Christmas, Updates, and Moving

To start off, this is the first Christmas in the past 4 years that I wasn’t in the hospital. Which to me is the greatest gift. Spending the holidays in the hospital is the absolute worst. Not only for the patient, but for the staff too. Last time, I bought the entire staff Starbucks. It was just a small thank you for taking care of me.

Unfortunately this year, Anies and I won’t be able to be together for the holidays just because of the ongoing move. From a progress standpoint, she has probably moved approximately 50% of the stuff from the dumpster to the new place.

As part of all this, I had to make a tough judgement call. It’s my firm belief that our nice couch, bed, and boxspring are also contaminated. So I made the decision that those items will not be coming with to the new place. Anies has already thrown out all of the cushions and pillows, and the mattress (pull out one). She got help today getting the boxspring and mattress off of the frame with one of my friends today. We will keep the frame since it’s metal, however, I feel strongly that we would just be moving a seriously potential hazard to the new place. I’d rather play it safe and just throw them.

I was able to find a new couch, which was delivered yesterday, but unfortunately, it was damaged during delivery. It also looked like the couch was dropped as it was pretty warped. So I had to call American Freight to setup yet another delivery / removal. Maybe that will happen next week.

I originally ordered a new bed from biglots, but they seriously suck at finding a delivery team. That stuff should have been delivered 2 days ago, but the delivery people haven’t even gone to pick them up. So I ended up cancelling the order, but the boxspring couldn’t be cancelled.

I went on mattress firm, and found us almost the same mattress, and used a coupon that got us 30% off. I should have just ordered the boxspring too. The mattress was delivered today, so I at at least have something to sleep on, but it would just be nice to have everything here and ready for when we are out of the old place 100%.

So the jury is out. They have until 9pm tonight to deliver, otherwise I’ll just get one through mattress firm. I’ve definitely learned my lesson, and that’s don’t order anything from Biglots! They suck.

I’ve been sleeping on an inflatable mattress that my friend borrowed me, but it kept deflating. I was constantly having to reinflate it. So Anies brought our two camper mattresses from the garage. I did get them setup 2 days ago, but the familiar respiratory symptoms returned. The next morning, I woke up to a pretty bad rash, and a fever of 103F. I was coughing constantly. Wheezing. Coughing up a ton of crap.

So thankfully they are out of the new apartment now. I noticed one of the mattresses had a wet spot stain, so I can only assume it’s mold. I have to just have a 0 tolerance policy moving forward.

Our new mattress was delivered today. I couldn’t believe they did Sunday deliveries. They came quick, put it in the bedroom and I tipped them $50 since they were supposed to only drop it off at the front door. I did make them aware of what happened, and they were completely accommodating. Once we got the mattress in it, I put new sheets on it.

The fever continued throughout the day. Anywhere from 101F to 102.6F. I started taking Tylenol to help break the fever. It helped but man I just felt terrible.

Unlike yesterday I had more energy today. I slept almost all day yesterday. This morning I woke up early. I started changing the address for everything we have. I logged into Progressive, and noticed somehow someone got added to our car insurance. No fucking clue how, but they were there. So I immediately called them and got them removed. While I was on the phone, I set our renters to expire 12/31. After I got off the phone, I logged into Xcel, and stopped service as of 12/31. After that, Comcast. Called them telling them we were moving to a friends house, and that we haven’t decided where to move yet. When we signed the lease, I found out that we have fiber here at the new place, and it’s literally $70 a month. Unlimited transfer. 1G/1G. That will make the blog super fast now, whereas before the upload with Comcast was only 40Mb. Which is pretty slow in todays terms. I only had to pay $50 early termination because the address we were at already had Comcast service. Of course she tried several times for me to keep it, but I just said disconnect it. We won’t need it.

The boxspring I ordered from Biglots never showed up yesterday, and same thing today. Out of frustration, I just called the store direct and cancelled the entire order. I then logged into Mattress firm, and ordered a boxspring. At least I know they will deliver. Should be here on the 27th. Which is fine, because that’s when we are moving anyways. So it will just work out.

My friend went over to help Anies today with the TV and my computer monitor. She was really struggling with getting everything done herself. I was so thankful he went over and helped. She’s been getting more and more frustrated so it was a definite relief.

I texted another friend and offered my Weber Genesis grill. Since the heart attack, and the lack of teeth, unfortunately, I’ll never grill again. Hopefully he can pick it up the 27th. Otherwise I’ll just wheel it to my downstairs neighbor as a parting gift. I feel bad for him that all the mold fell on his patio. And the property did NOTHING to clean it up. Hopefully he gets out when his lease is up. It wouldn’t be a good idea for him to stay.

Anies only made 1 run today. She looked really tired. I told her to go home and rest and just take the day easy. She’s done a great job moving everything here. Like I said before, she’s gotta have at least 60% of everything here. We decided that the kitchen table will go to my friends house for storage. It’s just too big for the area, so we will need to look at something smaller. Maybe breakfast bar stools. We will look at options, and she can pick what she wants. I also ordered a cover for the bed just in case something like this happens again.

As she was leaving I was out of gas after being up so early moving everything to the new address, and making sure the mattress was delivered on time. Yeah. I tried staying up for the boxspring, but fuck it. I had enough of that autism. I’ll definitely never buy anything again from Biglots. Ever.

As I slept, I kept waking up. Every noise on my phone thinking it was the boxspring people. I only got about an hour in. I was so tired. Since I’m replacing the mattress, boxspring, and couch. I decided it was a good idea to get a new pillow and body pillow. So I popped onto Target, and spent a gift card that I’ve had for awhile, but just never used it. I ordered online for pickup, and headed over.

As I pulled in I counted 6 cop cars. One could only assume shoplifting. I grabbed a basket (I should have grabbed a cart) but got a few more heart friendly items. Got a new Christmas tree. Was heading back for eggs and my heart reminded me I shouldn’t be doing this. It scared the shit out of me. I sat there winded leaning up against the refrigerator, thank god nobody saw me. I made my way to checkout. As I was checking out, my phone told me my pickup is ready. So I got outta there, and parked in one of the pickup stalls and checked in.

The guy loaded the new pillows and I was outta there. When I left I counted 9 squad cars :(. Christmas just doesn’t mean the same anymore.

Luckily as I got home, there is a handicapped spot next to our apartment, but there has been someone there for the past week. As I turned the corner, the spot was open. I was so thankful, because I had a ton of stuff to carry in that I shouldn’t be.

As I made my way into the apartment, I had to stop and breathe. My chest was hurting. Yes. I’m overdoing it. I know :(. Two very nice old ladies saw me on the floor breathing really heavy. They immediately ran over and asked if I was ok. I told them about the heart attack, and that I was just trying to get some air and slow my heart down. “Do you deliver things, or do you live here?” Told them I just live 3 apartments down. I said I’ll get there eventually. Without hesitation, they both got me to my feet and carried the items to the door. As I got closer to the door I just broke down. Sobbing. I couldn’t stop. I said I was so thankful for the help. The two ladies were so nice and helpful. My hand was shaking so much I had to use two hands to get the key in the door. I thanked them for helping me to the door and helping me with my items. As they walked away I wished them a happy holidays.

As I got the door unlocked I broke down once I had everything inside. Why did this happen to me? I went from a strong abled person and have been reduced to a disabled can’t do anything person in a matter of weeks. I feel so useless. I feel like this could potentially be the “new normal” that I’ll have to deal with the rest of my life. I cried for a good 10 minutes leaned up against our front door. The cats ran over and sat in front of me just making sure I was ok. Athena’s eyes showed deep concern, and scared. While Venus just kept trying to walk around me with her trills. Hades just sat and kept a closely watch.

After I got up, my alarm went off for Ceftriaxone and to pull Vancomycin. But I got home late. So I let the Ceftriaxone sit for 30 and started it. It was time to feel the beebs, so I fed them quickly and was drinking apple juice to cool down my throat. I also picked up cough syrup at Target, but I can’t just have whatever. I needed Coricidin HBP, which is a special couch syrup for people with heart issues. Thank god they had the last sugar free / alcohol free one.

So as I started the Ceftriaxone, I took a cup full of it and that was it. Right after I mixed a rinse bottle, with the Amphorectin and did a rinse. There was a ton of crap came out. The most concerning were the black spots, followed by the brownish/bloody chunks. It felt good to get that out. But I had to sit for 10 minutes blowing my nose because it kept coming out. It wouldn’t stop.

When my Ceftriaxone finished, I told my usual night meds of ambien and dilaudid in the hopes I just sleep through morning. Hopefully with the new stuff, I’ll be able to sleep all night

I guess we will find out tomorrow how it went.

Happy Holidays everyone, and have a safe new year!