Weekend Report

We had a crazy weekend with 2 separate trips to urgent care. Still, we managed to do OK.

Brief overview of what got done:
Saturday
Shopping for groceries
Baseball game
Trip to urgent care with the youngest (split lip)
Planting honeysuckle and butterfly bush
Cooking breakfast/lunch/supper

Sunday
Farmer's market
Fun dance program for all 3 kids/exercise + socialization for me
Planting 4 trees
Husband's trip to urgent care
Older daughter's piano party
Cooking breakfast/lunch/supper
Reading to kids

What didn't get done:
Folding laundry
Cleaning out attic
Attending Craft Fair
Board games


My husband hasn't been feeling great - he's had this borderline fever (temperature just barely above norm), headaches, severe back pain, fatigue. He could barely walk because of the back pain and nearly passed out in the shower (that was scary!). We figured he probably pulled his back and just needed some rest, so he stayed home and rested, while I did the shopping and took our kids to E's last baseball game.

At the baseball game, our youngest fell and split her lip. The cut was deep enough to make me wonder if she would need stitches and worry about possible infection. Also, it was in an awkward spot - right in the corner of her mouth, and every time she would eat something it would open up. After the never-ending baseball game (it lasted almost 3 hours... and our team lost... but my son was thrilled he wouldn't have to play any more baseball, possibly ever) we had lunch and I called my parents to ask them to stay and watch the older 2 kids (they ended up taking them to the pool). My poor husband was hobbling around, afraid to make the wrong move that would cause excruciating pain.

So, I took the youngest to urgent care (first time ever!). C was awesome - we colored while waiting for our turn and she very patiently allowed the nurse to take her vitals and the doctor to examine her, and then said to me "We had to go to all these different rooms* - this is very confusing!" Turned out, stitches weren't necessary (after it stopped bleeding, the cut didn't look so deep any more). The doctor prescribed  her some topical antibiotics and we spent about half an hour at a local CVS waiting for her prescription to be filled and looking for a heating pad for my husband's back. C also got a new toy car - she looked through at least a dozen cars before deciding which one she liked the best, and I figured we may as well get some enjoyment out of mostly ruined afternoon.

After we got back, my husband decided he felt well enough to very carefully cut the grass (tractor is broken - again! - so he had to use a push-mower). He seemed to be feeling a bit better. C. threw a tantrum because she didn't get to go to the pool with grandparents. Then we did some gardening (usually, my husband does all the digging, but this time my son and I had to use the shovels) - we had some plants that absolutely had to be put into the ground - they've been sitting in pots since last weekend and weren't looking so good.

The next day (Sunday) we had to plant 4 new trees (my husband ordered them on line a couple of week sago and they arrived 2 days prior... had to be planted or they wouldn't survive). My son and I did most of the digging. It started raining while we were on tree #2 - fun times! But we got them all in: a cherry, an apple, a peach, and an apricot.

And then my husband found a tell-tale bulls-eye rash on his thigh. Freaking ticks. So - the second trip to urgent care was my husband getting treatment for Lyme disease. One intramuscular antibiotic shot and a 21-day course of oral antibiotics. His back already feels much better and he has a lot more energy, but he is really anxious about getting persistent Lyme disease with symptoms that will never go away...


*Waiting in the waiting room, then feeling out paperwork in one little room, then back to waiting room, then a cubicle for vitals, then back to the waiting room, then finally a cubicle with a stretcher where we waiting for the doctor.