This has been a bad week - medically for our family here in Columbia. It started on Monday when I had to have an emergency visit to the dentist. I know you are jealous, you wanted to be in the dentist chair didn't you? Go ahead and admit it. Anyway, back to my saga...One of my temporary fillings fell out and was starting to hurt. The dentist put in another temporary filling because my dental insurance will not allow another root canal until July - really, that is when my FSA money is renewed. So, I hope this temporary filling last until July 5th. It does feel a lot better now.
Then on Tuesday morning, I got up and Oma was sitting in her chair. I could tell she wasn't feeling well and sure enough her heart had been doing the cha-cha. She told me that she was going to stay quiet for the day. I told her if needed, call me and I would come home and take her to the doctor. We think the issue was that she had to stop her blood thinner to get a shot in her back on Monday. So, we are hoping that it will get better with the restarting of her medicine. She is feeling better today.
On Tuesday night, Tom told me that he thought I was contagious because his eye was watering and really itchy. He used me allergy eye drops and thought that would help. On Wednesday morning as soon as I got to work Tom was waiting for me. He looked terrible. Right eye swollen almost shut, watering terribly, and very itchy. He said that he couldn't see very well either. I couldn't believe that he said he was going to the doctor. He must have been hurting. After our family doctor took one look at his eye, he told Tom that he was not leaving and needed to see a specialist right away - there was something wrong with his eye and it needed to be seen right away. After about an hour of Tom sitting in the room with the lights out (light made it worse) the doctor had an appointment with a specialist - right away.
On to the specialist he went and I met him there. After about an hour, finally a diagnosis of a ulcer on his cornea. Very serious and if it doesn't get treated right away then it could lead to emergency surgery and a cornea transplant. So, he got drops to put in his eyes every two hours and ice packs until he sees the doctor the next day.
Today, we went back and both ulcers are looking very well. One is healed and the other is about 1/2 way healed. He said that eyes heal very quickly, but it was good that Tom seaked treatment right away. He goes back in one week to make sure - unless he gets worse.
After I got back to work from Tom's appointment, Kristi called and asked if it was OK that one of her legs is very swollen and warm. I told her "NO" it is not ok, call the doctor right away. This could be serious. So, she headed off to the doctor who suspected a blood clot. Luckily, no clot but she is still having issues today. She is going to call the doctor back to see what to do next. This is very concerning.
Tomorrow, Alayna has her month ADD appointment. We are praying that she has not lost any weight, otherwise the doctor will be VERY upset. She can't afford to lose anymore weight. Otherwise, the medicine is doing a wonderful job.
So, Brian is the only one that is still pain free! Let's keep it that way.
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