Kitty’s Place

Tomorrow is my birthday, so does that make today my last day of being young? *laugh*

I passed the rewrite of my first exam, we all did. I think I was just so throw off first time around, but now I know what to expect.

Monday I went in and had my kidney stone blasted, something called Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Because it is such a large stone, I have to go back next Monday and perhaps a third time, to disintegrate the entire thing. It was interesting how they did it and because I am a nurse, they explained things in great detail. I came home about 1700 and fell asleep. LL went to violin with farfar and came home and made himself something to eat and put himself to bed. I woke once to throw up about 2130. Tuesday I headed off to school but by noon I was so nauseated and sore I was not sure I would get home on the train without throwing up again. I called Ibo and asked if he could take LL to stamp club and luckily there were no meetings last evening, so he could. It was another sleepy evening but I had much more pain than the evening before. Of course I had been sedated on Monday with a hefty dose of tylenol, morphine and valium. *laugh*

This morning I am still nauseous and sore, I did take Rusty out for a short walk in the snow …. yes, I said snow. *laugh* We had enough last night that Ibo had to shovel this morning. This has been a bizarre winter and spring all around.

We have now studied, the cell, nervous system, circulatory system and tomorrow is respiratory system. It is an intense schedule but it is going well.  Next week is CPR but I am not sure I can manage it. Monday is out of the question as I am having eswl #2, Tuesday is an option if I am not in too much pain, but my real worry is my shoulder. It is much stronger now but I am worried it is not up to the compressions yet. I discussed this with our supervisor and she said if it is necessary I can observe and show them that I know the steps and then recertify in the fall when my arm has had a full year to heal.

I need to go into the city this week and have my second hepatitis b vaccine shot. It is a drop in vaccination centre, so I will try and make it there after school tomorrow.

Today I learned a new word. LL wanted to play on the computer, I informed him he had to practice violin, which needs to be done daily and he managed to avoid the past two days. When that was done, he thought he was free and clear to play. But I asked about his homework, which he brought home Wednesday and goes back Tuesday. He hadn’t touched it either. So I said it had to be done today since I am having surgery tomorrow and couldn’t help then. We did the math, getting a bunch of different size containers and figuring out how many of one size would it take to fill another size. When that was done it was time for him to write a poem. He whined and carried on till I said that he would not be allowed to go out with his grandmother if he didn’t do his homework. From the kitchen I heard him call out that I was a “glädjedödare”. This apparently means the equivalent of wetblanket, partypooper etc.

I used to remind him to do homework and violin every day and he complained that I nag at him, so I stopped. Now it is the mad rush to get done the day before. I hope he will learn to do some every day so there isn’t this cram session but I doubt it. He is just one of those kids that is slow at doing stuff and he needs to work at it every day to be done. At least he is faster in the mornings now since he wants his bedtime extended and we have said only if he gets up and gets ready for school in a timely manner. He is actually dressed and ready to feed the dogs when I leave for school now! Man it is hard to be a kid, so many rules and responsibilities. He told me today he had too much to do as a 9 year old. His responsibilities are to put away the cutlery when I run the dishwasher 3 times a week and feed the animals twice a day (and keep his room halfway neat). He gets an allowance of $7 a week for this. He does not believe me that other kids have jobs to do as well, even more than he does. *laugh* He also conveniently forgets that often I empty the dishwasher during the day so it can be a couple weeks between his doing it and that I help in the evening with the feeding because the dogs get medicine.

I saw my doctor on Friday. She agrees that I am feeling so ill and rundown because of the constant infection my body has been battling for months. I started on new antibiotics pre surgery but am still feeling rather punk; nausea, headache, general malaise. It should be better once the kidney stone is gone and I am infection free.

My fellow is away at a conference this weekend. He left early yesterday morning and met us at his moms for dinner about 1830. We were home around 2000 and he headed for bed at 2130. I tucked in LL, called in the cat and went to bed as well. We all were much more rested this morning when he headed out for day 2.

LL and I went to the library yesterday to pick up a book he reserved. He reads like I did at that age, voraciously, in both languages.  We passed a flea market in the town square and he found a Star Wars game for $6 and a bunch of books that were $1 each. So he has reading material for a week or two. *laugh* One of his purchases was a coffee table book of nature photography. He bought it for the library at his school since they are outside and study nature so much. He is a thoughtful kid, even if he is pushing the limits as part of being 9. *laugh*

Now I have to get back to my studying and listen to my son complain about having to write nicely. He hates writing, part of it is that he is left handed I think and the other is that it is too slow a process when he knows he could type it up so much quicker. *grin*