Pants Day!!

Pants Day you say? What is Pants Day? Well It's the last day in the hospital!! Which means, I'm going to have to put pants back on. Yay and sad?! Yes, you might think it crazy but I've adapted quite nicely to my hospital home and here are the creature comforts I'll be missing most:

The first is pants- mostly having to wear them. Obviously, I wish there was no need for such silly things and we could all go around with our behinds flapping in the wind but apparently there is social protocol to maintain. Thus, here I am. Pants on the ground.

Lookin like a fool.

Nurses bringing in my pills. Do you know how nice it is to have someone get your pills ready for you in the morning? I'm lying in bed all toasty warm and asleep and someone comes and sets my pills out for me and then someone else comes in and starts my treatments. Sometimes this is obnoxious because you just want to be left alone but most of the time they are nice and its such a breath of fresh air (figuratively speaking because the hospital pumps toxic sickness through its walls) to have another person take on my medical responsibilities....

cute little pills all encased and cupped and prepped- ahh the life of not having to do my own meds.

 Reading. Oh how I will miss thee! From magazines & Harry Potter to 8,000 pages of Game of Thrones (yes, I've taken it on..but slowly) I love having the time to read.To couple that, I will also say that USA today plays hours upon hours of Law & Order SVU and though I've seen every episode I just can't stop watching. It's just sooo good.

Thank you to all who have provided me with ample reading material. You will be getting it back....someday.

My favorite couple! Luckily, he has left officially and it's rumored that she will be leaving next season.  Maybe I'll get a life and stop watching? the husband is really hoping for this!

Ok, so those are the big things. Pants, pills, reading & SVU. But, it's been a great hospital stay in that I'm much healthier now than when I started and I have a whole week of California to look forward too! Overall, today is just another great day! Thank you Jesus! Whoop!  Better get back to work- and finish packing up the room the husband arrives in a little less than 3 hours.... whoa!

One more picture- I'm soooo excited to get this dang wristband off... they scan you in the hospital; like a bag of chips.

thumbs up I'm outta here.

Thankful Thursday! Hospital, California, Husband & More

I totally stole this post idea from Ronnie Sharp and his Blog. So Thanks! Anyways, so many things to be thankful for today that I'm gonna do another steal and just bullet them....

• Hospital stay is almost over! That's right - I'm outta this joint tomorrow! Whoo hoo, I've prepped the doctors all week to be ready for discharge EARLY on Friday so this means hopefully I'll get be outta here by 1 or 2pm. Not bad. I've spent a large part of the day on the phone with insurance companies and am oh sooo excited to deal with their junk when I leave here. 
• California knows how to Party! Oh! Well I find myself singing any California song I know because I just booked my ticket for NEXT WEEK. Ok, it's gonna be a little crazy getting out of the hospital and then bam on a plane Sunday to California, but Andy was heading out there for work anyways and after talking with him last night we both decided I should go to. "Why Not," is my big feeling on the matter. I work from my computer anyways and the hotels are paid for. I'm soo soo excited and we get to see my new brother-in -law over the weekend. It's just going to be fabulous -and as always one of those last minute decisions I make. How am I an event planner? :)
• Husband, can't forget him on this list because well he just makes it all happen. Last night he braved the snowy roads to see me and it really did make me feel better. The whole afternoon I had had a cursing headache and from the moment I saw him it was lifted. I dunno what it is about him I just love him.
• Work- like I said I work from my computer mostly these days and feel super blessed to work for family and in a flexible environment. Even though I'm leaving this job in a couple weeks I know God has something in mind for me (just a quick reminder God: I'm still waiting for you to reveal your plan to me) and I'm trying to be active and prayerful in the finding work realm. 
• BFF's- you guys are just great. Thanks for all the chats, group mms's, and pictures. Check out my BFF arieanna's blog here and check out gay gay's blog ..... well when she stops working on her masters and saving children in need. :)
• Brother Bear & Sister Goose & Family-- you guys are an amazing support team! My brother bear apparently is a super hero and has built his own computer (literally built it), speaks Persian & jumps out of airplanes. My SG has tackled a new job working as a CNA, is remodeling her house, and just got engaged and is letting me plan her wedding...wait. maybe not that last part but I'm trying! As for the rest of em? My Mom and Steve watch the Frankerdoodle while I'm in here (and in California?) and bring me treats and presents, Ronzilla (aka Dad) calls me daily to humor me with his latest golf wit or why he believes I'm such a twirp, The InLaws (sue & bill) send texts, care packages and make late night phone calls, and grandparents, cousins, aunts & uncles from all over have been nothing but giant blessings these past two weeks

So that's it for my Thankful Thursday! There are obviously many more things to be thankful for but those are just a few on my plate today! What are you thankful for?? 

Tune Up

Well it's day 5 of my tune up- for those of you that don't know I have Cystic Fibrosis,  a disease that requires I get oiled up and greased down like a car. Ok not really, a "tune up" is typically a 14 day stay in the hospital where you're pumped full of antibiotics, patted down by multiple respiratory machines and worked on by a team of skilled nurses and doctors all in hopes that when you leave your lungs might be just a little bit better then when you came in.

The IV pole in all its glory

 I've always looked at these "tune ups" as time to unwind a little, breathe better and get some rest but after getting in the CF community a little more I've approached this one with a little more pizazz! I know that sitting in that bed does nothing productive for me so I"m working hard to feel better in here which includes running/walking the 9 flights of stairs to my floor, daily stretching and really trying to cough. Ok this last one might seem funny but it's true. A huge part of the CF problem is not getting mucus out of the lungs. You can do the exercises and take the treatments but if you don't set aside time to cough it out then there really was no benefit. It seems simple but it's huge! Anyways, that's it for me today. I'm working from the hospital, trying to find a new job, trying to do the job I have, and challenging every norm I know.

Andy (the husband) has been great so far. Poor guy this is his first hospital experience with the sickly wife but he has been such a support and motivator to me. He stays with me (the first night was spent in Express Admissions aka a slower emergency room where nothing gets done but they leave all the lights on)  walks with me, talks with me and plays cards with me- he is currently beating me at gin rummy a result I'm less than thrilled to report. But so far, 4 months into marriage he is my rock and I'm so thankful for it. He asks funny questions to the nurses and is learning CF in a way that you can't understand unless you're living life with a CF'er.  All my thanks dear. 

I'm gonna keep working at this blog thing though because although no one is currently reading it I'm sure one day I'll get a follower and I don't want to let that person down. With that....

Toodles.