Work, Therapy, School, Extracurricular Activities, Household stuff and just life has kept me extremely busy. The kids started back at school and so did the homework and projects. Jessica has started softball practice. Joey is heading to therapy 2 -4 hrs a day after school and Jack is practicing his Krav Maga. We got Joey's wheelchair so that has lead me to searching for a conversion minivan. So if anyone is interested in buying my Ford Expedition EL, it is for sale now.
I have also been working like crazy. Teaching at the studio 4 nights a week and Saturday mornings. Also have been putting in more work from home during the days. Jeremy is also working and training for his Black belt in Krav Maga.
My mind has been going crazy thinking about all the things I have or would like to do with Joey. Therapy, Fundraising, our Costa Rica trip, and all his upcoming Dr. appts. There is just so much, Sometimes You Just Have To Laugh, because if you don't laugh you cry. hee hee hee
This weekend just put the cherry on the top for the month of January. Joey woke up this morning with his eyes swollen shut. I took him to urgent care and he has pink eye in both eyes and a double ear infection. This is actually the first time in awhile that he has gotten sick. So while we were at urgent care I had the doctor check the rest of us. Turns out Jessica has the very beginning stages of pink eye also. Jack and I are cleared.
Sleeping at the mall in his wheelchair.
We then hit the mall. Joey is sitting in his wheelchair with his eyes swollen shut looking pretty messed up. He totally looked like a blind, severely disabled child. You felt sorry looking at him. Oh, he was also crying the whole time. We go into a store and a lady comes up to Joey (eyes swollen shut) and says "Hi Honey, LOOK at this monkey it dances". I stopped doing what I was doing and slowly looked at her holding this dancing monkey about 6 inches away from Joey and said "He can't see, he is blind". I'm thinking to myself, 'Look at him lady, his eyes are swollen shut, he can't see.' Really was I the only one that could see that. Sometimes You Just Have To Laugh!
After the mall I hit the market and pharmacy to pick up the kids prescriptions. Right after the first 2 drops in Joey's eyes he took a 1 1/2 hr nap and then woke up with both eyes open. Then a couple hours later daddy came home from work and Joey made a total liar out of me. Joey started laughing and eating again and you would never know he was sick a couple hours earlier. hee hee hee Sometimes You Just Have To Laugh!
So with all that is going on in our crazy life, everything is actually not to bad. Joey is physically better (besides the little sickness) then he has ever been. His body is sooooooo loose. His head and trunk control are awesome. He is doing fantastic in his recovery.
Thank you to all my family and friends who help out in my life. I appreciate you all. Thank You
4 comments:
What a funny story about the lady in the story with the monkey.
I found your blog through Pam and I wanted to let you know that we'll be in So. California at the end of February. So we've booked two days of therapy at Napa and one of those days is Thursday. Lynette told me you guys do therapy Thursdays so we'll get a chance to meet.
I'm so glad Joey is doing better with his poor little eyes. He looks so good!
See you soon! (Hopefully!)
I'll say it again - just reading about your life exhausts me!!!!!!!! Keep laughing, it truly is the best medicine for so many things......
Love,
Cousin Gayle
Serves you right for taking the poor sick kid to the mall. I'm glad he's better though!
oh the lady with the monkey...I had a lady..at the mall too! come up to Marissa and I..she said "excuse me ma'am do you know your daughter is leaking?" she had a coke, so I looked and thought hmm no leak...she said it again "no your daughter is limping!" She ran like lightning when I said "yeah, it's called a disability!" some people are just plain dense! like I put glass in her shoes or something...it's good to connect with you through facebook!
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