Monday, April 27, 2009

WOW, LIFE IS FUN!!!

I'M TRULY NOT TRYING TO BE SARCASTIC. LIFE REALLY IS FUN, AND WE ARE EMBRACING EACH MOMENT. AT TIMES WE FIND OURSELVES LAUGHING, CRYING, OR MAYBE EVEN SCREAMING. WELL THINGS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS A MONTH AGO. I AM FINDING HUMOR IN IT AS I TYPE. DYLAN DECIDED WHERE WE SHOULD GO FOR SPRING BREAK. YEAH, RIGHT BACK TO THE HOSPITAL (SHANNON YOU'LL LOVE THIS, 3 HOURS AFTER WE TALKED). WE JUST COULDN'T GET OUT OF HERE TO GO VISIT FAMILY, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO WRONG TAKE LONGER. WELL WE WERE TRULY BLESSED, DYLAN JUST STARTED ACTING REALLY WEIRD, WE THOUGHT MAYBE HE HAD SWALLOWED SOMETHING( HE WASN'T GOING BLUE), DOCTOR SENT US OVER FOR X-RAYS. HE DID NOT LOOK GOOD I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THE RADIOLOGIST COULNDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABOUT TO LET US LEAVE, OUR DOCTOR ADMITED US, VITALS WERE ALL GOOD THEN WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES HE SPIKED 105 TEMP HEART RATE SHOT TO 230, OUR DOCTOR WAS HEADING TO THE HOPITAL ON THE PHONE WITH THE NURSE. NEXT THING I KNEW THEY WERE BAGGING HIM IN ICE, ER DOCTOR WAS THERE THE CRASH CART WAS BROUGHT IN, THEY WERE DRAWING ALL SORTS FO BLOOD AND I STOOD THERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK WAS HAPPENING. AT THIS POINT I'M STILL NOT REALLY SURE, HE DID HAVE METABOLIC ACIDOSIS THEY SAID INFECTION SOMEWHERE. TWO DAYS LATER PNEMONIA SHOWED UP AGAIN ON THE X-RAY. WE CAME HOME ON OXYGEN AND 4 DAYS LATER WENT BACK. IT WAS ONLY DEHYDRATION DUE TO THE STOMACHE BUG HE PICKED UP AT THE HOSPITAL. WELL IT DID BRING ANOTHER STAY THOUGH. WHY YES HE SHARED WITH ME. I CAN OFFICIALLY SAY MY HOME SMELLS LIKE SICKNESS. WELL, WE ARE GETTING RID OF THE OXYGEN TODAY, WE ARE SO EXCITED AND HOPE HE STAYS WELL AND SPENDS HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY AT HOME THIS WEEK. ORRIN STILL HAS HAD NO LUCK IN THE JOB SEARCH, BUT PLAYING MR. MOM TO THE OTHER BOYS HAS KEPT HIM BUSY. BRAYDEN STILL SOUNDS HORRIBLE, CROUP HORRIBLE. I REALLY WISH SPRING WOULD JUST STAY. WELL WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT CAMERON. HE CHIPPED HIS FRONT TOOTH FRIDAY OR SHOULD I SAY THE ACTIONS OF ANOTHER STUDENT SHOVING HIS HEAD INTO A DESK CHIPPED IT. OK, I'M STILL A LITTLE BITTER ABOUT THAT ONE. ANY SUGGESTIONS HE'S HOME TODAY HE JUST CAN'T FACE GOING TO SCHOOL. ORRIN DID TAKE HIM BACK FRIDAY TO VISIT WITH THE PRINCIPLE, WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS OK, THE STUDENT WAS SUSPENDED FROM RECESS FOR THE WEEK. AS PARENTS ANY ADVICE IN ENCOURAGING MY CHILD TO FORGIVE AND MOVE FORWARD. I FEAR HE WANTS TO AVOID SCHOOL AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE SITUATION. MY MENTAL STATUS IS ON OVERDRIVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? YES, WE DID TAKE HIM TO THE DENSTIST AND GOT IT FIXED, SO YOU CAN'T TELL. THERE YOU HAVE IT WE ARE ALL THRIVING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE BLESSINGS OF THIS WEEK. I AM NOT BEING SARCASTIC EITHER. I FEEL TRULY BLESSED, DON'T BELIEVE ME, TAKE THE ADVICE OF A SIMPLE HYMN "COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS". WE ARE TRULY BLESSED AND WE KNOW THAT GOD IS LIFTING US THROUGH THIS SEASON. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EACH MOMENT THAT TEACHES US, STRENGTHENS US, AND BLESSES US.