Let's see if I can write this post without the cellphone ringing, Ross coming in the door, or the dogs going insane. I've tried for the past 3 days with no luck.
Things almost got a little bad for us. On January 18th I woke up, with what I thought, a UTI. Normal for me. Water & cranberry juice typically takes care of it without a visit to the doctor. The pain was getting worse & spreading. Around 5, I felt it in my back & diaphragm. I called the Tricare Nurse & she recommended me to the ER. I panicked since I have never been to the ER, for myself, I got stitches for my finger at an urgent care even. We waited 3 hours, did a catheter, blood-work, & a CT scan. It went from UTI to ectopic pregnancy to golf ball sized cyst on my ovary to stomach ulcers & acid reflex. Ross stayed by my side the whole time. He had been up since 4am and by the time we left it was 2am. He only got 2 hours of sleep & told the flight commander he refused to fly because he considered himself a flight risk. So he lost flight hours. By the time it came to have his last checkride for instruments that he had to pass to continue with his class at BWS, he didnt have enough. On the last day for him to obtain hours, his helicopter had a maintenance problem 18 minutes from being able to do his checkride. He had to land the aircraft & medevac had to come pick them up. They told him that he would not be able to continue with his class...putting him two weeks back....UNLESS he got up at 4am to take his checkride, passed, & then go to BWS in the afternoon. All depending on the weather. We had a line of storms heading right for us. Seeing how upset Ross was with the thought of being held back again, and seeing the odds against us with the weather the only thing I could do was ask for prayers & trick him into drinking decaffeinated coffee so he would actually rest instead of studying all night & worrying. Thankfully the weather held off for us for Ross to take his checkride & pass! We were so happy! The weather caused the base to shut down, so he didnt start BWS, so he never fell behind with his class. He loves BWS so much. He doesn't have a stick buddy right now, because they were unsure he was going to pass or not, so he gets alot of focus on him & he gets home early before his class. Seeing how much his attitude has changed, makes me think that each student needs to have his own IP. Make it easier on the families atleast!
Ross didnt like instruments very well, he wasnt in a good mood, and then they gave him a map project. (Bless anyone who has a husband do a map project!) He was never at home. I wanted to be at home, with my family. I got a stomach bug, I was having horrible headaches, started feeling stressed/depressed/worried majorly which all factored into causing stomach ulcers...& if I worry or stress out that bad anymore...I'll get them again. I'm trying to take deep breathes, I go outside to play with the dogs or read, I try to take one day at a time....but my mind can't get off the fact, that in 4 weeks Ross gets to select his airframe & where we will be moving next. Ross changes his mind everyday what he wants to fly & where he wants to move. The move stresses me out are we going to Kentucky or are we going to Korea? At first we were only going to pick bases closest to Tuscaloosa...now we are thinking Washington & Colorado. Which brings up the concerns: What if he gets deployed? What if I get pregnant? That's 17+ hours away from family. Stress & Worry. What if the army really sends us to Korea or Germany, even if we dont want it on our list? It costs $2,000 of our own money just to fly the dogs there. Which is unsafe for them. Double Stress & Worry.
4 weeks until we will have some idea. We just take one day at a time so the flutters of flight school dont turn into ulcers anymore.
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