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PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Definitely keep your appointment!! Hope you're back on the road to recovery quickly!
Your daddy and my mom share a birthday!
Enjoy all that celebrating!
I'm glad you decided to keep the doctor appointment for tomorrow. You do have a big weekend coming up and very big trip coming up in less than 3 weeks! There may be something stronger they can prescribe that will knock it out!
I can't take sulfa drugs because I'm allergic (high fever and hallucinations), so I have to take something else. So I've wondered if that is why it's not kicking it.
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Originally Posted by dutchdisneyfamily
You do have a big weekend planned! That is so sweet about the 90th birthday! What a wonderful way to honor her. My grandma has Alzheimer's and it is horrible. I hope your UTI isn't turning into a kidney infection. I had one of those six months ago and that knocked me down for awhile. Keep us posted! And pixies and prayers coming your way.
That was my fear this afternoon when my back around the kidneys was aching. So I know it will be smartest for me to keep the appointment.
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Definitely keep your appointment!! Hope you're back on the road to recovery quickly!
Your daddy and my mom share a birthday!
Enjoy all that celebrating!
I love the support of my PassPorter friends as I have waffled a little, but the more of thought of our weekend, I knew I had to go. How neat that Daddy and your mom share a birthday. Daddy likes to say he is the "last rose of summer."
You have a busy but fun weekend coming up! I hope you are feeling better. Your dad's birthday is the same day as my sister and brother-in-law's wedding anniversary. I hope your dad and Luke's aunt have a great birthday!
I hope you were able to getting something more to help you with your infection. Don't give up on the doctors. Go again and again, if necessary! Certainly hope it isn't though. I hope you enjoy your weekend thoroughly, and that this bittersweet day (Happy Birthday, Kevin) brings you some special family memories. And, Happy Birthday to your Dad as well.
I hope today's appointment brings some relief for you.
I have felt much better today.
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Good luck with the appointment today! I hope they are able to give you some relief! Enjoy your weekend!
Thanks! I am doing better today.
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Originally Posted by KimmyAnn1147
Yes, you are smart to go in today. They might need to switch you to a new antibiotic.
I love the story about Luke's Aunt remembering your son. I'm sure her caring helped on a difficult day for you two.
Here's to good medical treatment and an enjoyable weekend trip!
What do they have to mail to you for PP+? Shouldn't it just be on your magic bands?
They are doing a culture but won't have the results until Monday.
I think the PhotoPass+ comes with a CD and a confirmation ticket to turn in at DLR, which does not currently use Magic Bands. It's sort of like stepping back in time to what WDW used to be.
You have a busy but fun weekend coming up! I hope you are feeling better. Your dad's birthday is the same day as my sister and brother-in-law's wedding anniversary. I hope your dad and Luke's aunt have a great birthday!
Thanks! Neither Luke's aunt nor my dad expect much, but we do love to spoil them if they will let us.
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Hope your doctor appointment went well this morning and that you feel better soon! Enjoy all the celebrations this weekend!
Thanks! I'm feeling better so I'm looking forward to family time.
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Originally Posted by Pris
I hope you were able to getting something more to help you with your infection. Don't give up on the doctors. Go again and again, if necessary! Certainly hope it isn't though. I hope you enjoy your weekend thoroughly, and that this bittersweet day (Happy Birthday, Kevin) brings you some special family memories. And, Happy Birthday to your Dad as well.
I'm supposed to call back Monday if I don't feel better and I will.
I woke up feeling better today, but still kept my appointment. According to the Physician’s Assistant who saw me today, there is nothing exciting in my urine. A little blood and a few white cells along with some crystals. Her belief is that I may be passing very tiny crystallized kidney stones. She encouraged me to drink as much as I can to keep flushing my system in order to get these all to pass. She is having a culture done on the sample and will be contacting me with the results most likely on Monday if there is anything else. If she doesn’t contact me and I don’t feel better, I’m to call back.
Once I’d been seen, Luke and I came come to put on walking clothes, and then headed back out to the closest section of our greenbelt for our four-mile walk. Even before going to the doctor’s office, I’d been drinking lots of water. Because of that, I had to make two spots at the park restrooms during the course of our walk. Eventually we wrapped up our walk, stopped at McDonald’s for lunch, and returned home again.
Since I felt better and it is usually best for me to stay busy on Kevin’s birthday, I made up for lost time this week. Initially, all I planned to do was decorating the front porch. One problem though, Luke’s Volvo is parked under the ceiling shelf that holds all the fall decorations in our garage. He had done some research recently and found a way to get his car into neutral so it could be moved when we need to put it on his brother’s car hauler. So today, he got it into neutral and we moved it just far enough back that he could put up the ladder and then climb up to remove the bins. At first it was just two boxes and one bin. Together we set up the front porch over the next 45 minutes. I still had energy, and talked Luke in to getting down all the boxes and bins. A couple of hours later I had most of the inside done as well. But I ran out of time and didn’t get photos yet. Those will have to wait probably until Monday. I’ve still got several things to put out, but I did grow tired and we had evening plans.
I actually worked so long I didn’t leave myself time before dinner to pack, so as soon as we got home I pulled out clothes for the next two days and have even steam pressed our shirts.
In Disney news, Jeannie (Dlandmom2) sent me a PM and now I will be calling or texting her when we arrive in California to set up a time to meet. PassPorter meets are one of my favorite Disney things, so this gives me yet another reason to be excited about this trip.
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A little blood and a few white cells along with some crystals. Her belief is that I may be passing very tiny crystallized kidney stones. She encouraged me to drink as much as I can to keep flushing my system in order to get these all to pass. She is having a culture done on the sample and will be contacting me with the results most likely on Monday if there is anything else. If she doesn’t contact me and I don’t feel better, I’m to call back. 
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