It is a rainy gray day here in Center Moriches, NY today. I am at work with nothing to do. Sure hope some work breaks soon.
Saturday was my grandaughter, Allison's 5th birthday! She starts kindergarten in September. The time sure has flown by. I wish it had been a happier celebration, but her Mom and my other daughter had a spat and are not speaking so it put a damper on things for me. It just breaks my heart as a mom when my daughters don't get along. It is usually over things that it shouldn't be. I wish they would just talk to all out and be done with it. Maybe they are afraid that if they "clear the air" they won't be able to get back from it. I told them both that I want the situation fixed once and for all. They are sisters and this kind of tension shouldn't be in families.
This whole last month has been a difficult one for me. My poor husband has been suffering with abdominal pain in his right side along with lower back pain for almost a year now. He has been sent for MRi's of his spine, had CT scans and sonograms of his abdomen, a colonoscopy, and numerous blood tests to determine the cause over the last 4 months. The pain is getting worse as time goes on. The neurologist wants him to see a spine surgeon because he has "serious issues with his spine", but he doesn't think that is the cause of his abdominal pain. (He does not elaborate) So he makes the appointment with the spinal surgeon to hear what he has to say. He gets there and the neurologist was supposed to send copies of his spinal MRI's to the surgeons office...of course they sent the wrong ones. So this whole day has been a waste of time and a loss of paycheck for the day. The doctor reschedules the appt. We go and get a copy of the MRI's ourselves and he will take those with him when he goes to the appt. The pain gets bad enough for a 2nd trip to the ER for my husband. The doctor there thinks it is his gall bladder. He wants hubby to go back to his regular doctor for further test on that. He goes for the gall bladder test and it shows that GB is only working at 30%. He goes to the general surgeon as per primary doc's instructions. The general surgeon wants him to have an endoscopy to rule out an ulcer before he schedules gall bladder surgery and removes a partially functioning gall bladder. Why they didn't do the endoscopy when they did the colonoscopy I don't understand. Now he has to go through more anesthesia, another lost day from work and lost money. He is in constant pain and I am worried that this is something that is going to become life threatening before they figure it out and do something. I have suspected all along that his gall bladder is the source of it. The general surgeon said it still could be the gall bladder, but he wants this test first. My hubby is getting so frustrated and tired of not knowing and suffering in pain. All the worry about him is causing my fibromyalgia to flare up terribly. I hurt all over every day ... it even wakes me in the night.
Thank God for my quilting and quilting buddies. Roz was over on Sunday and we sewed together all day on various projects. She worked on a quilt for her daughter's graduation and I put together my "birthday blocks" from our East End Quilt Buddies" swap. Sewing gives me such peace while I am at it. I zone out and the world goes away for a while. I have a class tonight to make a strip quilt that looks real easy. Just uses a continuous strip made from jelly roll strips. We finished up a class last week making a Star Shadow pattern where the pieces form the shadow of a star behind the original stars in the quilt. It was a neat effect. Then we had a quick class on making chicken pin cushions. They were a fun project and easy to make. It is a good project to make for the church fair this December.
I am grateful today for all that I have and pray for healing for my husband.
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