Life With Boys

Me: Tyler I thought you were going to Art Club today. Tyler: I was, but then I was thinking about the plague and got on the bus. Me: Like the black death? Tyler: Of course. Continue reading

Update – Fever has broken, feeling better than I was – but not better yet. Had more blood drawn today. See the dr on Friday – a bit of an appetitie since the change of meds but still being careful. Also pinched nerves in wrist and hip which is just annoying. This is just silly.… Continue reading

Tyler just offered to make me refried beans with his smoothie blender and a can of butter beans Continue reading

And my life is now a plot from House MD … The labs came back — negative for tick-borne illness. So I go back to having no idea what is going on – and still feeling like crap. I will go for another set of labs on Wednesday. In the meantime, I am switching meds… Continue reading

Challenge: recipes/ ideas for foods that I can manage ( part of it is the meds part of it is the tick fun, nausea, sore throat) requirements- not spicy (even a dash of pepper gave me amazing heartburn) smooth (rice was too scratchy to swallow) Not hot soup (hot makes me sweat more) not super… Continue reading

The daily tick report – many thanks for all of the kind words – they mean so much. Today I still felt pretty gross despite having meds now. They make me feel pretty rotten too. Today I added extra aches and pains and new kinds of nausea to the mix. Hurts to stand, sit, lay… Continue reading

“Fever of unknown origin” still remains. Had labs run. I feel like I am sitting outside at summer camp with the worst case of the spins ever. I hardly left the couch – except when Matt took me to the dr. Not how Matt and I anticipated spending our kid free week together – and… Continue reading

More proof that Tyler sees things differently than most people. Continue reading

And then ALL THE DOLLS, EVER, started walking around by themselves – and that is why I have not fallen back to sleep Continue reading