This has been a rough week for me. I was feeling badly yesterday that I didn't even want to read to Nadia (because when I talk I hear a strange echo of my voice plus my throat hurts); so I decided it was the perfect day to let her use her new fingerpaints for the first time. She loved it! I also decided to let her experience an ice cream truck for the first time yesterday (see picture below). I didn't realize how expensive treats are from the truck so I doubt we'll do that very often, but there is something fun about buying ice cream from a truck that plays music while traveling through your neighborhood.
To add insult to injury, during the night last night my eye started oozing and burning. My eye lashes were stuck together. This morning it was so painful when the lights came on. It felt like my left eye was on fire. I called the doctor's office as soon as the opened, and they gave me a 10:15 appointment. After my appointment I made my third trip to CVS this week. Monday I went to pick up my eye drops (copay was $15 - the drops cost over $100). Yesterday I went there to buy 4 boxes of Kleenex because we were totally out. Normally we have 7 boxes spread throughout the house, but we had gone through 5 boxes the previous 5 days. Today I went to CVS to fill my Rx for eye drops (copay was $0 because the drops cost less than $5). Why are ear drops so much more expensive than eye drops? I'm supposed to receive eye drops in my left eye 4 times a day and ear drops in my right ear 3 times a day. I still can't hear out of my right ear. I am hoping some hearing will be restored tomorrow. I've been taking mega doses of Ibuprofen (800mg at a time) to try to deal with the pain. The doctor said he thinks the congestion is just allergies. Well this is pretty bad if this is just allergies. Paul will have to mow this weekend.
Yesterday during lunch I said to Nadia, "I love you Nadia. You're my girl!" to which Nadia replied "I love Daddy." I wasn't expecting her to say she loved me back, but I also wasn't expecting her to say she loved Daddy. I want her to love Daddy, but I have to admit I wanted to say "ouch" to that response. I know she loves me. She always wants me to hug her many times a day. I love to hear her say, "I need a hug." Awwww....
Ian still has a cough and runny nose. Nadia still has a runny nose, but in her case it just seems to be her usual allergies. She and Paul seem healthy. I can't wait to be able to hear out of both ears, breathe through my nose, and wear contacts again. I go back to the ENT in 12 days to see if my eardrum healed over and to see if any of the hearing loss was permanent. Hopefully it will heal, and I'll regain my hearing. It's really hard to care for 2 little ones when all you want to do is sleep. I'm also getting really behind in grading for my online course.
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