I have what growing where?

Well, first off let me apologize for not filling ya in on my nose job! All went (kinda sorta) well, and I am back to normal (again kinda sorta)
I was scheduled to have my surgery on Monday morning the 10th. I was starting to really hurt, so I asked the Doc if I could go ahead and start on my antibiotic. I get the O.K. and the Friday night before, I take my first dose. We had company over for the weekend, so I had spent the week beforehand cleaning. I start to notice a rash coming up around my neck on my shoulders, and around the back of my neck. I don't really think much of it, cause both times I was in the hospital after giving birth, I got that same rash, but nothing else. Well, next morning I take my a.m. dose, and not even 30 minutes goes by before I am in the bathroom with stomach/bowel issues ( I won't go into that, I think you all know what I'm talkin about) and then start REALLY not feeling good, nausea, vomiting = NOT GOOD! Call the doctor, and they say to stop taking it, REALLY, you don't say!
My husband thinks I am now getting the stomach bug that the girls are still dealing with, but no I know my body, and that's not it.
All day Saturday I was in the bed, no kidding, I felt like the worst host in the word! I had planned on making this amazing stuffed meatloaf and a potato casserole meal (really good, made them both before, and the hubs who hates meatloaf, LOVED IT)
One of the only times I ventured out, I came into the kitchen to the worst smell ever, Pizza! I had to go back to bed!
We had a really rough night, Lily starts throwing up again (she came home early from school Thursday and stayed out Friday)
Sunday I didn't feel great either, but at least the nausea was gone, just felt weak and tired. I knew I needed to eat something, cause they tell you not to eat anything after 11 the night before surgery. Not too hungry but I know I need to.

Might I mention, when our guests came down for breakfast, DH tells them Lily is sick again, and to run, run fast! He starts getting sick too! GREAT!

So glad I did, I was starving the next morning, and my surgery wasn't until 10:30.
The surgery was not bad at all, I didn't need to take any pain meds, felt great in recovery, this place was set up so nice! The rooms (private) were very fancy like a nice hotel room, and they brought me drinks and pudding. The worst part was having that stupid gauze pad taped to the end of my nose to catch the blood from dripping! So they keep me all day, and DH comes to pick me up around 6:30 ish. I don't know who was worse off, me after having surgery, or the hubby driving with a cooler next to him in case he had to hurl!
Go home feeling great eat cheese burgers, take a long nice hot bath and go to bed( on the couch, cause for three nights I can't lay down, but have to sit up at a 30 degree angle)
Bam, next morning I am feeling sick(damn stomach bug! GO AWAY!!!) don't want to get up, I had a bad night could not get compfortable on the couch, DH is still sick, needless to say Lily did not make it to school today either, she stayed out yesterday just to make the scheduling easier.
Let me tell you I did not feel like a normal human being again until Thursday night. But long ugly story short, we are all alive and well finally! Hope that thing never comes around our house again!
Now, for the diagnosis of what was in there (in my sinuses) I had a post opp appt. Friday morning, I was so scared to go, I didn't want him touching my nose, it doesn't hurt unless I wipe it, or accidentally bump it. He basically was just making sure I was doing O.K. and to tell me that they had done a culture of the stuff that he scrapped outa there, and it shows SOMETHING growing in there, some kind of Staph infection, but they are not done watching it yet, to know what kind of meds to put me on.
Well they called this morning and I have a Staphylococcus infection. So now I have to take another type of antibiotic for two weeks, to make sure it is gone! I am dreading starting this medicine, I don't want to have another reaction like before! We got our new fingerprint appt. for this Saturday morning, and I am thinking of waiting until after to start, just in case! I don't want to have to go through this (scheduling fingerprint appt) again, NEVER do I want to have to do this again!
So there you have it, my boring little week! Wish me luck Saturday, that the office will be OPEN this time! If not I'm sure you'll hear on the nightly news about this crazed woman going loopy in Alabama!!!

Yeah, I'm having a nose job!

O.K. I went to the doctor this morning.

Wait, let me back up a little bit!

Almost three years ago, I had a root canal done on my upper left back tooth. For over two and a half years nothing, no feeling, no pain, nuttin!
This past April though it starts hurting, and when I say hurting, that is almost an understatement, It is absolutely undoubtably KILLING ME!
I've had two babies, and that pain was nothing compared to this! It was the same pains I was having before I had the root canal.
So my first thought is that I must have an infection in that tooth, maybe from a crack or something.
Well, I go to the dentist, and she takes x-rays, and sees nothing wrong with that tooth, but she does notice that my sinuses look cloudy. So she prescribes me an antibiotic, and a pain med.
Shortly after I start on the antibiotic, the pain fades away. The pain med on the other hand made me puke my guts out (sorry if this is too graphic!)
Well almost immediately after I'm done with the medication, the pain comes back. Now I am scared cause we were going to Destin that weekend, and my BIGGEST FEAR is hurting to that degree again. So I call the dentist back, to ask for some other pain med. She writes me something else, plus another round of antibiotic.
For almost two months, no pain, life is great, and then BAM, it starts AGAIN! So now I go to the Endodontist who did my root canal, he takes more x-rays and again, doesn't see a thing. So he tells me that we could do the root canal over (free of charge) or for me to go to an ENT (Ear, nose and throat DR.) Plus he writes me another script for pain AND another antibiotic. Well, if I'm gonna go to an ENT, I don't really want to start on an antibiotic, and then it clears up WHATEVER I have and they don't see anything, so I just wait. And keep putting it off. This is about the time that I am gonna go meet all the girls at the Bloggy bash! Just don't feel like going to another doc right now. So I go to Georgia, but knowing that the pain is slowly coming back (it always starts out mild, and then works up to an unbearable level) I get the prescription filled just in case! Boy am I glad I did, as the first night that I was there, it got to the unbearable level, and so I start on the meds, and have a HORRIBLE sleepless night! This time though I had a 10 day dose, and as usual the pain fades and goes away.

For a little while!

Now a month after the Par-tay, it's back. So, by golly I'm going to an ENT! All the while not thinking that it was my sinuses, I could have sworn it was THE tooth!
Well, I went last week, and they sceduled me for a CT scan (cat scan) this morning.
And let me tell you I was SO CLOSE to going ahead and having the tooth pulled before today.
Well whataya know, I have a major sinus infection! It was so cool looking at the scans of my face. He didn't even have to point it out, I could see where the infection was!
So now I get to go Monday morning for a Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery!
Oh, boy what fun!
Sounds exciting doesn't it? Are you jealous?
I also have a deviated septum! So for him to be able to do the other procedure, he has to fix this first! AGAIN, WHAT FUN!!!

When it rains!

O.k. ya'll, I am sorry in advance if I seem a little pissed off in this post!!!
At the beginning of August I sent in my application to renew our I-171, so I wait for our fingerprint appointment for almost 5 weeks before I get it, I was starting to really worry that maybe they did not receive all of my paperwork, cause the first go around it came really fast within a week or two at the most. So when I do get it, I of course tear it open to see when we will be heading to Birmingham, I had asked them to schedule us on a Saturday, since Lily is in school now it would just make more since and be easier, my DH wouldn't have to take off of work, any way as you can see in the above photo, they did indeed give us a Saturday app.















We drove to my in-laws house Friday night, they live closer to the office than we do, plus we bought season football tickets, so we figured we would go to the game that night.
Well, on the way down Lily starts saying her tummy hurt, cause she ate too much at school. I also noticed that she started to sound a little stuffy, like a cold was coming on.
We get there, they run around playing with their cousins, and then later, my DH says, "I think Lily has a fever." GREAT!!! Sure enough 101.4! Plus she starts saying her legs hurt, now I'm worried, and thinking Meningitis. I don't even know for sure what the simptoms of that are, just thought of it.
Now, me and my sister in law (who I love dearly, Hi Haha!) have had discussions before about people who bring their sick kiddos around our children, knowing full well that they are sick.
Let me just say for all to hear, "I swear, I did not know Lily was getting sick!!! therefore if your little ones come down with something, don't blame me! Pu-leaze!!!
We all go to bed, all is well!

Get up Saturday morning bright and early cause it takes about an hour to get to the immigration office, pull up driving directions from mapquest, just to make sure we don't get lost, and cause us to be late. And we head out, beautiful morning, nice drive, and we get there a little early. We notice that there are NO OTHER cars or people anywhere around. So we sit in the car until 9:00. We get out go to the door and it is locked. WHAT THE F@#*!!!
Then we notice this taped to the window!





















Now, I know some of you home girls (you know who you are) think that this little southern bell is just the sweetest thing, HA!!! You would have been quite suprised to hear all of the different language I can use when I'm mad, and boy was I!!!!!!!!!
MAD AS HELL!!!
So, what do we do now, I call the 800 # that is listed on the letter, and what do you know, they are closed!
Hello, this is a government office, and they make this kind of error! Holy crap what else do they screw up!!!
I am so freaking pissed I am sitting there on the drive back, in tears!
We get about 20 miles away, and DH says, "we should of took pictures of the sign" Shi#$@$!!!
I had my camera with me and didn't even think of it cause my mind was in total caos at the moment. My sister who works not far from there, took the pics for me, THANK YOU!!! We might need the proof if they try to give me a hard time (dare they even try!)

So you would think not much could happen to make the day worse, think again!

Later in the day about 30 minutes before we walk out the door to go to the game, Miss Madilyn throws up all over Mimi's floor! Just lovely!

This was just a wasted trip any way you look at it. And again, Haha don't blame me if your babies get sick!

Needless to say, we did not stay for very long, we wanted to get home, where there is a great pediatric E.R. if things get as bad as they have before. Both of my girls have been there when they have gotten dehydrated from throwing up, but we have the best meds for it now! Zofran! I love this drug, it makes it so much nicer when your babies are sick.

So, anyway, we get home, and of course they act just fine and dandy in there Bama gear!

Oh well, please keep your fingers crossed that my dear little angels get to feeling better soon!

Also, for anyone who has dealt with the Atlanta USCIS office, if you have contact info other than that stupid fax number please feel free to share! As I will be on the phone first thing Tuesday morning!!! Wish me luck.