Stent out…kidney tube turned off. The waiting is a pain.

I took this quiz and it came up with my exact age. Weird!

March 28th, Martha Bangs was born.

Richard Nixon is president of the US

Charles Manson and 3 of his followers are convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder

An earthquake in California’s San Fernando Valley kills 64 people

New York Times begins publication of classified Pentagon papers on US involvement in Vietnam

The $70 million Kennedy Center opens in Washington, DC

A four day revolt at New York’s Attica state prison ends after being stormed by 1000 state troopers

A new stock-market index called the Nasdaq debuts

Walt Disney World opens

Intel releases world’s first microprocessor, the 4004

Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail

Libertarian party established in USA

Kid Rock, Denise Richards, Sean Astin, Winona Ryder, and Ricky Martin are born

Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series

Baltimore Colts win Superbowl V

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is published

The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premeires on television

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel wins Grammy for song of the year

All in the Family premieres

We went to see the National Poppy Preserve today. It was cool. No, it was freezing. The wind was blowing, the poppies were closed and we did not come prepared with warm enough clothing. It was still fun though. The weather was clear and it was great to get out for a bit away from cartoons, computers and other various mundane regular life stuff! I’ll post a pic tomorrow.

Christian goes in at 9:30 on Thursday. Then we wait and see what happens…

I thought maybe if I blogged it…there would be more of a chance that it would happen. I am supposed to play tennis the next two days and I seriously am sick of getting rained out. One problemn being, when I get put off from playing for too long, then I finally get on the court again- I play long and hard, then can’t move the next two days. Oh, poor me. The perils of my life! I’m extra excited too becasue my kids have taken an intrest in learning how to play. So, this gives me live-in hitting partners when I need one! Also, I told Emma how much Serena Williams earned by winning the Australian Open and she thought she might change her career goals from acting, singing and fashion design to Tennis pro. Fun stuff!

So, here is the next installment in “Tales of a Blocked Kidney.
Ok, I got a call from the doctor today…who I love. Did I mention that? Anyway, he said he had met with a bunch of doctors from the west coast area and presented Christian’s case. Yes, my son’s ureter is a celebrity. The are not convinced that he should do the surgery just yet. They recommended that we take out the stent, clamp the tube from his kidney and give it a little time to make sure that what is left in there is really cause for blockage still. So, instead of the major surgery on Monday we will be doing a stent removal and then the wait. I guess this is good, in the sense that he may not have to undergo surgery at all, at this point. But it still feels like we are prolonging the inevitable. God is still on the throne…as my dad always used to say. He’ll handle it.

I have pretty much finished the room. Emma tends to be a clutterbug so the one picture shows all the junk I try to keep organized and clear out what I can seasonally. But overall I am very happy with it. Now the boys want their room done, and Riley really likes the canopy, so i have to come up with an idea to give him the same feel but more masculine. Any ideas?

Heres the pics, too. I did it all by myself. I will have to learn how to resize and organize them next.

pink 

More pink! 

Window view 

Flowers 

green 

I have 900 channels and can’t do a thing with them. Hopefully I can figure this thing out. Crap that’s a lot of channels. Our DVR system was hooked up today. So far I hate the pause it makes when I change the channel, but I guess I can get used to that. I can’t believe all the movie channels I have now. Back in the day I used to think that only the cool people could have movie channels. Could that mean that now since I have movie channels, I’m….cool? But, I can’t be that cool becuase I have no clue how to record anything. All this stuff about codes and stuff. Why did we get this set up while Jared is on a trip? Only three more days…I miss him, and not just because I want to learn how to record stuff either. OK…that’s all.

That is, a tube inserted through the skin, into the kidney to drain it because of blockage, created in our case by tumors and a calcified stent.

That’s what I did this weekend.

I am pooped. I find it interesting that when your kid is in the hospital, they give the parent a torturous cot to sleep on, hence no sleep. Then they expect you to be up and around at the crack of dawn doing I don’t know what since you are in the hospital for pete’s sake. Can’t we just rest? “We need to get up and around. Ready to go home.” OI! I didn’t sleep! Remember the crying baby, the IV alarms, the slamming doors, the squeaking air conditioner? Remember that “Miss I’m used to being up all night”? (No offense Kristi, I’m sure you will be a considerate nurse.) Ok, I’m just exhausted. Pay me no never mind atall.

Thanks again for your care and prayers. We are tenatively scheduled for March 28th to get that damn tumor ridden ureter out of there. Stay tuned for more tales from the 4th floor. Love, Me.