Fairy Tale Ending...

I was visiting FlipFlopMama today checking in on her life and got a little carried away with her last post on Comparing yourself to a Disney Character. I started thinking of which character I could currently be compared to or which story my life could be carpared to...It was a little amusing!
So, I have made a comparison!
My character comparison is due to my current life!



I am Sleeping Beauty and Gavin is my Prince Charming!
Do you know the story? Click here to get a summary!


Silly Stuff huh?
Which character can you compare your life or you to???
Click HERE for a silly Disney Character Quiz
I was Minnie Mouse on this one!

Life after pain pills...

The last few days have been rough, not because of the pain after surgery but because I have been trying to NOT take the pain pills. Of course it seems so easy to just STOP taking pain pills... but it was really difficult. I had gone into the ER on Saturday... So from Saturday until Thursday I had been on pain medicine (IV or Pills) like every 4-10 hours. Thursday I decided I was done with pain pills and wanted to just take Advil and move on... about 20 hours after my last pill the withdraws started. I thought I was going crazy and could not figure out why. I hurt but not bad, I felt nauseous but not to the point of throwing up, I felt antsy but for no real reason and I had some uncontrollable internal shakes. It took a minute but I figured out why I was feeling weird, then the worry started. How was I suppose to get off these crazy ADDICTING things? Good thing My Mom and Gavin were here and knew what to do... so I have had to slowly taper off the narcotics. I haven't had any pain meds besides Advil since 730 last night and I finally can sort of feel a sense of normalness coming back to me... hahahaha, Its like I am starting to start feeling not medicine heady again. I cant wait to have my life back! I miss it... let me tell you it is nice being waited on, but only for a few days and when you are really feeling bad. Now, it just seems to be a big burden to have to ask for help with something, not that it is annoying anyone to help (that I know of) but I just have never really liked to have help and now it is slightly embarrassing for me to have to continually ask for it.
Thanks for all your prayers! I will be back soon with my regular posting life!
In the Meantime, My wonderful HUBBY has been working really hard on my Website, you should head over and check it out! DESIGNSBYSPLAT

** another crazy thing, I have been watching a TON of movies lately... Did you know that Ellen Travolta (John's sister) was in Grease? I never knew he had a sister... I guess reading all the info that scrolls up after a movie is a lazy persons torture when they do not want to get up and get the remote.

Pain Pills = NIGHTMARES

Last night was so far the worst night I have had!
I tried to not take many pain pills yesterday even though I found out my incision is infected and I got put on antibiotics... I still prefer not to take too many pain pills because they make me feel awful. Last night I got ready for bed and took a Vicodin and some anti-nausea medicine and got in bed and started watching Hitch. I kept trying to crash out but every time I would close my eyes and get comfy I would jump out of my skin thinking I could feel someone watching me. That is an awful feeling if you have never felt it. Then when I would finally fall into some sort of sleep I would have the worst nightmares EVER! This happened all night until finally I decided I was NOT going to sleep until the medicine was out of my system. I have never in my life had nightmares like these. I am a pretty creative thinker and I have often thought that is why I have so many vivid dreams but when these regular dreams turn into nightmares they get really detailed and scary. One of my dreams last night went like this: I was driving my friends sports car, it was yellow and you had to attach the stirring wheel to drive the car. I was getting into her car in front of some store and could not get the car to start so I decided to get out and walk to where ever I was going. I got out of the car and had my hands full with bags and a leash with a dog attached (it wasn't Tessa though) and I started walking. Then I heard this awful noise and turned around and looked back and there was an airplane falling from the sky about 50 feet away from me. I started walking backwards to be farther away from the crash and just stood there watching it. As the plane got closer to the ground I could tell it wasn't going to just be a plane crash... I dropped everything but the leash and started running. I ran and ran and ran and could hear the plane crash as I was jumping to the ground to cover my head. I landed next to some other people and we were all holding hands as the sky lite up. After the plane hit a million bombs went off and people were screaming and it was so loud. I think I jump 20 feet out of the bed when I finally woke up... It was so real and scary as a dream and HURT my sore tummy so bad when I jumped up out of bed flipping out.
At 730 this morning I had to go see my surgeon for a incision check since it is infected and I have had a fever and a nasty red ring around it... thankfully the antibiotic has worked wonders after 1 dose! I told him I was having some awful dreams and he said it was for sure the pain pills and prescribed me something different., thank goodness... maybe NOW I can sleep!
I am feeling maybe an itty bitty bit better... My stomach is still swollen and sore but the red ring is almost completely gone and all my nasty bruises from all the iv's and blood work are fading fast! I still have not been able to eat much but so far with the little I have eaten I have not gotten sick from it! YAY!
I cant wait to be back on my feet and feeling good again! After 7+weeks feeling bad has turned into a NASTY burden!
Again thanks for all your support! I have gotten some gorgeous flowers, fun phone calls, dinners, cards and my neighbors kiddos made me some banana bread! The one nice part about having surgery... I have gotten a little spoiled by the extra love! heeheehahaha!

Home again, Home again.... Giggity Gig

Surgery went well on Monday... it was about 2 hours long and the doctor just did 1 incision through my belly button to take my gallbladder out. He said the ducts in my gallbladder would narrow during an attack which out make me hurt and sick... I came home yesterday with my pain pills and nausea pills and have been trying to take it easy. Walking and getting up is NO fun and I cant not lay flat so the lazy boy has been a dream! I look about 8 months pregnant with all the swelling in my belly button area.
I had a girlfriend bring dinner over last night which was so wonderfully helpful! I also have an amazing mom that has had Travis since I went to the ER on Saturday and will have him until I can handle (hold) him again!
Thats the news so far!
Thanks a TON for all your prayers, they are greatly appreciated!
xoxox

Surgery Today

I am going to make a potentially LONG post short for you guys!
I was really having a bad Saturday with stomach pains and called my dr on the after hours line.
he suggested I head to the ER and get checked out. That is exactly what I did... and by 11pm Saturday night I was admitted into the hospital for more testing.
I have had 2x-rays, 1 sonogram, 1 cat scan, and endoscopy and another hida scan.. what. and from the results from the tests are showing , gallbladder is only functioning at 40% from the 99% it was at my last set of testings... So, the booger is coming out!
The surgeon came in at 1015am this morning and told me I would be getting it out by 2 pm today.
So, I am sitting here waiting to be prepped!

I have some very humorous stories to tell about some AWFUL experiences I have had here... 1 great run-in with an awful nurse, how it took 3 nurses 8 times to get an IV in my arm, and how I cursed about being a pin cushion after they had to remove one IV and start another... oh the joys of being on pain meds and not knowing what you are talking about!! I will blog all about it when I start feeling better after surgery!

Thanks for all the support you guys have given me through this long 7 weeks of testing!
I have to say... the calls and visits while I have been here have really made this experience so much better!!!

The Bro or Manssiere

Which ever you would prefer to call it!!!

You know when guy wears a bra...
***
This is what was waiting for me as I walked down the stairs from getting some shorts for him to wear!

He was VERY proud of himself too!

I guess when you are a little guy, you get excited to put one on... but the bigger you get the more FUN it is to take them off... HAHAHHAAAA!

Gallbladder News

My test results came back from the HIDA scan and my gallbladder functions at 99%... thats great BUT they see some abnormalities in my bile ducts. I have no clue what that means, but I am suppose to get a consultation with a surgeon tomorrow. So, I will probably be getting my gallbladder out soon.

Hopefully this is the FIX I am needing to be back to my normal self again!
FINGERS CROSSED!

HIDA... What?

Today I had a HIDA scan for my gallbladder...

( Is this the answer they need? Who knows!!!!)

A hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan helps evaluate the function of the gallbladder and the bile ducts. Doctors may also refer to this procedure as cholescintigraphy.

In preparation for a HIDA scan, a dye or other chemical (radioactive tracer) is injected into your vein. The tracer travels to your liver and then into the bile ducts. A special scanner placed over your abdomen tracks the movement of the tracer through your biliary tract and makes images of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.

A HIDA scan is used to diagnose:

• Obstruction of the bile ducts, such as due to gallstones or rarely, tumors
• Diseases of the gallbladder
• Bile leaks

It was the strangest test I have ever had done...
I got there and immediately got an IV just stuck on my rm, nothing was put in it yet. I laid on a flat table with a thing that looked like a flat x-ray machine over my abdominal area and a video screen in front of my face. Then they injected the dye into my IV. I was so strange, I could immediately see little star looking things all over the video screen in front of me. The the lady in charge told me all the places where my organs were and that the bright dots would all gather in my liver. I had to sit there for an hour and let the dots all gather in my liver... this was to simulate the bile in my liver that goes into my gallbladder. Then after an hour they gave me an IV drip with this chemical that would simulate that I had just eaten something and my gallbladder would have to go to work. I had to sit and wait for another 30 minutes while constant images were taken of what my gallbladder would do with this chemical. It was suppose to contract and sent the "bile" out into my intestines. I could watch all of this happen on the screen but really had NO clue what was going on. At the end of the 30 minutes the dye was all in my gallbladder, stomach and intestines. It looked like I had millions of little bright stars floating through my digestive track... really cool, but extremely nauseating!

About 3 hours later I was finished and ready to head home!

I have no clue when the results will be in, I am so hoping nad praying it will be soon and have some sort of result...
I am so sick of hearing " all looks good, who knows what is causing your issues??"

I of course do not want BAD news I just want SOME news!

I will keep ya posted!

New Fav Song!

Daily...

ok, I will admit... some Supa Star bloggers like Dooce make me a slight, little, itty, bitty, tiny, smidgen of a bit jealous!
Not that I want the pressure to be a blog star( I mean this chica even talks about her sex life... AHHHHHH) But, damn this chick makes a HELLA lot of mula for blogging! So much that she and her hubs do not have to work!

Now, see the jealous factor?

I would like to make mega buckaroos for talking about my personal life... but I will just sit back and remain in BlOgTaRd status!

Anyways... You have to go to her site and check out the Daily Chuck... the pictures of her pups!
I have NEVER laughed so hard at dog pictures!

I may have to subject Tessa to a life of humility so I can get some silly pictures like hers!

A personal call....

... FROM THE DOCTOR HIMSELF!
He said it is my gallbladder so we are moving forward to either removing it or fixing the problem!
Tomorrow in the morning I have an appointment/consultation with the specialist and then we will see what the next step is!

Thanks for all your sweet words and support!
xoxoxox
Lindsay

FRUSTRATED BEYOND WORDS!

I have just found out what to most frustrating thing in the world is....

My doctor was suppose to call me with results yesterday, at 430 pm I called the office and they had gotten my sono stuff back from radiology. The nurse said she would call as soon as she knew something. I gave up hope about 63o last night since the office closes at 5 and then just called this morning. He still has not looked at them. Yes, he is a busy guy... Yes, he does have 2 kids and a wife and his own practice... YES, I get this!
BUT HE IS THE ONE THAT WANTED A RUSH ON MY TESTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SO SICK OF BEING SICK! I WANT AN ANSWER!

ok, gotta go breath in a bag now before I really lose it!

A Little info...

I have gotten a few emails from my bloggin' buds asking where I have been lately... So, I am guessing it is my time to share my news with you guys.
For the past 4 weeks I have been really sick with digestive issues. This same thing happened almost a year ago when the doctors thought they were going to have to remove my gallbladder... Last week I went to see a specialist who did some tests with biopsies on my intestines and then today I had a sonogram on my gallbladder and abdomen. I am waiting for results of all the tests which I have been told are being rushed ordered and I should know something by this afternoon. I have always had some sort of digestive issue really my entire life, starting as a child I supposidly was a little lactose intolerent and then when I was 20 I got diagnosed with Celiac Disease. After I had Travis I got re-tested for Celiac because I was having other issues and the test came back negative. Either I was mis-diagnosed before or by some miracle my pregnancay cleared it up... who knows??? Then in the last 2 1/2 years since I have had Travis about every 3-4 months I would get sick. I would blame food poisoning or the stomach flu or that I had just over eaten or something... really anything to give myself a reason for feeling awful. The more it would happen the longer it would last. This time it got so bad at one point that my doctor was telling me to go to the ER. Normally I would hop on the banwagon and head right there, but this time I knew I would not like the results I would recieve so I just sat at home and tried to let it pass. Now I am 2 weeks passed the worst point and am still sick and still begging the doctors for results. I would say yesterday I hit rock bottom when I cried to my Doctor to help me find something because I can not live my life like this any longer, it is not fair to me, my son , hubby, friends or my parents. My dear mom takes every boo-boo to heart and I cant imagine the stress my sickness has caused on her with her quickness to worry! (I guess that runs in the family!) I have had a wonderful support system which is what is really needed when you are hanging in limbo waiting for answers... One of my best girlfriends is currently going through a similar issue and she has been so wonderful calling and checking on me even though she is not 100% right now either... ( LOVE YOU "L") Anyways, that is the news... I wish it was something wonderful but unfortunetly it isnt. My biggest fear is that they will find nothing and I will have to live like this until another symptoms shows itself and another doctor decides to take action. All I really want is an answer, something to make these last 2 + years of living with this nasty problem make a little bit more sense!

hOly HOtNeSs.......

I just got a heat advisory warning on my computer.... HEAT ADVISORY 100-105 degress today.
WHAT...
that is H-O-T!

I am so sick of the hot weather! It is like when you walk outside you are immediately covered in a damp wool coat, can you imagine how nasty that would feel? That is a North Texas summer for ya... and I am so over it!

I feel awful because Travis LOVES to be outside but I cant stand it... so I give him like 15 minutes here and there all day.
Even though it is a few fights to get him back inside... I just can not brave the heat that long!

Anyone want to go to Alaska with me? I could totally use some snow right now!!!!

In a blink...

As a mom there are some moments that I look at my son and think, OH MY GOODNESS he is so BIG, where did the time go?!? Today, like all those other times in the midst of a conversation with my son, I started feeling a little sad... He was telling me how he needed a band-aid on the blister he got on his heel from his shoes. Mommy, Travie needs a band-aid on my foot, I have a boo-boo. This floored me, he can tell me exactly what he needs now, there is no more guessing. Of course communication is a good thing, but this is also a sign that my baby is NOT a baby anymore.

I am not ready for him to be so big!




Look at my little baby then and my big boy now,
its still a little unreal to me!

Totally BUSTED!

IN THE DOLLAR SECTION!

In my Thursday 13 (post below) I wrote I am addicted to the $1 section at Target!
Today, I totally got busted in the dollar section by a girlfriend of mine... she giggled at me since she had just read that on my blog!
Oh Sheesh, how embarrassing!

A Fathers Love....

I have to admit I am a sucker for inspirational stories... I will get great joy out of watching them and of course shed a few tears! This one was sent to me by a very special friend and I have watched it twice in the last 10 minutes. Once alone and once with Gavin. I have to tell you how amazed I am by this fathers strength! You must watch this... it is a little over 4 minutes but will be the best 4 minutes of your day today!

Home Again... Giggity Gig!

We are back from an awesome weekend for all 3 of us!
We left at about noon on Friday and headed to Austin to drop Travis off with my in-laws!
We stayed for a bit and played until Travis got all involved with Nana and then we left!
While we were there we all made chalk outlines of each other....

Here is Daddy!

Here is Mommy!

Here is Travie!

Then Gavin and I left without one tear (THANKS GOODNESS) from Travis and headed to San Antonio. About an hour and a half drive from Gavin's parents house.

When we got to the hotel we were surprised to see a yummy plate of chocolate covered strawberries and a bottole of wine waiting for us with a note from the lady Gavin had spoken too about our trip.
How wonderfully nice!

The night we arrived we went to dinner at the restaurant in the hotel we were staying at. It was called Citrus and was UPPER FANCY!
It was a 3 or 4 course meal with items on the menu I could not even pronounce!
HAHAHAHA!

This is us at the restaurant... I look like a deer in headlights!

Saturday we got up, had an awesome breakfast and headed to Sea World!
BEST PANCAKES I HAVE EVER HAD!
We waited in line to get in for what seemed like an entire day. It was 100 degrees outside and super sunny... but we managed to survive and still have a wonderful time!
This was the water skiing and boat show...
They did so amazing stuff on that water!
Then we headed over to see Shamu!
I was in AHHHH of these whales. I can not believe you can train and animal that large! I was floored at the entire show, I do not think I blinked once!
I want to be a whale trainer now... LOL!

Then we headed over to the Beluga Whale show. It was super cool because the trainers and other performers did some amazing stunts with and without the animals!

After we sweat about 10 lbs off at that show we walked around got some yummy iced drinks and headed to the Seal and Sea lion area!

Their show was super cool, it was a story about fish getting stolen and trying to find who did it...

The seals are pretty awesome at performing! I was so impressed! And look at the big guy in the middle, doesnt he look like a sweet potato? LOL!

About the time that show was over a nasty storm had started blowing in... It was nice cause the weather dropped about 10-15 degrees! We headed over to the Shark Tank area and watched the diver feed the tropical fish and listened to a few minutes of info about the fishies... it was not as cool as Shamu for sure!


We headed back to our hotel trying to beat the storm and got showered and ready for the evening! We then headed out to the river walk and fought the heard of cattle (IT WAS PACKED) to get to the resturant we were eating at. Rio Rio it was called and it was huge. There were patios and rooms everywhere connected to this place. We wanted to eat outside becasue we were told there would be nice music... HA, all the heard was the booty shaking stuff from the club next door. Not to back, but singing "baby Got Back" when we were suppose to be toasting our ritas to a mariachi band was a little abnormal! Oh, well it was a great rita and good food!

We headed back to the hotel (the street route) and decided to take the night and vege out since we were going to have a long Sunday.
We sat and talked on our super cool patio and watched tv and crashed.

Over all it was a WONDERFUL trip!
Gavin and I had a great time even though we didnt stay out to all hours of the night parting, we did just what we wanted and that was to relax together!
Travis was spoiled rotten at Nana and Papas house.. pictures will come soon!

I can not wait to take Travis back to Sea World when he gets a bit older....
Hope you all had a great weekend!

Answers!!!!

What does your favorite date night entail?
date night??? Whats that? HAHAHAHA!!!
I am pretty simple, I love just going to dinner and maybe a movie or to hear a band play. Nothing that is to exhausting!

How many kids do you want to have?
I would love to have a boy and girl... I have my boy and since I have had him and realized how busy boys are I am kinda scared to have another boy. So, I have no idea whats going to happen next!

What is your favorite blog design?
This is a HARD answer... Its like trying to say which child is your favorite.

If you had three wishes, what would they be?
1. To make sure ALL my loved ones are all taken care of for their lifetime.
2. That there is a simple cure for cancer
3. and of course.. world peace!

What is your biggest fear?
That Travis will not out live me. I think the worst pain in life would be to loose a child. I would not be able to live through it.

How'd ya meet Lover Boy and how did he propose?
Gavin and I met YEARS ago.. in 1995. He was my trainer at Boston Market (my first job) We did not really have a friendship or anything. He tells me now that he had a crush on me... HA, who knows! We did go to high school together and he was a year older then me, so we never really saw each others. He graduated and went to KU for college. In his first semester his lungs collapsed so he had to move home where he got a job at a local hotel as a bartender. When I graduated from high school my dad flew down and stayed at that hotel. He called me to say he had made it and that I needed to stop by the front desk because there was a guy there that knew my last name. It was Gavin. We chatted for a little bit and after his shift he came to my dads room to hang out. We were both dating other people so nothing happened then. My first year of college I went to community college to take some classes and ended up needing a tutor for math... and guess who was my tutor?? Gavin! We started hanging out all the time and still dating other people, because great friends. A few days before Valentines day 1999 we were all sitting in his apartment with friends and his current girlfriend. He got really brave and reached behind her, tapped my shoulder and asked me if I wanted to be his date for Valentines. I was floored... so was his girlfriend OF COURSE. I left his apartment in shock and still ended up going out with him on Valentines but with another date... we did a big group thing. A few weeks later, he and that girl broke up and one night we were just hanging out and he was about to run to get some food for us all... I chased him down the stairs and kissed him. The rest is history!

What is your most favorite childhood smell and why?
There are 2...
1. Crayons- the smell of crayons reminds me of so much! I love it!
2. Cover Girl Powder- It reminds me of my mom she has worn this powder my entire life. When I smell it I just immediately picture my momma!

What is your favorite meal to cook for the little fam?
Oh, If only I could cook! I do love to cook pork, I love pasta... but overall Gavin is the best cook in this family!

Are you going to run any more marathons?
At this point I would say probably not. I had a hard time training for this one. Injuries and time just made it more difficult then it should have been.

Do you want more children? Yes!
When? I have no idea!

Your fav color?
Purple! It really always has been... plus it compliments green which is the color of my eyes!

How the heck do you find the time to blog, design blogs, work out and still call me and talk nearly everyday?
Can you tell this question is from one of my best friends?
I have NO idea how I do it! I do not feel organized at all in life so it must just work somehow! I do talk a lot in the car and blog when I have a creative stump... that is why I have weeks when I blog ALL The time and weeks when I forget!

Q&A all about yours truly!

A ton of my blogging friends are doing this Q & A thingy on their sites!
So, Of course I don't want to be left out.....

Here ya go! Leave a comment with a question you would like to ask me! Anything (within reason) that you want to know! In a few days I will take all the questions and post them with my answers!

Sounds fun, right?

ASK AWAY!