Freaking out a little over difficult child

[amazeofgrace]

HOlY COW WOMAN~! Could you have anymore on your plate <<<HUGS>>> Ok so praying the pox do not happen and if they do let them be mild, so all other procedures can happen without delay! I have heard of an outbreak of shingles going on here in NJ, it's weird, but I guess it's that time of the year as well. Praying the next few days will be stress free for you!

 

[DammitJanet]

Giggling over me getting to pass my baton on for wildest story of the decade! At least while Cory was exploring, he didnt insert anything...lmao.

 

[gcvmom]

Thanks for the baton, Janet. Whom shall I whack with it first?

 

[gcvmom]

Oy! And I wonder why my hair is STILL falling out?!

 

[gcvmom]

So I got the scrip for acyclovir (Zovirax) and he's to take it 4x/day for 5 days. It's a pretty high dose. It won't guarantee that he won't eventually develop the disease sometime over the next three weeks. If he does become symptomatic, he'll have to go back on the Zovirax.

The really annoying bit is that this messes up the scheduling for his bladder procedure. They jumped through hoops to get it scheduled for 1/11 but now it looks like he can't have anything done for 21 days after exposure to chickenpox. So the next date we're looking at is 1/18, which may not seem like long to wait, but at this point, every day feels like an eternity.

The only faint hope we have is if the cousin's bloodwork comes back negative for chickenpox, though I have serious doubts that will happen.

 

[Marguerite]

Bloodwork may come back negative but cousin could still have chickenpox. When I had whooping cough last year my blood tests were all negative. Repeatedly. Eventually the infectious diseases expert, after listening to my classic cough and listening to the history, said, "That's whooping cough. I don't care what the blood tests say, there's no doubt about it."

Hopefully if difficult child is asymptomatic by 11 Jan, the surgery can go ahead. Incubation is 21 days from memory.

Marg

 

[DazedandConfused]

Good grief! What a roller coaster!

Crossing fingers difficult child will be able to have to scheduled procedure.

 

[gcvmom]

My mom is livid with her brother over this whole situation (I remind her that no one knew the stepson was coming down with the virus) because he can't seem to tell her whether or not the "spots" are blistered or not. He just says they look like little mosquito bites (he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he means well). This being day 3, some of them should be crusting over by now if they truly are the pox marks, but for all we know, they could be flea bites from their dog if they look the way he describes them! So my mom got the number to their pediatrician today and called over to light a fire under someone's back end since her brother said he couldn't get through to the doctor (and now she thinks he didn't bother to listen to the phone menu options and hung up -- he can be such a Homer sometimes). Anyway, she let them know it was imperative we know whether or not the stepson is contagious and that her grandson's surgery is hanging in the balance and he's got Crohn's and do you people know what that means, yada, yada, yada. I had to laugh at her flair for the melodramatic!

The urologist's scheduler said she can hold our spot on the 11th for a couple of days, so hopefully we'll get the final word soon. Twenty-one days from exposure is the max the virus is ever known to appear. Our pharmacist felt that after 5 days on the antiviral and watching for a week he should be in the clear if nothing happens.

I'm just feeling very WHAT.EH.VER. over all of it. Just reschedule it for the 18th and I'll hold my breath he doesn't come down with the bug between now and then. It's just all so ridiculous at this point.

Oh, and I came down to take my medications (it's 1am here) and my little bladder-pod-person aka difficult child 1 is sitting with headphones on intently watching an internet porn video on MY COMPUTER!!! that apparently I'd forgotten to change the time block settings on... either that or he figured out how to get through MY login screen to change the parental controls. Some days I just want to scream and then kick his scrawny butt all the way down the street. He doesn't know it, but he's just lost the use of a whooole bunch of his favorite things for the rest of this week... maybe longer.

 

[DammitJanet]

Internet porn is what got him in this predicament to start with and very favorite part of his anatomy is fixing to be violated because of his issues. I cant think of a more fitting nature consequence. I do think I would inform the doctor that you want the doctor to go light on the sedation...lol. Let him feel a bit of the pain from what his actions have caused. I would also not be too sympathetic when he gets home. He caused this mess. Kind of not feeling to awful bad for someone who cut themselves just to get attention and get in the hospital so everyone would say...oh poor little child, they are so misunderstood.

 

[LittleDudesMom]

Janet, you so bad!

 

[DammitJanet]

Well...I wouldnt say do it without sedation but maybe let him see the utensils on the tray! Or a video of what they are gonna do...lol. "Dr will insert instrument into urethra of patient and attempt to extract foreign object with forceps. If foreign body is too large or attached to penile wall, laproscopic surgery will be used to open top of penis to remove said foreign object."

By this time most men would be covering said body part and it would be drawn into body so deeply the foreign body might pop out by itself...lmao!

 

[gcvmom]

LOL, she IS bad!

Yesterday he started complaining about being bored and not being allowed to go ice skating with his sister. All it took was "the look" from me and an "are you kidding me?!" reply to his little tirade and he shut up REAL quick! At least his medications are working, because a few months ago, he would have fought tooth and nail over being punished because of something he'd done.

 

[DammitJanet]

You do know that you need to tell the doctor to save this thing for you. Right? You also need 8x10 glossy's of all the xrays for the photo album.

One day when he meets his future wife this is going to be one heck of a story! I vote for telling it at the reception dinner. Bring out the photo's. Or maybe at the bridal shower or baby shower. Say how shocked you are that he was even able to have kids...lmao.

You see...I am ruthless. That story about Cory? It has been told over and over.

I also have a few stories about Jamie...and one or two about Billy!

 

[Marguerite]

I keep thinking of my BFF's son's 21st party, and the display of X-rays around the walls (instead of cute baby photos). Go for it! Keep every picture, keep every object in jar, and USE THEM! The day will come, you will know when.

I do have a concern with making a big noise, rattling the instruments tray etc - could he be getting off on the surgery and the medical intervention? You don't want to inadvertently give him a payoff.

Marg

 

[susiestar]

IF he is the kind of kid to get hurt frequently, consider making him pay some of the doctor/hospital bills. in my opinion it is another way to help them learn that the things they try have real consequences. It is just a thought.

 

[gcvmom]

Oh, believe me... I've already asked the urologist for a picture of the object.

No, I don't think this is something difficult child 1 is excited about in any way. He's embarrassed about the whole thing and just wants to get it over with. I actually think he's relieved to know that there's an end in sight for all the discomfort he's had for the past several years.

 

[Jena]

OMG. i just read thru all the posts i'm so sorry i'm late wrapped up in my own ****.

ok i'm glad it's removable and it isnt' something horrible i saw first post and thought oh no.

i am sorry that he's shoved something inside himself. i cannot believe. you are right NEVER a dull moment. I think you win the award if we were passing one out this year which by the way i think we should at that get together that i didn't make it to last year!!

((Hugs)) you have the patience of a saint. i'm so sorry. sux.

 

[TerryJ2]

Oh, dear, I am so sorry. If only he understood how much trouble and worry this would cause himself and you ... if only our kids could think beyond 1 second. Sigh.

 

[DammitJanet]

End in sight! You slay me!

Yes, he most certainly had one end in his sight! He just let the end of one thing slip up the end of another thing...lmao!

 

[gcvmom]

Oh geez! You are ON today!! I am so tired I didn't even know I did that...