The one where Rick goes to the ER :(

Now I wish I was talking about the show ER (which by the way the last season just came out on DVD – Yes I netflixed it).

So I usually post about a fun food recipe on Monday’s but I’m with a lack of sleep and a heavy heart right now.  Rick has had teeth problems since I met him, I’ve been on him to get it fixed but being a male he figured he could just let it go.  As we all know fear and time only lead to bad things!

So 4th of July weekend Rick had a toothache so I had to do some emergency calling and the doc he saw last time was kind enough to call in a antibiotic for him.  Then last Thursday he woke up throwing up and in severe pain.  So I called the doc to get him in again, but since we don’t have insurance for him they suggested we go to a doc that let’s you do a cash pay on a sliding scale.  So he went in came out with an x-ray of his cracked wisdom tooth, more antibiotics and pain pills.   So no work Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.  When I came home Sunday from my friends house I found Rick on the couch and asked me to take him to the ER.  So I called my dad to come stay with the boys.  And God love my parents it always come with a bit of an advice and I told you so.  They just can’t help it.

ER we went at 8pm by 12:15pm they admitted Rick.  By the AM the oral surgeon saw him and the x-ray they took to say he needed to have oral surgery.  Monday @ 3pm he will be going under.  The thing that is worrisome beside him having surgery is his throat is still so swollen and he has lock jaw so he hasn’t ate or really drank anything since Thursday.  So they are concerned about his throat and anesthesia.  They think they may have to put a tube down his nose and worried he may have to go into the ICU afterwards.  YES I’m a little freaked out right now.  So they said he may leave on Wednesday or worse case scenario Friday.  So here we are no insurance for him a huge hospital bill to come and scary surgery.  Oh yes and we’re not sure if his boss will allow him to use his vacation time.

And I thought last week was rough!

Oh geez I really need to watch my sayings ...

Today Cole has said two of my favorite sayings plus one just plain funny one! Cole's PreK class had a field trip today to Chevy's Restaurant. Yup I thought the same thing, but hey whatever gets them out and learning new things is great by me. So Rick got to go on his first field trip today, not because this is his favorite restaurant ... well maybe just a little bit the reason. They showed the kids how they made homemade tortillas (which you can get fresh and hot ones for free just like the chips and they come with a yummy jalapeno pepper jelly). Can you tell that is my favorite thing there? Ok it's the only thing I like but since it's Rick's favorite I suffer thru with carbs! An Atkins diet nightmare that is me!

On the way home Rick to Cole and his locker buddy back to the school. The kids got crayons, Cole some how had 5 and the little boy had 3, which wasn't going over well. So Cole turns to the boy and gives him all his crayons. Then turns to Rick and says "Daddy he can have my crayons, he's driving me crazy" (oh yeah all me) and to end with one of my favorites "I can't deal with this anymore". Oh geez this is the part that I slap my head and groan!

On to more pleasant news I spent forever on the phone with my claims trying to figure out where a form on the WA state patrol is to do a collision report. After several attempts the lady pretty much told me to figure it out and oh yeah why don't I send an email to WA state tech support for help! HELLO WTF do I pay $2500 (two vehicles) a year for? You take my money every month, and have been doing so for the last 9 years! I haven't been (knock on wood) getting into trouble but now when some idiot hits my car I'm left with a crank operator who doesn't have the time to help me. I was fuming and called my agent who personally walked me thru to get to the form, yup that is why I stay with him all these years. So I'm on the road to getting my car fixed. Which is perfect timing since the wind noise is driving me crazy (see here I go again with that) and oh yeah now that it is raining profusely and thank you weather man will continue for the rest of the week I'm not getting wet. Oh glorious days!

My night ended with a little shopping and Cole standing up and announcing "My Butt works", yup needing the laughs keep them coming. Since I needed a little comic relief from my life I'm sharing this picture that made me laugh!

Caden eating his first Ice Cream Cone