I am never sure how to title these. Ava was pretty sick this week. I woke up Monday morning at 6am to Ava throwing up. Which is nothing out of the ordinary when you have kids and was a bit over due in my house hold. My poor baby though was throwing up every 10 to 15 min, so much so that I was feeding her water by the end of the day just to give her something to throw up. Keegan and Shane, of course, have winter break and they are home from school through all of this. I had to keep her quarantined to her room So the boys would not get this too. This continues though the night and is now every half hour at best. Tuesday Morning I can tell that she is dehydrated and there is nothing I can do for her. If she can't keep even a drop of water in her then I knew she would be hospitalized. So I waited till the docs opened and took her in. I knew I was going to the hospital before I even called the docs So I knew I had to do something w/ the boys.
I have to say that I have the most awesome network of friends around me. I am so fully blessed w/ the best friends and community that I could have asked for. After calling Shannon (who was sick but still would have taken the boys) I asked Dawn to take the boys and even though she had plans for her daughter that day, she canceled them for us. Then While I was in the waiting for the doctor to come back and tell me what hospital I am going to be admitted to, Debbie calls me. Her boys are my Boys best friends. John and Keegan have been inseparable since Kindergarten and Stephen and Shane have the same class this year and of course know each other well and are really close. So when she called she was asking to take the boys for the day to play. Actually she was calling to ask to take all 3 of my children because she also has a daughter, Gabrielle, who is a year or 2 older than Ava. So I decided that the boys would be much happier for a long length of time w/ Debbie. I know they were having a great time at Dawns but Dawn has a 1 y/o and has her hands full there and a 6 y/o girl so I knew they would be bored by the end of the day. Because I live in a small town, they all know each other. So Debbie went over to Dawns and got my boys and even took her Daughter for the day to play!! These are all the most awesome women I have ever met in my life!! Debbie also offered to go get over night cloths for the boys from my house...but honestly I wanted an excuse to leave the hospital when Bryan could relieve me So I told her I would drop them off later. I also had pictures to take at ITS at 5pm.
Back to Ava. She was Admitted to Port Huron Hospital because River District was full. We were in pediatrics and we had our own room (she was contagious apparently though none of the rest of us got sick). She had an IV put in and did awesome there...she did not even flinch. I should should really not be surprised...this is the same kid who had her collar bone broken last summer and had Doctors and everyone pushing on it and made no show of pain at all!! My tough chick :O) I figured that this would only be an over night stay and would be released in the morning. If you have kids you also know this Murphy's law..as soon as you take them in w/ something you think is serious they all of a sudden are better. Which was sort of her case. She stopped throwing up at 9 am ( we were in the Doctor office by 9:30) and we were admitted to the hospital and in our room by 11:30. She still had not thrown up in that time frame So I am thinking that she will be out by morning and that I was over reacting and could have made her better at home by myself. Well thankfully I did take her in cuz everything started again at around 2pm and she could not keep even ice chips down. Bryan got to the Hospital around 3 0r 4 ( he took off after lunch) and I went home to get a change of cloth for me and to drop off to the boys w/ their backpacks cuz they were going to school from Debbie's (winter break is over...hope they had fun). I also had to stop by ITS and then get myself something to eat. The people at ITS are another part of my community that I cherish. They were very concerned and all offered to help if they could. I hope they know and understand how much I honestly appreciate that kind of support!! I am one lucky woman!
Wednesday I was sure I would have gone home if you asked me in the morning. After getting up every hour to take Ava and her friend Charlie (the IV cart thingy) to the bathroom she seemed to be getting better. But about noon she started to finally run a fever... The doctor said she could go home after dinner if she kept dinner down...you guessed it She didn't. *sigh* I about cried when she threw up her 1 bite of chicken and 2 bites of apple sauce. She had been holding down pop sickles, water and pop all day. Plus she has some dry Cheerios and a bite a toast from lunch in her. Both of us just wanted to go HOME!! I missed my boys and wanted to know how they were So Bryan decided to take the morning off to get the boys off to school then go to work So they could sleep in their own bed and to give poor Debbie a break. She took the boys to school and picked them up from school, gave them dinner and even showers (which they BADLY needed). I went and got the boys at 8pm from Debbie and took them to the hospital so Bryan could take them home and I could have a few moments w/ them even if it was just a half hour car ride.
We had an uneventful night..She slept pretty much though w/ one nasty #2 interruption. So now it has stopped coming out one end only to be going out the other...YAY fun times. Her fever is still going on too. But Thursday Morning she is eating great and even kept Lunch down So the doctor Said we can go HOME!!! We were out of there by 10:30am... OH but here is the kicker
When I woke up on Thursday (yesterday) It was snowing and My windshield wipers are broken and we have not had a chance to fix it yet...So I am freaking out on how the heck am I supposed to get home and I get a text from Bryan .... He is broke down...WTF!!! I mean really...what the hell did we do wrong. Karma is getting us for something.
His Truck needs a fuel pump (which will cast about $350 him doing it himself) and is towed home...and it stopped snowing in Port Huron but the nurses have over heard me and now wont let me leave unless they know I have ride home. Shannon picked up Bryan (so he could get the Van) to come and get us. Knowing that they were on the way was apparently enough for the nurses so they let us go..Had I known that they would let me leave w/ out physical proof I would have lied..I knew I could make it home. So when I got to the parking lot I called Bryan and Shannon and told them to turn around. I made it home fine ..though I will admit I was a little nervous cuz when I hit Belle River road (2 min from my house) Mother nature acted up again and the road was covered w/ snow and it was a white out..LOVELY!!! but I made it home. All is right w/ the world when we are all again under one roof!
Friday..Today.. I am car-less and whatever.. seriously..WHATEVER. My daughter is fine, my boys are at school and healthy as well. We do have 1 car to get Bryan to work and I had nothing planed for today anyhow. Last week I was all mad about stupid things..wishing Bryan would appreciate me more, wanting more than I should, really..not being grateful for what I have and every time I get like that things like this happen. I know God was up there saying "okay fine you don't want to make dinner again another day and want a break..I'll give you a few free meals...In the Hospital..then see how you feel...Oh and you think your bed sucks well then here sleep in this broken recliner for a few nights then tell me how you feel!" And I am pretty sure Bryan appreciates me now LOL..We both really appreciate each other and our Bed LOL. I needed a Swift kick in the butt and I do every now and then to make me realize I am very blessed. I was able to pay my mortgage yesterday when I have friends who are loosing their houses. My husband is able to get to his job when I have people I love and care about loosing their jobs or have lost them and now can't find another one. My heart breaks for them and I know better than to take all that I have for granted. So for this week I am thankful. I realize that I have wonderful friends and Family ( whom I should have mentioned...My mom called me everyday was was my mental support...my brother would have drove more than and hour to come and stay the night just to get my boys on the bus in the morning and Bryan's Brother called the hospital to check up on Ava...even my Grandpa called me), I have a home and at least one car, Bryan has a job and we are all healthy. I have a wonderful husband who I know loves me! I have nothing to bitch about!!!
Well if you got though all that...then you mean as much to me as everyone I mentioned as well..cuz you care :O)
Love you all
Jax
I have to say that I have the most awesome network of friends around me. I am so fully blessed w/ the best friends and community that I could have asked for. After calling Shannon (who was sick but still would have taken the boys) I asked Dawn to take the boys and even though she had plans for her daughter that day, she canceled them for us. Then While I was in the waiting for the doctor to come back and tell me what hospital I am going to be admitted to, Debbie calls me. Her boys are my Boys best friends. John and Keegan have been inseparable since Kindergarten and Stephen and Shane have the same class this year and of course know each other well and are really close. So when she called she was asking to take the boys for the day to play. Actually she was calling to ask to take all 3 of my children because she also has a daughter, Gabrielle, who is a year or 2 older than Ava. So I decided that the boys would be much happier for a long length of time w/ Debbie. I know they were having a great time at Dawns but Dawn has a 1 y/o and has her hands full there and a 6 y/o girl so I knew they would be bored by the end of the day. Because I live in a small town, they all know each other. So Debbie went over to Dawns and got my boys and even took her Daughter for the day to play!! These are all the most awesome women I have ever met in my life!! Debbie also offered to go get over night cloths for the boys from my house...but honestly I wanted an excuse to leave the hospital when Bryan could relieve me So I told her I would drop them off later. I also had pictures to take at ITS at 5pm.
Back to Ava. She was Admitted to Port Huron Hospital because River District was full. We were in pediatrics and we had our own room (she was contagious apparently though none of the rest of us got sick). She had an IV put in and did awesome there...she did not even flinch. I should should really not be surprised...this is the same kid who had her collar bone broken last summer and had Doctors and everyone pushing on it and made no show of pain at all!! My tough chick :O) I figured that this would only be an over night stay and would be released in the morning. If you have kids you also know this Murphy's law..as soon as you take them in w/ something you think is serious they all of a sudden are better. Which was sort of her case. She stopped throwing up at 9 am ( we were in the Doctor office by 9:30) and we were admitted to the hospital and in our room by 11:30. She still had not thrown up in that time frame So I am thinking that she will be out by morning and that I was over reacting and could have made her better at home by myself. Well thankfully I did take her in cuz everything started again at around 2pm and she could not keep even ice chips down. Bryan got to the Hospital around 3 0r 4 ( he took off after lunch) and I went home to get a change of cloth for me and to drop off to the boys w/ their backpacks cuz they were going to school from Debbie's (winter break is over...hope they had fun). I also had to stop by ITS and then get myself something to eat. The people at ITS are another part of my community that I cherish. They were very concerned and all offered to help if they could. I hope they know and understand how much I honestly appreciate that kind of support!! I am one lucky woman!
Wednesday I was sure I would have gone home if you asked me in the morning. After getting up every hour to take Ava and her friend Charlie (the IV cart thingy) to the bathroom she seemed to be getting better. But about noon she started to finally run a fever... The doctor said she could go home after dinner if she kept dinner down...you guessed it She didn't. *sigh* I about cried when she threw up her 1 bite of chicken and 2 bites of apple sauce. She had been holding down pop sickles, water and pop all day. Plus she has some dry Cheerios and a bite a toast from lunch in her. Both of us just wanted to go HOME!! I missed my boys and wanted to know how they were So Bryan decided to take the morning off to get the boys off to school then go to work So they could sleep in their own bed and to give poor Debbie a break. She took the boys to school and picked them up from school, gave them dinner and even showers (which they BADLY needed). I went and got the boys at 8pm from Debbie and took them to the hospital so Bryan could take them home and I could have a few moments w/ them even if it was just a half hour car ride.
We had an uneventful night..She slept pretty much though w/ one nasty #2 interruption. So now it has stopped coming out one end only to be going out the other...YAY fun times. Her fever is still going on too. But Thursday Morning she is eating great and even kept Lunch down So the doctor Said we can go HOME!!! We were out of there by 10:30am... OH but here is the kicker
When I woke up on Thursday (yesterday) It was snowing and My windshield wipers are broken and we have not had a chance to fix it yet...So I am freaking out on how the heck am I supposed to get home and I get a text from Bryan .... He is broke down...WTF!!! I mean really...what the hell did we do wrong. Karma is getting us for something.
His Truck needs a fuel pump (which will cast about $350 him doing it himself) and is towed home...and it stopped snowing in Port Huron but the nurses have over heard me and now wont let me leave unless they know I have ride home. Shannon picked up Bryan (so he could get the Van) to come and get us. Knowing that they were on the way was apparently enough for the nurses so they let us go..Had I known that they would let me leave w/ out physical proof I would have lied..I knew I could make it home. So when I got to the parking lot I called Bryan and Shannon and told them to turn around. I made it home fine ..though I will admit I was a little nervous cuz when I hit Belle River road (2 min from my house) Mother nature acted up again and the road was covered w/ snow and it was a white out..LOVELY!!! but I made it home. All is right w/ the world when we are all again under one roof!
Friday..Today.. I am car-less and whatever.. seriously..WHATEVER. My daughter is fine, my boys are at school and healthy as well. We do have 1 car to get Bryan to work and I had nothing planed for today anyhow. Last week I was all mad about stupid things..wishing Bryan would appreciate me more, wanting more than I should, really..not being grateful for what I have and every time I get like that things like this happen. I know God was up there saying "okay fine you don't want to make dinner again another day and want a break..I'll give you a few free meals...In the Hospital..then see how you feel...Oh and you think your bed sucks well then here sleep in this broken recliner for a few nights then tell me how you feel!" And I am pretty sure Bryan appreciates me now LOL..We both really appreciate each other and our Bed LOL. I needed a Swift kick in the butt and I do every now and then to make me realize I am very blessed. I was able to pay my mortgage yesterday when I have friends who are loosing their houses. My husband is able to get to his job when I have people I love and care about loosing their jobs or have lost them and now can't find another one. My heart breaks for them and I know better than to take all that I have for granted. So for this week I am thankful. I realize that I have wonderful friends and Family ( whom I should have mentioned...My mom called me everyday was was my mental support...my brother would have drove more than and hour to come and stay the night just to get my boys on the bus in the morning and Bryan's Brother called the hospital to check up on Ava...even my Grandpa called me), I have a home and at least one car, Bryan has a job and we are all healthy. I have a wonderful husband who I know loves me! I have nothing to bitch about!!!
Well if you got though all that...then you mean as much to me as everyone I mentioned as well..cuz you care :O)
Love you all
Jax
