Stephen's trun to be @ Grandma's. He is having a lot of fun. Well that is what he said yesterday when they called. Not much is going on around here. On Tuesday I took Rachel and Joshua to the city pool. We stay for two whole hours. Rachel wanted to have Joshua try the big water slide at least once. So I took Joshua up to the top and he sat on my lap and we went do together. He thought that was awsome! So the next time he went up with Rachel and they asked the gaurd that the to tell the gaurd at the bottom to catch Joshua. He had so much fun that. He would not stop. All he did for the rest of the time was the water slide. He can't wait till next time that we get the time to go.
Well in two weeks, we get to go out to the school to meet the kids' new teachers for this year. Rachel got her science teacher from last year, Stephen got Rachel's 5th grade teacher who does half of the day and the other half of the day is a different teacher, and Joshua got a new teacher @ the school who just graduated last December. The resean that Stephen has two teachers is because they both have kids, but they still want to be teachers. So one teachs in the morning and gets time with her kids in the afternoon, it is just the oppiste with the other teachers. But by doing this they get paid, time with their kids, and save money on daycare.
Well have to go. I have to put in this order today!
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Rachel's @ Gramma
I guess Gramma is keeping Rachel too busy to blog from Alpena. I thought maybe she would have time to tell tales of camp and Alpena from up there but she must be having too much fun! Although Rachel has been on the computer and you should no longer see the Campbell Soup boy wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving every time you get an email from Mom. Rachel is getting pretty good at technology and even learned to create powerpoint presentations last year at school. Now we just need a computer capable of keeping up with her abilities.
Well, I am staying busy with all the usual plus an Avon booth at the Berlin Fair. Van's overheating. We've been overheating too with the weather outside; although, this week isn't too bad. Gotta go.
Well, I am staying busy with all the usual plus an Avon booth at the Berlin Fair. Van's overheating. We've been overheating too with the weather outside; although, this week isn't too bad. Gotta go.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Quiet 4th
We had a rather pleasant, & quiet 4th of July. We had to do Rachel's Advance Newspaper route and some shopping. We then did quite a bit of cleaning before we had a new family from church over. We spent a quiet (only intermittent neighborhood fireworks) evening getting to know this couple and their 4 kids. We had a simple picnic and lots of conversation. I feel a real easy friendship growing with this family. They are just 2 years moved down from the UP and he does accounting for Children's Bible Hour. They are a real blessing.
What I can't believe is how quickly camp week is flying by! I haven't gotten hardly anything done that I wanted to with only one child at home but I have had some offers for some babysitting of him today and tomorrow so I can get some work done. I just have to call and make arrangements.
We also plan to have the couple who "co-camp captain" with Mark on Friday evening. We do this each year to discuss the camp scholarship and other ideas for promoting camp. Then on Sunday, our church is having something called "F.I.S.H." (Fellowship in someone's home) in place of the normal Sunday evening service and we are hosting some other families here. I need to make contacts for that and plan out a menu. At least the house should stay fairly clean between the 3 different entertainment situations.
Saturday, Mark and I will be going to pick up the kids at camp and bring them all home. We have to be at camp at 9 a.m. so it means an early morning for us. Last year I didn't do pick up so this should be interesting. Now everyone should know the camp songs better then they did on the way up.
What Rachel failed to mention in her blogs is that we also have been to several park parties and she is also now a Red Cross certified babysitter. She spent a day taking the class with several of her friends and now even has a backpack full of supplies to take on babysitting jobs.
Well, I better get busy with phone calls.
What I can't believe is how quickly camp week is flying by! I haven't gotten hardly anything done that I wanted to with only one child at home but I have had some offers for some babysitting of him today and tomorrow so I can get some work done. I just have to call and make arrangements.
We also plan to have the couple who "co-camp captain" with Mark on Friday evening. We do this each year to discuss the camp scholarship and other ideas for promoting camp. Then on Sunday, our church is having something called "F.I.S.H." (Fellowship in someone's home) in place of the normal Sunday evening service and we are hosting some other families here. I need to make contacts for that and plan out a menu. At least the house should stay fairly clean between the 3 different entertainment situations.
Saturday, Mark and I will be going to pick up the kids at camp and bring them all home. We have to be at camp at 9 a.m. so it means an early morning for us. Last year I didn't do pick up so this should be interesting. Now everyone should know the camp songs better then they did on the way up.
What Rachel failed to mention in her blogs is that we also have been to several park parties and she is also now a Red Cross certified babysitter. She spent a day taking the class with several of her friends and now even has a backpack full of supplies to take on babysitting jobs.
Well, I better get busy with phone calls.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Gone
Rachel & Stephen are off for the week to Lake Ann Camp. Mark & I took them and 25 other kids from church there yesterday. We will return to pick them up Saturday morning. If you would like to send them an email you can go to www.lakeanncamp.com. The emails are printed and given to them each day at lunch so Friday at 10 a.m. is the last chance to send them emails.
I have lots to do as we are still cleaning up from a yard sale last week and we have plans to have people over 3 times in the next week. Hopefully, though, I will have a chance for more blogging this week while I am down to just one child at home.
I have lots to do as we are still cleaning up from a yard sale last week and we have plans to have people over 3 times in the next week. Hopefully, though, I will have a chance for more blogging this week while I am down to just one child at home.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
HOT!
It is sssooooooooooooooooooooooo hot here in MI!!!!!!! It has been 92 degrees outside!! HELP!!!
Well on Monday July 2, Stephen and I along with kids from church, will be going to Lake Ann Baptist Camp for a week. It is going to be alot of fun!!! Poor Joshua has to stay home:(!!!! Here is what he thinks he will do while we are gone.
The fisrt thing that I will do is probally go to the pool.
Joshua!!
The engilsh reading is "The first thing that I will do is probally go to the pool. Joshua!!" He is weird sometimes. Well maybe ALL the time.
TTYL (after camp)
Rachel
Well on Monday July 2, Stephen and I along with kids from church, will be going to Lake Ann Baptist Camp for a week. It is going to be alot of fun!!! Poor Joshua has to stay home:(!!!! Here is what he thinks he will do while we are gone.
The fisrt thing that I will do is probally go to the pool.
Joshua!!
The engilsh reading is "The first thing that I will do is probally go to the pool. Joshua!!" He is weird sometimes. Well maybe ALL the time.
TTYL (after camp)
Rachel
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Summer
The things we have done so far this summer:
- Went to the library
- Got to see Grandma Joyce
- Went to the park to do a LifeWalk
- Had a birthday party for Stephen
- Went to a WhiteCaps baseball game, which they lost 9 to 7
- The only person who has gone swimming is me and only at youth group.
That is about it for this summer. I hope that we can have more fun this summer then what we have had. Will blog later.
Rachel
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Upset
Our NASCAR fans here are most disappointed with the news about Dale, Jr. To be teammates with Jeff & Jimmy is not what was wanted here. I think they were all pulling for him to go to RCR instead. We'll have to see if Rachel sticks with Jr. after this year. She just may switch drivers. She was already bummed that he is no longer a Gillette Young Gun especially when they came out with the show Fast Cars & Superstars.
Well, I'll try to write more about what we are up to soon. Or maybe I can get the kids writing since they are on summer break now.
Well, I'll try to write more about what we are up to soon. Or maybe I can get the kids writing since they are on summer break now.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Where to start?
Here it is a holiday weekend and we have so much to do. House to clean, groceries to get, summer clothes to unpack, and companies coming. I also have to work this afternoon and the kids, especially Stephen, have homework to do. How's that sound for an exciting holiday? We have promised Stephen a round of frisbee golf down at the park but haven't decided when yet. The weather is cloudy and we had rain this morning. Hopefully that will help to get us busy working so when it clears we can have the fun.
Monday, May 21, 2007
All better
We seem to be finally mended around here. No ER visits in the last 5 days! Joshua even went back to school today!
Rachel & I went on the field trip to Mackinac Island last Thursday. Mom met up with us and we had a good time. The weather was beautiful--much warmer than I expected! Time just flew by and we had to leave much too soon.
Friday, Joshua had a follow up visit with our dr. and she gave him the "all clear" to get moving a bit more and told him "no more visits this summer". We'll have to wait and see if he listens to that instruction.
Saturday was booked solid with stuff and I really wasn't comfortable leaving Joshua with a teen babysitter since they might have to give him medications so Mark asked his mom to come and give us a hand. She came over Friday evening and stayed with the kids on Saturday then headed home as we left for church on Sunday morning.
I was registered for a table at a home business expo show at a local library on Saturday. I really didn't want to pull my Avon booth out of that. It was from 9:30-3 but we had to set up at 8 a.m. The day went rather slow because it was first year but not too bad either. It is still sort of a wait and see situation.
After the expo was done, I went straight to Meijer to work 4 hours decorating cakes. It was the first time I had been there in over a week. I guess rumors were starting to fly as to whether I had quit or been fired. They were really glad to see me.
Mark also had to work at Camp & Cruise on Saturday and he no more than got home when the guy he is doing work for on the side called and wanted to meet. So they met most of the time I was gone to Meijer.
Yesterday, it was rather a normal schedule as we had church in the morning, I worked at Meijer in the afternoon, and then back to church for evening service. Mark asked the photographer to bring her camera so I could still get a picture done even though it wasn't Mother's Day so we did that. Mark also borrowed a truck for the afternoon to go to Newaygo to pick up a snow blower from a guy he works with. This one is in better condition than ours which only starts part of the time. Rachel was also happy with this trip because she got to visit a little with Jackie.
I have lots to get caught up with around here. Fortunately, I don't have to worry about laundry as Mark's mom did that while she was here. Avon has suffered though and needs lots of attention.
I do have a cell phone again and with the same number as before. We checked everywhere for my phone that I lost last Monday and it didn't turn up and since that is the number I have on all my business info I couldn't be without it for long.
Joshua made it through his first day back to school today. He does have a bit of a headache this afternoon though. So it is a calm rest of the day now with plenty of rest again.
Rachel & I went on the field trip to Mackinac Island last Thursday. Mom met up with us and we had a good time. The weather was beautiful--much warmer than I expected! Time just flew by and we had to leave much too soon.
Friday, Joshua had a follow up visit with our dr. and she gave him the "all clear" to get moving a bit more and told him "no more visits this summer". We'll have to wait and see if he listens to that instruction.
Saturday was booked solid with stuff and I really wasn't comfortable leaving Joshua with a teen babysitter since they might have to give him medications so Mark asked his mom to come and give us a hand. She came over Friday evening and stayed with the kids on Saturday then headed home as we left for church on Sunday morning.
I was registered for a table at a home business expo show at a local library on Saturday. I really didn't want to pull my Avon booth out of that. It was from 9:30-3 but we had to set up at 8 a.m. The day went rather slow because it was first year but not too bad either. It is still sort of a wait and see situation.
After the expo was done, I went straight to Meijer to work 4 hours decorating cakes. It was the first time I had been there in over a week. I guess rumors were starting to fly as to whether I had quit or been fired. They were really glad to see me.
Mark also had to work at Camp & Cruise on Saturday and he no more than got home when the guy he is doing work for on the side called and wanted to meet. So they met most of the time I was gone to Meijer.
Yesterday, it was rather a normal schedule as we had church in the morning, I worked at Meijer in the afternoon, and then back to church for evening service. Mark asked the photographer to bring her camera so I could still get a picture done even though it wasn't Mother's Day so we did that. Mark also borrowed a truck for the afternoon to go to Newaygo to pick up a snow blower from a guy he works with. This one is in better condition than ours which only starts part of the time. Rachel was also happy with this trip because she got to visit a little with Jackie.
I have lots to get caught up with around here. Fortunately, I don't have to worry about laundry as Mark's mom did that while she was here. Avon has suffered though and needs lots of attention.
I do have a cell phone again and with the same number as before. We checked everywhere for my phone that I lost last Monday and it didn't turn up and since that is the number I have on all my business info I couldn't be without it for long.
Joshua made it through his first day back to school today. He does have a bit of a headache this afternoon though. So it is a calm rest of the day now with plenty of rest again.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Unbelievable
The last week has really been rather unbelievable. We have made 4 trips to the ER in 5 days and the one day we didn't visit the ER, we were actually upstairs admitted during that time. We have even been in the same room in the ER 3 of those trips. I think we should have our name on a plaque pretty soon.
You know about 3 of the trips already. The 4th came yesterday. It was Joshua again. His headache pain was uncontrollable. I had given him all the pain meds that I had here for him. It was so bad it was making him vomit and then we have the threat of dehydration. Mark and I took him back to the ER and they gave him something for the nausea and then also morphine. Lovely drug...really does the trick. After observing him for a while, they sent us home with him again. We were told to do more meds when we got home and then to keep him rather well medicated all day today. I really hate to give him so much meds but it is better than another ER visit and more morphine. We are also to keep him on the couch pretty much completely inactive today.
On the way home last night, we had to pick up Stephen at the friend's house where we had left him and he had his fever back again. We got home and Rachel had spent most of the evening dozing in front of the TV. She had a headache and hadn't even gotten anything to eat. Checked her forehead and sure enough, she had a fever too. So I actually have all 3 home today from school. I'm pushing the vitamins and echenachia today. Rachel is scheduled to go on the main field trip all year tomorrow. We are to leave at 5:00 a.m. for Mackinaw Island. Right now, we're saying she is going to have to be much sicker to stay home and miss this.
I have also managed to lose my cell phone during all of this and have not gotten any AVON done in the last week. Oh, and Meijer's called today. Seems the cake decorator scheduled for today called in sick. They wanted to know if I could come in. Well, I would rather be there then home right now but that isn't a possibility and that's what I told them.
Let's see, what else...oh, Mark was contacted over the weekend by a man that he has done some accounting work for on the side. He had been trying to start up a business and Mark did the work on his planning for investors. Well, we haven't heard from him in over a year and we thought that he had pretty much given up on the company. Turns out that he had a new potential investor and needed some changes to the charts that Mark had done. So Mark has been trying to do some work for him over the last couple of days too. We are all so tired that Mark was falling asleep in the ER last night.
I think that is about all our news for now. Might not be very good news but it is what is happening. Except the extra work for Mark is good news because we could use the extra income since I have missed my last 2 days I was scheduled to work.
You know about 3 of the trips already. The 4th came yesterday. It was Joshua again. His headache pain was uncontrollable. I had given him all the pain meds that I had here for him. It was so bad it was making him vomit and then we have the threat of dehydration. Mark and I took him back to the ER and they gave him something for the nausea and then also morphine. Lovely drug...really does the trick. After observing him for a while, they sent us home with him again. We were told to do more meds when we got home and then to keep him rather well medicated all day today. I really hate to give him so much meds but it is better than another ER visit and more morphine. We are also to keep him on the couch pretty much completely inactive today.
On the way home last night, we had to pick up Stephen at the friend's house where we had left him and he had his fever back again. We got home and Rachel had spent most of the evening dozing in front of the TV. She had a headache and hadn't even gotten anything to eat. Checked her forehead and sure enough, she had a fever too. So I actually have all 3 home today from school. I'm pushing the vitamins and echenachia today. Rachel is scheduled to go on the main field trip all year tomorrow. We are to leave at 5:00 a.m. for Mackinaw Island. Right now, we're saying she is going to have to be much sicker to stay home and miss this.
I have also managed to lose my cell phone during all of this and have not gotten any AVON done in the last week. Oh, and Meijer's called today. Seems the cake decorator scheduled for today called in sick. They wanted to know if I could come in. Well, I would rather be there then home right now but that isn't a possibility and that's what I told them.
Let's see, what else...oh, Mark was contacted over the weekend by a man that he has done some accounting work for on the side. He had been trying to start up a business and Mark did the work on his planning for investors. Well, we haven't heard from him in over a year and we thought that he had pretty much given up on the company. Turns out that he had a new potential investor and needed some changes to the charts that Mark had done. So Mark has been trying to do some work for him over the last couple of days too. We are all so tired that Mark was falling asleep in the ER last night.
I think that is about all our news for now. Might not be very good news but it is what is happening. Except the extra work for Mark is good news because we could use the extra income since I have missed my last 2 days I was scheduled to work.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
More hospital visits
but first I should tell you all that we had a wonderful visit with Mom last weekend. We even ended up with 2 mom's here since Mark's mom wanted to surprise him for his birthday and came to visit for the weekend. The kids loved having 2 grammas here for the weekend. Saturday evening, we went out to Berlin Raceway in Marne and watched some school bus races. There were other super stock races too but the highlight that took us there that night was the school bus races. It was really fun to watch. I think Mom took some pics and if she sends them to me, I'll try to post them. In a way, I guess you could say we had Mother's Day a week early. Of course, then we didn't bother with much of one this weekend and here's why:
Friday about dinner time, Joshua started complaining of a headache. When it didn't settle down shortly, I gave him some tylenol. He sort of laid around a bit Friday evening but we were all watching a video so it didn't seem strange. Then at bedtime, he complained more. I gave him some motrin and put him to bed. He was still crying almost an hour later that his head hurt so I took him to the ER. It was busy there so it took 4 hours for them to say he was simply dehydrated and send us home. We slept downstairs the rest of the night and I pushed him to drink every time he stirred. Saturday, he seemed to be improving so we thought they might have been right. Then around 1 p.m. he started having a fever and it went over 103 very quickly. While I was waiting for phone calls from the nurse at our dr.'s office, he vomited and that made up our minds that we were headed back to the ER which we did around 2. This time they did a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) and determined it was meningitis. All signs were pointing at viral (aseptic) meningitis but the cultures to determine that for sure take 48 hours to develop. As a precaution, they admitted him (us) and started him on IV antibiotics. They were also able to give him better pain medication to keep the headaches and fever under control.
The plans for Saturday had included a Gaither Homecoming concert that Mark's Mom had gotten us 4 tickets to. We felt Joshua too young to go but knew the other 2 would really enjoy it. When Joshua became sick and had to be admitted, we didn't want the tickets to go to waste. Mark took Rachel, Stephen, and a good friend from church to the concert. They did really enjoy it! Rachel was able to meet and get autographs from 4 Signature Sound members (only not meeting Ernie Haase). Stephen was also excited that he got to meet Ben Speer. They all stopped by the hospital to see Joshua and I afterwards. They even brought Joshua 2 Gaither's Pond DVD's.
Sunday, Mark took Rachel & Stephen to church before coming to spend the afternoon at the hospital. He brought me up clean clothes and other items I needed to spend another day & night at the hospital. They also brought my mother's day presents including a painted flower pot that Joshua made at school and had a flower planted in. He was really glad about that because he was upset thinking he wouldn't get to give it to me on Mother's Day. This was the first year that I can remember in the 12 years of being a mom that I didn't get a picture of the family done at church so that was a bit disappointing but Mark asked the photographer to bring her camera next weekend to get one for us.
Mark & I had to go over what needed done to be ready for the week and I sent them home mid-afternoon to work on some things before evening service. They came back for a visit afterwards and then one of our pastors came too. It turned out to be a second late night for Rachel & Stephen.
Yesterday, we had to wait for the results of the tests to come back at 4:30 before we could be released but as soon as they came I was ready to go. Mark and the kids came and got us and then we had to grab a quick dinner and I took Rachel and Stephen out to watch Stephen's spring program for school. Mark had some other things to do at home so he took his turn staying with Joshua who actually fell asleep on the couch as soon as we got home from the hospital and slept till 10:30 last night.
Stephen was really dragging after his concert and complaining of a headache. We had to stop by the store and get some stuff before coming home and he just was wiped out. By the time we did get home, he had a fever and said that it hurt to put his head to his chest (oh, boy, here we go again). I called the dr. afterhour care for advice and they said that he needed to be seen so back to the ER we went at 11:00 last night. It took till 1:30 for them to tell us that they thought it was just a virus and not the meningitis that Joshua had. My main concern was pain management and had been hoping that they wouldn't hospitalize him even if it was meningitis since Joshua's was not bacterial anyway.
So today I am home with both boys. Joshua is doing rather well, still some headache though. Stephen is rather miserable. He has been sneezing for over an hour straight. He has taken a claritin but it is slow in taking effect. He doesn't have a fever at this point yet but it is early in the day. We will have to see how he does at night. I did get a list of just how much of both tylenol and ibuprofen he can take at a time to help him with that. I'm even keeping a list of exactly who is taking what medicine when because keeping it straight for 2 is hard enough when you are thinking clearly but I am basically on fumes today with lack of sleep. Mark is too but he gets to go through it at work. Sometimes I think that would be easier because around here I have chairs and beds that would be so easy to curl up in but he doesn't and also has people needing his input and needing him to keep on tasks.
I just keep thanking God for his timing in all this. If this had happened a week earlier, Mark would have been out of town, Mom would have been here (she doesn't need exposed to viruses), Joshua would have missed Awana awards, and I had to spend a lot of time the first part of last week putting together the picnic for the last night of Awana and would have not been able to do.
We basically have a couple of down days right now anyway and the next big thing is Thursday. Rachel & I are going to Mackinac Island with the other 6th graders from school. Well, Mark has requested the day off so he will be here with any boys not able to go to school. If they both make it, he then has lunch duty and carpooling to deal with as well as a kindergarten ice cream social in the evening. Our biggest question there is getting Rachel & I back and forth to/from school at strange times but there are others that live nearby that can probably help.
Needing help with transportation should tell you that the van is down again. It worked for all of a day before having more trouble with getting fuel and for some reason (I wonder why...haha) we haven't had time to look into it.
So that has been our weekend around here. The picture of Rachel as Carrier of the Month finally came out in the Advance last week. We thought she was getting it for April but I guess it was for May. I'm going to try and get it scanned in later and posted but will have to get some other things caught up around here first.
Friday about dinner time, Joshua started complaining of a headache. When it didn't settle down shortly, I gave him some tylenol. He sort of laid around a bit Friday evening but we were all watching a video so it didn't seem strange. Then at bedtime, he complained more. I gave him some motrin and put him to bed. He was still crying almost an hour later that his head hurt so I took him to the ER. It was busy there so it took 4 hours for them to say he was simply dehydrated and send us home. We slept downstairs the rest of the night and I pushed him to drink every time he stirred. Saturday, he seemed to be improving so we thought they might have been right. Then around 1 p.m. he started having a fever and it went over 103 very quickly. While I was waiting for phone calls from the nurse at our dr.'s office, he vomited and that made up our minds that we were headed back to the ER which we did around 2. This time they did a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) and determined it was meningitis. All signs were pointing at viral (aseptic) meningitis but the cultures to determine that for sure take 48 hours to develop. As a precaution, they admitted him (us) and started him on IV antibiotics. They were also able to give him better pain medication to keep the headaches and fever under control.
The plans for Saturday had included a Gaither Homecoming concert that Mark's Mom had gotten us 4 tickets to. We felt Joshua too young to go but knew the other 2 would really enjoy it. When Joshua became sick and had to be admitted, we didn't want the tickets to go to waste. Mark took Rachel, Stephen, and a good friend from church to the concert. They did really enjoy it! Rachel was able to meet and get autographs from 4 Signature Sound members (only not meeting Ernie Haase). Stephen was also excited that he got to meet Ben Speer. They all stopped by the hospital to see Joshua and I afterwards. They even brought Joshua 2 Gaither's Pond DVD's.
Sunday, Mark took Rachel & Stephen to church before coming to spend the afternoon at the hospital. He brought me up clean clothes and other items I needed to spend another day & night at the hospital. They also brought my mother's day presents including a painted flower pot that Joshua made at school and had a flower planted in. He was really glad about that because he was upset thinking he wouldn't get to give it to me on Mother's Day. This was the first year that I can remember in the 12 years of being a mom that I didn't get a picture of the family done at church so that was a bit disappointing but Mark asked the photographer to bring her camera next weekend to get one for us.
Mark & I had to go over what needed done to be ready for the week and I sent them home mid-afternoon to work on some things before evening service. They came back for a visit afterwards and then one of our pastors came too. It turned out to be a second late night for Rachel & Stephen.
Yesterday, we had to wait for the results of the tests to come back at 4:30 before we could be released but as soon as they came I was ready to go. Mark and the kids came and got us and then we had to grab a quick dinner and I took Rachel and Stephen out to watch Stephen's spring program for school. Mark had some other things to do at home so he took his turn staying with Joshua who actually fell asleep on the couch as soon as we got home from the hospital and slept till 10:30 last night.
Stephen was really dragging after his concert and complaining of a headache. We had to stop by the store and get some stuff before coming home and he just was wiped out. By the time we did get home, he had a fever and said that it hurt to put his head to his chest (oh, boy, here we go again). I called the dr. afterhour care for advice and they said that he needed to be seen so back to the ER we went at 11:00 last night. It took till 1:30 for them to tell us that they thought it was just a virus and not the meningitis that Joshua had. My main concern was pain management and had been hoping that they wouldn't hospitalize him even if it was meningitis since Joshua's was not bacterial anyway.
So today I am home with both boys. Joshua is doing rather well, still some headache though. Stephen is rather miserable. He has been sneezing for over an hour straight. He has taken a claritin but it is slow in taking effect. He doesn't have a fever at this point yet but it is early in the day. We will have to see how he does at night. I did get a list of just how much of both tylenol and ibuprofen he can take at a time to help him with that. I'm even keeping a list of exactly who is taking what medicine when because keeping it straight for 2 is hard enough when you are thinking clearly but I am basically on fumes today with lack of sleep. Mark is too but he gets to go through it at work. Sometimes I think that would be easier because around here I have chairs and beds that would be so easy to curl up in but he doesn't and also has people needing his input and needing him to keep on tasks.
I just keep thanking God for his timing in all this. If this had happened a week earlier, Mark would have been out of town, Mom would have been here (she doesn't need exposed to viruses), Joshua would have missed Awana awards, and I had to spend a lot of time the first part of last week putting together the picnic for the last night of Awana and would have not been able to do.
We basically have a couple of down days right now anyway and the next big thing is Thursday. Rachel & I are going to Mackinac Island with the other 6th graders from school. Well, Mark has requested the day off so he will be here with any boys not able to go to school. If they both make it, he then has lunch duty and carpooling to deal with as well as a kindergarten ice cream social in the evening. Our biggest question there is getting Rachel & I back and forth to/from school at strange times but there are others that live nearby that can probably help.
Needing help with transportation should tell you that the van is down again. It worked for all of a day before having more trouble with getting fuel and for some reason (I wonder why...haha) we haven't had time to look into it.
So that has been our weekend around here. The picture of Rachel as Carrier of the Month finally came out in the Advance last week. We thought she was getting it for April but I guess it was for May. I'm going to try and get it scanned in later and posted but will have to get some other things caught up around here first.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Mom's coming
and my house is trashed. I have an Avon order due today, the kids have dentists appointments at 3, & Mark has left for a Men's Retreat at Lake Ann Camp this weekend. I worked at Meijer this morning and then had lunch duty. Sound busy enough for everyone. So much to do and so little time (and sometimes energy)!
As bad as my house looks, I'm still glad Mom is coming. It is nice to have her for a visit and we either completely blow off working or do it together and either way, it is enjoyable.
My hubby's birthday is tomorrow so I decorated a cake at work this morning and I'm sending it to the retreat with a different vehicle then he rode it. It should be a nice surprise for him tomorrow.
Well, I better get to that Avon order. It was due an hour ago and I have quite a bit to do before it goes in.
As bad as my house looks, I'm still glad Mom is coming. It is nice to have her for a visit and we either completely blow off working or do it together and either way, it is enjoyable.
My hubby's birthday is tomorrow so I decorated a cake at work this morning and I'm sending it to the retreat with a different vehicle then he rode it. It should be a nice surprise for him tomorrow.
Well, I better get to that Avon order. It was due an hour ago and I have quite a bit to do before it goes in.
Monday, April 23, 2007
ER Visit
Well, we had to make a trip to the ER last night. After the evening service at church, Mark was talking with people about the camp program or the upcoming men's retreat & I was in a meeting planning a luau for the last night of AWANA. We were both interrupted with reports that Joshua was hurt outside. Turns out that he had been running a race (obstacle course) with 2 other boys along a stretch of sidewalk and took a spill. He says he was in a rocky area where they removed some trees (but not stumps) from last year when he fell. Mark had brought him into the nursery and had guaze taped to the wound by the time I got in there. We had several nurse or paramedics that had looked at in before he covered it and said it was going to need stitches. So after leaving Stephen & Rachel in the care of our friends, Mark & Lisa Ellison, we raced to the ER with only a momentary stop home for his pillow buddy, Diego.
The ER doc ordered xrays to check for any additional damage or foreign objects but all was fine there. He then had to clean and stitch up a "corner" gash. It is about 1 1/4 inches horizontal under his knee and then 3/4 to 1 in. vertical. They gave Joshua some nitrus oxide to help him relax and not move while they worked on it. He still did quite a bit of crying while they were injecting the site with numbing med but after that did quite well. It took either 9 or 10 stitches. There are only 8 visible from the outside but I am sure that the dr. did 1 or 2 under the skin first that are not visible now because I know I saw him with 2 different color sutures.
They said that Joshua could go to school today but it was after 10 when we left the ER and none of us had eaten dinner yet. We swung by Meijers for fresh bandages, Wendy's for dinner, and then picked up the other kids before we go home around 10:45. We was about 11:30 before we headed to bed. Joshua's leg hurt pretty bad and so we put him in bed with us for the night. That worked till his meds wore off about 3 a.m. I gave him more pain meds but he just won't settle down so he and I came downstairs. I laid him in a chair in the living room so I could clean off the couch for him to sleep on but he got rather comfortable there and didn't want to go to the couch. So he and I spent the rest of the night sleeping downstairs. I felt it was too much for him to go to school with that little bit of sleep and not knowing how it might feel when the meds wore off again. It is rather a good thing I didn't send him. He is having quite a bit of pain still this morning. The wound looks fine but I think it might be some soreness to the knee or muscle around it that is hurting. So he is just resting with his leg up and watching his Go, Diego, Go! DVD.
I forgot to mention something a little strange that happened at the ER. They have this nurse who comes through and explains everything to the kids and helps them understand what the doctor is going to do so that they aren't scared. When she walked in to the room last night, by the time she got done with the introduction she said that we looked familiar. She was the same one that saw Stephen the last time he was in for stitches. That was several years ago though and for her to recognize us I thought rather amazing. She is now buddies with both boys because after Joshua's procedure last night she brought him a slushie and also a "Huggable Diego" toy as a prize for being brave and following the directions we had for him. She gave Stephen a little block set but he makes friends with all the ER workers.
The ER doc ordered xrays to check for any additional damage or foreign objects but all was fine there. He then had to clean and stitch up a "corner" gash. It is about 1 1/4 inches horizontal under his knee and then 3/4 to 1 in. vertical. They gave Joshua some nitrus oxide to help him relax and not move while they worked on it. He still did quite a bit of crying while they were injecting the site with numbing med but after that did quite well. It took either 9 or 10 stitches. There are only 8 visible from the outside but I am sure that the dr. did 1 or 2 under the skin first that are not visible now because I know I saw him with 2 different color sutures.
They said that Joshua could go to school today but it was after 10 when we left the ER and none of us had eaten dinner yet. We swung by Meijers for fresh bandages, Wendy's for dinner, and then picked up the other kids before we go home around 10:45. We was about 11:30 before we headed to bed. Joshua's leg hurt pretty bad and so we put him in bed with us for the night. That worked till his meds wore off about 3 a.m. I gave him more pain meds but he just won't settle down so he and I came downstairs. I laid him in a chair in the living room so I could clean off the couch for him to sleep on but he got rather comfortable there and didn't want to go to the couch. So he and I spent the rest of the night sleeping downstairs. I felt it was too much for him to go to school with that little bit of sleep and not knowing how it might feel when the meds wore off again. It is rather a good thing I didn't send him. He is having quite a bit of pain still this morning. The wound looks fine but I think it might be some soreness to the knee or muscle around it that is hurting. So he is just resting with his leg up and watching his Go, Diego, Go! DVD.
I forgot to mention something a little strange that happened at the ER. They have this nurse who comes through and explains everything to the kids and helps them understand what the doctor is going to do so that they aren't scared. When she walked in to the room last night, by the time she got done with the introduction she said that we looked familiar. She was the same one that saw Stephen the last time he was in for stitches. That was several years ago though and for her to recognize us I thought rather amazing. She is now buddies with both boys because after Joshua's procedure last night she brought him a slushie and also a "Huggable Diego" toy as a prize for being brave and following the directions we had for him. She gave Stephen a little block set but he makes friends with all the ER workers.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Taxes
Our taxes are done! I finished them up about 6:00 p.m. last night! With 2 businesses they get rather tricky and I am not much of a paperwork person. Next year should be better because I am no longer a licensed daycare so that takes part of the complications out of it. Also, our house is a wreck right now because serious organizing is underway. That should help make taxes easier next year too.
Now, I have to get busy catching up on Avon that has been put off so taxes could get done.
Now, I have to get busy catching up on Avon that has been put off so taxes could get done.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Sorry...
I know it has been way tooooo long since I blogged. I've had numerous phone calls telling me so. I've been as busy as can be but not much I felt notable enough to blog about.
The Awana games have come and gone. Both Rachel & Stephen were on the teams this year. The T&T girls took second place and the T&T boys took third. This was the first year that we have had 2 separate teams other years they have had a coed team.
Weather...we have seen about everything recently. We had a beautiful spring in March but now we are back to winter. My hyacinths look pretty pitiful covered in snow. Right now we are under a winter weather advisory expecting 4-8 inches of SNOW by tomorrow morning. When I left for work at Meijer this morning we were forecast 1-4 inches but had changed by noon. A lot of things are cancelled for tonight and I am anxiously awaiting to hear about our church services. I am usually one of the first to hear because of being in charge of the email prayer chain. They will either call or email me so I can put the announcement over the email. Personally, I am tired and have a lot to do so an evening at home wouldn't break my heart too much.
Spring break...the kids all had spring break last week. That was the reason I knew lousy weather wasn't done. Around here, it doesn't matter how early it turns spring, the weather for spring break is always lousy. We had plenty to keep busy with and didn't even get to do all the things we wanted.
We had a nice quiet Easter, however the rest of the week was rather crazy. Joshua turned 6 on the 6th which happened to be Good Friday this year. We decided to let him have 2 friends over for a little party on Thursday because he wanted to go to a Griffin hockey game on Friday (which we could do because our church didn't do an area Good Friday service this year). It was a fun time and I even got to visit with a mom I hadn't met before. The problem was that they sold out of hockey tickets before we got ours for Friday. He was disappointed but now he & I are going to the final home game of the year this coming Saturday instead. Both he and Stephen had earned free tickets to games by a reading program through school.
Saturday, I had an Avon booth at a local craft show. It was from 8:30 till 3 and there was set up and tear down time too. Rachel went with me and I had 1 other rep working it too. It was a worthwhile day I felt. Then after we unloaded the car, I changed clothes and worked at Meijer for 4 hours. I got done about 9:30 and still needed some groceries for Easter dinner. It was a long day!
We had a nice visit with Mom a couple of weeks ago too. It was good to see her. This was her first trip down since the heartattack. She took Rachel out for a belated birthday breakfast on Saturday and then took Joshua out for an early birthday breakfast on Sunday. They both really enjoy that.
Report cards came home just before Spring Break. All is looking pretty good. Rachel is back up to an A in band so I bought her a new sax book with Disney songs in it to practice on. We have been assured that Joshua is plenty ready for 1st grade and Stephen's teacher commented on how he is doing much better since Spring Break.
Update: Wednesday evening services at church are now cancelled. I don't think that has happened very often in the month of April but I remember one year that we missed 3 of them in Jan. & Feb. Now I can focus on getting things done here at home. The only thing is that now I have to make dinner. Our church offers dinners on Wednesday before the other programs and boy do I get spoiled. With the weather the way it is, I'll take fixing dinner over having to go out in it again.
Rachel will be home shortly and she has to deliver the Advance Newspaper in this. At least she can have some help since Stephen can do his homework later with no church tonight. Actually, the other exciting news is that Rachel has been named carrier of the month for the Advance. Usually they put the kids picture in the paper but they haven't called to set that up but she got a gift card to the movies which is all she cared about any way. Her supervisor says she hasn't had any complaints with Rachel's service which is pretty good.
So that's some of what we have been up to. I'll try to do better at getting on here more but no promises.
The Awana games have come and gone. Both Rachel & Stephen were on the teams this year. The T&T girls took second place and the T&T boys took third. This was the first year that we have had 2 separate teams other years they have had a coed team.
Weather...we have seen about everything recently. We had a beautiful spring in March but now we are back to winter. My hyacinths look pretty pitiful covered in snow. Right now we are under a winter weather advisory expecting 4-8 inches of SNOW by tomorrow morning. When I left for work at Meijer this morning we were forecast 1-4 inches but had changed by noon. A lot of things are cancelled for tonight and I am anxiously awaiting to hear about our church services. I am usually one of the first to hear because of being in charge of the email prayer chain. They will either call or email me so I can put the announcement over the email. Personally, I am tired and have a lot to do so an evening at home wouldn't break my heart too much.
Spring break...the kids all had spring break last week. That was the reason I knew lousy weather wasn't done. Around here, it doesn't matter how early it turns spring, the weather for spring break is always lousy. We had plenty to keep busy with and didn't even get to do all the things we wanted.
We had a nice quiet Easter, however the rest of the week was rather crazy. Joshua turned 6 on the 6th which happened to be Good Friday this year. We decided to let him have 2 friends over for a little party on Thursday because he wanted to go to a Griffin hockey game on Friday (which we could do because our church didn't do an area Good Friday service this year). It was a fun time and I even got to visit with a mom I hadn't met before. The problem was that they sold out of hockey tickets before we got ours for Friday. He was disappointed but now he & I are going to the final home game of the year this coming Saturday instead. Both he and Stephen had earned free tickets to games by a reading program through school.
Saturday, I had an Avon booth at a local craft show. It was from 8:30 till 3 and there was set up and tear down time too. Rachel went with me and I had 1 other rep working it too. It was a worthwhile day I felt. Then after we unloaded the car, I changed clothes and worked at Meijer for 4 hours. I got done about 9:30 and still needed some groceries for Easter dinner. It was a long day!
We had a nice visit with Mom a couple of weeks ago too. It was good to see her. This was her first trip down since the heartattack. She took Rachel out for a belated birthday breakfast on Saturday and then took Joshua out for an early birthday breakfast on Sunday. They both really enjoy that.
Report cards came home just before Spring Break. All is looking pretty good. Rachel is back up to an A in band so I bought her a new sax book with Disney songs in it to practice on. We have been assured that Joshua is plenty ready for 1st grade and Stephen's teacher commented on how he is doing much better since Spring Break.
Update: Wednesday evening services at church are now cancelled. I don't think that has happened very often in the month of April but I remember one year that we missed 3 of them in Jan. & Feb. Now I can focus on getting things done here at home. The only thing is that now I have to make dinner. Our church offers dinners on Wednesday before the other programs and boy do I get spoiled. With the weather the way it is, I'll take fixing dinner over having to go out in it again.
Rachel will be home shortly and she has to deliver the Advance Newspaper in this. At least she can have some help since Stephen can do his homework later with no church tonight. Actually, the other exciting news is that Rachel has been named carrier of the month for the Advance. Usually they put the kids picture in the paper but they haven't called to set that up but she got a gift card to the movies which is all she cared about any way. Her supervisor says she hasn't had any complaints with Rachel's service which is pretty good.
So that's some of what we have been up to. I'll try to do better at getting on here more but no promises.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Regional Grand Prix Results
I have had an email asking about the results of the Grand Prix last Saturday. Unfortunately, my family came home rather disappointed. They didn't place at all. Mark was a little bit encouraged because he did manage to come in ahead of the car that took first place at our church races. He finished 7th and she came in 12th. Other than that, things didn't go too well. We learn a little more each year and I figure by the time Joshua is through T & T, we'll probably be able to bring home something.
By the way, we all seem to be on the mend around here. Joshua was able to go back to school on Tuesday but was rather worn out by the time he got home. They are all still doing a lot of coughing but since that could last 4-6 weeks, I'm not keeping them home for that. Rachel did get herself into quite a coughing fit last night at AWANA while running in the games. We pulled on our coats and stood outside for a little bit. The cool air seemed to calm it down but everytime we went back in, she started up again.
We are in the middle of a fasinating MI storm here. Not often we have thunder and lightening with snow, sleet, & freezing rain. It is now almost all rain at least till tonight. Overnight we are to get some more accumulating snow. That should make this slush real fun to deal with.
This weekend we are camping at church Friday night. It is the T & T campout. At first, Mark was going to take Stephen & Rachel while I stayed home with Joshua since he isn't old enough for T & T yet. Then last night they were saying that they are short handed, especially on female leaders so I guess Joshua & I are going too.
By the way, we all seem to be on the mend around here. Joshua was able to go back to school on Tuesday but was rather worn out by the time he got home. They are all still doing a lot of coughing but since that could last 4-6 weeks, I'm not keeping them home for that. Rachel did get herself into quite a coughing fit last night at AWANA while running in the games. We pulled on our coats and stood outside for a little bit. The cool air seemed to calm it down but everytime we went back in, she started up again.
We are in the middle of a fasinating MI storm here. Not often we have thunder and lightening with snow, sleet, & freezing rain. It is now almost all rain at least till tonight. Overnight we are to get some more accumulating snow. That should make this slush real fun to deal with.
This weekend we are camping at church Friday night. It is the T & T campout. At first, Mark was going to take Stephen & Rachel while I stayed home with Joshua since he isn't old enough for T & T yet. Then last night they were saying that they are short handed, especially on female leaders so I guess Joshua & I are going too.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Joshua's turn
Well, Rachel is better. She started feeling better Friday afternoon and was able to go to the Father/Daughter Banquet at church. Then on Saturday, Mark, Stephen, and Rachel went to the Regional Grand Prix in the morning and to watch a Griffen's game in the evening. (I won tickets to the game from our radio station.)
However, Joshua started with a fever Friday afternoon and has been sick ever since. He had most of the same symptoms that Rachel had except his fever was lasting over 3 days and getting higher each time the meds wore off. When it hit 104.2 Sunday afternoon, we called the dr.'s office. The nurse there recommended we take him to the ER to be checked out. The dr. ordered up some xrays and decided probably pneumonia but also gave him a steroid because the coughing sounded "croupy". By the time we got home and them Mark went and got the Rx of amoxicillian filled, no one made it to church last night.
Since starting the antibiotic and having the steroid, he seems to be improving. His fever is down and he managed to sleep through the night. I was awake at 5 a.m. checking on him because the last 2 nights we were up between 2-3 a.m. when his ibuprofen and cough meds wore off. I'm going to call our dr. office for follow up shortly.
The good news is that this hasn't affected my working at Meijer's because I ended up with this whole week off. I didn't plan it that way but it is nice of the timing. Besides Joshua being sick, I need to spend some time down at my Avon upline's house sorting through and bagging up $6,000 worth of Avon for a fundraiser that we have been doing together. Now I just have to get Joshua back to school so I can get to this work.
The reason for the time off at Meijer is because corporate is being a stinker and thinks that our bakery has been going over budget on wages. After 3 weeks of getting in trouble for overscheduling, my "team leader" decided to give them what they ask for and let them see what the bakery looks like after a week. As it is we haven't been able to keep up with everything. I couldn't believe how crazy Valentine's week was! This schedule is going to leave them completely without a cake decorator for at least 2 days. I'm going in to go shopping just to watch the cases go bare! The team leader also told everyone that they are to walk out the minute their shift is over and they have to take all their breaks and lunches. She isn't going to stay over either. I know corporate may think they know how things work but hopefully they will learn a little something from this. Our store is actually closest to corporate and we are having remodeling done so a lot of "big wigs" are in regularly. This should be interesting!
Well, Joshua is well enough to be bored with TV but not well enough to play much by himself. I better tend to him.
However, Joshua started with a fever Friday afternoon and has been sick ever since. He had most of the same symptoms that Rachel had except his fever was lasting over 3 days and getting higher each time the meds wore off. When it hit 104.2 Sunday afternoon, we called the dr.'s office. The nurse there recommended we take him to the ER to be checked out. The dr. ordered up some xrays and decided probably pneumonia but also gave him a steroid because the coughing sounded "croupy". By the time we got home and them Mark went and got the Rx of amoxicillian filled, no one made it to church last night.
Since starting the antibiotic and having the steroid, he seems to be improving. His fever is down and he managed to sleep through the night. I was awake at 5 a.m. checking on him because the last 2 nights we were up between 2-3 a.m. when his ibuprofen and cough meds wore off. I'm going to call our dr. office for follow up shortly.
The good news is that this hasn't affected my working at Meijer's because I ended up with this whole week off. I didn't plan it that way but it is nice of the timing. Besides Joshua being sick, I need to spend some time down at my Avon upline's house sorting through and bagging up $6,000 worth of Avon for a fundraiser that we have been doing together. Now I just have to get Joshua back to school so I can get to this work.
The reason for the time off at Meijer is because corporate is being a stinker and thinks that our bakery has been going over budget on wages. After 3 weeks of getting in trouble for overscheduling, my "team leader" decided to give them what they ask for and let them see what the bakery looks like after a week. As it is we haven't been able to keep up with everything. I couldn't believe how crazy Valentine's week was! This schedule is going to leave them completely without a cake decorator for at least 2 days. I'm going in to go shopping just to watch the cases go bare! The team leader also told everyone that they are to walk out the minute their shift is over and they have to take all their breaks and lunches. She isn't going to stay over either. I know corporate may think they know how things work but hopefully they will learn a little something from this. Our store is actually closest to corporate and we are having remodeling done so a lot of "big wigs" are in regularly. This should be interesting!
Well, Joshua is well enough to be bored with TV but not well enough to play much by himself. I better tend to him.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Still Sick
Rachel is still down sick. She has now officially missed this whole week of school. We took her to the doctor yesterday and the official diagnosis was influenza. So the "flu" has hit and is making her miserable. She had been fever free since late Tuesday but it is back today. The doctor said that it could last 7-10 days from the start but the cough could actually last 3 weeks.
This is a real bummer around here. Rachel was supposed to go with Mark to a Father/Daughter banquet at church tonight. We have already paid for the tickets and a corsage is ordered to be picked up this afternoon. Also, Rachel qualified for her car to race in the regional Awana Grand Prix tomorrow morning. I don't know now if she will make it to that or not. Hopefully, they will let someone else race her car even if she can't be there.
The good news is that I haven't had to keep dragging her all over to get things done that I need to do. Since she is old enough, we leaver her for short periods of time like when I have kids to pick up at school or this morning when I had to take Mark to work because the van wouldn't start when he was to come home last night. It gives her a better chance to rest.
This is a real bummer around here. Rachel was supposed to go with Mark to a Father/Daughter banquet at church tonight. We have already paid for the tickets and a corsage is ordered to be picked up this afternoon. Also, Rachel qualified for her car to race in the regional Awana Grand Prix tomorrow morning. I don't know now if she will make it to that or not. Hopefully, they will let someone else race her car even if she can't be there.
The good news is that I haven't had to keep dragging her all over to get things done that I need to do. Since she is old enough, we leaver her for short periods of time like when I have kids to pick up at school or this morning when I had to take Mark to work because the van wouldn't start when he was to come home last night. It gives her a better chance to rest.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
New link
I'm putting a new link on the side panel of the blog. This will be to my personal AVON website. Everyone is welcome to visit it and place orders if you like. If you are in the GR area, I can personally deliver the order. If you are not in the area but would like to help my business, you can do that too. Just choose delivery and the order will be shipped directly to you. I think I saw that the shipping charge is just $3 but you'll have to check into that more. Let me know what you think of the new site.
Rachel is still home from school today. The nurse at the dr.'s office says that this is probably the virus that is hitting our area. Right now, there isn't much that they can do for it but it has been leading to strep in some kids and pneumonia in others. We have to give it a few days to see where it might go from here. Too soon in and we will just have to make another trip in a couple of days. She has to be improving by Friday because there is a Father/Daughter banquet at church Friday evening that she and Mark are attend!
Rachel is still home from school today. The nurse at the dr.'s office says that this is probably the virus that is hitting our area. Right now, there isn't much that they can do for it but it has been leading to strep in some kids and pneumonia in others. We have to give it a few days to see where it might go from here. Too soon in and we will just have to make another trip in a couple of days. She has to be improving by Friday because there is a Father/Daughter banquet at church Friday evening that she and Mark are attend!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Sick
Well, the kids have taken turns being sick over the weekend only Rachel waited till their 5 day weekend was almost over to get it. Stephen started it with a fever and headache on Wednesday. Thursday & Friday everyone was pretty much fine except for a few sniffles. Then on Saturday, Joshua ended up with a fever and sore throat. He missed a family outing to see a Griffin hockey game Saturday evening. I also kept him home Sunday morning. We did all go to church Sunday evening but then he had another low grade fever by the time we came home.
Rachel started complaining that she felt like there was congestion in her chest yesterday. She had a little coughing but not much till last night. She is really miserable today - sore throat, fever, headache, and coughing. I am waiting for a return call from the pediatrician's office to get her seen later today. The good thing is that she is now old enough to stay by herself so I was able to work at Meijer even though she was home. She just got a couple of vaccinations last week and I am almost wondering if these have led to her being sick. One of the side effects say that it, on rare occassions, can lead to pneumonia but we will have to wait and see what the doctor says.
Hope all of you are doing well. We are in the middle of a February Thaw. It has hit 40 - 2 day's in a row now! That is really amazing when you consider that we haven't even hit 30 in about 3 weeks at least!
Rachel started complaining that she felt like there was congestion in her chest yesterday. She had a little coughing but not much till last night. She is really miserable today - sore throat, fever, headache, and coughing. I am waiting for a return call from the pediatrician's office to get her seen later today. The good thing is that she is now old enough to stay by herself so I was able to work at Meijer even though she was home. She just got a couple of vaccinations last week and I am almost wondering if these have led to her being sick. One of the side effects say that it, on rare occassions, can lead to pneumonia but we will have to wait and see what the doctor says.
Hope all of you are doing well. We are in the middle of a February Thaw. It has hit 40 - 2 day's in a row now! That is really amazing when you consider that we haven't even hit 30 in about 3 weeks at least!
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