I swear men don’t think.  Ever.

Bill was getting some tools for our concrete project this weekend from his friend.  Since Will was sleeping on me, I asked him to get Will some Zyrtec.  (Earlier, in the week, I had Will into the doctor for a persistent cough that doesn’t seem to go away.  She figured it was either a virus or allergies.  I had to wait till Friday to see if the cough went away on its own.  If it didn’t, we were to give him Zyrtec).

He gets home about 8:30 pm, and I go to get Will his medicine.  Then I saw what Bill bought.  It was not good.  He bought Zyrtec D.  For adults.  In pill form.  I wish I was kidding.  I mean that’s like buying a L-shaped desk instead of a U-shaped desk.  Close but no cigar.  I asked if he bothered to talk to the pharmacist.  He said he did.  I then asked him if he told her (the pharmacist) that Will was there.  He didn’t.  (I asked Bill how exactly Will, who is three, was suppose to take this pill.  His response that he should just swallow it.  At three years old.  I’m currently banging my head against the wall).

So I rushed out at 8:30 to get back to Walgreens and return what he bought.  It’s great having to return medicine to get what I really needed and having to explain to both the manager and the pharmacist why.

I don’t get it.  If Bill goes to the store for something like say a computer desk, he won’t mess that up.  However, if I send him to the grocery store or Walgreens, this is what I get.  I swear men do this on purpose so they don’t have to help!

What do you think?

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Well, actually Madison can. She had an eye doctor appointment last night.  I changed her from the pediatric ophthalmologist to the eye doctor Bill and I go to.  It’s just down the street, and it’s covered under our vision insurance (whereas her ophthalmologist was not).  The amazing thing is that we’ve been going to the other place for 2 years, and I learned more about what’s up with Madison’s eyes last night!

Now, we ended up at the ophthalmologist when Madison was 3, because she had a lazy eye.  The glasses were to correct it.  What I was never told was that she has a refractive error in her eyes, so she’ll always wear glasses.  She’ll always have to wear glasses.  Unlike adults, they also don’t give them the full prescription right away either.  They slowly work their way up.  This explains why every single year her prescription has changed.  Also, until they get her to her full prescription her depth perception sucks.  For us, this explains a lot.  We couldn’t figure out why she can’t catch.  Well, that explains a lot.  If you don’t have depth perception that would make it quite difficult.

Now, we wait for her new lenses.  These still aren’t her full prescription, but her new doctor has already told us that she’s putting Madison on an accelerated schedule to get her up to where she needs to be.

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No, seriously.  I think I’ll put it up on eBay today.  I thought my simple surgery would be, well, simple.  Instead, it’s been several days, and I keep feeling worse.  I figured life would go back to  normal after my hysteroscopy D&C.  Instead, I’m a crampy, in pain mess.  They gave me Motrin to take which is doing well nothing.  I hate whining, but I have a life to get back to, and it’s just not happening.  I have a sink full of dishes and laundry all over the place, and nobody is stepping up to do it.  Instead, I sit in the chair with my feet up or in bed and do nothing and hope that it’ll go away.

It’s before 6 am on a Saturday, and I am awake due to my cramping.  I’m crabby and emotional.  Anybody know how long I should expect this to last?

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Many of you know my kids have not had a good year with their health.  I also have surgery next week, so I’m not helping our healthcare woes either.  Now, let me start by stating that I have fairly decent health insurance.  It covers most of what we need covered, $1000 deductible, $3,000 out of pocket family deductible.  Now, with everybody’s issues this year, we may actually make the family deductible.  My kids (before insurance) alone have wracked up over $20,000 in medical bills this year.  We definitely are getting our money’s worth (finally!).

So why am I worried?  Bill’s insurance is dependent on his job.  This is the worst construction (which is the field he works in) has ever been (according to an article he sent me a while pack) here in Chicago.  We keep our fingers crossed at all times here.  My biggest concern would be Madison.  Seeeeee, with her history, she’s pretty much uninsurable if we would have to pick up our own health insurance.  Her ketosis acidosis would be considered a preexisting condition that most insurances will most likely not cover or if I could actually find one, the deductible would be so high it may be pointless or we won’t be able to afford it. (And yes, I’ve actually looked into this).  Depending on what we find on my surgery next Wednesday, I may or may not fall into the same case too.

Though, is government run medicine the answer?  I don’t know.  My fear is that if the government starts offering up insurance that small companies, like the one my husband works at, will have no incentive to offer insurance.  I’ve heard about the long lines and substandard care in countries with socialized medicine.  I don’t want that either.  I can’t offer up anything better than what we have which is clearly broken.

What are your thoughts?  What is the right answer?

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Sighhhh, to get the first half of the story, read here.

Okay, now that everyone is caught up, I just wanted to update everyone since I am getting emails asking how I am.  Well, the estrogen is not working at all. I have a call into the OBGYN and am waiting to hear back.  I am pretty sure the next step is an ultrasound and then surgery (I think they called it a hysteroscopy).  I am trying not to completely freak out, but you know, it’s in my nature.  LOL  Seriously, it is what it is, and we move on from there.

I’d love to hear from anyone else with this problem, since I hear it is quite common (though no one I know has had this happen).

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