Should I stay or should I go now
If I go there will be trouble
An if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go
I vote go! Or at least that’s my wish anyway.
I have been biting my fingernails over the last few weeks not knowing if this trip is a go or not. So to carry on from my last post I had my appointment with the cardiologist and I have to say it did not go as I had hoped for
…nothing terrible but I was not happy. He was a very nice doctor and was very thorough with gathering all my health history. I did tell him that I had past issues with high blood pressure years ago and that I did not take the prescribed medication but controlled it with diet and exercise… that is until a few weeks ago. He explained that he would need to do a stress test, EKG, blood work and an ultrasound of my kidneys. He prescribed me bp meds but I told him that I probably would not take them. I bargained explaining it was the stressful last few weeks and that’s why it’s been climbing but I would be fine soon as I got on that ship! He wasn’t budging though… I asked “IF” I decided to take the meds, could I drink?…and his answer was that I shouldn’t. Well I threw up my hands and said “oh great! I’m going on a cruise and I WILL be drinking”. He said nurses and doctors are the worst to treat and then he said “YOU are stressing ME out!” So he went on to explain the stress test and that he would not do the old people test on me… I said I was fine with the old people test and he said “that would be shameful!” Anyway my test is next week so I thought I better cram for the test
and I’ve been working out on the elliptical on my breaks at work. Well my first time on that torturous device I thought I would die after 3 minutes
but I stayed on for 9 more. The only reason I stayed on was because there was someone else in the gym and I didn’t want to look as pathetic as I actually was! I could not get past that 12 minute mark last week. So last night I think I scared my co workers after letting them know I would be at the gym and said if I wasn’t back on the unit in 15 minutes to bring the crash cart!
I lasted a whole 19 minutes so I think I have a good chance at passing the test.
Just this past weekend we went to see friends of ours that moved up north recently. They are really out in the boonies in cottage country. This friend is also a hairdresser so we went up for our pre cruise hair cuts and did a little fishing and boating while we were there. So Saturday night after supper just as we are about to settle down with some wine and a board game my Luke starts wailing. He was holding his side doubled over in pain and couldn’t lie down or stand up and I couldn’t get near him to touch him. This went on for about 10 minutes and didn’t let up. My Luke NEVER complains so you guessed it, we head to the nearest hospital….45 minutes away
. We were there for 4 hours and had blood work and xrays and it turned out to be nothing thank goodness.
I have to say that we are not a bunch of hypochondriacs and I can’t remember the last time any of my family have had to go to the ER prior to these last few months, I think this may have even been Lukes first visit ever and he’s 9! He was the only one in our household that did not have an ER visit in the last 2 months so I guess he just didn’t want to be left out.
Here is one of my Luke fishing… before his hospital visit.
This was our view
Here’s one of Nate and Gabe on the dock
So earlier this week I noticed my watch was not working… my Mickey Mouse watch that I bought on my cruise 2 years ago.
I knew that it wasn’t the battery since I JUST had it replaced 2 months ago. I just found it funny since part of…or I should a LOT of my stress has been wondering whether we would be on this cruise or not and I seemed to be getting all these “signs” that we should not be going. It has just been a comedy of errors surrounding this cruise. My watch is at the jewelers right now getting fixed so I should it have it back in time for the cruise.
This morning my Evan had another chest x-ray and a follow up appointment with the surgeon and to get his stitches out. Well we got our first bit of good news! The pneumothorax has healed over and he is good to go on the cruise!!!
So now we just have to wait on Nate, his appointment with his specialist is this Friday but I’m very optimistic that he will be cleared to go… he is feeling much better… not at 100% but well enough to go he thinks. So as long as I don’t die during my stress test all should be good for us to leave a week later! I have a lot to do since I’ve left everything to the last minute… I need to get my magnets going, packing, lots of shopping! I don’t know where I’m going to fit work in but for the first time since this ridiculousness started I feel we can start to look forward to this trip! See… I told you my next update would be a positive one!