kathleenandjoe
06-20-2007, 06:33 PM
Becca had a urology appt. at Walter Reed this morning in DC. It is the Army medical center getting all the crap in the media. Never had we been there before. She has had some incontinance . . . so checking everything out as her frequency over night is a factor in our sleep (or lack there of) woes it seems. Ped referred us there. I was proud of Becca - she actually tried to stay calm a bit more today. Still got a bruise on my arm, but hey. . .effort.
So I put kids in the car and journeyed there on my own. At first, I somehow ended up at the wrong entrance so one of the security guards (not army - they are contracted civilians at the gates there) directed me back out and around the block to the right entrance. Anyway. . . I get there. Phew. In time. So I then discuss with the guards on the way out how to get back to 495 so I do not do what I did on way there. It is a sketchy part of DC. Near Children's where we always are . . . . but it's all just very high crime and scary to me in heart of DC.
SO I make it home and put kids down for nap and get on MSN news. There is an article about one Walter Reed security guard shooting at another within minutes of me coming through that gate speaking with those guys!!!!!! Here it is: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19330020/
Said one van nearby got shot at by stray bullet. . . I assured hubby it was not us! How scary. I will have to rethink our follow up there next month!
Everything here is okay. Becca had some seizures . . .one fairly long cp last week after 7 weeks of none. So that sucked. BUT none in a week now again and no med changes. The mystery continues. She is sleeping better since school let out. . . so anxiety weighing in!?!?!?!?!?!?! Maybe I will homeschool next year after all . . . with likely surgery and the fact that I taught first grade for a few years. . . maybe it's a sign. The summer is going fast, and I do enjoy having her home under my care.
Hubby is getting tubes in his ears (he has not been able to hear well for months) and having knee surgery soon (ACL again and torn miniscus). He failed his hearing test and there is no way he can head back to Iraq as he is. So though it sucks. . . it keeps him stateside for at least a few months I think and hope.
I will say - after Becca's appt. we had lunch there and it was very emotional for me to see all the service men and woman there. Many with artificial limbs (one AJ would not stop running to touch his metal legs as he sat next to us eating and he was so nice about it) or wearing helmets or one guy literally missing skull. He was bald and it was like the entire back of his head was gone. Kinda like a baby that has a flat head in back but way exaggerated. He seemed fine though. Just shocking. People just do not realize. I could not eat. . .not because I was nauseous or sickened by it. .. just really emotional. I just wanted to thank each one of them personally and cry. Maybe because I feel so lucky that my hubby is just having tubes and knee surgery and came back from over there with all parts attached. Dunno.
That's about it here.
Hugs,
Kathleen
So I put kids in the car and journeyed there on my own. At first, I somehow ended up at the wrong entrance so one of the security guards (not army - they are contracted civilians at the gates there) directed me back out and around the block to the right entrance. Anyway. . . I get there. Phew. In time. So I then discuss with the guards on the way out how to get back to 495 so I do not do what I did on way there. It is a sketchy part of DC. Near Children's where we always are . . . . but it's all just very high crime and scary to me in heart of DC.
SO I make it home and put kids down for nap and get on MSN news. There is an article about one Walter Reed security guard shooting at another within minutes of me coming through that gate speaking with those guys!!!!!! Here it is: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19330020/
Said one van nearby got shot at by stray bullet. . . I assured hubby it was not us! How scary. I will have to rethink our follow up there next month!
Everything here is okay. Becca had some seizures . . .one fairly long cp last week after 7 weeks of none. So that sucked. BUT none in a week now again and no med changes. The mystery continues. She is sleeping better since school let out. . . so anxiety weighing in!?!?!?!?!?!?! Maybe I will homeschool next year after all . . . with likely surgery and the fact that I taught first grade for a few years. . . maybe it's a sign. The summer is going fast, and I do enjoy having her home under my care.
Hubby is getting tubes in his ears (he has not been able to hear well for months) and having knee surgery soon (ACL again and torn miniscus). He failed his hearing test and there is no way he can head back to Iraq as he is. So though it sucks. . . it keeps him stateside for at least a few months I think and hope.
I will say - after Becca's appt. we had lunch there and it was very emotional for me to see all the service men and woman there. Many with artificial limbs (one AJ would not stop running to touch his metal legs as he sat next to us eating and he was so nice about it) or wearing helmets or one guy literally missing skull. He was bald and it was like the entire back of his head was gone. Kinda like a baby that has a flat head in back but way exaggerated. He seemed fine though. Just shocking. People just do not realize. I could not eat. . .not because I was nauseous or sickened by it. .. just really emotional. I just wanted to thank each one of them personally and cry. Maybe because I feel so lucky that my hubby is just having tubes and knee surgery and came back from over there with all parts attached. Dunno.
That's about it here.
Hugs,
Kathleen