Devin had his surgery this morning...

[heatherrae]

Weird thing...

The nurses and docs kept coming in and saying, "so, we are removing his adenoids today?" "Ummmmm, NO! We are putting ear tubes in." It was getting scary. The surgeon finally said, "oh, someone wrote on his chart that we were removing his adenoids." Okay, mommy is getting upset at this point. I was thinking, "WTF! Do I need to write on all his little body parts, "don't cut here." Jesus.

So, it went fine, and the doc said it was a good thing that I got the tubes for him when I did. He said when he made the incision, there was tons of infection and pus back there, and Devin probably wasn't hearing too well. anyway, he was crying when he came out the anesthesia, and I feel like a rotten, terrible mommy b/c I had to take him straight to daycare from the hospital.

My lazy freaking colleague here at the office has not worked one single full 8 hour day since I started working here. I can never take days off or nothing gets done. he literally has not been to the office in well over a week. He logs into the server from home at like 5 or 6 in the morning and logs out at 7 or so at night to make the partners up in Ohio think that he works over 12 hour days. He doesn't do shit. I'm starting to hate him.

Okay, that is my rambling thread of the year...lol.

 

[bw1]

Go to the gym

 

[heatherrae]

Go to the gym

yes, massa.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I am sorry about the whole situation... sucks ass when you are a single mom. Please don't put any guilt on yourself for the choices you are forced to make!

As for your collegue. I am thinking that there MUST BE some way for his superiors to *magically* find out what a worthless piece of shit he is because I am betting dollars to donuts (it ALWAYS seems to be the way) if they don't even though YOU are doing all the work, HE will somehow get the glory.

 

[the_alcatraz]

I hope he feels better soon and everything goes well

I will send out a prayer for him.

 

[bw1]

yes, massa.

 

[heatherrae]

I am sorry about the whole situation... sucks ass when you are a single mom. Please don't put any guilt on yourself for the choices you are forced to make!

As for your collegue. I am thinking that there MUST BE some way for his superiors to *magically* find out what a worthless piece of shit he is because I am betting dollars to donuts (it ALWAYS seems to be the way) if they don't even though YOU are doing all the work, HE will somehow get the glory.

He takes credit for my work. He says he's in court in counties that don't require an appearance of counsel. He won't take any phone calls and routes them all to me. He literally just goes out for drives with his buddy. When he does make an appearance in the office, no matter what time it is, he brings a whole sack full of fast food and one of those big gulps full of soda and sits and eats at his desk. Then, he spends about 30 minutes stinking up the bathroom and then leaves for the day...lol.

 

[heatherrae]

I hope he feels better soon and everything goes well

I will send out a prayer for him.

Thank you.

 

[Raptorex]

glad Devin is fine

 

[Bikini Mod]

He takes credit for my work. He says he's in court in counties that don't require an appearance of counsel. He won't take any phone calls and routes them all to me. He literally just goes out for drives with his buddy. When he does make an appearance in the office, no matter what time it is, he brings a whole sack full of fast food and one of those big gulps full of soda and sits and eats at his desk. Then, he spends about 30 minutes stinking up the bathroom and then leaves for the day...lol.

Geeze, you had BETTER harpoon his ass. I am not kidding. There is NO REASON for you to tolerate bullshit like that... literally.

 

[heatherrae]

Geeze, you had BETTER harpoon his ass. I am not kidding. There is NO REASON for you to tolerate bullshit like that... literally.

I'm working my magic subtley so that the news gets to the top, but via an alternate route instead of MY lips. ;-)

 

[heatherrae]

 

[Cutiebaby]

Ohh, glad to hear that lil man did alright. I am sure they were confused about the adnoids due to it being typical to have tonsiladnoidectomy while tubes. Although I cannot blame you for being pissed about it. Has he been rubbing or poking at the ears at all since?

 

[Bikini Mod]

I'm working my magic subtley so that the news gets to the top, but via an alternate route instead of MY lips. ;-)

Smart girl... sneaky yet effective but totally necessary.

 

[heatherrae]

Ohh, glad to hear that lil man did alright. I am sure they were confused about the adnoids due to it being typical to have tonsiladnoidectomy while tubes. Although I cannot blame you for being pissed about it. Has he been rubbing or poking at the ears at all since?

No, he doesn't seem like his ears are bothering him. He cried lots from the anesthesia. They said that boys typically cry more from anesthesia and it is a natural side effect, unrelated to pain.

The doc said his ears had so much pus back there when they made the incision. They should actually feel much better now. He said that he may have an ajdustment period to being able to hear so much better. Evidently, it takes some getting used to.

 

[Cutiebaby]

No, he doesn't seem like his ears are bothering him. He cried lots from the anesthesia. They said that boys typically cry more from anesthesia and it is a natural side effect, unrelated to pain.

The doc said his ears had so much pus back there when they made the incision. They should actually feel much better now. He said that he may have an ajdustment period to being able to hear so much better. Evidently, it takes some getting used to.

Yeah both my sons were not well with the anesthesia. Man my oldest did terrible with his.

Anyways for the first few weeks he will be very jumpy, Once the ears adjust it will be like super sonic hearing. Every pin drop and he will end up flinching and crying..I remember my youngest. It was like he could hear for the first time. Just remember to be sensitive and try not to have him subjected to loud noises..Also no water in the ears as that will cause the fluid to back up and it will be painful and such.Though I am sure the Dr have told you all this, i just wanted to feel smart for the day by re telling you LOL.

 

[heatherrae]

Yeah both my sons were not well with the anesthesia. Man my oldest did terrible with his.

Anyways for the first few weeks he will be very jumpy, Once the ears adjust it will be like super sonic hearing. Every pin drop and he will end up flinching and crying..I remember my youngest. It was like he could hear for the first time. Just remember to be sensitive and try not to have him subjected to loud noises..Also no water in the ears as that will cause the fluid to back up and it will be painful and such.Though I am sure the Dr have told you all this, i just wanted to feel smart for the day by re telling you LOL.

Yeah, thanks, that is good to know about the jumpiness and all. I think I'm going to go run and check on him at daycare now and make sure he is doing well.

 

[calveless wonder]

good to hear david is ok

 

[guest username]

Hope he makes a speedy recovery. That is scary about the adenoid thing. The Joint Commission requires "time outs" now where everyone present for a procedure/surgery has to verify the right patient, right procedure, right side, etc. Despite this, there still have been wrong operations performed on people, likely because they didn't follow the required procedure.

 

[needtogetarmy]

Weird thing...

The nurses and docs kept coming in and saying, "so, we are removing his adenoids today?" "Ummmmm, NO! We are putting ear tubes in." It was getting scary. The surgeon finally said, "oh, someone wrote on his chart that we were removing his adenoids." Okay, mommy is getting upset at this point. I was thinking, "WTF! Do I need to write on all his little body parts, "don't cut here." Jesus.

So, it went fine, and the doc said it was a good thing that I got the tubes for him when I did. He said when he made the incision, there was tons of infection and pus back there, and Devin probably wasn't hearing too well. anyway, he was crying when he came out the anesthesia, and I feel like a rotten, terrible mommy b/c I had to take him straight to daycare from the hospital.

My lazy freaking colleague here at the office has not worked one single full 8 hour day since I started working here. I can never take days off or nothing gets done. he literally has not been to the office in well over a week. He logs into the server from home at like 5 or 6 in the morning and logs out at 7 or so at night to make the partners up in Ohio think that he works over 12 hour days. He doesn't do shit. I'm starting to hate him.

Okay, that is my rambling thread of the year...lol.

I hope he recovers soon! My wife and daughter just got discharged from the hospital. My daughter had jaundice and stuff like this is stressful!

 

[Smurfy]

Hope he makes a speedy recovery. That is scary about the adenoid thing. The Joint Commission requires "time outs" now where everyone present for a procedure/surgery has to verify the right patient, right procedure, right side, etc. Despite this, there still have been wrong operations performed on people, likely because they didn't follow the required procedure.

yep they did a time out in the operating room this morning when i was having surgery

 

[Smurfy]

heather, im glad little deionne is ok.

 

[curvymommy]

Wow, Heather. I'd be tripping out too! Glad Devin's ok. It will get better from here.

 

[blueta2]

HR, why didn't you just bring him home after the surgery?

 

[heatherrae]

HR, why didn't you just bring him home after the surgery?

I have to work today. I have tons to do. The doc said he would be 100% back to normal once the anesthesia wore off. I just went to the daycare, and he was doing well. =-)

 

[heatherrae]

yep they did a time out in the operating room this morning when i was having surgery

what did you have done?

 

[cindylou]

hope he's okay - sorry you had to take him to daycare. Sucks but I'm sure he's fine.

 

[blueta2]

I have to work today. I have tons to do. The doc said he would be 100% back to normal once the anesthesia wore off. I just went to the daycare, and he was doing well. =-)

that sucks! I bet you wish you could just be home with him.
Tell your coworker to step it up so you don't have to be there on days like today.

to Drake

 

[Smurfy]

what did you have done?

lumpectomy

 

[heatherrae]

lumpectomy

Oh bummer. I hope everything is benign and over with now. You feeling okay?

 

[digimon7068]

i feel bad for you and the devster. . .i had tubes in my ears so many times as a kid that, when it was finally all said and done (after my eustachion tubes straightened out a little with growth) i had a permanent hole in one ear drum that they had to closed up with a skin graft from behind my ear. . .the whole experience sucked. . .one of my girls has had tubes in her ears twice now. . .fuggin' genetics. . .

 

[heatherrae]

that sucks! I bet you wish you could just be home with him.
Tell your coworker to step it up so you don't have to be there on days like today.

to Drake

Thank you. =-)

 

[blueta2]

yep they did a time out in the operating room this morning when i was having surgery

<<< the time out in the surgery room with Smurf >>>>

Doc 1: did you get a load of them huge bewbs
doc 2: yeah she's packing
doc 1: we're obviously not here for an enhancement
doc 2: Let me check her chart. Oh lobotomy
doc 1: no, that says Lumpectomy

good thing they checked

 

[heatherrae]

<<< the time out in the surgery room with Smurf >>>>

Doc 1: did you get a load of them huge bewbs
doc 2: yeah she's packing
doc 1: we're obviously not here for an enhancement
doc 2: Let me check her chart. Oh lobotomy
doc 1: no, that says Lumpectomy

good thing they checked

 

[heatherrae]

i feel bad for you and the devster. . .i had tubes in my ears so many times as a kid that, when it was finally all said and done (after my eustachion tubes straightened out a little with growth) i had a permanent hole in one ear drum that they had to closed up with a skin graft from behind my ear. . .the whole experience sucked. . .one of my girls has had tubes in her ears twice now. . .fuggin' genetics. . .

Awwww....that is sad that you got a perforation in your eardrum from the tubes.



Get this everyone. My colleague decided to finally show up to work when I was gone to check to see if Devin was okay. I was only gone like 20 minutes, and he was grilling the paralegals and saying, "I thought you said Heather was here today. Where the f&ck is she?" LOL. He must think he is my boss. Holy hell.

 

[blueta2]

Awwww....that is sad that you got a perforation in your eardrum from the tubes.



Get this everyone. My colleague decided to finally show up to work when I was gone to check to see if Devin was okay. I was only gone like 20 minutes, and he was grilling the paralegals and saying, "I thought you said Heather was here today. Where the f&ck is she?" LOL. He must think he is my boss. Holy hell.

You need to sever his arm and hit him with it ;-)

 

[heatherrae]

You need to sever his arm and hit him with it ;-)

It's a thought!

 

[digimon7068]

Awwww....that is sad that you got a perforation in your eardrum from the tubes.

meh. . .it sucks to have shit like that happen to little kids, but in the grand scheme of things, i'll take that over some of the other (truly horrible) shit that i've seen happen to other people's kids. . .i'll take a few ear infections, allergies, etc. to cancer any day. . .

 

[heatherrae]

meh. . .it sucks to have shit like that happen to little kids, but in the grand scheme of things, i'll take that over some of the other (truly horrible) shit that i've seen happen to other people's kids. . .i'll take a few ear infections, allergies, etc. to cancer any day. . .

oh, I know. I think about those things lots. God forbid...

 

[digimon7068]

oh, I know. I think about those things lots. God forbid...

count your blessings everyday.

 

[-SD-]

Yea that was a dick move dumping him in daycare straight from being in the hospital.

 

[BlueBird]

You're doing what mommies are supposed to be doing, so don't feel guilty. As for your co-worker, what a douche..there's always gotta be at least one, huh?

 

[heatherrae]

Yea that was a dick move dumping him in daycare straight from being in the hospital.

Yes, it sort of is, but so is getting fired and not being able to put a roof over his little noggin.

 

[roadwarrior]

Weird thing...

The nurses and docs kept coming in and saying, "so, we are removing his adenoids today?" "Ummmmm, NO! We are putting ear tubes in." It was getting scary. The surgeon finally said, "oh, someone wrote on his chart that we were removing his adenoids." Okay, mommy is getting upset at this point. I was thinking, "WTF! Do I need to write on all his little body parts, "don't cut here." Jesus.

So, it went fine, and the doc said it was a good thing that I got the tubes for him when I did. He said when he made the incision, there was tons of infection and pus back there, and Devin probably wasn't hearing too well. anyway, he was crying when he came out the anesthesia, and I feel like a rotten, terrible mommy b/c I had to take him straight to daycare from the hospital.

My lazy freaking colleague here at the office has not worked one single full 8 hour day since I started working here. I can never take days off or nothing gets done. he literally has not been to the office in well over a week. He logs into the server from home at like 5 or 6 in the morning and logs out at 7 or so at night to make the partners up in Ohio think that he works over 12 hour days. He doesn't do shit. I'm starting to hate him.

Okay, that is my rambling thread of the year...lol.

HR - good luch with the tubes. My boys were preemie and had tubes for years. They also had 3 or 4 ear infections every year and had to were ear plugs to swim. We finally got them out and the boys will be 10 on June 19. Watch the little man carefully for ear infections. If the tubes get clogged, he can get really bad ones. If you want to discuss with my wife then let me know. She's a mom and a nurse... an expert in this area.

 

[heatherrae]

HR - good luch with the tubes. My boys were preemie and had tubes for years. They also had 3 or 4 ear infections every year and had to were ear plugs to swim. We finally got them out and the boys will be 10 on June 19. Watch the little man carefully for ear infections. If the tubes get clogged, he can get really bad ones. If you want to discuss with my wife then let me know. She's a mom and a nurse... an expert in this area.

Thank you! Good advice. I will watch the ears. He has a running prescription now for the drops that are supposed to be used immediately at the first sign of infection.

 

[heatherrae]

You're doing what mommies are supposed to be doing, so don't feel guilty. As for your co-worker, what a douche..there's always gotta be at least one, huh?

Thank bluebird.


and...yes, there is always one.

 

[vixensghost]

OMG. I had no idea he was going under the knife today. I'm so sorry!

Give him a kiss from Brianna and I.

WTF? The Ohio people need me to make a visit to them to get things right? Gimme names so I can beat some ass for you. lol I'm kidding of course.

 

[digimon7068]

Yea that was a dick move dumping him in daycare straight from being in the hospital.

geez dave. . .that's a little harsh. . .and kinda out of character for you (who peed in your cheerios??). . .would you rather she were on teh welfare??

 

[heatherrae]

OMG. I had no idea he was going under the knife today. I'm so sorry!

Give him a kiss from Brianna and I.

WTF? The Ohio people need me to make a visit to them to get things right? Gimme names so I can beat some ass for you. lol I'm kidding of course.

I will give him your and bri's kisses. =-)

He loves pretty girls.

 

[vixensghost]

I will give him your and bri's kisses. =-)

He loves pretty girls.

I hope he's better soon. I hate that you both had to go thru this ordeal.

He's a tough lil boy and WILL be better in the long run with this procedure.

 

[heatherrae]

I hope he's better soon. I hate that you both had to go thru this ordeal.

He's a tough lil boy and WILL be better in the long run with this procedure.

I think so. The doc said that his ears were VERY infected behind the eardrum. So, this will probably make him feel way better and hear mommy blab better, too. lol.

 

[-SD-]

geez dave. . .that's a little harsh. . .and kinda out of character for you (who peed in your cheerios??). . .would you rather she were on teh welfare??

They missed the cheerios and hit my ear. I had a tympanectomy and ossiculoplasty last year and i keep having complications and now theres constant pressure in my ear with lots of hearing loss. Also sounds like im underwater when i talk. Just kind of all around pissed off and was really needing this to be corrected by the time i started new job, which isnt going to happen at this point and I dont have time or money until i start this job to find a new doctor to look into this. Cant really live like this too long.

 

[Smurfy]

Id tell my employer to go fuck themselves if they said I had to come in to the ofice on the day my infant child was having surgery. There is nothing that serious going on in the office that couldnt wait until tomorrow.

 

[heatherrae]

Well, this is the weirdest thing, Smurf, but the big kahuna just emailed me confidential questions about how I would feel about training an experienced attorney but one that didn't have experience in real estate. So, I have a feeling that word has gotten up the grapevine, and my colleague is about to get the boot.

 

[heatherrae]

They missed the cheerios and hit my ear. I had a tympanectomy and ossiculoplasty last year and i keep having complications and now theres constant pressure in my ear with lots of hearing loss. Also sounds like im underwater when i talk. Just kind of all around pissed off and was really needing this to be corrected by the time i started new job, which isnt going to happen at this point and I dont have time or money until i start this job to find a new doctor to look into this. Cant really live like this too long.

Im sorry that you are feeling bad. :-(

 

[digimon7068]

They missed the cheerios and hit my ear. I had a tympanectomy and ossiculoplasty last year and i keep having complications and now theres constant pressure in my ear with lots of hearing loss. Also sounds like im underwater when i talk. Just kind of all around pissed off and was really needing this to be corrected by the time i started new job, which isnt going to happen at this point and I dont have time or money until i start this job to find a new doctor to look into this. Cant really live like this too long.

oh. . .dang. . .sorry d00d. . .whuh? oh, i said SORRY D00D

 

[calveless wonder]

how is donatello healing this evening?

 

[heatherrae]

how is donatello healing this evening?

I'm leaving work now to go get my little munchkin.


Good night all.