May 24th, 2011
We are headed back in for another checkup and hopefully this is our last trip to San Jose for a while. Thankfully we did not need to leave at 4:30am and that we could catch the 11am ferry. We have had a great time with my grandparents as they are heading out today as well! Sofia is already in San Jose, she left last Friday so that she could take a weekend course in Kinesio Taping. Kinesio taping is used to help relax overused muscles (many athletes use Kinesio Taping like Lance Armstrong!) It is also used to help facilitate underused muscles which is why we use it on me! Sometimes I am taped up all over! The Japanese were the main users of the tape when it first came out but now it is coming more popular all over the world. My parents were very happy that an instructor came to Costa Rica to teach the taping methods! Sofia has already begun to tape me up! Basically the tape puts tension on my muscles and helps to remind me to do things. Thanks Sof for taking the class!
So, we arrive San Jose around 3pm and headed straight to the hotel. Around 6pm Maureen my personal blood sucker (phlebotomist) showed up to the hotel to draw my blood. I was so asleep when she arrived that I did not open my eyes until the needle went into my vein! They tried to wake me but to no avail would I wake up. Hello!!!! I am awake now, but it did not hurt too bad. I am unfortunately getting used to this! I went back to sleep pretty quick! Results came back later that night and things are looking good. Wednesday morning I have to be at CIMA to get catheterized again to make sure I no longer have an urinary tract infection. That is not so fun but Carmen one of the nurses at CIMA is fast and good at her job. The urine came back clean and now to wait three days to make sure there is no more bacteria lurking around. Our plan was to leave on Thursday to go back home but dad had taken the car in to get inspected and our brakes were not a 100% so we had to hang around another day to get the car fixed.
Thursday morning mom says to dad how happy she is that she has a day of no appointments with me, and that Sofia, me and mom can maybe go to the park for a stroll. Mom was saying this around 6am to dad when she noticed that the bed was wet and that my gtube hose had come loose and now there was milk coming out of my tummy! Oh no! At first my parents were totally panicked as they thought my gtube had completely come out of my tummy! Thankfully the hose had just come off and we did not have to rush to the hospital but still this was a problem as we did not have an extra hose. Dad was able to attach it to my button again and we stopped the leakage! Mom started making phone calls, my GI was out of the country, his nurse was in a class away from the hospital, and the other new doc we had just met did not have keys to the office where an extra hose was! So thankfully mom had the number to the sales rep who sold us my gtube and Lorena was kind enough to track down another hose for me! It was quite an eventful morning. Dad had to leave at 7:30am to take the car in and Sofia showed up at 10 to be with me and mom. By noon Lorena had found a hose and we were back in business. So much for the lazy non eventful day at the park. We just stayed at the hotel and had lunch by the pool! Dad got the car fixed, was back at the hotel by 6pm and Friday morning we were packing our bags and headed home. We made a quick call to the lab and sure enough my lab results came back negative! Thank goodness! Now we just need to get back home so we can relax a little!
My birthday is coming up soon, and mom had a long talk with me on the way home telling me that I needed to behave myself and stay out of the doctors office and for us just to have some fun! I promised mom and dad that I was going to try my best to do just that! It has been almost 6 weeks again since I have really worked out hard, so I am sure Sofia is ready to get me back out at the platform and begin working out again! Although it is the weekend, and I plan to just relax and rest before Monday!
Love malia