Things are winding down on the medical front. Hopefully he’ll be able to go back to work on November 1st.

Shawn does have sleep apnea, but he only stops breathing for 15 seconds so he doesn’t need a cpap machine. But they determined that when he sleeps on his left side he’s ok, on his right side he’s so-so, but on his back his o2 levels drop to 67.

Wednesday he gets tested for COPD, Thursday he sees the pulmonologist, and next Friday we see the regular old family doctor.

Shawn is making me go through boxes and totes of things that I stashed away in a hurry or I just didn’t know where to put. We are slowly reclaiming our bedroom and the living room. Now if he could just get me to fold the laundry we’d all have a place to sit when we watch movies.

Today was Shawn’s last appointment with the heart doctor. He said everything looks good. The walls of Shawn’s heart are slightly thickened, but not enough to worry about. Plus, he’s taking blood pressure medication which will help correct the problem. The only thing he didn’t have done was an angio and he didn’t feel it was necessary.

We stopped by the regular dr. and asked if there was any more tests that she wanted done before his appointment next week since the prob:em doesn’t seem to be his heart.

I also asked about changing or adding to my medications. Things seemed to be getting better, and now they’re not. It started before Shawn got sick and has since gotten worse. Add my eczema flare up into the mix and I’m one big mess. Last night Shawn called me Itchy, and I told him I could be both Itchy and Scratchy, he didn’t get it.

I am so out of the loop right now it isn’t even funny. One day I’ll get caught up, really. I even missed the start of 7 Days, which I was really looking forward to.

*Stick tongue between lips and blow