My little Alexander loves to help around the house any way he can unless it involves cleaning his room.
Today Ellie and Alexander were enjoying snack crackers and pretzels while watching some Yo Gabba Gabba. If you have little kids, then you know that some of the snack is bound to end up on the floor and get squished into a million little microscopic pieces. (I have never been more thankful for hardwood floors!)
Once Ellie went down for her nap and Alex was getting ready for work, Alexander decided it was time to cleanup and wanted to learn how to use our new vacuum. Daddy got it out, showed him how and well, he’s been vacuuming the house since.
My poor little Alexander is sick.
He hasn’t been himself since last Tuesday.
On Tuesday we all had a stomach bug that was not pleasant.
He started coughing really bad Wednesday night.
By Thursday he added a fever to the mix.
By Friday we had a cough, fever, running nose and puking.
Saturday night after a day of dosing with Triaminic for the cough and Tylenol for his fever he was coughing so hard he kept waking himself up and he his fever just wasn’t going away, he was sweating and he was freezing.
We found ourselves in the ER around 11:30 pm.
Diagnosis – Bilateral ear infection.
We left with a prescription for an antibiotic.
Here we are, Tuesday morning and he is not doing any better.
The cough is getting worse and he is just miserable.
Looks like mommy is calling the Dr’s office for an appointment today!
My 2 oldest children, Zack and Libby are in search of pen pals. They have been asking me for awhile now to help them each get one. So, this….this is me helping.
I had multiple pen pals when I was their age and loved it. It was a great way for me to learn about other people and for me to hone my awesome letter writing skills not to mention improve my penmanship.
Not just fun, but educational too!!
I am wondering if any of my fellow bloggy friends have children who would be interested in corresponding with my kids via snail mail because seriously, getting mail when you’re a kid, it’s wicked awesome!
Zack is 12, in 7th grade and enjoys all things sports. He’s a die hard Green Bay Packer fan, who loves football, baseball, Nascar, WWE and hockey. He loves to read, skateboard, ride his bike, play video games and go hunting with his Pa (grandpa).
Libby is 11, in 6th grade and is just as her name states—-Dramatic. She loves to act, be creative, draw, paint–you name it. She also LOVES music, swimming, soccer, movies and is in her second year of German and is obsessed!
So, if you have a child in your house that you think would be a great pen pal for one of my kidlets, please use the form below!
In my post on Monday, I briefly mentioned that my New Year didn’t exactly start off as I had planned and there are a variety of reasons for that.
You see, I rang in the New Year heavily medicated thanks to my good friends Percocet and Tylenol Extra Strength Rapid Release.
Did I mention that I was very, very, heavily medicated due to the fact that I was in excruciating pain?
Because I totally was.
We spent New Year’s Eve with the kids, my good friend and 2 of her children and enjoyed some deep fried foods for the last time.
That night went great and honestly, so was New Year’s Day (with the exception of the Wisconsin Badger’s losing the Rose Bowl—that was depressing. –Did I mention it was even more depressing because my cousin Mike is the Badgers starting linebacker?—Yeah, completely depressing!)
Moving on….the following day, Sunday, was even good because well…the Green Bay Packer’s kicked some Chicago Bear butt!
On Monday, Zack and Libby returned to school and I went to see the ENT for the 3rd time….you know after having already been in the ER three times between Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas in addition to that trip to my family doctor.
After my visit with the ENT, things began to look up.
That was Monday.
Tuesday came and went and everything went great.
And then…..then Wednesday arrived.
Wednesday evening, I found myself back in the ER.
This time, the Alex was the patient.
What happened you ask?
Well…..he managed to slice the tip of his right ring finger off while chopping apples for that night’s dinner. The Alex before the Physician's Assistant (that we LOVE from a past experience) came in to check things out. The Alex all bandaged up with a finger filled with Lidocaine to numb it and a prescription for some Vicodin!
Needless to say that night we found ourselves dining at the local IHOP with the kids since we didn’t get out of the ER until after 7PM and hadn’t fed the kids beforehand since you know, he was making dinner when the tragedy happened.
So, here I was, finally feeling better and now I had to take care of the Alex.
What I’m really saying is that I drugged him HEAVILY and sent his happy ass to bed!
I even let him sleep in the following morning until he was ready to get up.
I know……I’m such a nice wife!
This brings us to Thursday.
On Thursday, I had a great day.
I had a chance to hang out with both Alexander and the Alex which is a rarity since he works 3rd shift.
I picked my pseudo niece and nephew up from school after scooping the Libby from the bus stop and came home to get some work done, help prepare dinner and then head back to the school to pickup Zack from wrestling practice at 5:30.
At 5:13 PM, as I was getting ready to head to the school, I got a phone call from Zack’s wrestling coach.
The boy was hurt.
Something went awry during practice and he had been basically crushed between a kid 25lbs heavier than him and the mat…on his side.
Soooo…I went and got him, brought him home and saw the amount of pain he was in as the tears streamed down his face.
I packed the diaper bag, called my dad, loaded the family in the van, dropped Alexander and the Libby off by my dad and Zack, Alex and I headed to the ER…..again.
Yes….
For the 5th time within a 2 week time frame.
The 2nd time in less than 24 hours. Headed down to x-ray to make sure nothing is broken Thankfully the x-ray is clear! No breaks!!!!
After sitting in the ER for almost 2 hours, the boy was diagnosed with a muscle spasm in his trapezius muscle with orders to follow up with our family doctor on Monday.
From Thursday night until Monday morning, Zack was heavily medicated to help with the pain and inflammation.
I took him to see our family doctor for a recheck on everything.
New x-rays came back clear.
New diagnosis…..muscle spasm of the trapezius muscle, shoulder strain and chest wall contusion.
So, after 5 trips to the ER, 2 visits with our family doctor and 3 visits with the ENT Specialist, I think we should get some kind of group discount or at least given the option to enroll in a frequent visitor program with rewards!
