FFFCs (and vents)

Abinormal

This is mostly an FFFC. I'm still really worried about Tegan. The culture came back yesterday and the infection is MRSA, which means that we'll all be bathing in a special antibacterial soap and lining our nose with a special antibacterial cream. It also means that I'll be doing a lot of laundry this week and some major cleaning/disinfecting.

All that aside... I'm terrified that her infection isn't getting any better. DH keeps telling me that it does look better today than it did yesterday, but the surgeon led me to believe that it'd look almost normal (aside from the drain) by today. She's in a lot of pain, but it seems to be pretty well managed by her pain meds. I don't WANT Tegan in the hospital... but I can't help thinking that it'd be less stressful if she were in the hospital, because then I'd at least know if things are improving/not improving. I'm trying desperately to not be the over anxious mother in this situation, but the mommy instinct is knocking on my door very loudly....

Mainer-in-Texas

mcurban:

If it is THAT important to her that you all be there, she can pay for your travel expenses. 

end of story.

I totally agree. She finally offered to help us out a little, and DH told her "It's going to need to be more than 'a little.'" But she doesn't seem to "get it" yet.

AustinBride06

Taytee:

I'm still trying to decide if I should leave my current job for a different hospital. Part of me is angry for being forced to leave what was essentially my dream job. Another part of me is left feeling like I'm in high school again. Not quite popular enough to pass for perfect And I feel like everyone is watching me. Waiting for me to screw up. Then I wonder if maybe I AM a lousy nurse and I'm just delusional in thinking I'm not. Self doubt sucks.

I'm in the same predicament w/ my job.  I know I can be awesome in this position, but unfortunately there are circumstances in place that make that way more difficult/impossible than is necessary.  But finding a new job most likely would mean moving out of state, into a HCOL area.  It just brings up a lot of issues that I don't have the answers to: what do I REALLY want to be doing?  Do I want to live in a cool city even if it's HCOL?  Do I want to be that far away from my support network (family/friends) given all I've been through lately?  What if we have to sell our house... I don't think we have much equity in it at the moment.  What about DH, what does he really want to do?  And if I happen to get pregnant soon, what then?  Will I regret not moving out of Texas when I had the chance?

risa_4-11-09

Im so grateful for everything going on in our lives right now. DH is loving teaching and coaching, we are closer then ever and Im so glad that we decided to move for his career. My whine/vent is that for the next couple months Ill be spending majority of the evenings and weekends by myself in a town where I know maybe three people. So tonight Im going to the movies by myself, and tomorrow thinking of checking out the rodeo fair by myself. I told him the next weekend he is going to be in tournaments Ill be headed to ATX for the weekend.

AustinAggie01

I don't really have and FFFCs today.  I love that I learned the terms douchecanoe and totes ridic from the board. 

I wanted to chime in and say, Taytee, I'm sure you are completely amazing, so stop doubting yourself!  You rock!

Mainer, you're MIL totally needs to pay if it's so important to her.

MC, we need to just get together (with kids running around) and have a BFF watching party.  I'm sure there's plenty on you.tube and we have atleast one Live DVD - 54th Street Sessions or something.  It wouldn't include any new music, obviously, but would be fun and give you something to do that weekend.  My house is like a kids' playland, so I'm sure the boys would be entertained.