The World According to Leslie

 Apparently, I made it!!  Thursday, February 15th was my 40th birthday! In 2013, I went to see my doctor, and he told me I wouldn't make it to 40 if I didn't lose some weight. In 2014, I started the process to being approved for weight loss surgery. In 2015, I had surgery! In 2018, I made it!  I'm 40!!!  (I'm also 200 lbs lighter than I was in 2015!!) I didn't do anything very exciting. In fact, I slept most of the day. I had been sick for a couple of days. I had already planned to be off work all day.  Unfortunately, I didn't know I was planning to hang out and watch TV all day with a temperature of 101. Hey! At this age, you take the rest and relaxation where you can get it...right? :) All in all, I had a good day! Tony and the Princess got me a few PURPLE FitBit! I rested! I made it! When is your birthday?  How are you planning to celebrate?

Over the past few weeks, I have been in the ER a few times. I have been to more doctors' offices than I care to admit. I have seen ER and hospital doctors. I have seen doctors in the office of my primary care physician. I have also seen a neurologist. I have been in for more tests than I ever want to take! In the hospital, I had two CT scans. I had an MRI. And, I had a lot of blood work done. The doctors (outside of the hospital) sent me for more blood work. The neurologist sent me for a 2nd MRI (this time with the contrast dye). He sent me for a 2nd CT scan (with contrast dye this time). He also sent me for a Spinal Tap/Lumbar Puncture. The results are in. I have ONE answer. The prelim results from the Spinal Tap are fine. We are still waiting for the final results; those might be this week or early next week. The MRI and blood work all came back normal. I went for the 2nd CT scan yesterday. They called me yesterday afternoon. I have ONE answer. I have a small aneurism beh...

I still can not sit up without having a headache.  After spending Tuesday to Thursday in the hospital, I ended up back in the ER on Friday night. (I didn't get home from there until about 4am Saturday!) I woke up feeling much better, but then after spending a couple hours at the church doing a yard sale and hot dog sale, Tony had to bring me back home. I got really ill again. Sunday, I went to church but I should have stayed at home. :( I got really sick again. Today, I have been in the bed all day. (I'm getting a little sore from being in the bed all the time!) But, the doctor called in a new medicine for me. Hopefully after a couple doses of it, I will be able to tell a difference.  For now, I rest a lot and pray and hope that the headache goes away so I can get back to life as I know it..... you know... normal (or whatever that is!)!! 

I don't know that I would say that this was the worst week of my life, but it does rank very high in the top bad weeks.  As I'm typing this, I'm actually in my bed. It hurts to get out of bed. Actually, I just got out of the hospital yesterday. On Sunday, I got really ill after church. My head was hurting and I felt like I was going to throw up. (Yep! I know..TMI!!) We went with my parents to Mooresville, and I did get sick...... 4 times on the way home.  The trip is only about 25 minutes if you don't have to stop. Monday, I tried to drive to the doctor's office, but I had to stop too many times because of being dizzy and sick that I turned around and came back home. Tony came home from work and took me to the doctor. They gave me a shot for pain and a shot for nausea. The nausea shot worked and I kept down a little food.  Then Tuesday arrived.....  I couldn't even sit up in the bed without getting sick. Mom, Dad, and the Princess took me to the hospital--...

I really do need to rewrite the post that disappeared on me yesterday morning…about Awards Day.   However…    This morning, I’m feeling a little lightheaded.  I’m just hoping I don’t fall down the stairs when I go to eat breakfast.

For the past couple of days, I have felt like my head was going to explode!  I have really bad allergies.  This leads to sinus infections all the time.  So, I have had a wonderful sinus infection for a couple of days now.  If it doesn't get better ASAP, I guess I will head to the doctor and let them drug me up.  I just keep hoping that this crud will go away and I won't have to involve any medical personnel! :) 

Recently, like last week, our Princess began the Girls on the Run Program at her school.  Two days a week, they prepare for a 5K.  The 5K will be held in May. The program also teaches the girls about respecting themselves, being healthy, and using teamwork.  They meet right after school, twice a week, for an hour.  I'm guessing today is not going to be the best ever for the Princess.  Last night, she was coughing really badly.  It sounded horrible.  She was having a hard time breathing.  She had a really bad headache.  I can hope that after a little sleep last night she is "all better".  However, I went in to listen to her this morning already.  She is still having trouble breathing.  She sounds all raspy when she breathes.  :( My Princess doesn't feel well.  I hate when she's sick.

My Grandmother's vital signs are still strong. Last night, she had a low grade fever. She's breathing on her own. Unfortunately, she hasn't had anything to eat in going on two weeks....that excludes 2-3 days of IVs they gave her in the hospital last week. One of her nurses at the nursing home (where they moved my Grandmother back to on Monday) told us on Wednesday that she thought it would only be a couple more days. However yesterday, Grandmother would still open her eyes a little bit when we talked to her. She would grunt a little (because she can't talk) when she was acknowledging what we said! We aren't sure why she's still holding on. It won't be long. We're just holding on.... and spending as much time with her as we can right now. Until next time........

I can't really believe that it's Thursday already! However, I have been sick all week, so I thought the end of the week would never come. I have been going to school every day even though I am sick. I just can't believe I have made it all the way to Thursday already! I'm so glad that this is the never-ending very short week! Ever had a week like that? Until next time........

Wow! I'm amazed at how many new "faces" there are on my "followers" now! Thanks for coming by bloggy friends. I can't believe it's Saturday already! I have been swamped this week. My baby girl missed two days of school this week. I picked her up early on Tuesday and took her to the doctor. Doctor said it was viral and when she didn't have a fever, she could go back to school. So she went back on Thursday. (Wednesday was the first day she had ever missed.....she had perfect attendance until then.) Anyways, I'm not as sad about her missing as I thought I'd be. I'm just glad she's getting better. Anyways, Thursday night around 11pm, Chasity started scratching. When she's sick, she normally sleeps with us so we can get to her more quickly if she needs us. Well, she started hitting and kicking when I tried to get her to stop scratching. So I called Tony in the room. We started looking at her, and she had broken into whelp...

Well, from the looks of it, Chasity is going to miss school tomorrow. :( She has had perfect attendance since she started Kindergarten. However, right now she has a fever and is hurting everywhere. The doctor said that it's viral and there is no medicine. We have to just treat the symptoms. So, hopefully she'll be well enough to go to school for Thursday and Friday. Tony is going to stay home with her tomorrow. I'll have Thursday (if she isn't better). My mom said she'd find a way to take Friday if we need her. Just pray that Chasity gets to feeling better! Until next time........

This week has been pretty crazy! It all started last Saturday! We had a baseball game at noon! Yep! It was POURING down rain! I actually think I saw some cats and dogs falling from the sky! We had a 15 minute delay, but it didn't help. However....as long as there's not thunder and lightning....the ball game goes on! So I was under the umbrella, but Tony and Chasity were on the field in the rain! Sunday... I got up to get ready for church only to find Tony in the fetal position in our bed. He was freezing (and it was 70-ish in the house). He had a fever of 103....so.... I got Chasity ready for church and sent her with my mom. I took Tony to Urgent Care (like an ER, but quicker and cheaper on the wallet)!! We weren't there long before they had decided that he had pneumonia and his blood work was looking strange. So they sent us home (actually to Walgreens for meds) and said to get to his PCP (primary care physician) ASAP! Monday....Memorial Day.....I got up and c...