9th May 2011

Getting down to business...

I'm in hospital...& I'm not having any fun! But first things first...

I thought I'd spend the weekend relaxing & packing a few final things to bring to hospital, but I just couldn't do it! I was really lucky to have my sister Leah do my grocery shopping for me with the help of my beautiful boy Jake. Was such a relief not having to do that.
I washed, cleaned, organized, did the banking, cooked some meals, printed up schedules...you name it, I managed to do it all, anything but sit & do nothing except watch the clock.

I went to bed around 11pm when I was feeling quite sleepy & fell asleep really easily. Bonza!!! However, I was woken up at 3 am in a damn hypo! I really hate waking up to that feeling, it's frightening, exhausting & basically just a complete sleep wrecker!!!
I got myself my little bottle of magic & got my BSL up pretty quickly, but then of course my muscles were like jelly & I couldn't settle back down. I ended up sitting up watching the Movie 'Step Mom'. Great movie, but a bit of a tear jerker.
I dragged myself back to bed at 4:30am...dreading my alarm that was set for 6am...

6am..... Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep be.... Faaaaaaaaaaaaark!
Up, showered, dressed, breakfast, teeth, hair, mum & dad arrive, Julian wakes up, quick cuddle, try not to cry, zip up suitcase, leave instructions with Mum to get my 'under the weather' munchkin to the doctors, hugs & kisses for Riley, try not to cry, cuddle Jake, say goodbye, try not to cry again, get in the car & wham....my morning at home was gone & we were on our way...& I even managed to bring my nerves & anxiety with me!

I was actually ok once we got to the hospital, I was settled into my room straight away & we sat in there waiting for that dreaded first steroid injection. In comes the middie, jabs it in my leg & Holy Mother of God that freakin' hurt! And over about 5 minutes... It just got worse! That damn thing made my leg throb a deep burning throb for about an hour. I was soooooo looking forward to the next one in 12 hours!

Canular in, Endocrinologist was called & the middies had their instructions. 'Wait till BSL is on then rise & call me back. Took my levels about 4 hours to start to climb, but once they did, they went for it.

So now it's almost 11pm of my first night in here. I have since had my 2nd steroid injection... Which did NOT go well! Picture this: Jab! Oooops, hit a blood vessel...blooooooooooooooood....sorry (she says) new needle & new attempt done & it KILLED!!!! Soooooo bloody glad that is over!

So the hourly blood sugar readings are in full swing...I'm going to be ready for the next one & take my drip to the loo & empty my stressed out squished up bladder so I can curl up & hopefully get 45 minutes sleep before the next one is due.
I miss my boys. Mark went home & picked up Jake & Julian to bring them into see me for a little while, but Riley stayed with Grandma, he's got a cold & not feeling great. Hopefully I'll see him tomorrow.

For now...that's all the excitement up to this point. Tomorrow is a whole new day. Hopefully the night will not feel too long...