Hospital Visit

I spent most of my Tuesday morning in the Emergency Room.

At about 5:30am my left arm went numb. I thought maybe it had fallen asleep and that it would just go away. I started doing shows and at 7am the numb feeling didn't go away. So I decided to leave and go to the ER.

I was put on a heart monitor, had X Rays taken of my chest, and I was given a CT scan. Everything came back normal. The doctor believes that the numbness in my arm is from a pinched nerve in my neck.

I have also been having pain around the incision from my hernia surgery. When I would bend over and straighten back up I felt stretching or tearing going on. I went back to the doctor who did the hernia surgery. She said that everything was normal and that it could be a nerve inflammation or groin pull. She gave me a steroid shot for the pain.

The CT at the ER confirmed that everything is fine.

Today my arm isn't as numb, but my fingers are still numb. I was given a muscle relaxer to help with that.

Back Home

We made it back home on Friday morning. We left on Thursday afternoon and did the 15 hour drive back. After much debate we decided that after 3 weeks away we just wanted to get home and passed on staying at a hotel. So Erin and I split up the driving and we made it home at 1:30am.

Shannon was great in the car. Her only complaints were when she had to go to the bathroom. Once again she stayed glued to the portable DVD player. Her favorite selections were Maisy and a DVD that has episodes of Barney, Thomas, and other Hit Entertainment shows.

It was a fun filled 3 week and we got a lot done.

We did:

~Duquesne Incline
~Pittsburgh Children's Museum
~Primanti Brothers
~Pirates/Yankees Game in Pittsburgh
~Blue Jays/Yankees Game in Toronto
~Saw my brother graduate high school
~Saw a college friend I hadn't seen in 10 years
~Had a big birthday party for Shannon
~Spent a day on the North Fork Wine Trail with friends and family
~Saw a friend of mine that I haven't seen in 15 years
~Yankees/Rays game in New York

Shannon's birthday went off without a hitch. Only two no shows and everyone seemed to have a good time. It was hard to talk to everyone that I wanted to cause I was running after Shannon with a video camera.

Got to go to the old Yankee Stadium one more time before they move next door. we went to Monument Park which I have never been to before. The wait really sucked. We got there just as the stadium opened and we still waited a long time to get in. We were all lined up on the ramps to the upper sections which were extremely hot.

We had a great time but it was great to sleep in my own bed again.

Happy Birthday Shannon

Today is Shannon's 3rd birthday.

We are on Long Island to celebrate. A family BBQ today and then the big kids party on Saturday at Wood Kingdom. Both should be a good time.

Erin just gave her a Dora birthday mylar balloon and her face lit up. She hasn't let go of it yet. Ina few hours I have to pick up the Disney Princess birthday cake from Walbaums.