April 5, 2014, 5:28 p.m., C.D.T.~

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Hello, hello?? Is this thing even ON??  

Alaska here.  Sitting here, trying not to die from boredom.  Mom's at work; she doesn't get outta work 'til 8 tonight: that's two and a half more hours.  *WHINE!*  I'm soooo freakin' BORRRRRRRRRRRED!!!!

I'm also in the hospital: came in last night; will be here til at least Monday, it looks like.  Asthma attack.  Cottonwood caused this mess.  Had trouble breathing; it got worse, so Mom brought me to the ER, and now I'm sentenced to a thiree day stay.  UGH!!

My wrists are soooo sore!!  Stupid blood gas crap!!  They want to make sure I'm getting enough oxygen, so they have to stick me.  I've been stuck so much I feel like a stoopid pincushion!!  

The only good thing is Louie Sandusky, my favorite nurse, is working.  She's been comin' in, trying to make me laugh.  I love her .... she's all business, but she also is very sweet, nothing like some of the others. 

There's nothing on the tv except sports, news, and paid programming.  There are other shows on, but nothing that catches my interest.

I don't have a room mate.  I'm in a private room, which is fine, but it doesn't help that I'm bored!  LOL  I could get out of bed, but I've got an IV in my hand and have oxygen, not to mention, a heart monitor on.  They want to make sure my ticker's working.  Obviously it is, or I wouldn't be doing this journal!  LOL

I'm gonna ask the nurse to see if they can take this heart thing off.  It's making my chest itch something fierce, and I can't scratch it to save my life!  UGH!  It's about to drive me NUTS!!!!!

Well, I smell food: must be feeding time at the zoo.  Sure hope I get something worth eating, but I highly doubt that: hospital food is NASTY!!!!!!  What I wouldn't give for a whopper or something from McDonald's!!  Or better yet, a mushroom and bell pepper pizza!  YUM!!

Hold on ... phone's ringing .... oh, shoot!!  I'm gonna have to call the nurse and I can't hit the button ....  soooo ...

Nurse??  Oh, here she is ..... it's Mom.  On the phone, I mean.  She said she's gonna be bringing me some PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Hurry up, hurry up, hurry UP!!!!!!  I'm STARVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanna get outta bed so bad I can't stand it.  I look out the window, see that it's a pretty, sunny day out.  I wanna go and take a walk; but again, I can't.  Darn it all!!  I wish I could just yank this IV and stuff off me, but I can't, so I'm stuck like chuck.  MEH!!  STOOOOPID arthrogryposis!!!!!!!  It's a PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I could go online ... at least I could play on Facebook or something, but again ... no can do ... can't move my stoopid arms, hands, or shoulders.  Too bad they don't have something like talking computers that do what you tell it to do or go where you want it go go ... online, I mean ....  

Maybe Mom can bring me some of my books from home .... it would be nice ....  at least I can turn the pages with my toes ....  and I can read that way.  LOL  Hey ... where there's a will, there's a way .... :)

So until Mom comes, I'm stuck!!  I know the nurses are busy, but still ... I would love to talk to someone besides the wall or in this tape player ....  :)  I feel like I'm talkin' to myself ..... :)

Oh, yay!!  Mom's here!!  I hear her voice in the hallway; she's talking to the nurses.  And I smell .... PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YAHOO!!!!  

Oh, MAN!! Lab's here!  They wanna do another blood gas thing.  NOOOOO!!!!!  Talk about a good mood ruiner!!  So I gotta go.  Will be back another day; hopefuly I'll be out of the hospital by then .... take care; bye!!

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