Chelsey King's Journal

9:26pm: Updates

Just an update on what has been happening over here the last couple months. I have been pretty absent from everyone and I apologize. Hopefully this offers an explanation.

 Kamryn and I have been pretty sick with no relief as of yet.The end of September I got an abscess and was very sick from the infection in my tooth. After a couple surgeries and a few rounds of antibiotics (Amoxicillin and Clindamycin) and I felt much better. Then I got the flu about 2 weeks after. After a week of wanting to die I felt much better but I still maintained severe diarrhea with abdominal cramping. Around the same time Kamryn started complaining about a belly ache and started getting diarrhea. So, for about 5 weeks now Kamryn and I have both had green, icky, diarrhea. In between that date Kamryn has been hospitalized 2 times with Croup. Both times she had to get steroids, some oxygen and a breathing treatment. Kamryn and I both completed stool samples for our doctors a little over a week ago. Kamryn’s came back negative for everything while mine came back positive for the bacteria Clostridium Difficile (Otherwise known as C-Diff). C Difficile is a bacterium that causes swelling and irritation of the large intestine and colon, medically called colitis. Which essentially means I probably contracted antibiotic induced Colitis. Colitis is usually treated with an antibiotic called Flagyl or Vancomycin. The same day I had a roaring sinus infection so I got a round of Ceftin (yet another antibiotic) and Flagyl for 10 days for the colitis. I see an ENT on Monday (November 17^th to find a solution for my recurrent sinusitis. In regard to the Colitis my DR suggested semi-immediate relief. Well, today was day 8 on the medicine with no significant changes, other than the medicine was causing my stools to be black. Gross, I know.  So my doctor asked me to come back into the office, where they did another stool sample. Now I wait for the partial results that I should get back on Monday and the full results on Wednesday. My doctor said my stomach was inflamed so he told me to eat lightly and take it easy over the weekend. Either I will test positive for the c-diff again and try a different medicine or the test with come back with another result.  In the meantime I am doing another stool sample on Kamryn. Taking runny diarrhea out of a diaper is certainly not something I enjoy doing. Especially considering, I had a nearly completely potty trained child prior to all this CRAP. Considering that colitis is contagious, I’ve been pretty set that Kamryn has had the same thing I do. Taking a stool out of a diaper mixed with urine is sure to lead to some false negatives. I also had a urinalysis done on Kam which came back negative, everything looked great. On Thursday (November 20^th) Kamryn has an appointment with an allergist at 9am. This will be a 3hour appointment where they will poke and prod at her to see if maybe her diarrhea is an allergic reaction to anything. At 1 the same day she had an appointment with a Gastroenterologist and as if that wasn’t enough, she has a 2:40 appointment with her ENT to figure out why she keeps getting recurrent croup (Probably 15 times in the last 2 years). They will take some images of her airways to see if that’s where the problem is coming from; there will be a series of other tests that follow this one depending on the results. Kams pediatric DR is giving me a prescription for something that’s like a nebulizer so I can start giving Kamryn the steroid breathing treatments that the hospital gives her, at home. This way I will not have to rush her to the hospital every time she can’t breathe. Hopefully this will get me through this winter and eventually she will grow out of croup and nothing will be wrong with her airways. Wishful thinking. Either way, Kamryn and I are both hurting units right now and doing this all on my own is taking its toll on me with everything else on my plate. We could use all the thoughts, prayers and luck in the upcoming weeks that we figure out what is going on with us and get it cleared up. If you have gotten this far, wow… go take a break from the computer- thanks for listening.

 

 

6:58pm: Elections

I am just ill today I guess, as this is my second blog. But again people’s stupidity is sending me on a rage.

I was not an Obama supporter; I have no problem saying that I did not choose him. Just the same that people who supported Obama have no quarrels saying “YAY Obama did it”. There is absolutely no difference.  Today I celebrated a beautiful day that American history was made and at the same time I was saddened by what I think is to become, this should not make someone angry. As a matter of fact, those of you who are Obama supporters should shrug it off, your vote counted, you got what you wanted, and why do you care what I think? Just because I did not vote for Obama does not mean that I will not respect him and support him now as my president. I realize that he got into our office for a reason. Obama has been chosen. As my president elect, the president of my country that I am very proud to be part of, I will support him and this country. So everyone throwing YAY Obama parties, you have ZERO reason to be upset by someone who is upset things didn’t go the way they favored. How about if you say something openly to the public I have every right to say how I feel about it without you telling me to hush.

 

There. I’m off my soapbox.

6:15pm: People without children paying school taxes

I am amazed at people’s stupidity from time to time. Today I got in an argument with a woman I work with. A 30 year old woman, who doesn’t have children, nor does she want them. She stated that “its crap” she has to pay school taxes when she has no children. These were some of the things she said in an instant message (copied and pasted)

 

then i should get someone to pay for my school now......why can’t you pay

Since you want everyone to be educated

 i just don’t feel like its my job to pay for other ppls legs spreading

i didn’t create something to have to pay for

i don’t want one

takes money away from my own support in education.....takes away from bettering myself

takes away from me..........and that’s why i remain childless i don’t want the burdon

ppl with children always want a handout..it’s really a drag.

 

 

This is jaw dropping to me. Especially from someone who had a k-12 education paid for by tax dollars. We all benefit when our society is well educated. A large majority of children who graduated from high school graduated from public schools. Most eventually go into the work force and pay taxes. Their tax dollars help to pay for the police who patrol our streets, the supplies and works who build our roads, the electricity that lights our traffic and street lights, the community centers and public pools, the libraries, ambulance services etc. that all of us benefit from. Educated children grow up to become responsible citizens paying taxes.

Do people not realize that it is just as important for the child down the street as it is for our own children to receive a quality education, across the city, on the other side of the country, across the state and throughout the United States?

If we do not collectively accept responsibility to educate all children, then who will build our roads, protect our security here and abroad, take care of us when we are sick, make the next important medical discovery, fix our car, etc.?

We cannot possibly expect that only those who have children in public education should foot the bill when we all benefit from the education these children receive. If we do put the burden on parents alone, then only those children lucky enough to have well-educated, well-employed parents will have the education necessary to take our places in the future work force and in society.

Paying taxes to support public education is not being "penalized." It is an investment in our future. Consider it an investment in your retirement, because who do you think is going to change your diapers when you’re 80? Or cut a brain tumor out of your head? Or work on a cure for cancer? Obviously not your kids, since you aren’t having any! It’s called think past next week and beyond your own little realm for just a few minutes.

So in closing No, you, as people who don't have kids, shouldn't "FEEL" responsible for those who have had kids to put them through school. But a lot of people who didn't have kids before you, paid school taxes, so that YOU could go to school, so that YOU could have a good education, and a job, so that YOU didn't end up homeless, or on welfare! We ALL give what we can, to BETTER this society FOR EVERYONE! So that EVERYONE has a chance! It was GIVEN to YOU, GIVE IT BACK!!!

10:57am: Am i am bore?

10:02pm: fuckin...yeah

8:52pm: Love is a beautiful thing
I Love my Mallory *grin* i'd be so friggen lost w/o her...4 real...So 2day i hung out with calvin 4 a couple hours, we went to ades house...that was really weird, but then mallory came and picked me up with mandy and we cruised around and taped shit, hung out with danille for a lil while :) YUM YUM...we dropped mandy off and went to ames with the video camera, and taped conversations with random ppl we don't know..haha..we even got an old guy to talk to us about his penis, and viagra exc, what a neat old man *YUCK* we went 2 m-dawgs house for a lil while, because we all know matt is just so damn irrisistable...hahah :) we watched our old man ames video and then cruised a lil bit and then i came home...good clean fun... i should be working on my english scrap book, but i'd much rather talk to Gordon right now :)we all know how that goes...i wish ken would get online, i miss him....oo ooo i talked to justin on the phone a lil while ago, hes so cute...i love that kid..
sometimes, it really bothers me when ppl cry and bitch about their lives, when it could be so so so much worse. I mean, i haven't had a perfect life, and sometimes i bitch about it, but for the most part i like to think im a pretty content human being...but some people just go nuts over the tinest thing, and it makes no sense to me. BLAH! ah well--i want to thank all my friends 4 being there 4 me lately...you've kept my mind of shit, and i appreciate you so so so sooooooooooo much, you will never know....Im friggen tired...nite ya'll