House of Ill

Last Friday I get an email while at work from James telling me he has really done something to his back and would be going to Family Health to see a doctor late that morning. Then I get a text message that he "has slipped something" in his back, was on quarters until Tuesday, and was currently waiting for his prescriptions to be filled at the Pharmacy. Poor guy. When I got home Friday evening he was on the couch with a heating pad and high as a kite from the pain medicine. I guess that is what I looked like in August when I was on mandatory bed rest for my back strain. I couldn't sit and stare at him for to long...we had the boys to pick up for the weekend.

Because of the weather last week they boys had only one day of school. Which was good in the sense that Joe was on the downswing of a cold. And Jaime was on the upswing. So no absences were needed. Poor Jaime looked just awful on Friday night. I put the third row seating up so he could stretch out. He climbed into the back of Lola and just laid there. Usually he is running around the cars and climbing on things during the pick up/drop off. I got all the boys back to the house, dropped them off to take showers and change into PJs, and took myself to the grocery store for comfort food and cold medicine for Jaime.

I decided that it would be a lazy, movie watching, PJ wearing weekend. The boys had a great time. We had a Pixar movie marathon in chronological order. We made it from Toy Story to Ratatouille. And had a rousing game of Killer Bunnies on Saturday night with Molly and Chris. Joe won. Once Jaime was on cold medicine he did just fine. And completed the T-Rex and alligator from this Lego Creator set we got him for his birthday. That alligator was awesome!

Except it was only lazy and PJ wearing for the boys. I wouldn't let James help at all for fear of aggravating his back even more. Which meant I made three meals a day, took care of the dog and cats, washed clothes (which I do anyway--James doesn't trust himself around the washer/dryer), and drove everywhere when needed. The things you do for your loved ones.

UPDATE: turns out that James' spine was out of alignment. He saw an osteopath on Monday who "manipulated" his back. I shouldn't have been laughing to myself but it was funny to see the doctor put James in these weird positions. At one point James lost his breath as discs slipped back in place. He could touch his toes afterwards. Something he hadn't done in months. He is doing so much better! The osteopath will become a regular appointment from here on out.