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19 August, 2007

Still feeling a bit lost

I spent the weekend trying not to think about going into emergency surgery. Trying to create all sorts of reasons or signs that I was in fact healing, when in all honesty my knee didn't seem much better.

Friday night, Clif and Abbie had Justin and I over to their house to "help" polish off some of the 5.5 cases of wine they have left over from their wedding. We were more than happy to aid in that task...and I knew they would take my mind off my impending doom. Clif grilled us some meat and Abbie made tasty stuffed peppers and out came the wine. It was quite tasty and a few hours of wine, Catch Phrase and a whole lot of 4 person Mario Cart made the hours pass by and laughter so much my sides hurt was a perfect cure for my anixety.

We went to sleep in their guest room, but I didn't sleep much at all. I think my fever was acting up and I was in pain. I woke up Saturday morning and tried to think of ways to fill my day. After a tasty breakfast of pancakes and peaches, Justin and I headed home. I decided I wanted to go walk around Georgetown for the day. It was gorgeous outside and only about 75 degrees.

So I crutched and Justin kindly strolled around with me for the day. We grabbed a few drinks down at the waterfront--Sequias, which I love because it isn't all yuppy like the other places down there. I never understand why girls get so dressed up for an afternoon in DC. It is just silly. Then we walked up to M Street and split some food from Old Glory's. A few more hours of walking around (and a pit stop at Dean and Deluca's so I could get liquoric) we headed to Maine Ave for some fresh seafood to take home. If you've never been to Maine Ave, it is a treasure in a mainly touristy city. It smells quite rancid, but it is where all the boats come in with their catches and where a lot of restaurants get their seafood for their menus. We decided on some Grouper, little neck clams and shrimp.

I got home and fell asleep for a few hours and then we decided to make some dinner. I was getting grumpy by then. I think it was anxiety and stress but I just felt like nothing Justin was doing was right and it was just frustrating me. Luckily he is patient and didn't really lose it despite me getting a bit bitchy.

Dinner was good, we ate outside on the screened in porch and then watched a movie--Idiocracy. It was terrible. I felt I lost a few hundred braincells in those few hours. Then I went down and went to sleep dreading today.

Nothing much calmed me down today. We watched the Virginia Tech memorial dedication on tv that my mom and others went to. It made me so sad and I did spend a lot of my day reading personal stories about those killed or injuried. It at least put my own pain and worried in prospective.

Justin made me breakfast (yummy french toast) and then we went to Target. That was fun at least because we finished off our registery. One Kitchen Aid mixer later (that is a sign of a put together kitchen!), a new microwave and some other random things and a few hundred dollars later, we headed home.

Still no news from the doctor about the lab test though.

My mom did call and let me know that 20+ kids at Tech were in an apartment that had a carbon monixode leak. 3 were airlifted to Duke and 2 to UVA...all unresponsive. Can VT not catch a break?!?!

Finally I called the emergency number for my doctor and got his cell phone. I left him a message and about an hour later he called me back (he was on a flight from Chicago) after calling and getting my lab results. The cultures came back negative for any growth, so no surgery tonight or tomorrow morning!!! He said to just stay off my leg, keep taking all the antibiotics, keep it elevated until tomorrow morning and then he'll see me as his first patient in the morning. He said he didn't know what they will do tomorrow until he sees it, but the good news was that it hadn't spread into my joints. It is still quite hot and the incisions are looking more infected. The scars are really red and are spreading wider because they are so infected. I have been running a fever for a few days now and that is just wearing me down! I hope he figures something out tomorrow.

It has been a tough weekend, not really relaxing at all. I dread starting the week tomorrow when I don't feel like I got a break. Justin's dad did stop by tonight and we went out to eat at the Italian Cafe. A bottle of wine, amazing food and some tasty dessert later, I do feel relaxed enough to sleep tonight.

Wow this was long.

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