Today started with dragging myself out of bed, at 6:30. I did not sleep again last night, I finally fell asleep around 4AM. It hurt to get up. I then had to print Ashleigh's book report because I didn't do it last night, (I was creating this blog instead, oops) I left the house at 7, 15 minutes after I am technically supposed to be there. I hate leaving at 7, it takes twice as long to get there than when I leave at 6:30. It is amazing how much traffic changes in that half hour. After driving a bit too fast to get to there to minimize my lateness, I find the waiting room full. They were running quite behind and never noticed I was a half hour late.
Janis put me on the machines today. I always get nervous when certain techs put me on, because I have more issues with my fistula depending on who does it. Years ago Janis was one who never quite got it, but so far so good this time around. I weighed in at 4.2, a gain of 4.8 kilos. Blood Pressure was 210/109, a little high! I tried to take off 6kilos, to get to my dry weight I would have had to take off 6.6. That is 6.2 over dry weight plus .4 for the fluids they add during the process. My needles went in fine and I watched "Journey to the Center of the Earth" on my laptop. I saw it in the theaters with the kids and we all enjoyed it. My back hurt terribly from the joint in the chair. 3 hours to go. I watched my movie and continued IMing with Linda. Hey, I warned you this was a boring blog.
After the movie, I sat and stared at the ceiling for a while, 2 hours to go; then tried to sleep,1.9 hours to go; then stared at the ceiling some more, 1.5 hours to go. My laptop died early, too much battery use with the movie, so I decided to call Linda with my cell. As soon as I got on the phone... everyone needed me. They are worse than children! I got off the phone and ended up talking with the dietitian and then the social worker. She and I filled out a few worksheets together. It almost lasted until I could get off the machine. EVENTUALLY after 32 hours (that only took 4 hours to those NOT on the machine) it was my time to have my needles pulled. I held my sights and cramped and cramped, right where my new kidney is. OUCH right side cramping. I was given a little fluid before my needles were pulled, it must have helped cause they did stop. I was too dizzy to stand up, so I dozed in my chair for about a half an hour, they even moved me across the room so they use my machine.
As I started to feel better, I convinced Linda to meet me at Subway on the way home. She agreed and I got up and got a standing blood pressure. 114/55 good enough to go!
I got to Subway at 1 o'clock. I had my 12" turkey, provolone, lettuce, cucumbers, a few pickles and some lite Italian dressing. YUMMY! Probably killing me in salt. But YUMMY! I also drank about 20 oz. of sprite with lemonade.
I came home and crashed around 2:30. The phone tried to keep me awake, but I prevailed.
I woke to Taylor telling me to get up and go to work. I had to be to work at 6 and it was 5, so I got up. I arrived at work at 5:50. I had a class scheduled at 6, at 6:10 I knew no one was going to show up for it. I worked on signage and paperwork. Very fun stuff. My 7 o'clock class came and went as well, no one showed. I also made a lot of phone calls in an attempt to fill classes for next week. Oh well. I know I am getting two classes sold this week, my advanced class re-enlists this week. Yippeee! The powers that be still count that as sales success.
I left work around 7:30 and came straight home. Very exciting day. Ashleigh had basketball practice, the family came home a little after 8. Taylor excitedly told me she made 5 baskets in a row while playing on the sidelines with Daddy. I wish she would play bball, she could be very good. This brings me to writing the blog tonight. I think I will be writing my other blog next. More pressure there to be witty and intelligent. Hard for me :(
No comments:
Post a Comment