I had full intended on sitting down and writing all about our lovely vacation, and then....well, then Dex week happened. We were once again initiated by Lucy. You know you would think after a year and a half, we wouldn't be so unprepared for dex weeks or forget about them. Then again sometimes I wonder if we are "forgetting" or just "blocking it out". One being intentional and the other not. And I also think last dex period, we were a bit spoiled by "Mary", so we were foolishly thinking Mary would be around most of this week....that would be a negative.
Definitely had a mix of dexter, Lucifer, and Nellie Olson that past period. Mary was few and far between. And when she did appear it was only to certain people, and never to her mother! Nellie was waking up DEMANDING her sausage patties. She wanted to know why they weren't already cooked and waiting for her. Dexter screamed and screamed and threw fits, and threw things against the wall. She ate and ate and ate until her stomach had a true budda and she was in so much pain from it. Then Lucifer, she appeared many times, mostly to poor Jack. Lucifer is downright hateful, mean, disrespectful, and doesn't care what punishment you give her. And none of them slept very well. I hear other parents tell stories about their child sleeping well during dex, not mine! You can walk past her room with the door shut after she's been asleep for a few hours, and she will sit straight up and say "mommy?" FREAKY. It's like when the boy will sleep with his eyes open....shiver.....he's done that since he was a baby and always freaked us out. Sometimes he'll start talking to us, his dad does the same thing. Anyhow, off subject, again. lol Since nobody slept, mommy didn't either. Lucy would crawl in bed with me. And of course she would have baby White, baby Blue, and Ronald. So if you can get a mental image:
[edge of bed] baby blue, ronald, Baby White, Lucy, me, Taco, daddy[edge of bed]. Stuck smack in the middle of a bunch of crazies. HAHA Seriously, Zach talks in his sleep and is a cover stealer, Lucy is yelling at him for it and talking in her sleep too (when she falls asleep), Taco insists on sleeping on the pillow and he snores, and this week has has HORRIBLE gas! One night he even yacked all over my feet and the bottom of our bed. That was lovely. Point of the graphic: I'm TIRED and grumpy.
This vincristine also seemed to hit Lucy pretty hard with pain. And that sucks. I feel horrible for her, and its virtually impossible to get anything done because she really just wants held and rocked. Which is ok by me, just wish it was under different circumstances. She also seems to have tourettes during dex. Her choice words this time were damn, shit, and shut up. Lovely.
Lucy took her first dose of dex at 9 am on last Wednesday, and she took her last dose on Sunday at 8 pm. By Friday, Zach was in a catatonic state and staring into space (I think I saw him drooling too). I was beat down, and felt like crying. I was searching and searching for my happy pills and was so frustrated I couldn't find them. My mom came to the rescue and took the kids Friday night so we could go to a retirement party for a co worker of Zach, and we NEEDED that. And when I say need, I cannot stress the importance of that time. We drank a little much and needed a cab home, and I think I was dancing on the table or chair or something to that effect, and I have absolutely NO shame. It was a huge release.
I think it would have carried us over to the rest of the week, but we had another medical crisis in the family. We were sitting there over the weekend (of course always happens over weekend) after Taco had barfed on me several hours earlier, and Lucy said "wow, look how big Taco's nose is". Zach and I looked and said "hmm...that's interesting" Then we looked at each other and burst out laughing. Taco's nose was HUGE. So $150 later, Taco was on the mend with some good meds to help the bee sting he had gotten. Yep! leave it to us to have a dog who's face swells up due to bees on a weekend when there is premium you have to pay at the vet.
And mind you, we also have both kids home with us right now because school is out. So while dodging Lucy's bullets, we are trying to give Jack equal attention. It was interesting. I took him out with me a few times. Once to the store and another time to get him some new shoes. He helped me cut coupons (he and Lucy's favorite new thing to do), then he helped me shop, loaded all the groceries in bags, and then helped me carry them all in the house. I was quite impressed, all while he pretended he was laying bombs through out the store at Meijer and kept telling me to hurry before the aisle blew up. We were also trying to teach Jack the rules of dex week. I just have one thing to say - he made eye contact WAY too many times!!
Whew....I am exhausted. I promise to get details about the vacation out plus I have a lot of other news and things going on, but for now, I am happy dex is over..again. Tomorrow will be a much better day. Tomorrow is also clinic. Hopefully she has good numbers, and we can keep her occupied outside (yea the rain was a lovely touch during dex too).
Hopefully next time we will be better prepared for rush week. If only for one day.
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