Crazy Busy!

(I tried to add pictures to this post but it's not working...maybe I'll add them later)

Life has been very busy as of late. I had the low platelet count on Thursday night so I had to cancel all my Regina meetings on Friday. I ended up just taking Prednisone again since the Specialist was out of town and worked from home for part of Friday. Saturday I was off to Winnipeg for a few days.

I went to see the Illusionist on Saturday night at the Silver City by my hotel while I waited for the venue to open at 8:00pm (great movie, I recommend it!) After the movie I went to the Tijuana Yacht Club to see what it was like, etc. as our event was going to be there the next day. I was really out of place. I had to stand in line to get in and then they make you walk through metal detectors and search you before you get in. I was also about 7 years older than everyone else there. It was definately a party bar! I quickly talked to the manager and then zipped back to my hotel.

The event went well for the first two hours. We had lots of football fans come in there before the game as we were only a block from the stadium. But then 2:00pm hit and everyone left...and I literally mean EVERYONE! Ok, there were two people left, that's it. The staff basically just goofed around and our Frank's girls had nothing to do because there was no one to give samples to or to do trivia with. Luckily the blackout had been lifted so I got to watch the game for a couple hours.

After the event I went back to my hotel and decided to take public transit to Club Regent, a cool casino. It was pretty cool and was the nicest casino I've seen in Canada since coming back from Vegas. I also did something there that I had never done before (if you want to guess what that is leave me a comment). There's even a tunnel of water you walk through with fish swimming above and beside you.

Monday I set up shop in the lobby of the hotel after I checked out since my plane didn't leave until 7:45pm. In the afternoon I drove around Winnipeg with one of the Frank's reps and we visited some of the venues for future events which was good. I then visited one more venue on my own, went to the airport and came home.
Went straight from the hospital to the ER where they said it would be a 4 hour wait to get my blood checked for the Specialist. I then went to a Medi Clinic instead after I found one that was still open and had a medical lab. I was in and out in about 30 minutes and finally made it home around 10:00pm.

But then I spent another hour getting ready for my all day trip to Regina on Tuesday. I was running a little late and didn't leave the house until 7:30am and I had to be at the venue on the opposite side of Regina by 10:00am. Yes, I sped and managed to get there 15 minutes early. I spent the entire day driving around Regina and meeting with people. I finally made it home around 9:00pm and then worked at home for another 1.5 hours. Finally, after 16 hours of work I managed to go to bed.

So that's been my life. Combine that with needing to find workers for the event on Thursday in Regina (tomorrow) and then I drive back to Regina on Thursday to supervise that event until 10pm so I should be home around 1:00am, just in time to get up and go to another meeting with another venue in Saskatoon at 9:30am on Friday. But then, and only then, I am taking a break as my sister is getting married on Saturday and we have the rehearsal on Friday night. I am definately looking forward to a break (even though I am still on call as some girls from some Edmonton events have to check in with me...oh well, it's mostly a good break!)

Medical Update
On Monday night my platelet count was up to 156,000 which is good. The Specialist phoned me today and told me to lower my steroid intake to 15mg every other day and then I will meet with him next week. I also have another appointment with Nuclear Medicine on Sept 26 to see if I have a secondary spleen that is causing the problem. So hopefully things get figured out soon!