Been awhile

Sorry everyone it's been awhile since I last posted. I managed to be able to work three days last week so I was a little worn out. I've also been working on N's blanket/afghan pretty much every night. N's really excited about it and keeps wanting to take the strips to bed, so I'm trying to finish it up for him. That's a whole other blog lol!
Things around here are really good. We(ok me) are getting ready for my little brother's upcoming wedding. Last week I went and had N measured for his tux. He's going to look so cute! I've been trying to explain what he's going to do and that him and mommy get to go in a limo with Aunt S. He's excited, but I don't know if he totally understands it yet.
M finally learned how to give kisses. Before if you asked her to give you a kiss she would give you her cheek for you to kiss her. Than about a month ago I was starting to get her to give me kisses about 50% if the time, but this last week I can get them pretty much every time I ask and even more some days. She's also finally giving them to Daddy too. Though she'll still try and get him to give her one first. She knows she's a Daddy's Girl that's her issue lol!

Therapy

I just found out today that M will start speech therapy next week. I'm SOOO happy! She also got her OT back today which was great. She had surgery to remove a cyst, around the same time I had my TMJ surgery. It was great to see her. Tomorrow we go see a Developmental Pediatrician which I'm excited about, she's the best in the area. I'm just hoping she tells us we are doing everything we need to for her and she will grow out of all the delays.
Other than that fun news, M's feeling better, she just had a bad cold. N's been moody lately I'm not sure what is up with him. Some days you tell him not to do something and he'll just cry about it for an hr(and I so wish I was joking on the time).

Sickness

Well after my last post of course the next day M seemed fine so I figured she ate something bad. She's been fine the last few days, but last night she was up a few times crying, we couldn't figure out why. Then today the poor thing has been miserable. She woke up with a runny nose and it hasn't stopped. She barely took a nap, or even eaten much. At one point she was just crying for 2hrs straight. I gave her cold meds and Tylenol, but they took forever to kick in. Unless she amazingly gets better, she'll be going to the doctors Monday. I swear the girl always gets sick on the Friday nights or Saturdays. Then we have to help her "suffer" through the weekend til we can get her meds and help her feel better on Monday.

Fingers crossed!!

Today(and really a little yesterday) M has been sticking her finger in her ear. I was really hoping it wasn't anything, she was just zoning off and doing it, but today she throw up and had runny diapers, so I think there will be a call into the dr's tomorrow, I'm really hoping she doesn't have an ear infection, but I'm pretty sure she does. She never gets fevers when she gets them so it's really hard to tell. I have my fingers crossed.

Post-Surgery Appointment

Today I had therapy then an appointment with the dr to follow up on my recovery. Therapy was good, I'm liking it cuz she really gets everything opened up and makes me feel like I am making progress. My appointment went really well, ok better then I hoped. I had an x-ray to make sure all my teeth were ok from having the wisdom teeth removed. I'm guessing also to make sure my jaw was ok too. He did say that I wasn't opening as much as average recovery would be, but he's thinking it has to do with the removal of my wisdom teeth at the same time is causing it. The big news(well for me), is that he said in the next few days I could slowly start chewing. Of course I can't go run out for a pizza or steak, it's only softer foods, but I'll take it! I did try a chicken fry today and it went good, I'm still going to try and take it slow, only trying once or twice a day and still having soups for lunch or dinner. He also gave me pictures from the surgery, most of them you can't tell what it is, but it is pretty interesting, but there is two pictures(one of each side) of the tool in my joint and you can see my ear....Those I can't look at long they freak me out! So they are away in a folder for now.

Pictures

I'm bored can you tell:) I wanted to post a picture of the gift my lawyers office sent. Isn't it pretty! And this is everything that it came with.

Also this weekend there was a little caravel down the street so we took the kids to it. Unfortunately there wasn't much for the kids to do except a bounce house w/slide and this crazy house thing. Here's daddy taking both the kids through the crazy house thing. This was N's second time I took him the first time then he wanted to go through w/Daddy.

And here is daddy and N throwing darts at balloons. I got to do three too. Both the kids got little stuffed animals from that game.Then N did a hammer game where you get something no matter what(basically you are just paying for the toy and the kid gets to swing a hammer for free:) but he liked it. He picked out this blow-up dolphin, that squeaks when you push it's fins. Mommy's loving it :(. Why he picked that and not a blow-up bat is beyond me, but he likes it!

As far as recovery goes one week post surgery I'm feeling pretty good. I'm really starting to feel like myself again and have energy. Though I can talk it does wear me out and it's still straining to do, but it's not bad. It was nice having N at school today so I could take a nap when M did which I think really helped me keep up my energy level all day.

Wish I know 7 days ago

Last night I sat talking to hubby about this whole recovery, which got me thinking about this post I'm not pissed per say, but more annoyed. I wish I had more knowledge of what I was up against before getting into this.

Therapy-I was told I would need some therapy for a few weeks. I wish they would have told me how intense it would be. I need to put popsicle sticks in my mouth to wedge my mouth open more. I'm suppose to get up to 20, at this point I can put 12-13 in without an issue and "force" in another 5 to get up to 17. Number 18 and I are having a hard time together. Then I need to gently push up on the sticks,basically pry my jaw open, so some day I can get to number 20. And this is done every hour. Then add in therapy at the rehab center which really isn't that bad I get a jaw massage then the whole above but of course she tries to push how long I can hold it for.

Soft Diet no chewing for 4-6 weeks-This is a BIG understatement! When I saw this I figured soups, soft bread. I went off everything I could eat the first week I had my braces on. Our jaws hurt so much my brother and I had soups that whole week. My diet consists of creamy soups, smoothies(that are very smooth), pudding, jello, and drinks. Scramble eggs is the chunkiest thing I can have and even that is tough. Even chicken noodle is hard, I had some yesterday thinking the noodles are soft, NOT, it's the whole opening and closing my mouth part that hurts. When I have to close my mouth and then try and mush the noodles so I can swallow...it hurt bad. I had gotten a bunch of soup before the surgery, but had to go out and get creamy soups today. I wish they would have been more clear or given examples of what I could eat.

Pain-I was told the wisdom teeth would be the part that hurt the most. Yes that was the part that was the most painful. But I wasn't ready to feel like jaw is stiff and feel like I have something in my jaw. It's not overwhelming pain it's annoying.Though when I'm doing the above therapy the pain can bring me to tears. For the most part I feel like someone punched me in my jaw and locked it in place, on both sides.

Over all I'm just frustrated right now. I think cuz I didn't or was as informed as I wish I was. I keep asking myself was it worth it? I think cuz I have a co-worker who also needs the surgery and since she found out I was having it, keep saying you have to tell me how it was. I know on Wednesday she'll ask me. Right now, I'm not sure if I had to answer I would say no, just cuz my range of motion is way less then it was and I'm miserable with having to live on the foods I will have to for the next month or two. I'm sure(and I hope I do) will change my mind in two month when I'm pretty much totally recovered, right now I'm not sure, all I do know is I have a lot of work to do to recover and get back what I once had before all this happened.