Merry Christmas, Happy New Year :)

Ok... so as I was writing the previous blog, my husband was starting to have some abdominal pain, which progressed quickly to excruciating pain and caused him to curl up in a ball on our bed with his pants down. I told him we needed to go to the hospital, but he said he could not walk to the car with me. Hello, 911? Yep. As I waited for the paramedics I tried to get his underwear back on (some believe Mama says to always wear clean underwear "just in case"...I say you should at least be wearing underwear), but my efforts proved unsuccessful. I was out of fig leaves, too. Five minutes later, the paramedics came in and rolled him away.



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Turned out to be a kidney stone which he STILL hasn't passed yet. So hubbie's Christmas and New Years consisted of being stoned on Percocet and straining his urine (he keeps the lovely urine strainer on the top of the toilet tank....adds a nice fragrance to the room).

My writings may suggest to some that I have little sympathy for hubbie, but nothing could be farther than the truth. I stayed up all night with him in the ER (went to work the next day...fun), and I continue to make sure he takes his meds, walks, and drinks plenty of water. But the toll of the lack of sleep and tackling Christmas basically alone was too much, and I was stricken with 2 separate viruses-one GI (aka diarrhea-refer to above video again) and a lovely bronchitis (which I'm fighting right now).

Despite everything, Christmas dinner went very well and everyone enjoyed themselves. The boys seemed to like their presents, and the dog likes her new bed. I just wish he'd pass that stone!






So in closing...I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Happy 2008!