Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers
Well its time for another action packed update form the Stapleton Mansion.
For most of last week I was in the DC area working with a customer. It was a new bank conversion and things went well. This is the start of spurt of traveling for me. For at least the next 4 months I have 10 day spurts being out of town every month. Between being very busy with work and taking care of Jess, I am very tired but managing.
Jess continues to get a little better everyday. Her attitude is good for the most part, but a little bad attitude, frustration, & aggravation is to be expected when you are in that much pain and only leave the house for a Doctor’s appointment or a scan. Because of this I make it a point to get her out for dinner at least once a week. Last night we met her dad for dinner and chatted for a little while (he just got an iphone and was enjoying my torment). We brought our own ice packs to the restaurant and they helped a little along with the drugs, but she is paying for it today. Tuesday begins her sixth week off from work so being "stir crazy" is something we must actively treat along with her injuries.
Jess went for an MRI this week. We are waiting for the radiology results but from the initial films it appears that there is some disc damage in her back. This explains some of her trouble at achieving any rapid improvement; despite the fact she is following all the doctors orders. Her injuries are all soft tissue and are very time intensive to heal. She would have been better off with broken bones because they would have at least been healed by now. We are waiting to get her into a pain management specialist to see what else we can do for her.
Also on the medical front Petey & Phoebe have a fungal infection on their skin, that manifests as a large sore. This is something that Petey picked up right after we moved into our house and spread to Phoebe. The vet says it is nearly impossible to get rid of so all we can do is treat it. So it’s a come and go type thing. Last Thursday night Jess found bloody spots on the cat and her head was covered and we had just missed it. Phoebe has to be treated 3 times a day and is on antibiotics. Once again you have not lived or looked death straight in the eye until you have to give a cat medicine. In fact the angel of death is even afraid to walk by the cat. Petey is well on his way to being on the mend but Phoebe is miserable with about 40% of her head covered and just starting to heal up.
In other medical news . . . .
Sharon Stapleton (Willie’s Wife) received a clean bill of health last week. Unfortunately she will never play the tuba again but as she could not do this before the surgery she is not heart broken.
Jess’s mom started a stress test on Friday and will do the physical portion on Monday. For some reason she did not want me around during the test. She feels it will only cause her to have false positives. The NERVE! I am sure her flying monkeys will get to attend. She will also have a CT scan of the abdomen and one of the brain on Tuesday.
Jess’s step dad Rick continues to heal from the broken ribs that he received by aggressively attacking the concrete in my drive way to create a snow angel. With any luck he will return to work later this week. Although he told Jess it will be June before he comes over again just to make sure he does not create anymore snow art.
Jess’s step dad Rick’s brother Brian (did you get all that family tree) underwent a triple bypass on Thursday and is doing very well. His wife Diane will also have a stress test this week. She was taken to the hospital last week with chest pains.
As you can see meeting your deductible in this family is not a problem.
Meanwhile I continue to be the picture of health for an overweight mouse jockey.
I think that will be just about it for today’s update, we appreciate the prayers and offers of help that continue to come our way.
That’s the news and I am outta here!
Wow!!! You spent the evening with “techno-dad” and his new toy. Does it get any better than that!
This is what I meant by taunting me!!!
Hey Jake and Jess!
I didn’t know you had a blog! yay now i can keep up a bit. like How is jessica doing post wreck??? and i had no idea about half this stuff u wrote in the past week! i think its a great way for us to stay in touch ? wow you guys have had a busy and stressful season(s)……i’ll put u in my prayers.