The Three Sickos

What a crazy day! I am pretty sure I flew into a full on mania somewhere between waking up and the six o'clock news!

The morning started the same as every other day...the usual showdown. In this corner Haylee SassyPants Flores weighing in at 45 pounds and in this corner Mom BoutFedUp Flores weighing in at significantly more!

I was going to clean my mother-in-laws house today to get ready for the weekend visit from Debi Jo, Ted, Theo and Gabe. I called to let her know what time I was going to be over and she told me that she had three of the kids home sick from school. Ivory was running a fever so I thought it better to swing by tomorrow.

Danielle sent me a text around noon time asking if I could bring her some Ibuprofen to school. When we were watching TV last night she said her ear "popped" and it was really hurting her. Today she woke up strangling on her own blood. Apparently, sometime right before she woke up she had a really bad nosebleed. She managed to get it to stop and went on to school. I figured this is what happened when I walked into the bathroom this morning and the trash can looked like a crime scene. She had a total of three more nose bleeds at school. I took her to the ER because I was afraid that it had something to do with her brain. She said the pain stopped after the nose bleed and then came back until the next nosebleed. She also said the top of her head felt hot and empty. If she weren't feeling so badly that would have been the perfect lead in for a witty comment! She explained all this to the tech, Nurse and Doctor. The Nurse was baffled that I requested an X-ray and blamed the nosebleeds on allergies. She doesn't have allergies. Then stupidity at it's finest walked in. This doctor although I am sure he went to school for ten years and should be well educated reminded me more of "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV". The conversation with him went as follows:
Dr.~Do you have allergies?
Dani~No
Dr.~Did you hit your nose?
Dani~No
Dr.~Did you blow your nose too hard?
Dani~No
Dr.~Did you pick your nose?
Dani~No
Dr.~Well, Hmm, then I don't know. I don't know what it is but you can try some saline solution nose spray. That might help.

What a Tard! He would be better suited in a practice where he can say, "It's viral, Co-pay please"!

I had a surprise visit today from a girl named Ami that I met two years ago at the hospital. She is bipolar as well but much farther over on the continuum. She was also a recovering addict. She made strange requests of me. She wanted me to be her sponsor. I don't even believe in the 12-step program. I think it is Hogwash! She showed up at my house unannounced all the time and she would call constantly. I started to think she may have some kind of twisted crush on me. She was exhausting so I terminated the friendship. After I did she left a few messages on my voicemail at different times. Once it was a suicide message of sorts. So anyway, she stood at my doorstep and asked if I remembered her (secretly, I was worried she might pull a blade). I told her yes, invited her in and told her in no uncertain terms can I listen to her talk about how "sick" she is all the time and I can't be her sponsor or anything like that! We traded phone numbers and miraculously she has not called me yet.

When I talked to Mandi tonight she told me to slow down. My brain is zipping all over the place.