big comfy couch.....(long post)
First off let me start by saying that I just havent been in the mood to post anything on my blog. I lay in bed sometimes thinking of all this stuff i could write and its actually quite witty and full of details. but when i finally get up and sit in front of this beast nothing comes to me but whining and ramble. *shrugs* so i just dont post.
I feel that an update is overdue here...so here goes....
this past week has been a week of very little sleep for me and almost no sleep for dear hubby. his cough has just be horrible. last monday or tuesday (i forgot which day) he went to the doctors and was told at the time that all he could really do is tough it out and drink lots of hot steamy liquid to loosen up the mucus. as the week went on it stayed the same but then on thurday night it seem to get worse and friday was the most misserable for him.
i have to add that he has been so sweet going out into the living room to let me TRY and sleep while he sat up coughing out there. i didnt sleep much...i just wanted to take care of him and make sure he was ok. i think its that "mother" thing in all of us that push us to care for someone else then ourselves.
after i got home from work friday i got us some dinner and then at about 7:45 we decided we better go to the urgent care/emergency room. the reason we didnt want to wait the weekend and see our own doctor was that now when he coughed he was getting very short of breathe and almost choked a couple times getting stuff up.
we arrived at the ER at 8pm and waited. we waited until 11pm to just get into a room. then at midnight he was sent for a chest xray....and then just before 1am the doctor came in and saw him. he prescribed a nebulizer (sp?) and meds w/saline to help loosen up stuff and sent him home. we were sure they would put him in the hospital just in case...but they didnt since his chest was showing clear at the time.
since it was 1:00am in the morning the pharmacy of course was closed so he coughed all night in the living room while i tried to sleep since i had to be at work at 9:30am the next morning. i got up at 7:30am...showered and headed out the pharmacy that opened at 8am. got his stuff, came home and showed him how to use the machine and administer the dosage needed into it. then off to work i went.
considering how dead tired i was at work i was over compensating it by being the nicest person i could be....lol nobody pissed me off and i wasnt grumpy at all. i was actually sweet as punch and i actually had a few customers even say how helpful and kind i was....lol...little do they know how i was really feeling. i was able to get the next shift person to come in a little early and i went home just after 2pm.
the machine is definitly helping his cough loosen up but he is still coughing and not sleeping. he is just exhausted and i feel so bad for him. he would be so much better if he could get just one good night sleep.
work sunday for me was slow so it made for a really really long day. so on the way home i stopped at M&M Meats and got something quick to pop in the oven for dinner so i didnt have to cook.
hubby stayed in the living room again for me since i laid down at 6:30pm and fell asleep for a few hours. he came in the room at 4am and just wanted to be comfy in bed for a bit and would go back out if his cough bothered me. will....his cough kicked in again and i went to the living room letting him have the bed since i dont have work today and he needed the comfy bed more then me. i watched some news on tv...had a bowl of cherrios and then fell back to sleep about 6am and back up again at 7am to get kiddo going for school today.
i asked hubby how he was doing today and we decided if no change we were going to see our doctor this morning to see what he says and let him know what happened over the weekend.
so that was my week.....how are you doing?
I feel that an update is overdue here...so here goes....
this past week has been a week of very little sleep for me and almost no sleep for dear hubby. his cough has just be horrible. last monday or tuesday (i forgot which day) he went to the doctors and was told at the time that all he could really do is tough it out and drink lots of hot steamy liquid to loosen up the mucus. as the week went on it stayed the same but then on thurday night it seem to get worse and friday was the most misserable for him.
i have to add that he has been so sweet going out into the living room to let me TRY and sleep while he sat up coughing out there. i didnt sleep much...i just wanted to take care of him and make sure he was ok. i think its that "mother" thing in all of us that push us to care for someone else then ourselves.
after i got home from work friday i got us some dinner and then at about 7:45 we decided we better go to the urgent care/emergency room. the reason we didnt want to wait the weekend and see our own doctor was that now when he coughed he was getting very short of breathe and almost choked a couple times getting stuff up.
we arrived at the ER at 8pm and waited. we waited until 11pm to just get into a room. then at midnight he was sent for a chest xray....and then just before 1am the doctor came in and saw him. he prescribed a nebulizer (sp?) and meds w/saline to help loosen up stuff and sent him home. we were sure they would put him in the hospital just in case...but they didnt since his chest was showing clear at the time.
since it was 1:00am in the morning the pharmacy of course was closed so he coughed all night in the living room while i tried to sleep since i had to be at work at 9:30am the next morning. i got up at 7:30am...showered and headed out the pharmacy that opened at 8am. got his stuff, came home and showed him how to use the machine and administer the dosage needed into it. then off to work i went.
considering how dead tired i was at work i was over compensating it by being the nicest person i could be....lol nobody pissed me off and i wasnt grumpy at all. i was actually sweet as punch and i actually had a few customers even say how helpful and kind i was....lol...little do they know how i was really feeling. i was able to get the next shift person to come in a little early and i went home just after 2pm.
the machine is definitly helping his cough loosen up but he is still coughing and not sleeping. he is just exhausted and i feel so bad for him. he would be so much better if he could get just one good night sleep.
work sunday for me was slow so it made for a really really long day. so on the way home i stopped at M&M Meats and got something quick to pop in the oven for dinner so i didnt have to cook.
hubby stayed in the living room again for me since i laid down at 6:30pm and fell asleep for a few hours. he came in the room at 4am and just wanted to be comfy in bed for a bit and would go back out if his cough bothered me. will....his cough kicked in again and i went to the living room letting him have the bed since i dont have work today and he needed the comfy bed more then me. i watched some news on tv...had a bowl of cherrios and then fell back to sleep about 6am and back up again at 7am to get kiddo going for school today.
i asked hubby how he was doing today and we decided if no change we were going to see our doctor this morning to see what he says and let him know what happened over the weekend.
so that was my week.....how are you doing?
posted by CaliGirl at
8:07 a.m.
