Thats right folks, I am home again. I had a mild side effect of a personal nature that got me kicked off the study. I was able to come home on Friday. Waiting for Robin to come and get me was the longest 2 hours of my life. I swear I felt like I was 16 again waiting to get picked up for a first date or something. I had butterflies in my stomach and tears of joy when I finally saw him and Stephen. I had prepared myself for the worst when it came to Stephen. I wasn’t quite sure how he was going to react since he hadn’t seen me for such a long time. He was a little standoff-ish but I was probably squeezing him a little to tight and smoothering him with a few to many kisses. I can not explain how happy I am to be back home. To celebrate my homecoming Robin and I went out to dinner and the out for drinks after. I, again, had to much to drink and had the worst hangover of my life today. I swear I am never doing that again. Anyways, all is well in the Donchess household once again and I am glad to be back.
Down to 12… September 6, 2007
I spend my time thinking of ways to get out of here but still get paid. Here is what I’ve come up with:
1. Refuse to eat every meal of everyday ( I think I would just be very hungry, but they’d keep me anyway)
2. Do a crazy amount of jumping jacks and run in place for awhile in the bathroom with the shower on so my cardiac enzyme levels are to elevated for me to continue to dose (they would just wake me up at the butt crack of dawn to take my blood every day to see if they dropped again)
3. Hold my breath when they check our vitals in the morning (I can’t hold my breath that long, seriously does it really take 15 min to check blood pressure, pluse, and respirations? A machine does it for you for crying out loud!!!!
I am up for any other suggestions… Of course I can leave at anytime, but then they don’t pay me as much. NOT AN OPTION!!! So for now I will continue to shop for houses online (I think I found the perfect house) and work on my secret project. Later!
27 Days to go…. August 23, 2007
I am back in Madison for the long haul. So far nothing to interesting to report to you. We have been getting small doses of a drug for epilepsy that has been on the market for a long time. People that actually need this drug take up to 1600mg per day so far we have been getting 200mg daily. Tomorrow we get bumped up to 400mg, which will be the highest dose that we get. Then after 2 weeks of that they will add the other drug that makes me pee like I am 9 months pregnant again. Ultimately they want to see if the test drug will increase some levels in our blood when the 2 are taken together. So while I am all sleepy slightly dizzy I will be pissing myself too…I know everyone is jealous! In other news, the Mother-in-Law flew into Milwaukee today. I haven’t spoken to her or Robin yet since finding out that she made it here safely. I am sure she is way to busy spoiling Stephen. I know he will be in good hands while I am here and Robin goes back to work tomorrow. I have picked up a new hobby while here counting down the days and hours to go. Crocheting. Lets just say that I am going to need lots of practice. But I’ve got nothing but time to kill. So I should have an awesome afghan by the time I get out of here.
