July 16-July 22, 2018

This week I took off work Tuesday and switched my work day to Friday to take the kids in for their wisdom teeth removal. They had decided to both schedule the same day since they both needed the surgery. And I think they wanted to recuperate together. Plus not sure one or the other would go back after watching the aftermath of surgery!

I also made sure Tom was not traveling this week! I needed someone at home watching one while the other was undergoing the same process. Plus we got Tom to the dentist this week too since he was still under my dental benefit.

So Allison decided she wanted to go first.  She did not want to go the whole morning without eating since she was concerned how her surgery may turn out with her anemia issue and little food..  So no food after midnite for both of them. In the morning, I packed Allison up and took her in for her appointment. She was very nervous, as was Scott, but both kids were under anesthesia, so they did not remember any of it. I was able to walk Allison in to the surgery room, give her a hug and kiss before they put her under. No sooner did I get settled in the waiting room, that she was done!  The surgeon finished in about 25 minutes, and then some time to wake up and clean up! They wrapped Allison's face in an ice pack and put her in a wheelchair. The nurse pushed her out to my van and helped her in. They also gave me her prescription for antibiotics and pain medication. I asked for all the medication in liquid form since I recall the difficulty swallowing all those huge pills when I had my wisdom teeth removed.

As soon as I got Allison home and settled in on the couch, I decided to run up to the grocery store to pick up a few food items they recommended for the kids to eat with their medication. And with their swollen mouths, they needed soft foods like mashed potatoes and ice cream. I then had to hurry home to drop everything off and get Scott to his appointment. When I walked into the office, the girls at the front desk and the nurses were all confused to see me again, but with Scott. They did not realize that both kids were related and had scheduled for the same day!  We had a good laugh, but then got down to business to complete Scott's surgery. However, they were amazed that I hadn't picked up Allison's medication yet. They were concerned that she would be in too much pain as the anesthesia began to wear off, so they asked if Tom could run to the pharmacy to pick it up. It wasn't ready yet, so Tom was able to pick up some liquid Advil at the grocery store for her before I got home with Scott. Again, Scott's surgery only took about 25 minutes and then some time to wake up and get wrapped with an ice bag. The nurse helped Scott out to my van in the wheelchair and off we went. Both kids were settled on the couch with ice bags to their faces, and I then headed out to the pharmacy to pick up their medication.

Turns out since I requested that all the kids medication be in liquid form, but with adult doses, it apparently wiped out the entire supply at our local medical center! And the other facility nearby I found out was closed due to water damage. So I ended up having to drive into Baltimore to pick up the rest of the medication. The pharmacists thought the medication was for little children and asked if the kids wanted a certain flavor for their antibiotic and if they preferred a cup or a syringe for the dosage. Imagine their surprise when I told them my youngest was 18! At least I had all the medication and was able to head home and start passing out the liquid along with bowls of ice cream which the kids had managed to get a few spoonfulls into their very swollen mouths. I was just happy they both came through the surgery with no issues. So they spent the rest of the week recuperating on the couch with lots of medicated mouthwash rinses so they would not get infections. They also had stitches in their mouths which were supposed to break down on their own.

On Friday though , Tom and Allison were up early in the morning and headed to Salisbury. It was the last weekend in July in which Allison had to move completely out of the University condo. Her roommate Helena had graduated and moved out already, so it was just Allison and her roommate Kaley. Kaley decided to move out even though she had not graduated, but hadn't picked up her items as of yet. Allison had the most items left, including our old couches and kitchen table, plus her bedroom furniture. Rather than bring home most of the old furniture, Allison gave it to a frisbee friend for her apartment at school. On Friday, Allison and Tom spent the day cleaning the apartment and completing the walk through with the landlord. They were going to stay in a hotel for the night, but it turned out to be rather expensive. So they crashed at the condo on the couches-rather boring with no internet or cable hookup but they managed. At least they enjoyed their dinner out at one of Tom's favorite micro pubs-EVO. Since I had to work on Friday, Scott and I drove out Saturday to pick up the rest of the furniture in my van. We had Allison's bed frame and dresser to bring home. We decided to donate her old recliner chair, desk and mattress and box spring. The rest of the items they left in Kaley's room that belonged to her. Of course it poured rain all day. We had to run through rain drops trying to load the van. Fortunately we arrived at the same time Allison's friend pulled in with a moving van to pick up the couches and dining room table and chairs. Scott and Tom helped her boyfriend load all the furniture into their rented moving van and then we went out to lunch. Tom and Allison had found a very cute sandwich shop in the old section of Salisbury that we never tried before. Too bad the weather wasn't sunny or we would have sat on the patio or maybe walked through the zoo, or drove down to the beach.  Instead, Tom and Allison were both very tired and dirty from cleaning the condo and they just wanted to head home. So we did.