Of Hospitals and Hotties.

Yet again I am awakened by a phone call. 

Those can never be good.

Yesterday - Gpa Chaos was rushed to the hospital via ambulance.   Again.

I feel like he was just there although it's been about a year since the stroke.  It's all still so fresh in our minds.

I'll spare you all the details, the tests done, the hospital transfer.. But for now he is doing ok.

The consensus is that he had a small heart attack.  He has what appears to be pneumonia in the bottom of his lungs (although every single time he's in the hospital it shows up there.. seems odd to me).  For now he is feeling better.  Completely drained, so tired he just wants to sleep and sleep and sleep.   

Ironically he just had a big workup at Cardiology last month (or so) and they commented on how his heart looked the best it has ever looked since he started going there.. And then this.  His cardiologist calls him perplexing.. Yes indeed he is.

I was up visiting him last nite and while he slept thru most of the visit, he woke up just a little while before it was time to get kicked out.  Respiratory was in giving him a breathing treatment and the therapist was very quiet-- not a chatty .  

Whatever was on tv (no clue we weren't really watching, just background noise..)changed and the Black Eyed Peas came on..  Our conversation went a little something like this :

Mom:  Is that the Black Eyed Peas?
Me:  Yes
Mom:  Who is it that Fergie is married to again??
Me: ohhh.. I can't think of his name.. that guy from Las Vegas..
Respiratory Therapist:  She's married to that really cute guy Josh Duhamel !!

"Ahh yes.."  we all signed..
Dad: Oh my god, you women are all the same.. *bad imitation* Ohhh, it's that hot guy.. oooh..

Lmao Mom and I laughed after she left.. It was a bit funny that the respiratory therapist didn't say so much as a peep (non-breathing treatment related) until we casually brought up a hottie and then she jumped right in.. lol.   It gave us all a giggle despite the circumstances..



xoxo,

Misc. Monday

Before we get to today's regularly scheduled post, I want to thank everyone who commented on my Failure post.  I wasn't looking for sympathy and quite honestly thought about deleting it a million times right after posting it.  But I decided, to hell with it, it's my blog and that's what I was feeling at that particular moment.  I've been able to pull myself out of the pit I was sitting in and honestly you're words of support helped a LOT.   So thanks!

I've also started contributing at a new upbeat place- all about one of my Favorite places on Earth.. *cough* Hint, Hint! *cough*   I'll share as soon as the official Launch happens!

Gpa Chaos (my daddy, yes I didn't name him correctly when I fake-named him - oh well) has taken up a bit of my mind lately.  He had a lovely trip to the hospital over the weekend. You see, he gets these mystery spells & his blood pressure crashes among other things. So he got the joy of spending the weekend in ICU & had to watch Superbowl commercials there alone - :o(  He is stable now and naturally they have released him and he's on his way home again.  Doctors frustrate me sometimes.  They never seem to figure out anything anymore.  They can't figure out TheToddler's issues and they never can figure out Gpa Chaos' issues.  They just treat the symptoms , get him stable and then shove him out the door without ever figuring out WHY.    At least he's better, right?!   


                xoxo,

Still here, call back the troops..

I know, I know.. Where has Momma Chaos been?!  Geesh already, right?!

Between Gpa Chaos being VERY ill again (another post entirely), running around in the few moments I've not been at the hospital with him & my computer deciding to take a dump.. Yeah, I've been busy.. Naturally when I had a few moments to sit down and write, that would be when the computer refused to turn on.... or even better would turn on & put these funny dots on my screen to taunt me.. Arrgh!

So let's see.. What have you guys been up to?? I haven't even been able to go read my feeds.. I miss my bloggy world!  My phone has internet, but has none of my bookmarks.. I guess that's something to sit down and do when I have a free moment (ha).   I'll give you the short version here and try more in depth later (if the computer doesn't have a fit at me, shhh love my computer.. nice computer.. good girl..) 

You all might recall that Gpa Chaos was very ill back in March.. They said  he had meningitis & encephalitis.. Yeah that's what they  said .. funny how they never got the labs back to prove it.. Gotta love drs.   So a week ago Monday (4/10 for those of you that don't speak Momma), Gpa Chaos ended up back in the hospital.  He is still there now.  We have dealt with seizures,  delirium, being on the ventilator for days, not being able to talk & now slowly.. slowly recovering.. *knock on wood*  It has been a very scary time for Gpa & his loved ones.. On top of everything, we learned that he had a rather large stroke back in March & his lovely drs misdiagnosed him with meningitis instead.. hmmmm... If it looks like a stroke, acts like a stroke, talks like a stroke & the first head CT comes back normal... PROBABLY you should do a repeat head CT in 48hrs just in case..  Just sayin' .. I will post a more in depth on Gpa Chaos' story soon but for now keep him in your prayers because he still has a long road back..

In the midst of the Gpa Chaos hospital drama, my babies  went and graduated from preschool!! Awwww!!   Sadly I only got to watch Spoiled Princess' program because the preschool decided to have their classes do them separately because "We normally don't have families with children in more than one class".. Gee, thanks.. You all KNEW you did this year and couldn't make an effort? Bite me.. I'm not bitter or anything..  Luckily Cowie was able to come and I sent her to Drool Prince's graduation ceremony.. I lied, I'm completely bitter.  Regardless, it's over and done with.. I now have two preschool graduates..  Spoiled Princess will go onto kindergarten next year & Drool Prince is going to stay home with Momma for a year before it's his time to go.  There's already talk of trying to bust up into school & go this year, sorry boy..they wont let a 4yr old even if you are ready :(

My two little girls also had dentist appts during everything else.. I swear when it rains, right? They came away with perfect reports.. No cavities, nothing to worry about except a lecture that I shouldn't let them brush their own teeth.. Apparently according to the pediatric dentist, I need to brush my girls teeth until they are at least 10 & boys even longer because they just aren't coordinated enough to do it themselves.. Hmmm, no one ever told me that.. I kinda assumed when they are big enough & want to do it- hell, let them do it themselves.. One less chore for Momma.. Apparently, my bad.

Then my Big kids had dentist appts (different dentist b/c our family dentist doesn't take medicaid- poo on him, it just means he loses out on 4 of my kids..ha).  These two, flesh of my flesh, the ones that I grew in my womb & took care of ever moment that I knew of their existence.. The two that I Gave. Up. Caffeine for.. Yes those two have cavities.    I tried giving Drama Queen the speech on how I had worked soo hard to grow her little body (teeth included) right & it was perfect when I handed it over to her.. then she goes and messes up the teeth.  She shot right back with No, the dentist said it's a defect.. You didn't' grow them right, not my fault.. Seriously, WTH?? Apparently she's right.. So not only cavities, but really they are defective teeth.. Yes our dentist said it's a defect in how the molars grew.. I'm wondering if I can turn them back in?  Funny how some people can do Meth or other drugs, get absolutely no prenatal care and come in so strung out you don't know crap to have a baby- yet their kids turn out 100% healthy, and then others take perfect care of themselves during pregnancy have kids with DEFECTIVE teeth..  Geez..  Although to my defense, all four of my molars have fillings in the exact same spot.. My old dentist just never bothered to explain that it wasn't my brushing ability as a kid.. It was really just defectively formed teeth.. Thanks MOM. 

Lastly we have The Toddler.. He is turning two in just a few weeks.. I can barely mutter that word.. Gone will be the days of reciting his age in months.. Sure you still could but then you only look like a Momma who is just hanging on to the cord just a little too tightly.. The Toddler... he is out there.. CRAZY child to the extreme.. His favorite past-time is to either find a way to climb on the table & shake salt/pepper all over himself  Or my personal favorite  to take his pappies (his word for pacifier. it's a pappy) and dunk them into my drink thus not only contaminating the drink but spilling it all over as well.. Fun times... Remember those super expensive, OMG I'm gonna gag, sheets that Daddy Chaos bought??  The Toddler has soaked them twice this week..  TWICE.. We put on new sheets, no wetness.. Got the super expensive sheets out of the wash & put them back on- first nite on The Toddler peed thru again*..  I think he has a thing against them?  Perhaps he's peeing in protest to the cost I dont even want to talk about anymore??

That my friends has been my past two weeks.. Now, let's just hope nothing else crazy or disastrous happens and I'll be around to type some more!


*not to say that The Toddler actually sleeps in my bed on occasion.. cuz that would be against the rules and I would never say such a thing.. Actually I'm quite sure he pees in it from another room entirely :)

Gpa Chaos

If you follow me on Twitter then you know that my dad aka Gpa Chaos has been ill. Very ill.

I kept promising a blog post about it but I just can't.  It's too emotional right now and I dont have it in me to let it out yet.  Once everything is over & he's all better -God, Goddess, Allah (whoever else you want to toss in) Willing,  I'll post it.. But for now things are still scary and sad .

Gpa Chaos has been in the hospital since last Thursday. The drs seem to be thrilled (and a bit surprised) that he's still alive.  But he's beating this still unknown enemy.. We are hoping he'll get to come home by this weekend but it's still a long road.. He has lost soo much mentally- odd little everyday items that he has no clue what they are, memory lapses where he's forgotten his grandkids, the ability to READ..  It's difficult to watch , let alone know how he is feeling so helpless and lost. Worried that he'll always be feeling lost.


Gpa Chaos really needs your prayers.. Prayers for a full recovery.. Prayers for health.. If all else fails, prayers that he can accept this new life.  We wont give up, we'll have full faith that he will  get well and be 100% again soon.  But prayers always help.