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Post by winegirl on Oct 25, 2009 19:30:32 GMT
Oh no!! Have you been to the a&e? Is he ok? ?
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Post by stevensmummy on Oct 27, 2009 12:50:01 GMT
Yip its broken. How bad do i feel? ? It gets worse too, he has a buckle fracture. In the x-ray you see the bone and a little bump out the side, with the fracture in the middle of the bump. Apparently this bump isnt normal. Since the break was over a week ago they expected the bump to straighten out by now. Since it hasn't he has to see and orthapaedic surgeon, who will decide if its nessecary to straight this bump. Being a child they are bendy and may go on its own. But if not it needs manipulated into a straight bone again. If no go re-broken and placed again. Worse case pins or a bent arm. He has the case for 2wks just now, but going on thur to see surgeon and see what happens from there. He is really sore, and struggling to sleep too. Waking the whole house in the process. So I'm knackered. had about 3hrs last nite between him waking the other 2 aswell. Steven has just lain down and stuart and scott are asleep so i might take a half hr rest with a hot milk, b4 ploughing into the house work and the cards, I've only got about 40ish made, need at least double that! Otherwise all is well having issues with a mate of mine but i'm going to get a password for the private section as I think she sometimes views here as a guest, dont want to risk her reading this. So help may be needed there too if you dont mind. xx
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Post by winegirl on Oct 27, 2009 14:34:53 GMT
Have you got the password or do you need me to get it to you???
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Post by stevensmummy on Oct 28, 2009 4:51:11 GMT
Hi hun, can I have the password if you dont mind please? Thankyou in advance x
Yet another sleepless night. Michael got up with Stuart at 2am, and they came down stairs. I seen to Scott at 3.30 and when i came down they were asleep on the sofa together. I left Scott to cry and sent Michael to his bed. They are all asleep now but of course i am bright as a button. I will go sit with Stuart on the sofa, might drop off with the boerdom of night time tv, lol
I'm appreshensive about Thursday. The thought of the poor wee soul having to get his arm re-broken. I feel kind of guilty coz i could have gone in sooner, if i had would it have been bent? Hopefully they will see a diff from sundays x-rays and see that its straightening itself. Fingers crossed. Hes itching like mad, hes getting so frustrated that i cant get in to scratch it for him, get screamed at again again. Hes just to young to understand. I have a knitting needle i was attempting to scratch with but i think I'm not reaching the right bit lol. I'm so cautious of him banging it. They said to watch as he might smash it, he keeps banging it on the door, presumably coz its itchy. God hes such a 'boy'!!
The kids have their christmas photos this morning. Its at stuarts toddlers but they are all in it. One of our friends is a photographer so she is doing them. We are using bubbles with a natural look. I'm thinking they will be really quite nice, she has done heaps of her son and they are all lovely. Cant wait to see them. Will have to post it when i get the digital copy.
Off to have a sit down and try to sleep again xx
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Post by stevensmummy on Oct 30, 2009 8:05:28 GMT
Yesterdays app at the hospital went better than expected. He wants to leave it another week then x-ray again instead of charging ahead when it may sort itself out. he was really well behaved and i was very proud of him. He got a fire engine as a reward. His moods are still majorly affected by this. Regular tantrums, throwing things, screaming. The itch is drvivng him mad. i feel helpless to him and find myself getting angry with him as he just wont behave. Then I feel guilty for shouting at him. What kind of mother shouts at their child with a broken arm? I dont deserve them. Emotionally things are up and down just now. My stress levels are rising due to this broken arm and I also have done something to my foot. Its killing me. i do wonder if i have broken a bone in it. But I'm not going to hosp as then i cant drive so what use am I to stuart then, if i'm in plaster too! Can you imagine the hassle. I'd rather cope with this sore foot. My Dad is stressing me out yet again. For some reason he finds it incredibly difficult to be supportive. I know i'm a failure to him but does he need to keep reminding me? Constant you should have done this with the kids, you need to do this, you need to stop that, you need to step forward and sort that out. Etc etc etc etc. On and on. I cant do anything right in his eyes. Or at least thats how it feels. I have considered talking to him, but i'm not sure i have the courage. I could write it but I'm not sure. Going to get an app for Scott with the doc 2day as hes really still not well. He has asthma and a chest infection yet hes getting worse and the inhaler is making no diff. I'm getting really worried. This whole swine flu thing is going thro my head. Anxiety levels are flying a little just now so I'm trying to put it to the back of my mind and trust the doc. But I heard on the news that respiratory infections are the major cause of hospitialisation in babies under 12m. Yet again anxiety alarm bells overload. I'm struggling to keep the deep breaths under contol. soon i'll have an oxygen overload and pass out lol Otherwise all is well. I just need to try to remember to take each step as it comes until this anxiety bout passes. Its been some time since I've had such a an anxiety blip. So I guess thats a positive xx
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Post by winegirl on Oct 30, 2009 9:00:45 GMT
I am so sorry you are having an anxiety blip mate - as you know - i can well empathise! But yes, it will pass again, and quite frankly mate if I had your hectic life to deal with I would be on permanent blip! Dont be so hard on yourself, whatever your Dad may say, you are a good Mum and doing an amazing job of looking after 3 young children, you should be proud of yourself!!
I hope Scott's appt goes well today. Deep even breaths mate, this will pass!
Much Love
WG xx
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Post by stevensmummy on Oct 30, 2009 21:23:33 GMT
Cheers, ure always supportive you know that. Thankyou x
Well 2day was better than i expected. I managed to relax at the kids haloween party and the boys enjoyed themselves. I spoke to Stevens nursery teacher about his behaviour and she agrees its just major jealously with the baby and now stuarts arm, lack of attention on his side. She reccomends spending time one-on-one with me and keeping him busy. He was apparently an angel as he normally is! Its only me that gets spawn of satan lol. i do feel a little better in that respect, knowing that its an issue that can be resovled as he is not like that away from me. I'm positive it will pass, its just egtting there thats the hard bit.
I ended up not getting an app for scott as its a bad system on a fri, only emergency. But in the end I needed an app for me with my foot. Did it about 10days ago and hurt it again 2day walking down town and back about 2 1/2 miles lol. Doc thinks it may be broken but the place where it is there is nothin they will go other than strap it up. Which is what I got at the surgery. If not a break its a tendon or ligament injury which will heal with rest (yeah right, 3 kids doesnt = rest) and time. So I'm not trailing in with 3 kids for them to say hmm yes its broken or hmm no and end up with a bandage regardless of the outcome. After a bit of a laugh to himself the doc saw my point and agreed it wasnt nessecary to go in. So I'm just going to take it easy this weekend as Michael is off so will get an easier 2 days than normal. While I was in I asked about Scott and he checked him out and said I was right to be worried but there was no infection and no signs of a virus. He suspects its asthma related but thought the inhaler should have made some diff and i shouldnt need to use it so much as i'm having to. So has refered us to paediactrics. He mentioned bronchitis and doesnt want it to get that far so wants it seen to sooner rather than later. So progress on both fronts.
Considering my fears this morning and the day I had yesterday i am quite pleased by 2days progress. I had a bad 45mins, when I came back from the party and was trying to rush and clean the house before nursery started. But I took 2 mins aside of the screaming kids and chaos and I coped. I have an attitude problem apparently, so michael says lol. I'm tired so going to have an early night, he says its a good idea coz he doesnt like gettin into bed with killer queen! Cheeky b*****d.
I have to remember to smile, it helps!
xx
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Post by winegirl on Oct 31, 2009 10:14:15 GMT
LOL - you are allowed an attitude when you have three kids, 2 who are poorly, a broken foot and a manic lifestyle!
Hope you feel refereshed after your early night??
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Post by stevensmummy on Nov 1, 2009 10:40:44 GMT
Morning x
Glad to hear you agree lol. Killer queen had an early night and was apparently less killer!
We landed trailing al the way to Insch yesterday to see bloody tractors! Can you sense my excitement??? He had a bill to pay for Rodger and the boys were desperate to see all the new tractors. Its a dealership for John Deere, the main dealer in scotland and its also who Michael works for so the boys get in all the tractors and to see the workshops, they love it. I sat in the car with a sleeping baby reading my new craft magazine. It was a nice break actually. I only drove one way too so it wasnt so bad (Insch is about 50min drive). Afterwards we went to mums and the boys did their halloween bit for mum n dad and she made a big fuss of them and they carved their pumkins etc. They enjoyed it and slept well last nite so are in a good mood this am. Well except little scott who is just in for a nap, but thats all that up with him.
Going to have a nice easy day 2day. I have my horses to check and i want to watch the F1 and do a bit more housework, so I should get some time to make some more cards 2day. I have a fayre on the 12th(ish) of nxt month so I need to get cracking with the stuff. But i think I should manage. The new stuff I've ordered should be in by sometime nxt week so they should make some quicker cards. Hopefully be organised by then!
xx
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Post by winegirl on Nov 3, 2009 15:14:31 GMT
Did you have that easy day then?? Not that it sounds very easy to me with 3 kids, horses and cards to make!!!
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Post by stevensmummy on Nov 3, 2009 21:29:03 GMT
Hi,
Wasnt too easy lol but it was better than normal.
Had epilespsy clinic 2day. Positive outcome, dont need to go back she is pretty sure there is no further issues and just remian on medication and keep her updated if I have any problems. So thats one less worry. She was also happy with Scott so I'm pleased.
Got table at the nursey christmas day nxt thur and not remotely organised so speeding the boat round, or trying to lol.
Kids starting to get chicken pox I think, Steven has a few dots on his bum. Poor sould. Someone said they can start to get it for 2wks before it comes out properly. Most of my mates kids have had it so I'll be surprised if they dont get it. Stuarts arm is the same and the app is thur so I'm hopeing the xrays show its straightening on its own accord and no surgery needed. Fingers crossed plz!
Busy day again 2moro but I like being busy keeps me from getting stressed!
xx
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Post by winegirl on Nov 5, 2009 13:36:06 GMT
Isabelle was really poorly with chicken pox for about 2 weeks with a temp, bug symptoms etc, the day she got better was the day she woke up covered in spots! Normally they are poorly before the spots come up so we didnt know it was chicken pox straight away.
Good to get it while they are young though.. seems to bother them a bit less..
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Post by stevensmummy on Nov 22, 2009 13:22:54 GMT
Hi,
Thanks Wg for the reply. Bit late in getting back. You will prob have noticed from FB that things in the grant household have been very very hectic. Michael had broken his leg! Stuart is having a mjor terrible 2's attack. Steven is thinking that being a big boy of nearly 5 that he can rule the world and cause complete chaos. In the meantime I'm looking after a poorly horse, and taking Scott of the breast thro the day. My brain is fried!
Other than the usual chaos, things have been ok considering. My anxiety levels have subsided slightly. porbably due to the lack of time to actualy think about anything. Runnin on autopilot just now. No sleep very lttle food and a finance issue what with him off work and a major hiccup from the tax credits ppl. They have suddenly cut my normal to less than a third of what I'm normally getting. Apparently due to not seeing scotts birth cert, which I informed them was delayed from child benefit. They said they would remind me again and then it would be seen ot. Next i know i'm down to about £100. How can they do that? Apparently they did send another request but we never got anything. We have had very lttle mail lately. Presumably due to the postal probs. Its not my fault theres a strike and I've not gotten any mail. I've already asked for duplicate forms due to this so surely they will know about this problem. But anyway that my xmas funs out the door. We can just pay the bills and thats it now. I have to appeal against it and that takes up to 6wks normally. But with the postal probs and this time of year I was warned it could be 8wks. I think I will try to talk to my Hv on monday see what she says. See if she can help.
My parents are causing major prob sgain but I'm going to put another post about it as its really geting to me.
On the plus side tho, stuarts plaster is off and seems to be fairing well
xx
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Post by sianyc on Dec 2, 2009 16:48:03 GMT
Your life is just manic lovely.
I didn't think tax credits had to see the birth certificate. I thought they authenticated the claim via the child benefit reference number (child benefit gets sight of the birth certificate so at least someone at HMRC sees it)
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Post by winegirl on Dec 4, 2009 11:16:00 GMT
Hi mate
Sorry have not been around for a few days so just catching up. How has this week been for you hun??
Did you get the child benefit sorted??
Thinking of you x
WG xx
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