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ALIVE

YES I am still alive
I gained .7 this week ...so knew I would
Back on track
I was so good today..Went grocery shopping and left Rhys at home to mind his crutches ( make sure they didn't run off on him lol)
On the way home I rang him and he (as a normal teen boy)say "whats for lunch mum'
I said I have some meat pies in the freezer if you want them
hmmm he answers
well what do you want me to get?

Umm something special....
fine I say you want some KFC (cause that is what I want)
Yeah that would be nice

So I go thru the drive thru and I get his KFC and Dim some chips so she can go to bed ASAP
and I get me some ...........WATER.......

How good am I ?
I wanted that KFC so bad.....I even rang Ross so he would be on loudspeaker while I ordered...that is how much I wanted it

But it seems I want this weight loss more

Now where have I been you ask
Well a friend Tardie had to change her blog to a website
It looks great so what do you think I want to do

yep I have been working on a web for my blog
I am so proud of myself, I have no training in computers and don't really know anything about them except my email and I taught myself this blog
but now I am rearrange HTML's and I even worked out what was wrong with one and fixed it
I have found it quite addictive and helps keep my hands busy

Anyway that is where I have been and I hope to have it all up and running by Monday

Oh and lastly Brighton has had his first hair cut today...he looks so grown up ....I am not happy
:-(
Till next time
take care

Wow What a week

This has been a flat out, nothing to any ones plans kind of week

We were told to take Rhys (15) to the hospital for his operation on Thursday at 7:15am

Rhys and I arrived as Lacey was at camp and Ross had to babysit

We gave Rhys the option of who he wanted to go with him and he said Mum so I went

We arrived and were first on the list

He was seen by the nurse and prep and she says which knee and he says left

The nurse then says great cause if it was your right then I would have to cancel as you have some scabs on there and cause we are working with bone we don't want infection

She takes a look at the left knee and what does she find ...more scabs... so much for the boy not playing sport lol

She says the surgeon will have to have a look but we will prep you and hope he doesn't cancel but I think he will

So we sit around waiting and at 8am the Dr comes in and has a look...nothing to worry about , surgery on

Next thing we see is the Dr running around with some nurses saying he will be back soon

1/2 hr later the Dr comes to me and says we have a prob... the instruments haven't been ordered...we are going to ring the reps but if they have some it will still be another 2 -3 hrs before they will be ready as they need to be sterilized...by this time is around 10am and Rhys hasn't eaten since 6pm the night beforeSo I have the Dr telling me this and Rhys is so nervous all he keeps doing is saying Mum what happens if I wake up thru it... I say he wont and he says I know but what if ....so much fun having a black and white only child

The head nurse comes in to apologize and says that we will have him done at 5:30pm

I tell them I want to take him home ...yep nothing to eat or drink

Ross takes him to the movies to try and take his mind off it

We arrive back at the hospital at 4pm and they start it all again...this time instead of day surgery they are telling me that they are finding him a bed....you should have seen his face

I told them I want to be able to stay the night...this would mean convincing the head of paediatrics ward that although Rhys is 15 by one week he is a young 15 and wont cause trouble

They let him stay there and I can also stay...

man this is getting long eh sorry

He goes to theater at 5pm where I am introduced to 'Simone who tells good jokes' I have been told I can go in till he goes to sleep

I try to calm Rhys down by saying Far out you have a boy nurse they are much more gentle as he had to have a cannula put in and was beyond scared

Simon replies 'boy nurse, boy nurse?'

Well they are good I say hoping to work out what i said wrong

'I am no boy nurse' he replies 'I am the anesthetist'.....Can you say Oooops...one thing I learnt quick in nursing is you don't mistake a Dr for a nurse

Well in my defence who introduces a Dr to a kid by his first name (and we wonder why our youth have no respect different post)

So this now means I have put the Dr in the wrong mood and he decides that I can't be there till Rhys is knocked out

Ok so I have been kicked out..Am waiting outside and it is now 6.10 and I see the surgeon walk in (not in scrubs) so I knew he wouldn't be operated on for another 20 mins

Well fast track to 8:15 when I hear he is off the table in recovery but they aren't going to let me in recovery, so now it seems that I broke my promise to him

Well after some sweet smiles at the head nurse who was there in the morning she let me in and I could see him

Then we are told we have to stay the night ..... ok I will deal with that.... Lacey is home from camp so she stays with the kids and Ross comes in ....when Rhys is sort of awake I ask who he wants to stay the night Daddy or Mummy

He once again choices me.... I don't mind as I am no longer feeding Brighton

We get organized and the nurse tells me the chair turns into a bed

Cool...

TILL I READ THE PAMPHLET SHE HANDS ME

The chair turns into a bed and holds weight up to 120kg

OOoopps ...this is bad very bad.....I now have to tell my son that Mummy can't stay Daddy will

All of you who have kids and are overweight can imagine how that ripped my heart out

Then he asks 'WHY Mum they said the chair turns into a bed"

Goodness in all his grogginess that is what he remembers

I end up telling him that cause he is a young man and might need to use the toilet or bottle it might be better if Daddy stays ...he says ok...come in real early... and goes back to sleep

And that was Thursday night...He came home in the arvo of Friday and has been on the lounge since...He has been sleeping in my bed as he can get comfy and that means We are on the lounge

Next to no sleep for me for the last 4 nights

But it is over and done with

If this post wasn't so long I would tell you about Rhys and the gofer Nurse real funny

what have I learnt from all this

I am becoming more patient... I didn't get upset at all

I am not going to let another one of my kids not have me stay with them cause of my weight

IT IS TIME

PAIN

Yes I went on the treadmill yesterday

I did 25mins at 4 and was quite proud of myself

I did enjoy it, loved it actually

So what is the pain you ask...well it is not from the treadmill

It looks like Aunt Flo is going to make her visit...she hasn't visited since before I fell preg with Brighton

I had forgotten what is was like the first one after..now I remember it is just like labour (for me anyway) and I am in a lot of pain...been up most of the night with pain in the hips (normal for me)

so that is the pain

BUT........I still went on the treadmill (yay) not for a long time but i did throw in some running (30sec) at 7

I myself think that is great seeings as I haven't exercised since Brighton was born

I am quite proud of myself

What I have found out (which lots of ppl have told me) is that I had heaps of energy yesterday I scrubbed house and washed floors and so on ... I was happier and it helped with the depression

I seem to remember this is why I didn't get PND with Dimity...as I started exercise straight away

I had a couple of friends who told me when I started getting PND to exercise... but it hit so fast I didnt have the time to prevent it

I like how the exercise makes me feel and how I am not so knotted up when I do it

Interesting eh

Must fly will try and post later but might not have time see how I go

Till next time

Take care

Kathie

YES I AM GOING

I am writing this then going to go on the treadmill

I haven't been on it in I don't know how long
I do know I haven't exercised with purpose since having Brighton a year ago so my fitness will be zip
Ok will stop putting it off and go now
See you soon if I don't die

TREADMILL

Leaving in a few mins to go and pick up my treadmill

They say they have fixed it

Isn't it funny how when you don't have something you miss it, even if you didn't use it

I am looking forward to starting my routine

Can't wait to be dropping numbers again

Got to go

Post later

Early morning post

EARLY MORNING POST

Just thought I would do a early post

Just about to get ready and go to Dimity's foot appt to see if there is any change.

Ross worked all night (overtime) which is good and he took Rhys with him as a treat.

Lacey is doing WW with me....she doesn't need to lose a lot but since stopping school she has prob put on 5 -8kg

so I told her I wanted her to do WW....she doesn't understand the concept of eating small meals and she eats things that aren't goo for here

At first she wasn't happy but she is now on etools and is having a blast working it all out

Good on her

She has some pants that fitted her late last year that don't now and she wants to get back in them.

So now she understands WW she is watching and helping me ..not sure if this is a good or bad thing ...this can go one way or the other