Baby Head, baby head oh my poor throbbing head

The woes of the average Kindergartener. We think they have it so easy get on the bus, arrive at school learn and play then come back home. It seems that in between there are multiple layers of young stress that I am just not fully grasping. Today, I was told by my 6-year-old that I needed to give her a little break because she had a stressful day at school. Hmmmm, all 3 hours of it? I mean, come on now.

Yesterday, as my little cherub got off of the bus in the afternoon, the bus driver said something to her that I did not hear. What I did hear was “we all have to be nice”. Uh Oh….if it had been a major issue the driver would have looped me but since she did not I knew it was minor. As soon as we got into the house I asked Madi what happened that she needs to be nice. Of course the quick reply was “nothing”.

It did not take long before I had the answer. Baby head…seems like such a harmless word combo but to 6-year-old bus riders coming home from what I am not told is a very stressful day it is enough to almost cause a real brewhaha. Seems that a little girl kept poking Madison which she did not appreciate. Instead of the many choices she could have made she explained to me that she “snapped” (her word) and called the girl baby head. The offended little girl did what mine should have and told the bus driver.

I googled “baby head” and the images were a bit disturbing.

We once again covered proper, expected behavior. We shall see I guess.

Since Christmas I have been under the weather but between ultrasounds, biopsies, a sick hubby and sick kids I have done little more than take a few Tylenol. By yesterday my head was throbbing, I could barely hear out of my left ear and when I cough I do believe my head might just split open. I called the doctor and got and appointment for today. I was not surprised to hear that I had a sinus infection. I was a little surprised to also have and ear infection but guess it makes sense. Now armed with a steroid pack and antibiotics I can only hope that tomorrow brings with it a little relief!

It will be midnight in an hour so the official countdown for Disney is 23 days….anticipation!

I get to go to Disney with a clear head!

I received a call from the doctor this morning with the results of the endometrial biopsy. There is no cancer! They were not fully normal but for the purposes of my worry level they were fantastic! What has been identified is an endometrial polyp. This little bugger causes its own issues and in a small percentage of the time can turn to something more. For my purposes right now, I will go to Disney with my family knowing that I am healthy! For this, I am extremely thankful!

What happens when I return? I have to think about this. I will have to repeat the pelvic ultrasound in 2-3 months to once again check on the ovarian cysts. It would be nice if they would go away already! I will deal with that when needed.

As for the polyp, I do have issues that this would cause. They recommend an endometrial ablation procedure to remove it. I am not going into detail about the symptoms of or the procedure to get rid of the polyp. If you are interested click one of the colored links.

For now I can focus on something really important, the quickly approaching Disney trip! We received our packet from the Disney Express. This is the first time we are staying at a Disney resort so it is the first time having to arrange for a pick up. I am so far very impressed with the organization and professionalism of everyone we have talked to from the initial reservation, to meal planning to now the express representatives. There are so many companies who have such poor service, it is refreshing to deal with one who really gets it!

The Happiest place on earth! Have a magical day!

Just a little blue

I am a little down at the moment. I was allowed to take the dressing off yesterday and although I intended to leave them on longer, I changed my mind. I did it mainly because I wanted to change them. Now, I fully realized that this process was not a breast augmentation and that we were not going to have perfect boobies once complete. I fully realize that I am only 4 days out of surgery. I fully realize that I am swollen and that I have fresh incisions from the nips to under my arms on both sides.

Now, fully realizing these things does not mean I was not a bit taken back when I looked into the mirror. I feel like the nipples are huge and one is larger than the other, maybe they will reduce in size as swelling goes down. I am happy with the size and the air bags are gone…happy things. I feel like one points up and one points down and that there is a significant difference in the center points between the two. I know normal healthy breasts are not prefect but I feel like these issues are really glaring.

Frank says to relax, step back. Let the swelling go down, let the healing take place for a few days at least before I get upset. I see the doctor on Wednesday…for the first time it hit me that maybe I am not finished with surgery…oh god. I will do my best to push it to the back of my head until Wednesday.

So a snapshot for how my week is going…I wake up early to get the days Disney dinning reservations booked. The on-line system seemed to be having issues so I go old school and pick up the phone and call. After a few minutes the lovely woman on the other end informs that Disney prides itself on having one of the best IT systems in the world and with that said the system seemed to be down. I wonder how often this happens..the Bailey’s broke the Disney Reservation system!

On a happier note, it is now a few hours later and meals are mostly booked!! I am glad I have this to distract me for a bit each day. Today is highlighted by Chef Mickey for breakfast and dinner with Chip and Dale at The Garden Grill. We want to have some steaks in Canada for lunch but for some reason Le Cellier has not opened up that week yet. It is never easy :-). At least we have the others booked. There is always tomorrow!