Busy week plus--pneumonia-- Looking for Joy!

My dear husband has been sick lately,
The other night I thought one of the kids was crying, when it was only Jerry wheezing...
So, I begged and complained, -- I even cajoled him-- Finally --he went to the Dr.
[I told him he had pneumonia,cause I am Mom... and I happen to know ALL--cough,cough ]--- and the Dr. was even nice enough to confirm my diagnosis!
Although, he is now home from work for a WHOLE WEEK! I love my dear hubby I do, but with him home, the kids home, --- I will have my hands full of stuff!
Oh, and Shane is all done with EEP, which makes me sad and emotional-- I will sincerely miss Laura,Ivy, Jenny and their willingness to treat me and mine with love and care!
This week we have therapy,I might have to go to court,plans to create the 504 plan for Shane,Jessica has two dentist appointments, one a regular check-up and then also a consultation about braces-
Oh and then on Friday we go camping with my Mom's side of the family and I finally get to meet my nephew, Miles!
busy ...Busy---

Green Goo now, and Legionaires' back then

The other day, on Oprah, Dr.OZ...was talking about how to beat aging, and promoting his new book --

You: Staying Young by Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz

Every morning, Dr.Oz says he makes the green goo as a morning breakfast drink-- I didn't have the recipe, but I knew the ingredients-- this is what it looked like after I was done adding the, parsley,spinach leaves,cucumber, a lime,a lemon, and two apples-- I forgot later that I excluded the celery--

It was Jessica's idea to make the green goo, but after making it, she wasn't much interested in drinking it...I had a swallow or two, but it was ummm.... odd-- yeah that's how I descirbe it odd.

So, I gave it to my dear...dear... eat anything husband~ (yes, he really does eat almost ANYTHING~)[he has in the past, cooked a NUTRIA in the crock pot, he has, bought alligator at WINCO and shared it with the neighborhood teens,created new recipes for ramen noodles,that use as many ingredients in the cupboards.]

Today, my blender is empty of the green goo, Jerry never really said it was good or bad, he just drank it!

Maybe, if I had had some green goo back in Jan 2005~then I would of avoided the hospital!

Back in Jan 2005, Shane got real sick, when we took him in to Urgent Care, since it was the weekend,they admitted him with a diagnosis of pneumonia and dehydration. Jessica and I roomed in with Shane, since I wasn't willing to leave my child ALONE in the hospital. Three days after Shane was admitted I seemed to be getting sicker than my son, our pediatrician told me... to go get checked to see how sick I was!

I had my dear friend Patty come and stay with the kids while I went to Urgent Care-- they gave me a neubulizer and some meds, but on the way back to the hospital --- I puked-- YUCK! -- anyway... to skim over the other yucky stuff.. the next day they let Shane come home ...

That night I went to Urgent Care after the kids were in bed, I was having a hard time breathing-- they strapped me down almost the minute I got there and told me,

no I could not go home and have my husband drop me off at the hospital-- I had to take the ambulance--

So, to shorten up this story, I spent 4 days in the hospital with what they thought was Legionnaires'--- but mostly pneumonia; all my visitors has to wear masks, and I have to say I really didn't much enjoy being away from home, even if I was being taken care of ! I went home with an oxygen tank for a while, I even took the tank with me to church one Sunday, I nick-named the tank Mercy...!

The moral of the story? Maybe I should of had some green goo?, Maybe I should of taken better care of me, so that I could of seen just how sick Shane and I were...

The things you learn after the fact,

help to build the fabric of your life

that makes you stronger each day!

(I read a post about visits to the ER and such at In The Life of a Child, and I just wanted to share our most recent ! --- I am soooo glad it's been a while since we have needed high tech medical care!)