F you Swine Flu.

Well, Zach and Sawyer (and grandpa and grandma) left for the Ozarks about an hour ago...it was harder than I thought it would be to see them drive away- harder than leaving him for the day because I knew I wouldnt see them again until sunday and I just kept thinking- get there safely because if something happens to both of you, Ive just lost everything :( Granted I have to work all weekend and wouldnt get to spend the weekend with Sawyer anyway, but still-it sucked. In a way Im glad that he will be gone all weekend though so that I dont have to worry about exposing him to swine flu- it has been decided that the ER is where everyone in the region who THINKS they have the swine flu, will go to get tested. Wow, THANKS how did we get that honor (ok, i know why they picked the ER, its because we have a negative airflow room- which is hard to explain but when you turn on the negative airflow function- which we did yesterday- it keeps the air in the room circulating in a way that airborn infection spreading is inhibited). I had to get fitted for a mask yesterday morning when I got to work- its 95% effective against swine flu and other airborn disease. We can also wear a device called a "papper" which is one of those giant hoods that goes over your head and around your neck and has a little backpack device that you wear that pumps clean air into your hood- yep like on the movie outbreak. Im anticipating that this weekend is going to suck a big one. One of those shifts at work where when you get home you strip down to your undies in the garage, throw your clothes in the washer on super hot and scrub down in the shower for a while. If we do start seeing cases in Iowa, they are going to provide us with scrubs to change into and out of at work. Right now we have isolation gowns, which are hot and suck to wear. The thing is, people are acting histerical about the swine flu but seriously, stop calling the ER- you DONT HAVE IT! NO your kid dosent have swine flu just because he has a fever, if you didn't just get back from mexico, or make out with a pig then you dont have it so stop pestering me and acting like a crazy person! Its not a pandemic yet in the US but its being made out to be one already and the media is scaring everyone more than necessary. Yes it sucks that we have no immunity to it, but if people dont get it and then get over it, we wont ever get immunity. I kid you not someone called in and asked if they had swine flu because they ate mexican food, and another person called in and when we asked if they had traveled to an area affected the response was "no but i did go to wal mart" Yes wal-mart is skeezy, but last time i checked they werent selling the swine flu....yet.

Zach's Sympathy Labor

...was really a kidney stone! yes, poor hubby has a kidney stone! he woke up about 6 this morning and told me his back hurt REALLY bad- worse than ever before- so i do what any good wife/nurse would do and chuck two extra strength tylenol at him while still half asleep. he gets up and takes a warm bath-which never before have i seen him do- i wake up a bit more and start to feel bad for him- he cleaned the bathroom floor on his hands and knees for me yesterday :( and he says he feels like he pinched a nerve since it just hurts RIGHT HERE in this one spot on his left side- nurse mode kicks in- im awake and paying attention now..i feed sawyer who SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT again- (which is the second night in a row now!!!) and get zach an ice pack and a heating pad and icy hot--he starts puking and saying its the worst he has ever felt! so here i am hounding him- are you puking because your back hurts or because you have the flu!! thinking to myself im not bringing him to MY ER if he just has the flu- we make fun of people who do that!! he starts acting like i did when i was in labor- with the heavy breathing and everything so i force him into the car and pack sawyer up and drive to the er- zach says he would like his epidural now on the way there- know the feeling buddy. thankfully two of the nicest nurses i work with were there today and we were the only ones there when we arrived- zach had enough morphine to KILL a horse and was still hurting- i literally gave less morphine to a patient who broke his elbow so bad his bone stuck out his skin... zach wasnt drowsy, loopy, or pain free! after some fentanyl he was finally feeling better and is now snoozing on the couch..with not one but TWO kidney stones on the left side...i told him now he knows what i had to go through in labor! thank goodness for jen and dr. d! i was so glad it was them when we got there! sawyer was well behaved the whole time- we are all worn out now from being up earlier than usual this morning- and despit sawyer sleeping through the night- i still dont sleep well because i wake up and check on him- he slept until 730 today- amazingness! we are all going to take it easy tody- and im going to baby all my boys today and feel glad that when i was in that much pain i was rewarded with the most beautiful son- while zach is only going to get a calcified chunk of pee stone...