MRI, Anne Murray, and Poop

It has been a few days (yeah more like a week + 2) since I have posted. I had made a promise to myself to not let that many days get by without adding a post but... sometimes life gets crazy.

Since my last post I have been quite ill, met Anne Murray, had an MRI done, and made some poop (not gross I promise, lol).

First illness - well my sister offered to take the kids overnight out of the blue, now I love my sister so it pains me to say but something like that done out the blue is quite rare, needless to say I was shocked. So here I am with a free night to spend with Rory and what happens, you guessed it. A headache, stomach pain, and just overall feeling crappy takes over. So instead of a much needed date night I spent the night, and next day in bed. Lovely.... I asked her tonight if I could have a do over to which she replied, ha ha ha, that's more like the sister I know :)

Anne Murray - I heard weeks ago that Anne Murray would be doing a book signing in our local Chapters. Knowing that my mil is a fan I purchased the book and then headed out to Chapters to have the book signed for said mil. Never having been to a book signing I had no idea what to expect.....seriously I had no idea that I would wait 2 hours for a 20 second signing. Oh well I am chalking it up to one of those things I can now say I have done but will probably not do again. Actually that isn't true, if Jon Bon Jovi

ever had a book signing I would probably camp out for a week to be there, but for no one else for sure.

MRI - I had an MRI yesterday just to be on the safe side that I am not dealing with cancer (oh the thought just sends a chill). So Rory is telling me no big deal, the test is easy ( I tend to panic over these things), I get in there and see that really it is no big deal. Wrong!!!!! I am clausterphobic, and that was a really tight space. I kept trying to just sleep through it but the technician kept interuppting me asking if I was ok, felt like screaming I would be if you would let me fall asleep, lol. I get through all the tests and think I am done, nope, they now need to inject me with a dye, I wasn't aware this was even a possibility. They start poking at me and I let them know that finding a vein is very difficult, 6 pokes later finally they get in. Anyway I am just being a whiny baby, it's done and over with, now I just have to wait the final results in about 4 more days.

Finally Poop - snowman, reindeer, and elf poop, I am up to my ears in it. Just kidding, I am making these for an upcoming craft fair, I think they are a lot of fun and I hope that others do as well.

The MRI and a new card, a great day!

So we were off to Childrens Hospital in Vancouver at 6:30 this morning, right in the middle of rush hour. I used to do this commute every day and I can't tell you how happy I am to no longer have to drive an hour + to work.


Anyway we arrived at 8:15 and were advised that since the day was fully booked with kids getting MRI's that Trevor would literally only have about 5 minutes to prove he could stay still long enough to get this done without sedation. I know I was probably overreacting regarding the sedation but I really didn't want this done if it didn't need to be done.



He is in there for the first few tests that were about 30 seconds long and he was doing fine, then they moved up to a two minute test, I am sitting there watching him twitch and move and thought we were done (the cranky nurse made me think so too, the first cranky nurse/doctor I have encountered at Childrens). They gave him a second chance and he was a star, for the next 30 minutes he was as still as a statue so we were out of the hospital at 9:30, couldn't believe it, I was so proud of him!! The best part was that we were told that if they saw anything alarming they would tell us there and then, we walked out of the test and nobody wanted to talk so I am very relieved.


Thank you for everyones thought and prayers, really appreciated.


I was productive last night as well, I put together another card that I have listed on Etsy (http://www.kriskropmemories.etys.com/)


I saw this Lemon paper at the store and this card just popped into my head. Love to know what you think.

I will be working on an Etsy feature tonight (after Big Brother) so be sure to check back tomorrow!

Cheers

Birthdays and more

Well I would like to start off with a very belated Happy Fourth of July for all my American friends. I had every intention of doing a post with fireworks and more but we were also having a party here and I got behind in everything I was doing.


Brendan had his 4th birthday party on the 4th and we had a great time with family. He is so sweet, every gift he opened he screams out "it's just what I always wanted!!", for some a few seconds later he would ask what it was, but it's just what he wanted, lol.


Here is my favorite pic from the day. Unfortunately not many pictures turned out because my sister was taking the pictures with my camera and I have no idea what setting she had it on but they are mostly blurry. I can't say anything though because I was taping the celebration only to realize later in the evening that I forgot to press record, this is why taping is Rorys job!



and one I love with the both boys, a little blurry

So tomorrow is a big day for us. It was about a year ago when Trevor had his seizure. After having an EEG it was determined that he needed to have an MRI as well, he was put on the list and one year later here we are. It takes so long because kids need to be sedated to do the MRI and so not many can be done each day. The sedation does make me nervous so Rory asked the hospital if it would be possible to try without sedation first, we will find out tomorrow.

I had promised an Etsy artist review for last Friday and mmmmmmmm, yep not done, this is the plan for tomorrow. I also have a new card to list in my shop so depending on what time we get home tomorrow I am hoping to have it done before dinner.

Last but definitely not least my summer guilty pleasure starts tomorrow, yep that's right I am a huge BIG BROTHER fan and cannot wait to see it so I am sure over the next few weeks there may be some Big Brother chatter.

Cheers!