Ramblies

My last post was full of whining. Something I am a bit ashamed of. I'm just glad it doesn't happen often!

Things are going much better now. It's been a crazy, busy few weeks. The day after I published my whine, I did end up going to the doctor at immediate care. Just to clarify: some people who know me well know that I usually try to tough things out. This was not one of those cases. The only reason it took me a week to go to the doctor was because of finances.

Anyway, once I went I was diagnosed with conjunctivitis in both eyes  (which I already knew) and an upper respiratory infection that had caused ear infection in both ears, and tonsillitis. I was relieved to find out that
1) the shakes, chills, and fever were just from the respiratory infection
2) that the antibiotics should clear everything up in just a few days
3) that the antibiotics they were going to give me were perfectly safe for breastfeeding. I'm so glad I remembered to ask, because at first the doctor wasn't sure, and he ended up switching me to one that pediatrics said was safe. Let me tell you, when I first asked and he wanted to know if formula was an option my heart just sank.

I started on the medicine right away, but it took two days before I felt human again...
and then things got worse.
Tuesday morning I woke up and my eyes were so sensitive I couldn't even open them! Have you ever been suddenly poked in the eye and not been able to open it for a few moments? It was like that, but it didn't get better after a few moments. Alex and I looked at the large paper covered in fine print that comes with every prescription and found a line that said to call a doctor if I was experiencing light sensitivity.

To make a long story short(er) I went back to the immediate care, where they looked at my eyes and sent me to the medical eye center. They looked at my eyes with their microscope thing and said I had spots on my corneas. Told me to stop using the eye drops I had and wrote me a new prescription. I was constantly wearing sunglasses/squinting/and dimming lights the next few days. But I am finally feeling back to normal.

We took Jacob to his doctor on Monday. He's had a cough and a runny nose for almost a month now, and we wanted to be sure it wasn't turning into something worse. They told us that he just has a bad sinus infection, and gave him a prescription for antibiotics. His cough is already better!

In other news, Alex got a job!! God has truly answered our prayers in this area. It was a leap of faith to move into a bigger place when we had no idea how or when we would be getting more income. Alex started work today, and I am so proud of him! It will be an adjustment for us as this is the first time he has been working since we go married -up til now he has been a full time student- but I'm sure we'll do fine.

I've also been doing a bit better with my homemade headbands. I've been working with the owner of a baby boutique in town and she has rented me a space in her store where I can display my items. I feel like I've done really good! I sell 1-4 headbands a week. I really need to make some more, my inventory is getting low. So I've been trying to focus on getting the spare room ready for me to start crafting again! I would love to do a giveaway of some sort really soon, whether through my blog or my business page. So keep your eyes open for that.

I've been so busy, and have so many projects going on, besides being a mommy, trying to get everything in place at a new home, and getting over being sick. I love that I'll never be bored. However, it means that I keep putting off writing blogposts. Hopefully you'll see a few more in the near future, but for now...my sweet boy is napping and I am going to go do some cleaning!