Mike's been having some troubles with his back again. For those of you that don't know, he's already had 2 surgeries to alleviate nerve pain associated with a herniated disc. He's seen signs of that returning for a while and has been vigilant about doing his exercises and stretches recommended by physical therapy. Over the last few weeks, he's additionally been trying out acupuncture. It's pretty much the only thing he hadn't tried previous to his surgeries. This week things seemed to be getting worse but he was still able to function pretty well. All of that changed on Friday.
Friday morning Mike was in intense pain and pretty much immobile. Definitely not able to care for a 6 month old baby. So, it was a crazy scramble that morning to find child care. Ironically, it was the first day since going back to work that Dylan slept until my preferred 7:30 instead of getting up at, what I consider to be a ridiculous hour, 6 am. Time was limited.
After only a few phone calls, luck seemed to be on my side and I had a solution for the day. Our neighbors could take him in the morning, I would come home for a hour to take him during lunch then a family friend could come until I got home from work that evening. Dylan was well taken care of for the day.
So, after a hectic and tiring first full week of working full time, I now found myself caring solo for an infant for the weekend and trying to take care of Mike. My Mother liked to say I was a spoiled Mom with my 6 months off and husband also home to help. Well, I went from spoiled mom to Super Mom pretty darned quickly!
Luckily, I have the sweetest baby in the world who is making this as easy as possible for me. I've been able to handle caring for him solo fairly well. I know, I know, doesn't sound so hard, right? Well, for the most part no, it's not difficult to have him all day. However, there are always those couple of hours at the end of the day where you're tired, he needs constant entertainment and you have no one to leverage you or hand him off to....those are tough to get through.
Not only is Dylan taken care of, I've been throwing some food and water Mike's direction on occasion, got several loads of laundry done (even folded and put away), went for a long walk with Dylan during which time I called his family to give an update, and went grocery shopping. The house, while not close to clean, is not a complete disaster and I'm managing to stay in a pretty positive mood. I even ate 3 meals, even though dinner was after Dylan was put to bed. Not bad for day 1!
Luckily, I have Monday off for the holiday. We're going to try and get Mike in to his back specialist then and get an MRI. I'm not sure how quickly these things are going to happen, but hopefully for Mike's sake, sooner rather than later. He's a pretty miserable guy.
As for what we're doing for child care next week, that's yet to be determined. Thus far, I've only been able to find help for Friday morning. So, if any one's free and wants to come babysit, let me know!
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