugly different looking kind of water closet you ask…
For starters there will be no more fighting with your spouse about who left the seat up! Nope, not anymore, the Numi automatically closes and raises the adjustable-height toilet seat when it senses your presence. If you'd like, it can greet you with the sound of rushing water and soothing piano music, which may come in handy when you have a stomach virus…kind of takes your mind off of the gut wrenching pain that you are feeling.
Is your bathroom dark?? For those of you that do not have light fixtures in your bathroom, never fear the Numi has a night light that will guide you to the heated seat. Also, if you have cold feet you are in luck, a floor-level vent blows warm air on your little cold toes!
Ever forget you reading material as your rush into the bathroom?? Well if so, pull out you iPhone or iPod and plug it in to listen to your tunes or turn on the built in AM/FM radio. If you are spending too much time jamming out to your favorite tunes, the Numi has a charcoal-filter deodorizer will keep the air fresh.
Oh yeah, did I mention that it comes with a remote control. Yep, that will come in handy if you forget to flush the toilet, just pull out the handy dandy remote from your pocket and flush it up to twenty feet away….let’s just hope you didn’t forget to wash your hands….ewwwwww.
Here is another picture of this high functioning toilet.
Beside the airy bathroom, you might be really liking the luxury car worthy list of amenities that this toilet has to offer. If you would like to have one these in your home you will have to fork over $6,390 and no, that does not include the installation fee.
My week can be best describe in bullet form…nothing special enough to write actual sentences, so here goes…
I could continue this for days but almost feel asleep on the last one! HA! Told you, there has not been much going on this week!!
Today we heard a loud boom outside by the air unit.
See that clump of cat fur?
My Abbey Baby jumped on the air unit, collapsing it, and she fell through…not sure how I did it but I got her out, it took me awhile. At first I thought I could do it without unscrewing anything, but no luck. I am still not sure how she fell through…
She was so happy to see daylight!
A little annoyed because Higgins wanted to lick her!
She hates Higgins…
Abbey Baby, I think it’s way past time a diet!
It’s been a rough weekend on all of , Joey with recovering and us with the guilt. We could feel prayers being lifted up for us and they are much appreciated. Here is an update on where everyone and everything stands.
Joey is doing great! This afternoon, I have seen such a big improvement in him! He is playing games, wanting to eat more and has asked for pain pills only twice today, which we gave him one right before his doctor appointment and then some motion this afternoon. He has one pain pill left and we are trying to wait until this evening for it. Bless his heart, his cheeks are so swollen but he did try to smile today, but it didn’t show well! I have taken a picture of him, but I had to promise not to put it on Facebook or my blog, which makes me sad…cause he is really so cute! Beside him being swollen, bruised, and the sores on each corner of his mouth he really is sporting a cute chipmunk look!!
On a funny side note, having an older brother during these times is humorous to us, but not so much for Joey. Yesterday Bradley walks in from work and tells Joey that he just seen his cousin. Joey asked “which cousin”? Bradley said “your new one, a squirrel outside that just ran up the tree with nuts in his mouth”! Of course, before thinking I laughed….Joey, not so much!
We did discuss with his orthodontist this morning the procedure and what happened on Friday. We were reassured that we had a right to be upset gave some advice on what we should do. Both him and his nurse were so great and gentle with Joey today and very much uplifting to me and Jeremy. Thanks for the prayer and please continue to remember us during these next few days!
Yesterday, Joey our 13 year old had oral surgery. His wisdom tooth was preventing his 12 year molar to come through. His orthodontist has been keeping an eye on it, hoping for the best but finally it was determined that it needed to come out. Granted his wisdom teeth were no where close to being an issue, as most do not come out until you are in your late teens early twenties, but this one tooth needed attention. So the wisdom tooth would need to come out and the 12 year molar would need to be surgically up righted and moved into position.
Last week we had a consultation with an oral surgeon and was told that although the wisdom teeth are far up and low down, it would be fine to go ahead an extract all four of his wisdom teeth and the recovery would not be too much harder on him. The surgeon said it would be better to do it all at one time than to have him have to come back years later to do the other three. So we agreed to move forward with the extraction of all four wisdom teeth. This would be done under IV sedation.
Yesterday was his surgery. Joey was very nervous and was not looking forward to it one bit. We assured him that it would be a piece of cake and he would sleep right through it and then spend the next couple of days eating pudding and ice cream! A 40 minute procedure tuned into a 1 hour and 45 minute surgery. I was getting a little nervous to say the least. When the nurse came to finally get us, I told her I was freaking out because it took so long. She said that it was a rough surgery, but did not offer any explanation and I was just wanting to back there to Joey, so I figured the doctor would explain the “rough” part to us. When I walked into the room Joey was crying uncontrollably and shaking. When I got to his side he told me that I lied and he was awake for the surgery. I looked at my husband and we locked eyes asking each other without words, did our son just go through this awake?
The nurse told us that when a child is very nervous before a surgery that sometime they can wake up like this and be very upset. She walked out and Jeremy and me did everything to console him, Nothing we did was helping him and he continually kept saying the same thing, “it hurt so bad and I was awake”. Finally the doctor came in and I asked, was he awake? He said that there were complications with the anesthesia and that the further that he went under the more combated that he became so that they had to pull him out. He assured us that Joey would not remember anything and in fact that he would not remember this conversation. Trust me I was livid, and not processing any of this at this point. I think the main goal of me and my husband was to get our child out of there because all Joey kept saying to us was” get me out of here” and we were going to do just that.
As soon as we were in the truck, I looked at Jeremy and said, “please don’t tell me that out child just went through all that awake?”. Of course this was not the time to discuss anything. Joey was very sick. We had to pull off the road for him to throw up. Then again in the grocery store parking lot he was sick, so at this point our efforts are completely on him and not the fear that were forefront on our minds. We were finally able to get some anti-nausea medication in him and he finally went to sleep. So our 30 minute drive home was full of questions. I think at that point we were hoping that he really was having some kind of reaction to the sedation and was in fact under but not as deep as they would of liked and that he would not remember any of this.
After he were home and hours later he was awake, we asked him how was the surgery. He told us it was terrible and that he remembered everything, even the conversation that we had with the doctor saying that he would not remember. He said that he told them he was awake and they kept telling him it would be over soon. He said that he shook and cried the entire time.
I am so upset. I am not sure where to turn. Last night I was desperate to talk to this surgeon, to find out what happened. He never called. When our 18 year old had his wisdom teeth out the oral surgeon called later that night to check on him. Joey’s oral surgeon did not. I thought about calling him, but then thought that I needed some composure before I talked to anyone. I laid awake last night fretting over what our son had to endure. Not only were all four of his wisdom teeth cut from his gums, but another tooth was erected into place. If you could see his xrays you would know that all five teeth were no where close to the surface.
The only positive thing about this entire situation is how remarkably Joey is doing. Beside the swelling, he is up and doing so well. He said the pain is not that bad and was not much worse than getting his braces tightened. Praise the Lord!
I am not sure where to go from here. Monday morning Joey has an appointment with his orthodontist so he can check on the 12 year molar. We adore his orthodontist so I think I will start with him on what should be done.
This oral surgeons office was more worried about getting our money yesterday and me signing and re-signing paper work and having me void one check to write another one, which by the way was not a small amount. I wished that they would of been that concerned over the well being of our son than amount of money that they were making from his surgery.
I think the worse part, is knowing that I told my child not to worry about the surgery. He would go to sleep and wake up and everything would be fine. I can not believe that they made him endure this, and why they did not stop this procedure. I would of stopped this and tried another route before making Joey go through this. They could of kept their stupid money for all I care.
Needless to say, we are upset, confused and very angry. Pray for us as we try to process all of this and for the next steps of handling this. Also pray for me, I am having such guilt and anguish over putting my child through this, I am so mad at myself for allowing this to happen. Again, the biggest blessing is how well Joey is doing. Just now, I peeked over at him sitting at the counter with his laptop hearing him click away at the keyboard and laughing! I guess someone said something funny on facebook!
If I was not so tired and felt better, I might throw myself a pity party. But I am sick, I am tired and I don’t think I have the energy to clean up the mess when the party’s over.
Did I mention that I was sick? Last Wednesday morning I woke up with a sore throat and by Wednesday afternoon I felt bad. Yesterday I thought I was dying and today, I finally am feeling a little bit better. I hate being sick and I have been battling this since January. I felt so bad yesterday that I almost made a doctors appointment, but felt to bad to pick up the phone. I hate going to the doctor more than being sick, which is so apparent, because I would have been over this in January if I went to the doctor! I have given myself to Friday to being back at 100% or I am going in! At least that is what I am saying today….
I did manage today to get up and going for a hair appointment that was much overdue. I even managed to pop contacts in my eyes to look as presentable as I could. So off I went in a wrinkled t-shirt and my best smile...trust me, it was the best I have looked all week! HA! I honestly looked like white trash, but hey, when I left the salon I did look much better with my new do! I also think by the time she was done cutting my hair I was at least 10 pounds lighter! Or, if you would listen to my hair dresser, she would say I was 10 pounds lighter from the eyebrow waxing! HA! I hate having them waxed and will put it off as long as I can!
Just as I was getting ready to leave, my husband called the salon. I thought this was strange, but hey, in my family stranger things happen! Here’s our conversation:
Hubby: Are you able to see?
Me: Uhmmm yes. (I was having trouble but I thought it was because I was not feeling well.)
Hubby: Are you sure?
Me: Well I did wear my contacts today. (I thought, he may of thought, I did not put them in when he saw my glasses on the bathroom counter)
Hubby: You should not be able to see well, because you have my contacts in and not your.
Me: D’oh!
That explains why one of them was killing me and everything as a tad blurry! I have officially lost my mind!
Woe is me…
Here’s hoping to a much better week!
