McKinney's fireworks display that was supposed to be on the 4th of July were rained out and postponed to tonight. Since Noah had had a long day with no nap, Paul decided to stay home with him so he could go to bed. I took the other 3 and headed to Myers Park for some fireworks. When we parked, I wasn't sure where exactly they were shooting them off from. Well, it was spectacular. They lauched about 50 yards from our car and we had to look straight up to see them. As they fell to the ground, it literally rained leftover fireworks all around us. Andrew, of course, wanted to examine the remains to see what they were made of. Jacob headed back inside the car convinced that if it touched you, you would die! Nicholas was not a huge fan of the loud noise so he was in and out of the car throughout the show. I'm sure it would have been more atmospheric on the 4th, but this was a fun, low key entertainment for a Saturday night. And the best part was that all three dozed off on the way home, so no fusses about bedtime when they got home!!
This afternoon we celebrated my nephew Henry's birthday. We had alot of fun and the boys had fun getting to hit at a dinosaur pinata. I can't believe how fast they are all growing up. Happy Birthday, Henry!
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
On a Roll
I know. I know. Two posts in one evening when there has been nothing for over a month. Paul's watching a movie that I just can't get into and I've got my laptop on my lap so what better to do...
Ever had one of those bad mommy moments? Yeah, well they feel like a daily occurence sometimes for me, but this week I really had one. Noah's had this cough for about a week that I had been trying to ignore. He seemed to feel fine otherwise so I thought no big deal. Well, I was wrong. Monday afternoon he pokes himself in the eye and won't take his hand off his eye for over an hour. Everytime I try to check it out he screams so finally I decide to take him to the Acute Kids Care place when they open at 5pm. (an ER alternative for kiddos like mine who can't manage to get sick or injured during regular business hours). We go into the exam room where the nurse does her usual routine checking of the temp, etc. She puts this probe on his finger and as it beeps mutters, "That's interesting." She then leaves the room and comes back with another machine thinking the first one must not be working correctly. It was. She then asks if he has been sick. At first I said no, not even thinking about the cough, but then said, "Oh well, he has had a little bit of a cough recently..." The doctor then comes in quickly checks his eye (which was fine) and then says, "Now to address the more serious issue with his lungs." HUH?!? His oxygen level was at 89% and he was in respiratory distress. Yes, you read that right. They gave him 3 breathing treatments with oral steroids and it still didn't help. The dr. them comes back in to tell me that they have paged my regular ped. to see if he wants him admitted to the hospital right away. WHAT? I brought him in for a scratched eye - what are you talking about - did you get my exam room mixed up with the kid next door? Anyway, apparently my little trooper who never shows us when he's sick had been struggling to breathe and we didn't even realize it. They decided not to admit him for the time being and instead sent us home with a nebulizer to give him breathing treatments at home every three hours. Well, when I went to give him his first one after he was asleep, he was breathing really hard and his lips were blue. Needless to say, we were at the ER in no time. Of course, once we got there, the breathing treatments finally started to kick in and he improved, so by the time we were actually seen by the dr. he was back up to 97% . We got home around 3am - just in time for the steroids to kick in. The pharmacist warned us about "roid rage" and boy was he right. For those who don't know Noah well, he has a bit of a temper. So combined with the steroids, he was quite a delight at 3am with no sleep and a breathing mask stuck to his face. Of course, the whole time I'm thinking, "but he only poked his eye..."
The waiting room at the ER was quite entertaining though. It was almost standing room only when we arrived. I managed to find a seat near a lady about my age moaning rather loudly about how much pain she was in. I looked around at the crowd and quickly realized they all knew each other and had basically come to "support" grandpa who was having a spell with his high blood pressure. We're talking about 20+ people ranging in age from toddler to grandma, just hanging out watching the travel network on the lobby tv while gramps was being checked out...at 11:30pm...
Now back to the moaning lady. Her mother comes in after getting some sodas from the vending machine, and the drama really begins to increase. The daughter starts moaning even louder and proceeds to lay down on the floor - which happens to be right in the main walkway of the waiting room. She's going on and on about her gall bladder. Well, her mom starts raising a ruckus about how they are just letting her suffer out in the waiting room instead of putting her in a room. They assure her she will be seen in the order of the priority of her need. The mother then basically sneaks back into the ER when another patient is leaving and starts screaming at everyone like a lunatic. She is escorted back out where the staff threatens to call the police if she doesn't stop. At this point, the daughter who has been moaning that she can't move and is in the worst pain of her life pops up and storms out declaring, "we're going to sue your sorry %&@(# for negligence." At least it kept me entertained while waiting for a room. The ironic part was that about two minutes after they stormed out, another nurse came out and called their name for a room...
Anyway, fortunately all is well now (I think...) and we have begun seeing a chiropractor who is going to help us change some things in our lives to a more natural diet and way of life to hopefully prevent some of this health drama in the future.
Ever had one of those bad mommy moments? Yeah, well they feel like a daily occurence sometimes for me, but this week I really had one. Noah's had this cough for about a week that I had been trying to ignore. He seemed to feel fine otherwise so I thought no big deal. Well, I was wrong. Monday afternoon he pokes himself in the eye and won't take his hand off his eye for over an hour. Everytime I try to check it out he screams so finally I decide to take him to the Acute Kids Care place when they open at 5pm. (an ER alternative for kiddos like mine who can't manage to get sick or injured during regular business hours). We go into the exam room where the nurse does her usual routine checking of the temp, etc. She puts this probe on his finger and as it beeps mutters, "That's interesting." She then leaves the room and comes back with another machine thinking the first one must not be working correctly. It was. She then asks if he has been sick. At first I said no, not even thinking about the cough, but then said, "Oh well, he has had a little bit of a cough recently..." The doctor then comes in quickly checks his eye (which was fine) and then says, "Now to address the more serious issue with his lungs." HUH?!? His oxygen level was at 89% and he was in respiratory distress. Yes, you read that right. They gave him 3 breathing treatments with oral steroids and it still didn't help. The dr. them comes back in to tell me that they have paged my regular ped. to see if he wants him admitted to the hospital right away. WHAT? I brought him in for a scratched eye - what are you talking about - did you get my exam room mixed up with the kid next door? Anyway, apparently my little trooper who never shows us when he's sick had been struggling to breathe and we didn't even realize it. They decided not to admit him for the time being and instead sent us home with a nebulizer to give him breathing treatments at home every three hours. Well, when I went to give him his first one after he was asleep, he was breathing really hard and his lips were blue. Needless to say, we were at the ER in no time. Of course, once we got there, the breathing treatments finally started to kick in and he improved, so by the time we were actually seen by the dr. he was back up to 97% . We got home around 3am - just in time for the steroids to kick in. The pharmacist warned us about "roid rage" and boy was he right. For those who don't know Noah well, he has a bit of a temper. So combined with the steroids, he was quite a delight at 3am with no sleep and a breathing mask stuck to his face. Of course, the whole time I'm thinking, "but he only poked his eye..."
The waiting room at the ER was quite entertaining though. It was almost standing room only when we arrived. I managed to find a seat near a lady about my age moaning rather loudly about how much pain she was in. I looked around at the crowd and quickly realized they all knew each other and had basically come to "support" grandpa who was having a spell with his high blood pressure. We're talking about 20+ people ranging in age from toddler to grandma, just hanging out watching the travel network on the lobby tv while gramps was being checked out...at 11:30pm...
Now back to the moaning lady. Her mother comes in after getting some sodas from the vending machine, and the drama really begins to increase. The daughter starts moaning even louder and proceeds to lay down on the floor - which happens to be right in the main walkway of the waiting room. She's going on and on about her gall bladder. Well, her mom starts raising a ruckus about how they are just letting her suffer out in the waiting room instead of putting her in a room. They assure her she will be seen in the order of the priority of her need. The mother then basically sneaks back into the ER when another patient is leaving and starts screaming at everyone like a lunatic. She is escorted back out where the staff threatens to call the police if she doesn't stop. At this point, the daughter who has been moaning that she can't move and is in the worst pain of her life pops up and storms out declaring, "we're going to sue your sorry %&@(# for negligence." At least it kept me entertained while waiting for a room. The ironic part was that about two minutes after they stormed out, another nurse came out and called their name for a room...
Anyway, fortunately all is well now (I think...) and we have begun seeing a chiropractor who is going to help us change some things in our lives to a more natural diet and way of life to hopefully prevent some of this health drama in the future.
Happy Birthday, Jacob!!
OK... So I know I'm not off to a great start to blogging regularly. We've been pretty busy this summer. However, I just had to get on here and say a belated Happy Birthday to our precious Jacob!! I cannot believe he is already 6 years old! He had a swim party here at the house to celebrate and invited several friends from his class to join in. His preschool teacher from PPCD Ms. Paula came too and Jacob was so excited to see her again. We miss her so much! I was hoping Noah would have her this coming year, but she is going to be teaching in a pilot program that is starting up so he won't have her. On Jacob's actual birthday, I gave him the choice of going anywhere he wanted for lunch. I had suggested such places as Rain Forest Cafe and yet any guesses to what he chose? That's right - McDonalds! But not the one we normally go to. He wanted to go to the one that is by where we go to get the kids' haircuts, because it has a better play area. We then went and saw "Evan Almighty". It was a great movie with a great message. I highly recommend it!!
Since we are honoring Jacob on his birthday, I want to share a little about our special boy. He is by far the cuddliest of the four. He amazes me everyday with his sensitivity in the things he says to me. His newest thing is to stay awake the longest so that he can ask me to come snuggle and talk and have me all to himself. It's one of my favorite times of the day! We've been having alot of good talks lately about Heaven. For those who don't know, Jacob asked Jesus into his heart in May. One night, after we had tucked the boys in, Andrew started telling Jacob about what it means to have Jesus in his heart and Jacob told him that he also wanted to do that. I went up to their bedroom to see what all the late night talking was about, and when I opened their door, Jacob was beaming and proclaimed, "I just asked Jesus into my heart!" Needless to say, I was almost in tears. Not just at the decision, but also at the fact that his big brother was the one to pray with him. He also has the biggest imagination. Today, he and Nicholas were playing house and arguing over who was the mom and who was the dad. It was too cute!! Those are the moments that I wish I could freeze in time!
Well, I guess I will end it here for now. I have lots more to say about our summer, but I will save it for another post.
Since we are honoring Jacob on his birthday, I want to share a little about our special boy. He is by far the cuddliest of the four. He amazes me everyday with his sensitivity in the things he says to me. His newest thing is to stay awake the longest so that he can ask me to come snuggle and talk and have me all to himself. It's one of my favorite times of the day! We've been having alot of good talks lately about Heaven. For those who don't know, Jacob asked Jesus into his heart in May. One night, after we had tucked the boys in, Andrew started telling Jacob about what it means to have Jesus in his heart and Jacob told him that he also wanted to do that. I went up to their bedroom to see what all the late night talking was about, and when I opened their door, Jacob was beaming and proclaimed, "I just asked Jesus into my heart!" Needless to say, I was almost in tears. Not just at the decision, but also at the fact that his big brother was the one to pray with him. He also has the biggest imagination. Today, he and Nicholas were playing house and arguing over who was the mom and who was the dad. It was too cute!! Those are the moments that I wish I could freeze in time!
Well, I guess I will end it here for now. I have lots more to say about our summer, but I will save it for another post.
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