The Jones Girls

So I thought I was out of the woods…I was so wrong!!   At about 1:30pm today, after I picked up Savannah from school, that same pain was coming back.  Oh crap!!

I drove home and tried laying down.  The waves of pain were coming on like a vengeance.   At about 4pm I drove to Urgent Care.  They gave me a warm pack to put on my lower back.   It helped, I think… They had me waiting for over an hour and a half.  I left being very frustrated and not having any medical attention because there were some other cases that were pretty serious with lacerations that needed to be stitched which I totally understand.  

So the pain was subsiding so I thought, maybe I finally passed it.   After being home for about 1-1/2 hours, the pain was cranking up again.  I put a warm pack on my lower back and it sent me into serious convlustions of pain.  I was screaming.    I had to drive myself to ER while Cliff stayed home and watched the kids.    I had no other choice…no family here to help and all of my friends have kids and are unable to help me.

I checked in with ER and got in a room in about 1/2-+45 minutes.    They ordered an u/s, had me do a urinalysis and drew some blood.    The dr. thought it might be galls stones or kidney stones or even appendicitis. The u/s and tests would tell us what is going on hopefully.  Tests showed that I have traces of blood in my urine.   Ultrasound showed that I have urine back up into my kidney, but we couldn’t see a kidney stone which meant that there was not a kidney stone so enlarged that it was dislodged in my uretha and kidney…which is a good thing.    I also have an enlarged spleen (not sure if that is bad or what) and fatty deposits in my liver (mild case of fatty liver).    They told me that the fatty liver can be resolved by simply eating better, losing weight and doing exercise.    Also, drinking a 1/4 of lemon juice a day is good for kidneys, gall bladder, and liver.  So I will begin doing that as well as living a healthier lifestyle.

The pain subsided since 9:00pm and no more pain.  They gave me a special screen to pee through to try to catch the stone.   I got home from the ER at about 2am and fell asleep at about 3am.  Long night…

This morning the girls and I began cleaning out the front yard garden.   I am ashamed to say that I had fake flowers in our garden.    Even worse, they were faded and really ugly.    It took over an hour to clean up the garden.

This was the girls first time gardening and planting flowers in our front yard.  I showed them how to dig a hole in the ground, then place the flower in the hold, then cover the hold with dirt.   We planted about 12 flowers.  It looks so pretty!!

Then a few hours later, my right abdomen and right rear back was hurting,,,really bad.   It became waves of unbearable pain…worse than child labor pains.    I threw up, the pain was so bad.  I worked through it for about 5 hours and then it subsided.   Ugh…this was a horrible kidney stone causing me ugly pain…

This afternoon I took Savannah to her friend, Brooklyn’s 6th birthday.  It was a really fun carnival theme.   

Then, Savannah and I met Cliff and the triplets at Home Depot. The girls picked out flowers to plant in our front yard garden for tomorrow which is my Mother’s Day present.   Savannah picked out some pretty pink trumpet flowers.   Amanda picked out pretty little red flowers, Maryssa picked out pretty white lace flowers, and Miranda picket out pretty little pink flowers.

I drove the triplets home and Cliff took Savvy on an errand.    

After we got home, Cliff and Savvy showed up a while later with a HUGE flower arrangement and a really nice Mother’s Day card.  What a nice suprise!!

Savannah’s class will be doing a field trip next Friday at Centennial Farms in Irvine.   They want 2 parents to volunteer.    Usually many parents like to do this field trip so they do a drawing with all of the parents names (who have been livescanend) who want to go on the field trip.

So, today I got livescanned so my name could be put in the drawing.   I had to pick up paperwork from the school and take it down to this place where they do the livescan.   The state charges a fee of $30 and the livescan place charges $20..so it is pricey.  Luckily, I found out the school district picks up the tab for the livescan fee…woohoo!!   I had to fill out an application and get all sorts of finger and hand prints done today.

I was told that I only need to do the livescan once and it will be good for all fo the girls at school should I want to do any fieldtrips or anything that requires a safety clearance by the school.

Today was Miranda’s follow up appointment with the Pediatric Opthamologist, Dr. Fierson.   I picked up Savannah from school at 1:30 and all of us zoomed up to Arcadia in about 45 minutes.

I packed snacks because I anticipated our wait would be a while.    There was an insurance glitch so I had to pay a highter co-pay…not happy about that!!    Our little wait turned into a long wait and the girls were being super stinkers.     Finally after almost 2 hour they called us in.  There were other people that had been waiting there for over 4 hours. It sucks…

Miranda did her eye test and then Dr. Fierson said her eyesight is improving with the 2 hour eyepatching and the eyeglasses.  We need to continue that every day.  He expressed the importance of her wearing her glasses and that the more she wore them the more her eyes would cross less and her eyesight would improve.    He said  she may wear glasses for years.  Bummer!!     He wants another follow up in 3 months.  I need to take Amanda in a few months for a follow up so they will both get their follow ups on the same day, at the end of July.

Today was our turn to bring snacks into the preschool class.  I have 3 snack days in a row for the triplets.    Also with the snack day, the child gets to bring in a share toy and be line leader.  Today was Miranda’s share day.  She brought in Minnie Mouse of course.

This morning I woke up at 6am to make the Mickey Mouse pancakes which would be for the snack today.    I made a dozen of them.  I also brought in whipping cream, raisins, and maple syrup so the kids could decorate their Mickey Mouse pancakes.  They had a blast!!

I love being creative for the kids’ snacks.

After I dropped the triplets off to preschool, I took Savannah to school and then surprised her by volunteering in her class today!!    She was blown away.

Today I sat with her group of “yellow apples” There are groups of 6 kids that are different colored apples..red apples, yellow apples, blue apples, etc.  

The teacher asked me to help the kids with an art project that required tracing, cutting, and gulp….PAINTING.   I have to tell you, I am horrible with paint.   I get it everywhere else except where the paint was supposed to go.

The paint colors were brown and red.    It was a very messy job.    The kids dipped sponges in the paint to paint their art projects.    The art projects came out really cute..they were hens with little skirts and hats.   

I was so proud to volunteer today. It was so much fun seeing Savannah at recess and watching her interact with her classmates and friends.