Mommy Pain

I had an interesting weekend, I barely came out in one piece:) Poor Blaz has been pretty sick with croup all weekend. He's just been barfing, coughing and wiping snot on everything. Nights are the worst because he won't lay down, he only wants to be held. On Sunday night I held Blaz rocking him until about 2 am, when I sat down on the couch in this uncomfortable position and fell asleep still holding him. He only wanted to be held one way and it was really uncomfortable for me, but if I switched him he'd wake up and starting crying. Long night!!

Soooo, yesterday morning I wake up and I can hardly move my back hurts so bad. I tried to shake it off, thinking I was just stiff, but owwwww. I couldn't lift Blaz without almost crying, I couldn't even stand up straight. I ended up going to my mom's and she suggested that I go to the chiropractor. Well, the chiropractor snapped and cracked everything. One time he told me to take a deep breath and pushed down really hard on the center on my back. It cracked so loud and produced the sharpest, most intense pain, then it immediately went away. He said, "those dear, are you disks. You slipped 3 disks in your back." Umm, ow? I spent the rest of the day hardly being able to move and being in major pain, but I woke up this morning being able to walk - yay!!! My back is so sore and I'm not supposed to lift anything heavy, but I am confident I will be back to normal soon.

Being a mom is painful, but next time I have a sick crying baby I will be more gentle with my back. I'm just going to throw it out there, slipping 3 disks is easily as painful and child birth, lol.

So, I'm grateful for lots of things today:
-Juan, who changed all diapers, changed clothes, held and entertained Blaz. He did the laundry, made dinner, brought me everything and still woke up at 7 to go to work today.
-I'm grateful that my mom encouraged me to go to the doctor, I hate going to the doctor and probably would have put it off much longer
-I'm grateful for a chiropractor who knows what he's doing, cracks like a pro, and only charges $35.
-I'm mostly grateful to be able to walk again and that my body is healing quickly. Juan joked that it was like I was 9 months pregnant again, helpless, and he had to grab everything for me.

So, since I won't be taking any stroller walks or trips to the library with Blaz, I plan on alternating between my sewing machine, the laptop and the tv this week.

I'll leave you with a cute photo of Blaz from last week. He has conquered traveling from the kitchen to the living room. This is him just getting around the corner and being quite proud of himself.