Wow…. what a crazy month! So crazy… let’s do a wrap up!
Start with Luke. Months ago I noticed his drooping eyelid. Just one eye, but he’s on medication for his High Anxiety and I’m a mother, so I worried. Off we went to the Pediatrician who after finding nothing referred him to the Ophthalmologist, who also found nothing wrong so referred him to the Neurologist. This process took almost 9 months. Finally got the Neurology appointment in February. The Neurologist feels Luke has Ocular Myasthenia, an auto-immune disease where the immune cells are building at the nerve connection between eye & brain & blocking the signals to his eyelid. It’s not something easily tested for but we pulled blood anyway, no surprise it was negative. The only thing to do is watch it and see if it progresses. He may grow out of it, it may get worse. But at least we know its not a reaction to his medication. The dropping eyelid which has only happened about 6 times is his only symptom so THAT is a good sign. I’m to watch for double vision & document it if it shows up again.
On to Evan! He had a lot of fun in gym class this month as they played indoor hockey. (Remember I’m in SoCal lol we don’t do ice much) I’ve always told him he’s got a natural eye/arm/talent for sports but he refuses to participate cuz he doesn’t like them. Sigh… his brothers would kill for his accidental skill. The time a softball gets hit to him and he just reaches up, does a little jump & it lands in his hand. The time he’s the goalie in the hockey game & he shoots the puck back, yelling DENIED, & it somehow goes through EVERYONE’s legs & straight into the other goal. Ironically, when his grades come back at the end of the month he’s managing to fail gym because he cannot run around the track. But I personally don’t care if he fails gym. I’m more concerned with the OTHER classes he’s failing! Last semester he turned around his attitude. Now he needs to turn around his performance. But honestly, if he fails major classes he makes them up in free Summer School and that hefty boy is better off riding his bike to school during the summer than sitting home for 2 months. He’s starting to come home with humorous stories of his day which is actually rather fun for all of us cuz he’s hilarious.
My brave scout
Conor got the Trifecta in February. The end of January I finally got to the blood draw his pediatrician ordered months ago. The Phlebotomist is trying to take 3 vials outa my skinny little boy & halfway through the second one he passes out! But as I witness this I notice his fist is clenched and kinda shaking & my instincts are crying, “seizure”. We got him revived & I took him directly to the pediatrician & she ordered him to see a Neurologist. Just in case. An appointment I couldn’t get until next month. Then Mid February Conor was at boy scouts and as they ran a physical fitness test a fellow scout got enthusiastic when getting past Conor & he kinda pushed him. As he fell… he broke his arm! I got the call cuz Luke only knew my phone number & they couldn’t find their father (who’s usual practice at scouts [like most of the parents] is to drop the kids off & do his own thing). So Sex God and I rush back from date night & take Conor to the ER. 4 hours later we get home with a boy who’ left forearm is in a splint. Conor was amazing though. He didn’t cry once (even when it took 2 hours to get the pain killer), was tolerant and patient during the wait to get x-rayed & seen & splinted. And his pediatrician got him into a fabulous Ortho trama place the next morning to splint it. He actually had more fear & tears during THAT than the entire break! Topping off his Trifecta will be the fact he had another x-ray for his scoliosis and it’s gone from 7% to 11%. But he gets to go to the great Orthopedics office that set his arm. lol
My new lover Bear was silent the ENTIRE month and I was really feeling he’d changed his mind about dating me. But an accidental text to him got the whole gushing story of how much he’s been busy & sick for the month but still wants to see me. And every so often I’ll go online and do a little searching for the perfect Cub to have my own Trifecta.
The downside of the month was the fact Sex God lost his job. 🙁
This was a real shock to him and threw him completely into a spiral. At first he thought he’d get in on a clinical trial that would keep him nicely afloat for two months but when it fell through he was devastated. Its been a rough month being enthusiastically upbeat for him while trying NOT to parent him with tons of “do this” and “did you try this” nagging. He’s also been over a lot more, which I LOVE! But I miss the gym when he’s over during the week & Thin Mints are here (!) & TWO favorite books from the library I devoured while snacking away & had to go off my thyroid medication while I waited for a doc appointment through Obamacare & being off that med is known to cause to gain weight so I’m like up to 150 pounds!! Sex God thinks I’m just as luscious as ever but “I” don’t & Coachella is a month and a half away!!!
So this job loss has Sex God deciding he needs to try looking for a job 2 hours away because the cost of living in Los Angeles in THIS job market is harsh. So I’m enjoying seeing him while I can!
February was also Sex God & my 4 year anniversary. 😀 He celebrated a combo anniversary & valentines day present with tickets to see a wonderful band Phantogram at the Ventura theater. Bought before he lost his job, of course. I drove & it was the huge downhill on the way there when my little Corolla shifted into low gear automatically & stayed there. It happened after I applied the brakes & made me realize I needed to get it into the shop! I have to wait until March when I get paid, but I think the training of Luke on how to drive has really done a number on my brakes (he’s doing great behind the wheel by the way). But the concert was fabulous and I tried a Fireball shot. Yummy!!
March will be just as insane, judging from my calendar! Hopefully there will be more fun, sexual adventures and less, broken arms & neurology appointments!