Hump Day

Today is Wednesday. The last few days have been a little distraught. Cohen hasnt been feeling very well. He has been having some stomach issues of Diarrhea and Vomiting...along with a little but of a runny nose and a cough. He started the diarrhea about 4 or so days ago. I didnt seem to concerned...sometimes you get it, right?! So i continued to watch him, make sure he was drinking enough water...and he has been. Well about the 3rd day of it, he started vomiting as well. So i was getting a little worried that he would dehydrate and that wouldnt be a good thing.

Yesterday I made Cohen a doctors appointment to have him checked out. I really get so annoyed sometimes with doctors these days. We pay so much money for these visits(well insurance does anyways), but none the less people are paying to get medical treatment and answers. I take him to a doctor we have been seen before b/c his pcm doesnt have any available appointments and i didnt want to sit at the ER with him for something that isnt technically an emergency. So, the doc comes in...asks whats going on. I tell her, she listens to his chest, pokes around on his belly and asked him if it hurt and he said yes. So she tells me she is writing me a prescription for an antibiotic to hopefully clear up anything he has going on in his intestinal tract and it should clear up the cold/sinus stuff. She also gave him some meds for the nausea.

I gave him his first dose of medicine last night after we got home and I hope it will start working soon. Seems like everytime he goes to the bathroom he has diarrhea. I have done so many loads of laundry it isnt even funny washing underwear. He was up twice last night and many times today. For the most part he seems to be acting okay, a little tired...not eating like normal...but his activity level seems to be the same.

So that brings me to today...got up this morning made the sauce for the BBQ pulled pork and put it all in the crockpot and ready to go. (Thanks Lindsey for your recipe). it smells delicious!!! I started straightening up around the house some. Seems to be a never ending battle. Between toys, dishes and laundry my days are fun-filled. : )

I went back to the dentist today and gave them an arm and a leg for a tooth. hahaha. This makes my 3rd visit on this one tooth. I went for my first consultation to this dentist and had a cleaning done and xrays and all that jazz and while i was there the dentist found a tooth that needed a root canal. It hasnt been bothering me so i didnt know it was that serious. i havent been to the dentist in like 2 years...i know, i know...teeth are very important. I just really dislike the dentist. I always seem to have something wrong every time i go. So he asked if i wanted to start the root canal that day. So i did. He did the first step in the root canal and had me come back two days later to finish it up. So I went back last week to have the rest of it done. Today I went to have the post build up and the temporary crown put on and they made the mold for my permanent porcelain crown. I have to go back in two weeks to have the permanent one put on. Ill be so glad when this is all over. So for all of that with insurance...my portion was 415.00. I so could have used that money on something different. But you do what you have to do. My next step this year is to have another tooth worked on. Nothing serious this time. Its a back molar that had work done on it when i was kid and they put a cap on it. Apparently that cap was supposed to be temporary and replaced with something more permanent. Well Ive had what they call "temporary" for at least 15 years that i know of. Honestly, i dont even remember having it put on...so its been a long time. So that tooth will get something permanent put on it. Then i will be done with all of the corrections. And that should max out my insurance as well. They only pay up to 1200.00 a year on dental work. Next year I want to have have 4 veneers put on my front teeth and that will max out next years insurance. lol. If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. I plan on blogging in a bit about my education future...so stay tuned