The holidays are coming... I know, I know... summer has just officially turned to fall... and I'm talking about the holidays. I sat down last night and filled in my planner with all the things that go into a planner: practices, games, due dates for assignments, birthdays, anniversary's, and HOLIDAY VACATIONS! I have to say, I think the reason I'm so looking forward to the holidays is because I want to REST. I want to sleep in past 7 am and go to bed late after watching a great movie with the family. I want to make cookies and pumpkin bread and decorate our tree and house. I want to methodically plan out gifts for those that I love. But... again... I want to rest. FYI: 82 days until Christmas!
so, if you follow my facebook: you will know that by some freak of nature, Nick broke his right hand/wrist on Wednesday of last week during football practice and his left arm/radial head on Saturday night here in the neighborhood. Chris is in Maryland for another four days- and has been there since last Tuesday night... so, its been a blast around here. I sat in the dr's office for 90 minutes on Saturday morning for her to tell me what I knew: put him in a brace and wait until we see the ortho on Monday. Then, later that night while playing/running with a friend, Nick tripped on a large rock and crashed to the pavement. He came in whimpering and it was fairly obvious that he had broken his arm. I then spent late Saturday night and early Sunday morning in the ER with Nick. The ER doc said she "knew" it was a radial head fracture but couldn't visualize it on the xray. She splinted him good and told me to get into the ortho early on Monday. So, I kept Nick home from school today since I had class and I wasn't sure when his appointment was going to be. They got him in around 1pm this afternoon- and took some xrays. Low and behold: that radial head fracture was VERY obvious- and the suspected stress fracture on his right hand was confirmed. The recovery times on both of those injuries? 6-8 weeks on the arm/elbow/radial head and 8-12 weeks on the stress fracture due to the awful location of it. Just fantastic. So, I spent this afternoon at Nick's school talking with the administrators and his homeroom teacher to make sure there would be accommodations made for him. Considering he is unable to write, carry his book bag, carry a tray, do any physical activity-- I thought we should have some type of plan for him. Later on, on my way back from dance with Emma, I stopped by the school again and discussed Nick's injuries with the football coach. The good news is: this was the last week of the season- so, he only missed a few practices and two games. The bad news is: he broke both arms/wrists/hands!
We are officially into the final month of Chris' transition from his current position, THANK GOD!!! He'll be home on Friday night and should be here for a few weeks before returning to Maryland for one final stay as they finish up and close up his office. I am so ready for him to be here permanently. In the meantime, he has met with multiple recruiters and he has had one promising interview and a phone interview with another company who he'll be meeting with again a week from today. Both of the companies he's interviewed with so far are great opportunities for him. We are really hoping that he'll be able to secure a position in the next few weeks prior to his completion at Flex. But, we'll see how that goes. Right now: we are in crunch time and we're getting a little nervous.
Temps have been mild and somewhat cool for this area of the country this early in the season. I love it! However, my hands have already started turning blue again. I'm learning to take signs from my body and I can definitely tell when I'm overdoing it. I've had a few boughts of achiness and soreness along with fatigue-- so I'm really trying to watch it. I haven't sought out a family dr or vascular or rheumatologist here... but, I may need to work on that. I do have steroids on hand, if I need them... but I'm hoping to avoid that for as long as possible. I'm certain that the first thing I need to be doing is getting more rest. Of course, that's a bit of an issue as I play the role of single parent. For now, I'm pressing through and trying not to overdo it. TRYING...
Good night moon.
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