Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Thaw/refreeze


I had another poor night, dang it! I'm about ready to go back on my estrogen, but I'm going to hang in there until the ordered estriol arrives. I know it'll be another week or so of discomfort—but I'll try to grin and bear it. It's sure a puzzle as to why this occurs at night—I guess because I don't try to get horizontal during the day. But, why do they mysteriously quit at 05:00? Sounds like colic, huh? I've already connected colic as being neurological—another story. I'd had shooters earlier in the evening (excitement over the game, I think) but, they wouldn't settle down even with the new medication, Lyrica. And, I can't mix the two, so I think I'll go back to the old stand by, Neurontin.

We didn't get enough thawing by Sunday afternoon for Mel to get the bus out. So, he spent 4 hours hacking and chipping away at the melting mess. It was do or die, because the slope of our yard causes the melt to cross the driveway where it re-freezes, and continues to build instead of getting better. He finally was able to drive the bus to the top of our driveway. And, with 4 extension cords, get it plugged in for the night. He thought he had it snaked for school this morning, but hadn't contemplated the walk up the drive to start the bus in the dark—talk about a slippery slope!! It took about 5 minutes, with some innovative tools, but he made it. 

The picture above shows him heading back to the bus for the afternoon route. You have to look closely to see the bus, and can barely make him out. But gives you a good idea of the slope, the distance, and why we've been frozen inside the house for 3 weeks before.  He'll keep the bus parked in a neighbor's yard until we are fully thawed. 

Hugs!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Gosh....I would not want to drive anything around there! I hope you figure out something to calm the shooters. The Super bowl game was super even if "my" team didn't win.

My Road thru Life said...

Our driveway is all ice too but it's only about 10ft long. I can't imaigine trying to walk your long icy driveway. No thank you. Hugs.

Diane said...

I haven't read your blogs in ages Katy, so I am starting way back "here" lol! The bus looks like it could never get out of that, he must be an awesome driver and very confident of his abilities. I tried Lyrica and it made me sick and made me gain weight, Neurontin made me have the MS hug symptom so can't take that anymore either. Good luck getting them to settle, I have the most at night too, most movements too, don't know why.