Breakdown- June 11th Entry

Yes, I do have my bad days....and I've learned it's all right to be depressed as long as you don't let it linger too long.....so here's my depressing, complaining post for now. It's my Journal Entry from June 11th. Ironically, in my last entry, I put that "life can only get better from here on out," and then the kids catch a virus that is making them throw up. They all get it except Brianna and Bailey, and each child is sick for two days so the sickness lingers for a whole week in our household. That's one whole week of cleaning up throw-up, while trying to keep the baby from getting sick, which means washing my hands a million times a day, making a bed for Bridgette in our bathtub, so I won't have to wash any more sheets, after already doing endless loads of laundry. Anyway, here's the entry that only describes Bridgette's sickness, the others haven't gotten sick yet at this point.

June 11th, 2008
"Bailey is good and healthy, it's just hard working on her schedule. I had a break down today. Bridgette has been throwing up the past two days, Bailey seems to nurse every 2 hours, and wants to be held when she's not nursing, and she gets fussy at night with gas, and I'm so tired from not sleeping well, and I hurt my shoulder (pulled a muscle or something) and can't move it that well and it’s very painful, and my back and neck have been aching, probably from nursing in bed and sleeping in weird positions, plus I haven't seen my chiro in 3 months when I usually go every month and I have an itchy rash (story of my life), and I'm starting to gain back the initial weight loss that I had after giving birth to Bailey because I'm always so hungry from nursing, and the list goes on.....BUT I'm not trying to complain. I'm just saying it's been a hard last couple days. I was actually feeling depressed and didn't want to go anywhere or do anything today, which is why it was nice Stu took the older three kids to the Angel's game during the day. At least they all still had a good day and my depression didn't affect them. I just cleaned up throw up, held Bailey all day, and tried to manage a shower and getting myself dressed. Anyway, it's been a hard day.
I just can't wait to have the kids healthy, Bailey on a somewhat regular eating and sleeping schedule, me able to go exercise and feel good about myself after sleeping more than 3 hours at a time. I just don't remember it being this hard with Bridgette."

So while I was home with sick little Bridgette, here are pictures of the kids at the Angels Game with Stu. They had stopped at the Orthotics office to get Braden's brace adjusted on the way (it was a little too high up on his torso) and took a picture next to the sign BRADEN COURT. Braden thought that was pretty cool that the Orthotics office was right next to Braden Ct. Of course, the kids brought their rally monkeys (any monkeys they could find amongst their large stuffed animal collection) to the game. Stu took them to lunch beforehand and had treats at the game. They had a blast, brought cotton candy from Sam's Club, and shared an ICEE while they were there.

Braden also had a follow-up appointment with his orthopedic surgeon the day after the Angels Game and the doctor said that the incision is healing fine, the brace fits well, and looks good. He took x-rays to see if the brace was aligned properly and the bones were lined up right and they were. The whole ball of the left hip joint was really dense, it was nice and white, like it was strong. It is staying completely in the socket and the angles are correct. The next appointment is in four weeks to check on the inflammation to see if Braden can reduce the Advil intake. After that, the next appointment will be three months later, to take another x-ray to see the progress.