What a weekend

I went and saw Avatar in 3D at the IMAX theater at Jordan Commons. It was amazing. It was a long movie, but the effects were very good. I don't know if i could see it as a regular movie after seeing it on 3D. It was 3 hours long, my butt and back could feel that it was getting long.

Saturday I woke up and I felt miserable. I had the worst bodyaches and headache. My nose and throat were starting to hurt. I knew I had caught the cold. I didn't want to do anything but lay in bed. So that's what I did. I was lazy and slept.

Sunday I did the same thing except I went to Walmart to attempt to get my Ambien and anti-depressant from Wal-mart but they decided to lose my prescription from last month. So with me not feeling well, I had Tammy with me and even Tammy got frustrated because they were not listening so I got the region manager of the pharmacy number to call her and complain.

Monday I did not feel good so I didn't go to work. I officially got hit with the cold. I felt like I was flying whenever i went to move. I was so dizzy, my nose is now stuffed up, my body aches, I'm now coughing a little. The sneezing has now started.. Not to mention, I can't sleep! I moved from couch to couch to bed all day because i couldn't get comfortable. I got food in me and all of a sudden..... My back tooth broke off.

Today I went to work still flying high as a kite, making sure I was holding onto walls when I was walking so I wouldn't fall over. Got my work done. Came home and got in the tub to get warm because I was so cold! When I get out my left eye is starting to hurt. I rubbed it.. it KILLED! I soon can't see out of it, it's all blurry and BRIGHT red. Now I have stringy infection stuff coming out of it. I think I have pink eye! What else could go wrong!!!

So Thursday I go to the dentist to Dr Jeff Johnson to get my tooth fixed. I don't know if I should go have my eye checked out (what do you think Dr Barrett) The stringy stuff is from 1 corner of the eye to the other corner of the eye and the eye hurts SOOOO bad. .. I think I'm falling apart..

There is my pity party for the week....so to make me feel better.. I made myself fudge brownies! :)

On the Mend

I went back to work a few days this past week. It was really hard! There was a lady at work that was sick a little longer then I was with pretty much the same thing I had. The dr's couldn't find anything wrong with her but her liver function was high. We talked and our symptoms were VERY similar. On Friday she got some test results back and she was postive for... MONO! AND, there have been a few other people out at work the past few days with the same thing we had.. We are all hoping there is not an epidemic of a mono breakout at my work.

On Thursday, I went and had a follow-up with my dr here in SLC and I do not have an ulcer!! YAY!! I have gastritis so I will be on the prilosec to control the acid reflux. I also had them test me for mono. I have not got the results back yet so I guess we will see what they say! I have had so many blood tests trying that they have had a hard time trying to find a vein. But I told the dr do not do a strept test on me because it will come back negative.

Today was Aunt Kaye and Uncle Duanes mission homecoming. I love being with the Labrum family. I love hearing stories about Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma and Grandpa Labrum have had many missionaries come from their family. I counted 20, and that was including Grandma and Grandpa. What great examples we have as a family! Not to mention all of the men that have/or in bishoprics. I was so little when Grandpa passed away so I don't have many memories of him. Having De and Scott tell stories about farming back in the day... Then of course, Kenny arguing saying "THIS IS HOW IT IS" then you have Uncle Duane saying "No, THIS IS HOW IT IS!" Just another Labrum trait, as Scott said! :) Having the family together is always so much fun! There is never a dull moment when the Labrum family is together!

I have pictures I finally downloaded from when the family went to Chuck-E-Cheese and when I went home and went fishing at Grassy Lake AND from when me and Tammy went to Tim McGraw. It is late so I will post them later.

I got the hint mom!

I know it has been a while since I posted last, thanks for rubbing it in mom! :) I can't sleep so I thought I would come and post.

Everything with the knee came back just normal. The MRI didn't show any tears or anything so Dr Hansen gave me another cortisone shot. It will still hurt every once in a while but not NEARLY as bad as it did. I go back to him on Monday for a follow-up.

I went to the zoo with mom, dad and the grandkids (minus my TyTy)on Friday. Walking around that place would give anyone a good workout! It was so fun and the kids really loved it. When Morgan saw me she ran right up to me and jumped in my arms and said "NICKY! I love you!!" Max on the other hand... I had to stay arm length away or else he would start laughing because he know I would maul him with my kisses. The kids all had their animals that they wanted to see (sometimes twice). That night, we ate at Chuck-E-Cheese "where a kid can be a kid" (i was singing that) They had really tight security there. The child got a stamp with the parent they came in with and they had to go out with that parent. But it was a stamp that was a black light stamp, the kids thought that was pretty cool.

Saturday I went swimming at Tammy's pool. Then that night I started feeling really sick. So after swimming, I just went home and slept.

Sunday I woke up with a HUGE migraine so I thought sleeping it off might do the trick. NOPE!!! I started getting a really high fever. Tammy and Lexi took me to U of U urgent care and ran I swear every test possible. NOTHING! They thought I had a kidney infection so they were going to give me an IV antibiotic there BUT, they couldn't get a vein so I got a shot for the migraine and nausea and shotS for the antibiotics. I was a human pin cushion. I had 10 needle pricks that day.

Tuesday I STILL didn't feel anybetter so I called the Family Practice I usually go to and they got me in. I did UA and more blood. blood came back fine but elevated liver numbers. So I'm supposed to go back next week to have them check it again. He ordered abdomenal ultrasound on the liver and I did that today.

Last night I ended up in the ER. SOOO dehyrated. and the Dehyration made me have a huge migraine. Took more blood and urine. No kidney infection but VERY high liver numbers. I have been really scared. I haveb't done anything to do anything to damage my liver.

I am getting tired now.. I will write more tomorrow!

I am still alive!

I know it is has been a while since I wrote last.. I am STILL trying to get over this sickness. I don't know what it is! I had that ear infection. I took the 15 days worth of antibiotics that the drs gave me and it still didn't go away. I didn't feel AS bad but I just wasn't feeling myself.

This last weekend I went down to EC. It was nice to get away. It has been a while since I have been down there (since Christmas). I got down there Saturday afternoon. It was a much needed break. I stayed until Tuesday afternoon. Dad had surgery Monday, so I stuck around and helped out. I froze with mom in the hospital. We were joking around saying that the hospital created their own patients because they were causing us hypothermia. I went out to the explorer and got the John Deere blankets that we always keep out there and we tried to get warm by that and we both had our hoodies on to keep our heads warm. After our pager went off saying dad was out of surgery, we went back into SDS, the nice nurse back there gave us both a heated blanket from the warming machine. It was just a long day since dad had to be there at 9 and they didn't get him in to surgery until about 1:30. So when he came out, he was sick. Not from the anesthesia, but from hunger! We got him home about 8:30, and I ran over to Food Ranch and him food. After this surgery, he didn't want Oreos, he wanted Tapioca Pudding!!

Tuesday morning, I went down to the EC clinic and had Dr Lowell check out my ears again because they were started to hurt really bad again. He said there was nothing in them. He did a little culture thing and it came out fine. He said that he thinks there is some kind of fungus in my ear causing the pain. He gave me eardrops that would numb them and they have worked. As the week has gone on, I kept getting more sick. Now I have a really bad cough and congestion along with this earache. I went to the dr's office right down the road from my house. They got me right in. By this time, I have been up coughing for 2 nights, my throat hurts to swallow, my ears hurt, my head is pounding, and I am really congested. Dr Carol Cheney looked in my ears and once again said nothing is in my ears. Looked in my throat and said that it was really red. I was not able to get a flu shot when they offered it at my work because I had a spinal tap that day. So she did an influenza test and a rapid strept test, both came back negative. But the "fungal" infection has turned into a viral and has now made me feel awful! So now I'm back to square 1 feeling really sick! So for 1 full month, I have been really sick and with no answers!!! I have been drinking lots of water and taking lots of cold medication (treating the symptoms) because thats all they can do with a viral infection..

Well, I hope everyone else stays away from this sickness.. it is not fun!!! I will talk to you guys later!

Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

All last week I had the barfs and a fever so I think I had the flu. This week, I was still really nauseated but Tuesday night my ears and my throat started hurting. By Wednesday, the pain was awful and I called the Family Practice clinic that is just down the road from my house and they could get me in right after work. Sure enough, I have an ear infection in my right ear. My throat looks fine. So I got some antibiotics and a little tiny pill for a cough (tessalon?) and went home hoping that I would be getting better. Friday, everyone at work said that I didn't look good. My ear was hurting so bad. I just did my job and as soon as my 8 hours were up, I gladly went home! The dr said that if I wasn't feeling better by Saturday to call and make an appointment so they could look at my ear. Well, Saturday morning I woke up and my ear was throbbing. I don't get ear infections, so I was crying! I called the dr's office and Saturday's appointments were all filled! I just slept the rest of the day on Saturday taking my meds and tylenol to take the pain away. Today, I've been sleeping. And once again, the fever came back! I am so tired of whatever this BUG is that is going around. My body is covered in a rash from this stupid fever. I am allergic to the Haemopholis virus (i don't know how to spell that STUPID word) all that I know is that it has caused me to have a rash all over my body whenever I get a fever since I was a baby.

I want this BUG to go AWAY! I am literally sick and tired of being sick and tired! :) And yes, I am looking for sympathy! :) lol, so everyone please give it to me!

Write later!
Aunt Nicky