Excited!

Yesterday, after returning home from Black Friday shopping (another post on that later today), I checked the mail. I'm so happy that we got Peanut's referral for the EENT and it came so quickly! First thing Monday, I'm going to call and make her an appointment. So happy that we are able to take care of whatever her issue may be before we get out of the military. Woo-hoo for our health insurance!

When Will It End??

Since my husband left sometime in August, one of the kids has been sick. It all started with Bugga who developed bronchitis. Then moved onto Peanut who had a persistent cough that just wouldn't go away and got worse at night. Other than the cough, she was OK. No fever, no runny nose, and only one complaint of a sore throat. However, after 20 days on two different antibiotics, she just wasn't fully recovering like she normally would.

When we went to New Orleans for Halloween, the day after Trick or Treating, she came down with a 104 fever! So I took her into our pediatrician in New Orleans (who is actually my sister's & my old ped.) and she was given yet another antibiotic (her third since Sept 28th) for a newly diagnosed ear infection and we were sent for a chest X-ray since she was STILL coughing. Thankfully, after waiting for 2+ hours, she had the X-ray and everything in her chest looked fine.

That brings us to about now. On Wednesday, I picked Peanut up from school (the culprit of all this I believe....) and she said her ear had hurt a little at school. Since it was too late to make a Dr. apt, I gave her Tylenol and had her rest. Well within a few hours she was screaming and writhing in pain....really like I have NEVER seen her before (my kids have been generally healthy since birth, minus a few colds here & there....and Bug's ear infections....but really generally healthy). I felt terrible since I couldn't really do anything for her. I gave her more Tylenol, a warm compress for her ear, and some numbing drops for the ear I had gotten a bit back from their Dr.

So of course, on Thursday I make a morning appointment to take both kids in to see their Dr. (whom I absolutely ADORE). Peanut's diagnosis was a double ear infection (I figured her left ear was infected, the one she was complaining about...she never said a word about her right ear) and bronchitis. She was prescribed yet another ABX and an inhaler. She is also being referred to an EENT to check out her adenoids (the culprit of all this, her Dr. thinks). Her pediatrician believes that the adenoids may be the problem because she would start to get better on the antibiotics, but after a few days of being off the medicine, her symptoms would flare up again. If that is not the cause, then we will move on to allergy testing. I really do hope that the issue is either her adenoids or allergies, because those seem simple enough to fix. I think.... Remove adenoids....remove allergen (we think to be our kitten). I pray it is nothing more serious. She's feeling better and finally getting some much needed rest.

Bugga wound up with a single ear infection...slightly surprising only because he hadn't been complaining at all about his ears.

Anyway, my babies are on their way to better...I hope. I really hope that Peanut's issue can be figured out and that she can be back to 100% all the time.

Sounds Like Life to Me

I just have not been feeling well today. I went to sleep at a decent time, before 11 I'm sure, and slept fairly well for most of the night. Aidan actually stayed in his bed from about 730/8 until 5 AM. WOW! Then when he came in my room at 5, he did not want to go back to sleep :-( He just had a difficult time settling back down and that caused Kaitlyn to also wake up. I was trying to get him to sleep back in his bed, but it wasn't working, so I just brought him back into bed with me. Buggs finally feel back asleep probably around 6 and we got up again around 8 or 830. I then got one of the worst headaches I've ever experienced. Not sure why...I took some medicine and a bath and it seemed to work for a little. However, it is back now :-( I took some of Kaitlyn's FLU medicine, so I don't want to take headache meds and over medicate. UGH, I just hate feeling like this. I will definitely be going to bed early tonight.

Work is going swimmingly! I really, really like my job. It is pretty easy right now, but at the same time I am learning a lot. While filing/scanning documents, I am able to read them and learn about the different type of legal documents, pleadings, discovery, etc. I've also had the opportunity to draft & send some letters. I've been told a few times that I am doing great, and my boss even requested for me to get a work email address. It is only three of us in the office and I love that. I don't feel pressured by a lot of people to do a lot of things and if I don't' get something, I feel very comfortable asking for help....after I try to figure it out on my own. Most of the time I'm right, but I like to get reassurance since I'm still new.

The kids are doing great also. Kaitlyn really likes her new school. I miss her old school, but I do like this one. Aidan is finally adjusting to his family day care. I love that he's with a small group and it is in a home. I originally wanted him in a center, but I think this is working out better for him. He really craves individual attention at times.

I'd like to post more about my job and a few other things, but this headache is killer. Just wanted to get a little update out there.

Still reading "The Time Traveler's Wife" and "Crazy Love." I highly recommend both.

Where Does the Time Go?

Wow, so life has been crazy this past weekend.  

Friday night we babysat for some friends.  That was fun for Kaitlyn.  She got to have her friend *A* over and they played and had fun!  The girls got into some finger paints (not sure how) and decided to create a mural on the closet wall.  Not cool!  At least I can just paint over it, so it's not that big of a deal.  I felt bad when Kaitlyn told Matt not to tell *A's* dad "cause he spanks her really hard."  It really just broke my heart.  I suppose each family deals with discipline in their own way, but for Kaitlyn to have an understanding about it, I don't know, I just feel bad.  I know it's not an abusive family.  That's about all for Friday.

Saturday we had a Rockstar Party for one of Kaitlyn's friend's.  The kids had a blast rockin' out!  Aidan had his first taste of Twizzlers and it was love.  I let him indulge in a few too many, but hey it was a birthday party!  After the party we headed home to pick up Daddy and make a run to Sam's Club.  We stocked up on ground beef, steaks, roasts & chicken.  We like to buy our meat in bulk so we can make two week menu plans.  Anyway, I digress, Saturday ended with just some hanging out at home and relaxin.  

Then Sunday, the fun begins!!  Well, no, not really fun.  We all woke up about the same time, and in the same bed of course...all was good.  Aidan had a diaper change and K was laying at the foot of the bed.  Then she, just laying there, begins throwing up!  YAY!  NOT!  Anyway, this continued for the better part of the day.  She napped around 10 am & I was beginning to not feel well.  My wonderful husband, took Aidan & went grocery shopping. By the time he got home, K was feeling much, much better.  She had about a 12 hr stomach bug.  When he got home, Aidan was napping.  That did not last long, and he woke up throwing up.  Poor baby.  It was so hard for him since he didn't really know what was going on.  He just cried & cried while throwing up :-(  Meanwhile,  I was spending a bit of time with the stomach bug.  Aidan finally finished throwing up around 5 am, and felt much better yesterday.  I still had some lingering nausea yesterday and hardly ate anything.  I feel much better today.

Last night, Matt decided it would be fun for him to get the stomach bug!  Yay!  He got some meds from sick call and has been sleeping since about 11am.  He hasn't thrown up since early this morning, and I'm hoping it continues to stay that way.  All of this sick is no fun!

I'm still a bit tired and not really hungry.  I've been taking today easy, but i really feel much, much better.  Of course, you would have never known the kids were ever sick!

This week is going to be busy. Today K had preschool, tomorrow is End of the School Year Performance practice as is Thursday.  Thursday evening is the actual performance and Friday we head up to the Rockies Smokey Mountains (duh, Thanks Stacy!) for some family camping!!  So exciting!!

I need to find my memory card for my camera to capture these upcoming events.