My Chaotic Realm

UPDATE: After a couple of shots of dilaudid & a couple shots of norflex they deemed Spirit able to come home. Left the ER and arrived home around 6:30am this morning to find the dogs had shredded Bud's pillow ALL over the hemp rug. Was easier cleanup than the time they shredded a box of Kleenex tho. Richard was the RN and he is a very nice man. Did a great job making sure Spirit was comfy & warm. Which is more than her regular doc did on Friday. The reason we went to see the REGULAR doc was because when we called the BACK doc, they told us they could not see her until her regular doc had. Referrals or some such crap. Of course, when we get to the regular doc, she tells Spirit to get appt w/the BACK doc & have an MRI done ASAP. They gave her a shot to take the edge off the pain (from a 10 to about a 5) and an Rx for 800mg ibuprofen. And, by the time we were done there , we could not get in to back doc. And by Saturday night, the pain had radiated from right leg...

Well, we continue... spent all of Friday crisscrossing Austin, 1st in N Austin to hospital where they administered cortisone shot & pain med via injection. Then home for a nap. Then headed to S Austin for a 2 hour session with a lovely woman who was quite informative and helpful . While she was not actually able to do anything at the moment, we learned a lot from her and will try implementing some of that knowledge today. Just not right now. After a really long night with very brief naps, Spirit has had bath in epsom this morning, another Motrin & is back in bed, nauseous from pain. Sigh. As yet unwilling/unable to do any of the exercises learned yesterday but now in possession of a walker, Spirit is able to get to bathroom or couch of choice. It has been raining off and on since 3am. Yes, I was awake when it started. sigh again. Walked dogs under umbrella around 6:30am, they think I am whacked. Tara came in, ran right to breakfast bowl. Bud came in, ran and jumped into his re...

Well.... long week!! Last week after I posted we had lunar & almost 1/4" rain. Saturday was art day ALL day! Sunday... hmmm? Oh, yes, migraine & making my personal Yule cards (all 50 of them!). Monday was a PAID HOLIDAY and we went to Wimberley with a friend & played at Broken Arrow (Thanx Tami!!) and then had lunch @ Grins in San Marcos. Tuesday was back to work & bath night (I should post a pic of the Scuba Dude in his element). Spirit had a back injury over the weekend so spent Tues @ Doc, rest of week on couch in pain & last night was really bad...long night.... today we try to get her into doc, chiro (Dr Ruth, are you out there?) etc. Sigh. The card is "Primary Love" the three primary colors in TEXTURE. Blue is embossed, yellow is embossed, red is corrugated. And a word stamp.