Happy Hump Day

Don't have much to talk about right now, but a friend of mine posted something about Justaddwalter Blog. So, I thought I would share.  It's pretty neat.  The blogger is having a give-away. 
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday.

Never believed in the groundhog story til now...

My gosh, its cold in southeast Texas!  People complain about our summers but I am totally ready for the sun! Weather reports say we may get snow today.  North Houston for sure will get some, not sure if it will make it to the eastside.  Mister Groundhog should have stayed in his hole.

I have to say that Robert is doing better each day.  But, headaches have started now and they are becoming more frequent than what they should be.  We don't think it has to do anything with seizures since both of his MRI's came back good.  He may need to see an eye doctor.  Robert is just a puzzle. :-) I am so thankful that he is becoming normal each day. 

Tonight is our Lost night.  Robert's Mom comes over to join us for the show.  She may not come by tonight since the weather is supposed to be nasty.  They keep saying our questions are going to be answered but I'm not seeing that.  They keep giving us more questions to think about.

I hope everyone is staying warm and having a great day.
♥

 

LaLaLaLa

Today is 1 month before Robert and I celebrate our 1 year anniversary! I sit here and think of what I was doing this time last year.  I believe we had my wedding shower this time last year.  I am so blessed to have great friends in my life to have hosted such a wonderful shower.  I am very appreciative of what they did for me.   Here are some pictures from that day.

Me with my Mom, Lori (Robert's Mom), Grandma Matilda (Robert's Grandma)

    Rachel and I ♥

Me and Kim (Robert's Sister)

My ladies: Rachel, Jenn, Lisa (with Dalton), and Sarah

With a rough last month of Robert being ill, I still consider myself to be blessed and thankful for so many things in my life.  We have a wonderful family and a group of friends that are amazing. 

I have been thinking of what I could do for Robert for our 1 year anniversary.  I'd love to hear some of your ideas.

This past Thursday while at work I noticed something in the sky. I knew an airplane was around somewhere, but this image brought a smile to my face.  It gave me a reminder of what life is about and reassuring my faith. It was really nice to see this.

As many of you know, my days off our Sunday and Mondays.  Not my favorite but you have to do what you got to do.  Today was a very lazy day until about 4pm.  I figured I better get myself motivated to get some house work done.  I dusted, vaccumed, swiftted, and on my last load of laundry.  Tomorrow will be a busy day for me.  Robert isn't comfortable driving far right now so I will be taking him to a training in the morning then off to take him to work.  While he's a work I am going to take advantage of the super nice looking

H-E-B near where he works. I ♥ H-E-B, but the one in Baytown stinks.  It's super small and limited on products.  I will probably spend most of my time there before having to pick him up from work because I like to take my time to shop.  I read labels, prices, and check coupons.  I know I sound crazy but you have to do that to save money and calories.  You should see my coupons.  I have a little file and all. I am the crazy person I use to roll my eyes at when I got behind someone at the checkout.  LoL.  The coupon I am super excited to use tomorrow is my Buy 1 Get 1 Free Purex 3 in 1 laundry sheet!  I ♥ them! They really do make your stuff soft.   

Oh the exciting things when you are married.  I never thought I would get excited over laundry sheets! 

Robert's days are getting better.  Friday wasn't a real good day but he made it through the day at work.  He worked a full week! YAY! Saturday was 95% good, I would say.  His friends Dave and Greg came by to hang out with him and took him out to lunch (Bayou City Wings) for some guy time. He started to feel bad and left BCW soon to get home.  Later that night Dave and Robert went out to play pool and he had a good time and he felt good.  Thanks guys for getting him out of the house! He needs some "normalcy" back in his life.

Well, that's all for now.  Not too much going on-mostly ranting. 

Unitl next time...

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” - Matthew 5:8

Now what?

That's my question.  We've done all of these tests with 4 E.R. visits and you're completely "healthy".  If he was a healthy guy, we wouldn't be going to the E.R. and making doctor appointments every other day.  The MRI dye test showed nothing out of the ordinary.  Thank You Lord!  No tumors or no sign of MS.  The blood work showed his hormone level elevated.  I'm not really sure what that means.  But, I think I remember Robert saying something about it being about his adrenal glands or something. I am proud that he has made it thru work for 3 days. Well, almost 3 days. His work days have been a little rough.  Its strange though, he can have bad days at work but come home and feel better.  I asked him if something at work was triggering his episodes and he may think its the lighting/computer.  I suggested that he take several breaks to get away from the lights.  Two 15 minute breaks may not be enough for him right now. 

So, I was blogging yesterday and when I went to publish it the rest of my blog was deleted! Errrrrrrrr! Now I have to try to remember what I said and add something for today.

My friend Sarah called me the other night and asked if I was going to our 10 year high school reunion. First of all, I can't believe 10 years has flown by like it has. Robert and I had talked about it and we both felt like we didn't have to go since we see our highschool friends all the time. But, after talking to Sarah, I have a change of heart. The night would be a great night of food, dancing, fun, and photos. If you know me, you would know that I love taking pictures. So, now I have to convince Robert to go. Hopefully his crew would go too.

Robert texted me earlier and said that he feels great! He said he is in a good mood and all! Wow! I'm so happy that today is a great day. I asked him if I had my hubby back. Haha. For now he said. I told him to stay positive so he wouldn't relapse. We still need to see what's going on with his stomach area. He has an appointment next Wednesday with my doctor. Thanks to all for praying-please keep it going. There is power in prayer.

I finally watched the New Kids On The Block Coming Home DVD! They're awesome! I don't care what people say.
I can't wait for them to put out a new CD. I ♥ NKOTB!

I hope everyone has a great day!

Today is my brother's 24th birthday! Wow! Time is flying.
I have a lot to update so I hope I can remember the past 24+ hours. I am writing this from my phone so this may annoy me.

Yesterday, I took Robert to see his original neurologist. He was very unhappy with his partners decision to take him off of depakote. He kinda raised his voice. Yikes. Its not our fault mister. Anyway, he tells him to start taking the depakote again. We also scheduled to have blood work done today. We wanted other stuff checked out to see if anything shows up.

So, I fell asleep wrting this last night. Let me try this again.

I decided last minute to go out of town with my family to Mississippi for a wedding yesterday. I had taken the time off to but with everything going on with Robert I almost changed my mind. I know he is in good hands with his Mom. :-)
Yesterday wasn't such a good day for Robert. It started the night before he didn't get any better. I called the neurologist and of course they had to take a message and get back with me. I called early enough to get things figured out because I knew on Fridays they close early and then the weekend would be here and we wouldn't have anyone to call. We're tired of going to the E.R. and being sent home. Noon comes and I haven't heard from the doc. I call them and they need to call me back. I am pretty frustrated by now. About an hour later the doc himself calls me and tells me he is ordering Robert the dye test mri. This is a good thing. We've been wanting this test. This one will go more in depth with the brain to see the tissues and catch any infections or such. Doc also says he is getting paperwork together to admit Robert Monday night. Its about time doc! He assured me that he is on call this weekend so he is here for Robert if needed. He tells me that he can stop taking the depakote meds. I am nervous wreck because I'm out of town and trying to take care of Robert while on the road. But you know, I can get stuff done. About 5:30 last night he went for the dye test. They tell him they will fax the info to the doc that night and he will hopedully hear something tomorrow. We don't have any news right now. Hopefully the rule no news = good news. I think his night was better last night.
My family is getting ready for the wedding and we need to head out soon. I hope to update soon. Please keep praying for my love, Robert.
♥

1 Step Forward-2 Steps Back

Just as I think Robert is on his way to becoming "normal" again, he makes a turnaround to what he was feeling when this all started. 
On a happy note, the lung specialist appointment yesterday went good.  There is nothing to be worried about for now.  The spot on his lung that was detected by the ct-scan was just old scar tissue. PTL!  Of course, the doc tells him he needs to quit smoking.  I am patiently waiting for his smoke-free days.  I remind him that we want to start a family and smoking is not going to be tolerated around kids and me being prego. He wants to quit-he just has to change his way of thinking. 
Yesterday wasn't such a good day for Robert with this illness we're dealing with. He was feeling so bad that he was thinking about taking today off of work.
6am came and I checked on him to see if he felt better.  He said he did and wanted to go to work.  I encouraged him to get going and that he only had to be there half a day.  We're going to see the neurologist today.  I may have to get firm with the doctor to see if we need more testing done or something.  I want my husband back! This is so frustrating going back and forth with doctors and medicines. 
I am supposed to go out of town tomorrow, but I don't know if that's going to happen. Mom is still sick. I hope she gets to feeling better soon.
The weather is yucky today.  Rain. Cold. Windy.

6am came so early this morning.  I had to get moving so I could drive Robert to work.  I usually don't wake up til 7-7:15.  Today was Robert's first day back to work since his illness.  He had some ups and downs but made it through the day.  WHOOHOO!  Robert has a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon with the Lung Specialist.  I am going to take him to work in the morning and his Dad will be picking him up to take him to his doctor appointment.  His follow-up appointment is with his neurologist is Thursday. 

Pray for my Mom.  She has a bug or something.  She has been in bed for a few days.  Guess its going around because I know a few people with the same thing.  I hope that Robert and I don't get it. She's gotta get well before our roadtrip to Mississippi on Friday.

Lost tonight has me Lost still.  Instead of answering questions, they're creating more questions. ERR. I hope this season hurries up so we know the answers.

Well, that's all the ranting for tonight.  I have to get to bed to get up to the sound of that alarm at 6am. 

I'm not Julia Childs...

So, I made Chicken Parmigiana tonight.  This was my first time to do this.  My cooking skills are boring.  It's really not hard to follow directions.  I never really had to cook when I was younger and didn't try to learn. Being married has opened things to an all new level.  Robert is a much better cook than I am.  I am still learning. I haven't masterd on how much to cook.  I cook for an army.  But, on the cheaper note, I will be eating this all week for lunch! LoL
We attempted Wally World this afternoon.  I wanted to get a few things to have on hand for meals this week.  It's much easier to have that out of the way on my day off than to rush after work to get it. 
Waiting for the Bachelor to come on...
I should get those dishes done.

Yeah, I put way too much noodles on my plate.

Tomorrow should be interesting.  I am taking Robert to work in the morning on my way to work and picking him up after work.  Pray for him.  I hope he can make it through the day. 

I am happy that this is a short week for me.  Just 3 days of work. WHOOHOO!

Baby steps...

Well, Robert decided to try to go to work today even though he had a doctors note to excuse him.  I drove him to work.  When we got there, I told him I would wait around to make sure he wanted to stay. I found a sonic and grabbed breakfast.  It wasn't long and he wanted me to come back and pick him up.  He just wasn't feeling well.  We don't think he took his medicine early enough to kick in.  On our way home, he said he felt good and wanted to try to drive.  We have to make sure he can function while on the road. I know that sounds scary, but he has to see if he can cope with everyday life.  I asked him if he wanted to go back to work to try and he wanted to use his doctors note.  He had already ok'd it and all.  So, now we're home and he has fallen asleep while I am watching Y&R.  He can't sleep long, though.  He HAS to go to bed on time tonight.  Since his illness, he hasn't been getting any rest.  He will finally go to bed between 3-5am. Mom may have to drive him to work this week for me.  It's easier for her to turn around and pick him up if he needs to be rather than me.  I have to be at work.  Luckily, I have a short week.  I will be going out of town Friday to head to Mississippi for a wedding.  I will be back in time to celebrate Valentines Day with my hubby.  :-) Well, I think I may go run some errands.  Make my day off useful.

Pre-Birthday Cake

Ryan is turning 24 next Friday and we had birthday cake today to celebrate early.  Plus- Mom, Ryan, and I will be out-of-town next weekend.  We wanted to share the moment with Dad and Robert. HAHA. Here are a couple of pictures of his cake. This is what he requested.  The cake lady that did my wedding has gotten tons of business from my family since.  We've been ordering birthday cakes and buying her yummy cookies. 

On Friday, Robert saw another neurologist.  He was 80 years old!  He told Robert that he is always right. LoL.  He gave him a different perscription and told him to stop taking the other ones.  Friday night was a good night.  Robert's Mom stayed the night again.  It's just easier to already be here.  I have to work Saturdays.

Saturday, his day was overall good.  He finally got out of the house to get his inspection done on his car. Robert's Mom went along with him.  He wanted to try driving, but that made him a little uneasy.  We are gonna have to take baby steps.  We ordered Outback tonight and he went with me to pick it up.   He has been craving their wedge salad.  He found out that the salad is better to eat there and not take-out. We ate with his Mom and Aidan.  That boy has got so much energy.  He is the complete opposite of our other nephew Eli.  

Playing cars with Presley

Cherrio snack before dinner...

Silly guy!

After dinner, Robert's Mom and Aidan decided to head home so she could get him bathed and ready for bed.  My BFF, Rachel, called to see if she could stop by for a bit.  She had yummy brownies to deliever.  They were good. Thanks Rae!  Robert had rented Michael Jackson's This Is It DVD earlier that day and we decided to start that show.  It was alright.  Kind of boring, to be honest. It is sad that he is no longer alive. 

At about 11:30pm, we decided that we wanted to watch The Hangover.  Then we realized we didn't have it, my parents borrowed it.  So, Rachel and I hopped in the car and picked it up.  That movie is hilarious every time! I think it was about 1:30am when Rachel left.  Good times.

Today is Superbowl Sunday! Saints vs. Colts. Geaux Saints!  This is the first time ever that the Saints have made it to the Superbowl.  This should be a good game.  Robert and I are supposed to go to my parents for some family time and football fun.  Plus, Dad made his famous salsa! Can't wait for that. Hope everyone has a great day.

♥♥♥

Another trip to the E.R. and another possible diagonsis.

Robert decided yesterday afternoon that he wanted to go to the E.R. He hasn't felt well for the past two days.  Well, on Wednesday during the day he felt great then it turned right around that night.  The symptoms are the same.  At least he can hold fold down now.  He's just very picky and doesn't eat much.  His main concern to go to the E.R. was that his throat felt swollen and sore.  He was having a hard time swallowing and the perscription said if that occured to call the doctor.  He called the neurologist and he was off til Tuesday and the "on-call" doctor wasn't seeing patients.  WTH?!? How can you be on-call and not see patients?  ERRR!  The nurse told Robert that if he needed medical attention that he would have to go to the E.R. Mom took him to the E.R. I was at work and showed up when I got off. Robert's Mom met them there. They took his vitals and his pulse rate was 128! He finally got back to see a doctor and the doctor was the 1st one we saw on the 1st visit to the E.R. 2 weeks ago.  He remembered Robert. He ordered for some more blood work.  He wanted to check to see if there was too much Depakote in his system.  So, maybe we're onto something now... We're thinking, maybe that's why he hasn't gotten better-he has had too much or not enough of Depakote. So the results come in and his level his PERFECT.  Well, on one hand that's a relief and on the other we're back to square 1. His level was at 78 and its supposed to be between 70-100.  I guess its not too low.  The doctor gave Robert some information about autonomic instability.  After doing some research on it last night, there are alot of those symptoms that he is having. But we are also finding out that for several diagnoses he  has symptoms for those too.  We are so exhausted and frustrated.  I believe there are some testing to see if he has the autonomic instability. 
Robert's sister, along with Eli, is going to take care of him today.  Robert plans on getting on the phone and calling doctors to see one today.  He went on short-term disability on Wednesday, I believe, and they only did it for 3 days.  I am pretty sure they will have to extend that.  He is not ready to go back yet.  Please keep praying for him. Thank you everyone for praying. 
♥♥♥

New Do + Wall Hangings

Here are the pictures I promised.

I am too tired to write a full blog tonight.

I will try to get to it tomorrow.

Hope everyone is staying dry and warm.

♥♥♥

♥Bless this home♥

Got to monogram it up

Star Pride

I want one that has 1836 on it...

YIKES!

Happy Hump Day

Well, I missed a day darnit. Better late than never.
Another yucky day here in southeast Texas.  It's cold and rainy.  Makes me want to be lazy at home. 
This morning was interesting.  I had to stop to get gas so I pull into the Pilot station where everyone and their mother wanted to be.  I found the pump I wanted to wait on and sat there for a bit waiting for the guy in the truck to hurry with his gas.  He finally finishes and I get going on pumping gas.  Out of nowhere I hear tire screeching and a man yelling.  I turned around and the action is happening right behind my car.  Apparently a van was taking the suv's pump and he didn't like that.  The altercation made me a little scared.  The guy in the suv jumped out of his car and banged on the vans window yelling curse words and all.  He was seriously making a scene and people all around looked like they were uneasy as well. I said a prayer-"Please gas pump hurry! I don't want to be in the middle of this!".  The driver of the van decided to not make the guy in the suv any angerier and drove away.  You know, life is way too short to act like that. The guy in the suv has some serious issues. He needs God. I am thankful that the guy didn't pull out a gun or something.  Those are the things I think about. "Oh gosh, I'm gonna be on the news as a innocent dead standbyer."
Last night's season premier of Lost has gotten us even more Lost! What in the world?!? I am so confused.  We had questions before and now we have even MORE questions. Geez. 
Now onto Robert. Monday night for the first time since he got sick, Robert had a short (maybe 5sec) blackout moment.  He said it was really weird and he could see for a few seconds. These silent migraines can cause just about anything wrong with your body.  I just want my hubby back to his normal self! 
He felt a bit groggy yesterday. This medicine is taking forever to make him "normal".  For dinner last night I made him a plain turkey burger (no seasoning, no bread, no condiments) and that seemed to settle with him okay.   That's all he wanted. He ended up having a couple of short episodes last night.  You know, I may beginning to wonder if Robert's condition is still a mystery.  I really hope that Dr. Athari is serious with his diagonsis. Hopefully the medicine is on its way to help him.  This week, we have to decide if he needs to go on short-term disability.  He really doesn't want to do that, but he probably needs to so he can get his body/mind straight. I am very thankful that my Mom is available to stay with Robert while I go to work. I don't know what we would do without her.
After work today, I am going to get my hair done today.  I can't wait for a new do. I can't decide if I want to go short or let it keep growing. :-/

Funday Munday...

Today started early. Mom came over to hang with Robert while I got my oil changed and make a Wally World run. Jen Woodall-I thought of you while getting my oil changed. It happens all the time, "Ma'am, your air compressor filter needs to be changed-that'll be another $50". I told the guy that it won't be necessary to do that right now. I will probably need to change it next month or something. He shows another filter which looks so white and I just look at him like he's crazy. "I think that filter looks brand new", I said. He says, "You're right." Anyway, thought I would share my experience. I believe it happens to all of us ladies. I didn't realize today's weather was going to be yucky. It was cold and rainy. But I had too much to do to be lazy. I got home just in time to unload the groceries and rest before Robert's doc appt.
We arrive at Dr. Athari's office and the inform us that they were worried about us. His appt was at 11:15 and we thought it was at 3! Apparently Robert didn't realize the time of his appt. Luckily Dr. Athari was still there. I know Robert has had a rough week so it's no suprise that this happened. Dr. Athari thought Robert look ALOT better than when he saw him on Friday, so that was re-assuring. We had put together a list of questions for the doctor to answer so we would be prepared for the visit. We find out that food triggers "silent migraines". The doc says, No Cheese, No Red Wine, No Salt, and No Chocolate! I saw Robert get sad and I knew exactly what he would be missing-CHEESE! Robert loves cheese on EVERYTHING, just about. I quickly got sad for him because on my Wally World trip, I bought some Dove chocolates and String Cheese thinking it would make his day. Now, I feel like a horrible person! So, I am going to try to not buy cheese/chocolates for awhile. The doctor wants Robert to stay on Depakote until we know its safe to gradually take him off of it. We asked about the lesion on his brain and he is not concerned about it. He said it was only about 1-2mm. The lesion maybe there because of these silent migraines. I am sure we will do testing in the future to monitor that. The doctor visit was overall good. Dr. Athari wants to see Robert in 2 weeks. I think we will be seeing him very often for now. The doctor wants Robert to take this week off as well. The medicine is taking awhile to adjust to his system. He also mentioned that he should not drive for 3-4 weeks. So, we will have to figure out a drive-to-work schedule soon. Mom has already offerred to help out so that's nice. Lots of changes to be happening. For better and for worse. The doctor did compliment me for being such a good wife by taking care of him. That was good to hear. :-)
On our way home, we decided to stop at Blockbuster. Robert was feeling really good and he needs to have something to watch for this week he's off. Plus, we had a $15 Giftcard. He picked a movie to buy and I picked one out. He picked Inglourious Bastards and I chose All About Steve, which we both haven't seen either.
Robert was still feeling good when we got home and we decided to hang some things on the wall. I really wanted to wait until we painted, but I just couldn't take it anymore to have bare walls. Paint will come soon. I will try to post pics later. Robert's Mom came over to watch the Bachelor and ended up staying the night. About an hour or so after dinner, Robert started to feel sick but was able to calm down in about an hour. It seems to happen every night around the same time. We had rotisserie chicken, no salt green beans, and new potatoes (with a little spray butter). This may have triggered it. I will have to try something new for dinner tomorrow.
Overall today was a pretty good day.
Tomorrow is the beginning of the end- season finale LOST! We're excited about that.
Goodnight.
♥XOXO♥