Exhaustion

After waking up feeling as though I could barely move, having Jake's Mom and Dad draag 5children along to take me to the nearby urgent care and then to the ER followed by waiting with a slew of characters (including a twenty something guy with a needle imbedded in his arm from shooting up) I was finally tended to. Labs were drawn, an IV started andsome much needed pain medicine was received as by this time the slowly evolving back pain had evolved into something raging and causing me to do nothing else but rock back and forth in agony. Narcotics can be a wonderful thing when used appropriately! With the back pain, lethargy, fatigue, muscle and joint soreness, headache, low grade fever and thirst I thought it was dehydration, the flu, a kidney infection...anything other than the diagnosis I received. Exhaustion. Really? I got a litre of fluid and was sent home being told to work out my sleeping schedule better and take a vacation. I left with my discharge instructions on osteoarthritis (the only explanation they had for the pain) and insomnia thinking "Ha! A vacation, who are you kidding. Sleep schedule? I have 3 kids under 3 and woork full time 12 hr NIGHTS! Lets be realistic." I  then went home to sleep to be woken up at 4 am bc apparently a giant spider lives under Elijah's bed. Next time I think I will tell them I hear voices or see dead people. Maybe then I will get some real rest.

New thought Noah's 4th tooth popped up and he promptly bit Jonah

Also, Elijah knows all his animal sounds...except a turkey. Elijah what's a turkey say. Response "I'm a turkey"

Oh, and by the way, I really don't hear voices or see dead people...just thought I should clarify. there may be someone as niave as myself reading and start to worry about me. Don't I'm fine. Just suffer from some dry humor right now.