Friday while I was in the hospital with Colin I got a text from my mom saying Alyssa was running a fever of 99. I told her it wasn't a big deal.
The evening she called me and told me Alyssa had thrown up and had a fever of 102. I felt like the worst mom in the world that I couldn't be with her.
I sat in the hospital room crying because both my kids needed me and I couldn't be there for both. I did the next best thing and sent Chris home to be with Alyssa.
She was doing a little better Saturday morning but still running a fever. Sunday the blisters showed up for her, she also had Hand Foot and Mouth.
Her blisters are all in her throat making it harder for her to eat and drink. She is still eating and drinking enough that I'm not super worried about her, I just hope the blisters clear up soon.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Hospital Visit #3
On Thursday morning Colin woke up and I knew something was wrong with him. I called the doctor as soon as the opened at 8 and got him a 9:15 appointment. By the time we got to the doctor I knew he had pneumonia. The doctor confirmed the diagnoses and sent us home with some medicine.
I put Colin down for a nap and when he got up from the nap two hours later he was shaking, throwing up and couldn't sit up. I called the doctor again and they told me to give him more Motrin and if his fever wasn't down in an hour to take him to the ER. Well it was down slightly at the hour mark so I gave him Tylenol on top of the Motrin and he seemed to be getting a little better.
He ate dinner and then started to get clingy again. We put him down to bed, and within 10 minutes of laying him down he was throwing up again and his fever was back up to 102.6 so off to the hospital we went.
When we got there his fever was still 102.6 and his heart rate was over 180. We got back to a room and after waiting what seemed like forever we finally had a plan. We were going to give him more meds and try to get him to drink. If his fever came down and he was drinking we could go home, if not we were spending the night.
Well 45 minutes later he still wasn't drinking very much so we were admitted with iv fluids and a new medicine to help with the pneumonia.
On Friday morning I found out one of the kids in the day care had Hand Foot and Mouth disease so I told the doctor about that. All Friday Colin barely ate or drank. He slept a lot and just sat staring into space.
Friday evening I asked Chris to bring him a milkshake. That seemed to be the turning point for him. He started to drink more and eat a little. I asked the doctor if we could go home. He said no so we stayed another night.
Saturday morning he was eating and drinking much better and we were discharged and able to make it home in time for lunch. He also developed the blisters associated with Hand Foot and Mouth.
Sunday he was still a little under the weather.
Today he was back to his normal self. He was eating everything he could get his hands on.
It is so nice to have my baby back.
I am having a hard time knowing that he has been hospitalized twice now because of things brought in to the day care. I know in my head that if he went somewhere else he would be just as likely to pick it up, but it is hard.
I put Colin down for a nap and when he got up from the nap two hours later he was shaking, throwing up and couldn't sit up. I called the doctor again and they told me to give him more Motrin and if his fever wasn't down in an hour to take him to the ER. Well it was down slightly at the hour mark so I gave him Tylenol on top of the Motrin and he seemed to be getting a little better.
He ate dinner and then started to get clingy again. We put him down to bed, and within 10 minutes of laying him down he was throwing up again and his fever was back up to 102.6 so off to the hospital we went.When we got there his fever was still 102.6 and his heart rate was over 180. We got back to a room and after waiting what seemed like forever we finally had a plan. We were going to give him more meds and try to get him to drink. If his fever came down and he was drinking we could go home, if not we were spending the night.
Well 45 minutes later he still wasn't drinking very much so we were admitted with iv fluids and a new medicine to help with the pneumonia.
On Friday morning I found out one of the kids in the day care had Hand Foot and Mouth disease so I told the doctor about that. All Friday Colin barely ate or drank. He slept a lot and just sat staring into space.Friday evening I asked Chris to bring him a milkshake. That seemed to be the turning point for him. He started to drink more and eat a little. I asked the doctor if we could go home. He said no so we stayed another night.
Saturday morning he was eating and drinking much better and we were discharged and able to make it home in time for lunch. He also developed the blisters associated with Hand Foot and Mouth.
Sunday he was still a little under the weather.
Today he was back to his normal self. He was eating everything he could get his hands on.
It is so nice to have my baby back.
I am having a hard time knowing that he has been hospitalized twice now because of things brought in to the day care. I know in my head that if he went somewhere else he would be just as likely to pick it up, but it is hard.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
18(Really almost 19 months) Dear Colin
Dear Colin,
You are a few days shy of turning 19 months. We were late with your shots and I was also late with your letter. Though in fairness I didn't get around to writing Alyssa's 18 month letter until almost 19 months as well.
You are such a big boy now. You wear size 2t most of the time, though it is a little big on you. You now weigh 29 lbs and 4 ounces. You are 35 inches tall.
You still love your mommy and have started to call for me at all times. It was super cute the first few days of you yelling "mama, mama" when you wanted something. Now I still enjoy hearing you call me but sometimes after you have called me for the 100th time that day it gets a little old.
If you hear that someone in the house is going to leave you run to the shoe bucket to get their shoes and yours. You do not like to be left behind.
You are great at feeding yourself and eat almost everything we eat. You are even getting better with a fork and spoon.
You have actually been fairly healthy for the last few weeks. I think the combination of the singular, Zyrtec and breathing treatment steroids have helped keep your airways open and hopefully giving them time to get stronger. I hope that by giving them this time to be healthy and get stronger that when the winter hits you will be able to fight the colds off.
You love your big sister and want to do everything that she is doing. It is a lot of fun to watch the two of you play. Your favorite thing to do is play with a ball. You will point out everything that looks like or could be a ball.
Your words are coming more and more each day. You have a vocabulary of probably close to 30 words. Sometimes you just babble and expect us to respond. You are full of smiles and laughs for people you know. However if you don't know the person you are shy and won't talk or interact with them.
You also have a temper. If you do not get your way or get mad about something your lip comes out and you will start will the small tears. After the pout and before the tears you come in search of me. You want me to hold you while you cry.
Colin it has been so much fun watching you grow and your personality come out. I am excited to see you grow and hopefully become more healthy as you work your way to two.
I love you big boy!
Love,
Mommy
You are a few days shy of turning 19 months. We were late with your shots and I was also late with your letter. Though in fairness I didn't get around to writing Alyssa's 18 month letter until almost 19 months as well.You are such a big boy now. You wear size 2t most of the time, though it is a little big on you. You now weigh 29 lbs and 4 ounces. You are 35 inches tall.
You still love your mommy and have started to call for me at all times. It was super cute the first few days of you yelling "mama, mama" when you wanted something. Now I still enjoy hearing you call me but sometimes after you have called me for the 100th time that day it gets a little old. If you hear that someone in the house is going to leave you run to the shoe bucket to get their shoes and yours. You do not like to be left behind.
You are great at feeding yourself and eat almost everything we eat. You are even getting better with a fork and spoon.
You have actually been fairly healthy for the last few weeks. I think the combination of the singular, Zyrtec and breathing treatment steroids have helped keep your airways open and hopefully giving them time to get stronger. I hope that by giving them this time to be healthy and get stronger that when the winter hits you will be able to fight the colds off.
You love your big sister and want to do everything that she is doing. It is a lot of fun to watch the two of you play. Your favorite thing to do is play with a ball. You will point out everything that looks like or could be a ball.
Your words are coming more and more each day. You have a vocabulary of probably close to 30 words. Sometimes you just babble and expect us to respond. You are full of smiles and laughs for people you know. However if you don't know the person you are shy and won't talk or interact with them.
Colin it has been so much fun watching you grow and your personality come out. I am excited to see you grow and hopefully become more healthy as you work your way to two.
I love you big boy!
Love,
Mommy
Monday, June 25, 2012
18 month stats a little late
Colin is 29 lbs 4 ounces
He's head is 50cm
and he is 35 inches tall.
I will write his letter later.
He's head is 50cm
and he is 35 inches tall.
I will write his letter later.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Vacation
We just got back from a week at the Lake of the Ozarks. It was a wonderful week.
We took boat rides twice a day, enjoyed many hours of swimming and playing by the lake. We also took two day trips. One to visit my Grandpa and another to Osage to go shopping.
There are many great memories that we made this past week. So many that it seems impossible to write them all down. So I'm just going to bullet point important things I don't want to forget.
It was a great week and I am so glad that we were able to spend the week as a family reconnecting and having time away from reality.
We took boat rides twice a day, enjoyed many hours of swimming and playing by the lake. We also took two day trips. One to visit my Grandpa and another to Osage to go shopping.
There are many great memories that we made this past week. So many that it seems impossible to write them all down. So I'm just going to bullet point important things I don't want to forget.
- Colin learned how to swim on his own with just his life jacket holding him up. He learned this the second day there and enjoyed his freedom. He also liked to jump off the dock into the water.
- Alyssa is getting better everyday at diving. It was hard for her to dive with her life jacket but she tried everyday.
- Chris is great at driving the boat and really seemed to enjoy taking his family for boat rides.
- Alyssa and Colin loved running circles around my grandpa's house. They spent close to an hour running circles and making my Grandpa and me smile.
- Alyssa picked the visit to Grandpa's to make family connections. During lunch with my grandpa she asks "Where is Great-Grandma?" I told her that she was in heaven and she asked "When can we go visit her?"
- Both kids did fantastic with the change in routine and all the outings we took.
It was a great week and I am so glad that we were able to spend the week as a family reconnecting and having time away from reality.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
My Knee
I had the surgery on Wednesday, today is Sunday, I'm starting to feel a little better.
Yesterday for most of the day I was truly regretting the surgery. I was in so much pain and when I walked the pain surged through my leg and into my back and my head giving me a headache every time I walked.
Today has been better. I was able to shower, go to church and get Colin's hair cut.
I'm super tired now and my knee is very swollen but not as much pain. I hope that each day gets better and better and by next weekend I'm back to normal.
I love that I have a husband that has no problem stepping up and taking care of the kids and the house while I'm down. It makes the recovery process so much easier to know that the kids and house are being taken care of.
Yesterday for most of the day I was truly regretting the surgery. I was in so much pain and when I walked the pain surged through my leg and into my back and my head giving me a headache every time I walked.
Today has been better. I was able to shower, go to church and get Colin's hair cut.
I'm super tired now and my knee is very swollen but not as much pain. I hope that each day gets better and better and by next weekend I'm back to normal.
I love that I have a husband that has no problem stepping up and taking care of the kids and the house while I'm down. It makes the recovery process so much easier to know that the kids and house are being taken care of.
Alyssa's Eye
On Saturday night we decided to go out to dinner. While we were waiting for our food the kids started to get restless. So I decided to sing a song.Alyssa did not like the song I picked out and threw her head back and then forward. On the motion forward she slammed her eye into the table. Chris picked her up and held her and we got the waitress to bring us some ice. By the time our food came I knew she was going to have a black eye.
This morning she got up and it looked pretty bad. The only time she has really complained about it, is when we ask her to do something. We asked her to pick up her toys and all of the sudden her eye hurts too bad to do it. It was time for bed and her eye hurt too bad to sleep.
Hopefully I don't have to explain too many times tomorrow what happened to her eye.
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