Today's prompt is "What is your favorite brunch food?" I like the ultimate omelet from Denny's.
Today is Sunday, and it is 0414. I keep waking up, even though I am now taking Trazadone 50 mg before I go to bed. Yesterday was a busy day, although I did not intend it to be. I got out of bed around 1030. That is late for me. I usually get up when my alarm goes off at 0700. I took Caleb to run errands with me and we made a full loop around town. First we stopped at Amsterdam Life to see if they any replacement coils for my e-cigarette. They did! Then we went to Food Lion to get some Diet Mountain Dews on Sale. I bought other groceries too. The next stop was the gas station to fill the gas tank of the Mazda. From there we went to Walmart to get the rest of what was on our shopping list. After that, we went to Lowes Home Improvement to pick up some supplies to fix the house. Our last stop was CVS to pick up Caleb's medications.
When we got home, I knew we still had what we what planned on doing for the day to do. Man, that was alot of running around!
After I took a break and had something for lunch, we went to my bedroom to start cleaning up. Christinia and Caleb worked together on my closet ceiling, and I began picking stuff up off the floor, and folding clean laundry. We worked until my back started hurting, and I needed to stop. My room is still a disaster, but it is less of a disaster than it was. I now have my underwear, bras, and socks where they belong in the drawers. Once the paint in the closet is dry, I can hang the rest of my clothes up, and we will have at least 2 empty laundry baskets!
It was getting late in the day, and I had to switch gears to make dinner. I started cooking the broccoli I bought earlier from Food Lion, in the oven. I then cooked asparagus and snap peas. Then I cooked a variety of mushrooms including some exotic types like oyster mushrooms and Maitake mushrooms. Last, but not least, I roasted some chicken breasts, and then I was done cooking for the day!
Apparently my dad had a bad health day. He threw up 14 times, according to Dona Sharon, and was not doing well. I called in the morning and no one answered. I called in the afternoon and Dona Sharon said that my dad was sleeping. She said she sent me some messages, but I never received any messages from her. I found out way late in the day that my dad was not doing well. When I found out the situation I told them he needed to go to the ER, and I was tempted to call an ambulance. I begged my dad to go the ER, and not wait. I got a message around 2030 or so that he had been picked up to go to the hospital. I had already fallen asleep and did not hear the phone ring at all.
Friday night was a disaster for Caleb. He threw a fit ... and now I can't even remember what the issue was. Later on he had a hallucination, and I took him to the ER. He was medically cleared, but since there was no psychiatrist on staff, there was not much they could do other than rule out things by labs. Caleb was sent home with instructions to follow up with his psychiatrist.
Caleb is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at the present time. He started the process last week, and will finish testing on Tuesday morning. I will get the results on March 31st. So far, it looks like Caleb has mild to moderate Autism. I will have to report the ER visit when his appointment comes on Tuesday.
I reached out for help to my psychiatrist for anxiety and trouble sleeping and she prescribed new medications to help. I am now taking a low dose of Hydroxyzine several times during the day, and it helps me feel less overwhelmed. I am now taking a low dose of Trazadone to help me sleep, and I do not know that it helps much. I still wake up over and over again throughout the night.
I do not know if I wrote about my ER visit recently. I went to the ER for chest pain, and a blood pressure reading of 173/122. I was there for several hours. I was given Nitroglycerin tablet, Nitroglycerin patch, and some other stuff too. I had an ekg and labs to rule a heart attack. I had a chest x-ray too. Labs showed no heart attacks. I was able to go home, which is what I wanted, after my blood pressure was in a safe range. I was instructed to follow up with cardiologist. I followed up with the Women's Clinic at the VA in Wilmington, trying to get blood pressure medication right away because my blood pressure rose the next day and was staying high. Ms. Miller wanted me to observe and log my blood pressure readings for 2 weeks before she decided to change my blood pressure medications. I do not know if she referred me to a cardiologist. I will have to follow up with her about that.
I was hoping that the anxiety medication would help me reduce my blood pressure, but it seems to have little effect on it. I stopped taking my thermogenic stack, just in case it was causing my blood pressure to be high. It doesn't appear to have any effect that I quit taking it.
I am starting week 4 of the Virta keto diet on Monday. The only cheat I had was the cheetos on the way home from the ER that one day, and some on the following day too. I am still trying to get my ketones up. I am unsure if I have lost any weight, because 1) I was on my period week, and 2) the digital scale readings are not consistent. One day I weigh 320 lbs, and the next day I weigh 296 lbs. So, I am unsure. Once I get my blood pressure under control. I will start walking on the incline trainer to earn my 100 mile medal. I figure I can break it up into smaller pieces and walk a little multiple times a day to walk at least one mile a day. It is a part of the virtual challenge I signed up for, and I am so excited to have a motivating reason to walk!
We had planned on going to the St. Patrick's Day parade, but all of us slept in, and were so tired yesterday. It rained on and off, and the weather was just not right to be outside for a parade.
This coming up week is going to be busy. I need to rest today, and work on my room at the same time. Monday morning the VA appraiser is coming to appraise the house. Tuesday morning, Caleb has his psych eval appointment. I then have an appointment that has to be with Christinia, by phone, with the VA for 2 hours. Later in the afternoon, I have my regularly scheduled appointment with Michal for the Ignite Your Light program. On Wednesday morning, I have therapy on a video call with Mr. Dillon from the VA, and later in the afternoon Harlee has a pediatric appointment in the office. On Thursday, I have to go to Leland for labs for the endocrinologist office, and later in the afternoon I have 2 appointments back to back at the VA. One is for occupational therapy, and the other is for speech therapy/memory loss. I also have to remember to show up early enough to have my labs taken at the VA. I need a full bladder! On Friday I am taking the Mazda to the dealership to have the drive belts replaced. Sooo.... yeah, busy, busy, busy! That's not including the regular activities like Caleb's 3 times a week in-home-intensive therapy.
I don't know if I wrote about Pride Restoration coming over and doing an estimate on the cost of fixing my closet mold issue. We thought it might be the water pipes I had put in a few years ago, but it wasn't. The roof is leaking into my closet! Oh man! So glad to have won a FREE ROOF! I can't wait for them to replace my roof now. Christinia put some Killz on the mold for now, as that's all we can do for the time being. Monarch Roofing will come over and put a tarp to cover it soon, because they are scheduled a few weeks out and can not replace the roof right away.
Chrisitinia and I are attempting to prepare for the worst. If I die, what do I want to happen? I need a will and some other documents. I am attempting to get life insurance, but most companies do not want to cover me because of my medical history, so finding one that will accept me is hard. She has mentioned getting married for the sake of our kids.
Jonathan Rivera is now up for the child support case. Nigel Johnson, my ex-husband, has been cleared and is not Caleb's father. We knew that to begin with but because I was legally still married to him when Caleb was conceived and born, he had to be ruled out first. Rivera has to be ruled out because he signed the birth certificate. He is scheduled to take the DNA test on March 21, and the test results won't be back in time for the court hearing in April, so the hearing will be continued until the beginning of May. Once Rivera is proven to not be Caleb's father, the suspected father will be searched for and notified to take the DNA test. Jamie McCurry is the suspected father. We already know Rivera is not the father because we took a DNA test many years ago in a private lab. We suspect Jamie McCurry because he served in Korea during the time I did and is genetically related to Caleb as shown by Ancestry.com. He has so far denied knowing me, and refuses to take a even an Ancestry.com test to rule him out as Caleb's father. Once he is proven to be his father, I am pressing charges with CID.
We are working on getting Caregiver Assistance through the VA for me. We are still working on getting medical records to VA about Christinia's VA claim. My dad is using a lawyer to file his claims, but so far it doesn't seem to be making a positive impact. He was still denied on multiple claims. He is filing for Aid & Attendance through VA, and was denied. Why? I don't know. He is legally blind and cannot administer his insulin himself, nor his other medications. He cannot drive. It's a mess. Meanwhile, he is living in a cheap motel, waiting for something to change in his favor. It sucks. I don't want him there. I want him in his own home close to where I live.
I am not watching the news at all. I am too sensitive. I use my dad as a filter because he watches the news constantly everyday. He tells me what I need to know. The stuff happening in the Ukraine is heart breaking. I pray for the refugees, as that is all that is in my power to do. It weighs heavily on me because I do not want World War 3 to happen, and yet, I sense this is the beginning of it. Mathew may be deployed to support NATO countries. Apparently Eric is no longer serving in the Army, according to my mom.
I wish I could contact Mathew. It would really help me process what is going with him regarding this war. I pray for him and his family too.
I was doing good on doing my Reiki in the morning up until yesterday. I did not do Reiki at all yesterday. I still had a very good and productive day though. I was tired, and fighting the weather all day long. When it rains, and is dark outside, it really affects me. I will do my formal Reiki practice this morning before Caleb wakes up again. He was awake when I got out of bed. He was drinking one of his Pepsi sodas.
We are waiting for the psych test results to submit the completed application to Timer Ridge. The rest of his application has already been submitted. We are just waiting for a psych eval result with IQ testing. Hopefully things will work in Caleb's favor to be admitted and approved by Trillium/Medicaid. I do not know what I will do for 4-6 months without Caleb when he is accepted and approved.
I think Harlee has a TEACH evaluation coming up. TEACH is the organization that evaluates for Autism in North Carolina. She will be starting school in the Fall, and I need to get the application for enrollment for Christinia to fill out. She is worried about how Harlee will do on the bus, and at school, being with strangers and not being able to communicate effectively if something bad happens. I understand her concerns and hope to help ease her worries.
Bella is snoring on the couch.
It is now 0541. Caleb is on restriction for 2 weeks starting Friday night for not going to his bedroom when told to go more than once. Actually, for actively making the decision the to not go to his room after being given the opportunity to decide. He will have no tv, phone, or going to visit Jerry.
I have to update my bio markers spreadsheets, so I think I will do that now. Blessed Be~!
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