Well, Taylor saw our doctor today for the first time in around 2yrs if not longer lol. I was really unsure of what to expect behaviour wise from him but he was fantastic. He let the doctor examine him and listen to his chest and back and he even pointed to the doctors light pen and put his finger towards his mouth and said "aaahhhh" meaning you can look in my mouth!!! The doctor even though he didn't have to, did do and Taylor thought it was good fun and had him doing it for 5 minutes non stop lol. Our doctor is so patient with kids. He then gave Taylor the pen light and told him to look in my mouth but he proceeded to try and stick it as far down his own throat as humanly possible without being sick lol. The doctor thought it was very funny to watch and told him he was a silly duck. Taylor responded with "duck, quack quack" then at the top of his lungs shouted "a banana" he had spotted the doctors lunch!! A banana and a bunch of grapes on the desk behind him. We managed to distract him long enough not to have a tantrum when he was told he couldn't have it!!
Anyways, he is fine and the only thing wrong with him is a touch of hay fever so he prescribed some non-drowsy medicine for that. He examined my thumb (i hurt it a while back and it's just got worse with pain) and he said i have Tendonitis and has given me some Ibuprofen for it. I've to take 1 tablet 3 times day for a week then as and when i need them for the pain and if it hasn't eased off within 3 months to go back and have it X-Rayed to be on the safe side. It's so bloody annoying though as I'm in agony when i lift the kettle no matter how full it is, i struggle holding a cup of coffee, it even hurts while I'm typing as i use that thumb (right thumb) to hit the space bar when i type. I struggle with my left thumb and usually end up missing the key!! He also gave me some Lorratadine for my hay fever too. I've always had it but managed to stop taking tablets for it about 5 yrs ago and all of a sudden it's come back 3 times worse and my eyes are that itchy and watery i can hardly see most of the time!!! I also have a severe throat infection (possibly brought on by hay fever, or the bad cold i had 3 days ago) which he can't prescribe Antibiotics for as it will interfere with the tablets he's given me for hay fever and my thumb, but he did say with the Ibuprofen and Lorratadine it should start to clear up within the next 3 to 5 days. I can hardly breathe, I'm slowly loosing my voice and every time i swallow it feels like I'm swallowing a bunch of needles!!! Fingers crossed the tablets kick in soon!!! Dana says i sound like I've swallowed a frog, my voice is right deep and husky, then all of a sudden it goes squeaky then really croaky like a frog lol. Taylor thinks it's hilarious and as he knows i can't shout at him he's been a little bugger!!!
I went in to see the Nurse after seeing the doctor and she shouted at me for forgetting my injection and i was told NOT to forget again!!! She also said that i am only able to stay on the injection for another 2-7 yrs as between the age of 30-35 they can no longer give it to you and you have to go back to the mini pill, coil, implant etc because if the risks of erm...hmmm whatever the risks are lol (I forgot what she told me) i told her none of the others are even an option for me as knowing my luck I'd end up pregnant again!! She said in that case the next step after being taken off the pill injection would be sterilisation. I waited until Tony came home from work and told him what she'd said so we sat and finally talked about me being sterilised and he said that it shouldn't matter whether he likes the idea or not, it's my body and I'm in charge. But like i said, it matters to me what he thinks and he agreed with me, neither of us want to have to go through it all again and it wouldn't be fair on Taylor if we did, so i am going to leave it a few weeks then get back in touch with my Doctor and ask him to put me on the waiting list. The Nurse said, it's not that straight forward which i knew anyway. I will have to go to some counselling sessions first and then the counsellor will decide whether or not he/she thinks i am mentally capable to cope with the decision and it will be up to them and their report whether or not i can go ahead with it. Which to be honest i agree with 100%...It's so easy to say when you CAN have kids "i don't want anymore" and although sterilisation can be reversed i don't want to have it done then regret my decision so i agree with the counselling sessions first.
Other than that nothing much has happened really. We had Taylor's Specialist Health Visitor around today to take his hip and waist measurements for the free nappied scheme when he turns 4 next month. She also went through his Statement with us and said it is absolutely brilliant and she confirmed that we have been granted everything we asked for and more. She signed my Family Fund application form for me in the Health Professional section and said there shouldn't be too many problems with the application being accepted and if we had any problems to get in contact with her and she'd help us sort it out. She is also going to call round on Monday with a leaflet she has that has listings of all the differemt places in the area that will be doing lots of different sports activities for children with disabilities that may be of interest for us to take Taylor along to. So i am looking forward to that. I told her that i was thinking of looking into swimming lessons for him and she said that would be a very good idea for Taylor and said she has a booklet at work with times and places that do special sessions for swimming lessons for disabled children and that she'd fetch that with her too.
It is looking very doubtful that we will get to go on our yearly family holiday these July holiday's as a shortage of money is a big issue again, so i am a little dissappointed for the kids, but like mum said, they take Dana on holiday every year on her own for at least 10 days during them holidays. Taylor isn't old enough to understand what a holiday is!! and Donovan is 16 yr old next month so it's not like he's a baby anymore and won't understand. I am still gutted but glad that Dana is still going to be able to get a holiday. Mum also said that there is nothing stopping us booking another cheap holiday to Cala Gran again and just me & her take Dana & Taylor away like last time. It would be nice for us all to go but i'll settle for another quiet girly week away. I know we had Taylor with us them 5 days but i got to spend a lot of 1 to 1 with Dana and it was really nice for a change. Will keep you up to date on the holiday decisions.
I'm off now to watch House on channel 5 as i missed it last week because of Britain's Got Talent and what a dissappointment that turned out to be with the final results!!! Lets hope America's Got Talent is a lot better this year, it starts on Friday so i will be glued tot he tv screen again until it's finished lol. Take care and enjoy your weekends. xXx
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