Mom of Boys

I’ve been so busy the past few days that I havn’t had a chance to finish anything that I have wanted to finish. 

I got the results back from my EEG.  Turns out it wasn’t seizures at all (like myself and many thought it wasn’t…)  But I do have what’s called a Neural Mediated Hypotension.  Also known as Neurocardrogenic Syncope.  I guess all I really know about it is that I don’t need any further medical treatment.  I just need to increase my salt and water intake and I have already learned how to control the episodes that happen, so I can just continue to do that.  Basically… I have low blood pressure while I’m standing up… but It’s completely normal while sitting or laying down.  The docor said the word “gravity” a lot.  Umm… ok… so that’s it. 

I took the kids to the National Cherry Blossom festival on Friday.  We had lots of fun and the kids were all worn out by the end of the night.  It was supposed to be partly cloudy with some showers, but it was sunny and highs in the 80’s!  Of course we all got sun burned.  Ack…  Caleb enjoyed climbing trees, even though I’m not sure he was supposed to.  Bean enjoyed walking around int he flower garden. 

We had a picnic on Saturday with great weather AGAIN even though we were expecting rain, and then we took the leftovers to my moms on Sunday and had a BBQ.  My sister was here for the weekend so the kids got to see her which was nice.  The weekend went by so quickly, next thing I know it’s MONDAY and I hadnt finished reading my book for book club.  Luckily no one else was finished either, so we moved it to Thursday!  It’s actually a really good book called Three cups of Tea.  I’ll be writting about the book when I finish it. 

…is usually good news.  That’s what I kept telling myself when I went intot he doctors office for my first EEG and they didn’t call me back until they wanted to schedule the second EEG.  Well, I got a call back this time, and instead of telling me anything over the phone, I was asked to show up at his office at 6:30 AM on Wednesday.  Hmm…  good news?  Maybe not… but at least maybe I can get this done and over with.  OR, maybe he will tell me that there is nothing wrong with me and that I’m free to go home! 

… what?  there could be nothing wrong with me. 

We had a pretty good Easter Sunday!  The kids woke up and got their Easter baskets and then we all crept downstairs to find some plastic Easter eggs that were filled with bunny marshmallows, stickers, bouncy balls and fruit snacks.  We ate breakfast and waited for MIL and BIL’s to get here so that we could do another Easter egg hunt (with dyed eggs) outside.  She brought the chocolate that made Alec go crazy for cocoa puffs.  After making some deviled eggs, we headed over to my moms where we had yet another Easter egg hunt, only this time the eggs were filled with money.  We had a wonderful dinner and my mom gave me MY Easter basket!  2 dozen chocolate covered strawberries that were arranged in a bouquet.  “The older you get, the better your Easter Basket gets too!” is what she said.  YUM!

Thank you Mom!  BB loved finding all of the eggs!  Bean could care less really, he just liked walking around and have everyone follow or chase him. 

On a side note… I got my portable EEG today.  They glued these things to my head, and they burned!!!  and now I have to carry them around until Wednesday night which is fine I guess except that it hasn’t been 6 hours yet and it’s itchy and heavy and annoying…  In the back of my mind I just think this is silly like they wont find any seizures.  Marcus thinks the same thing of course.  If I have to wait another 3 weeks for the results of this test I’m just going to say forget about it… I’ll live with the dizziness.  After all I’ve lived with it for 16 years now, right? 

I’m going to eat a chocolate covered strawberry now…. I wonder if the doctor will be able to tell how happy I am while eating it! 

Yesterday I went to the doctors so that I could FINALLY try and figure out what was wrong with my back.   I’ve been waiting for this appt all week.   He gave me an anti-inflammatory to start with.   Blah!  We’ll see if it works I guess…  I also mentioned to him the spell I had last week.  I have these dizzy spells where see spots in both eyes, I get dizzy and my tongue goes numb.   Sometimes I black out, sometimes it passes in 10 seconds.   They’ve been happening since I was 12 or 13 and a doctor once told me it was from my anemia, so I never questioned it again.   But last week I had one and my left arm started to shake uncontrollably.   This doctor was concerned, so he’s sending me to see a Neurologist.

Later Caleb was try a baing to pick up a ball and tripped over it instead… He slammed his face into the edge of the train/bus table and busted his lip wide open.   Blood was EVERYWHERE!   I was on the other side of the room and saw it…   By the time he turned around his face was covered in blood and it was just gushing out.   I screamed for Marcus and tried to contain the blood.   Alec started crying and of course Caleb was too….   Marcus came and took him into the bathroom to clean it up.  I ended up taking him tot he hospital while Marcus stayed home with Alec.  Caleb fell asleep int he car, which greaked me out, but he was fine.  We saw the doctor and Caleb needed just 1 stitch.   He has cuts all around his lip, but there was 1 that was just huge.   It was Horrible to watch and to hear him screaming… they numb the lip by injecting right into the spot where he got cut.   **cringe**   and then they take a hook needle and pull the sting thru the 2 sides and tied it together.   He hated that part just as much as the shot.   The doctor barely waited a minute to start… I’m not sure it was numb yet.   But his lip was the size of my finger when he was done!   It was horrible…

Then this morning, I woke up to Alec throwing up every half hour or so…   Poor guy.   His 15 month appt was today since it was moved back from 2 weeks ago when he had pneumonia.   We went and he has a major diaper rash from the meds he was on before and another ear infection.   They gave him more antibiotics and some ointment for his rash.  I have to go back again in a week or two to get his shots.

From there we took our puppy to the vet.   He has Kennel Cough just like we knew he did…  He’s on meds too.

There you have it… My last 24 hours.

I’ve taken several trips to the hospital for Caleb, but most of those were allergy or asthma related.  Last night we took Caleb to the hospital because we thought that he might have broken is finger(s) and if you were there, you can’t tell me that you didn’t think so.  We were at the Wal-Mart for the hundredth time this week… and Caleb climbed under the cart like he has a thousand times, and we’ve asked him before to get out from under there, but we didn’t ask him this particular time.  We were headed to checkout when Caleb’s finger got caught in the front wheel of the cart.  He screamed and then cried and I scooped him up in my arms and started walking to the car right away…  I told Marcus to check out and I would pick him and Alec up at the front door…  we were on our way to the hospital. 

 

I carried Caleb all the way out to the car.  He held his fingers up in front of him and started crying out, “Oh no, oh no, oh no!!!  I can’t move my fingers mom, I can’t move my…” and broke off into a cry.  My heart just sank…  My poor baby broke his finger and I felt partially responsible.  Marcus was the one who drove us to the hospital.  I was trying to calm Caleb down on the way…  It was the longest trip to the hospital!  The speed limit was 55 and we were going 50.  Marcus was freaking out, and Caleb was still sobbing.  I managed to hold it together. 

 

So we get to the hospital and I sign in at the front desk and we get an ice pack.  Before they call us up to register I notice that Caleb MOVED his fingers.  I almost wanted to just get up and leave right then and there, but they called us up as the thought entered my mind.  We registered and got put into a room…  waited for the doctor and had the x-rays taken…  waited some more and then were released with nothing but a swollen finger and some nail bruising.  The doctor did say that he probably popped the finger out of place and then popped it back in while we waited.  Great! 

 

I’m sure this isn’t the last ER visit related to bruising, scrapes and broken boys.  After all, I do have 2 boys!

Every morning we wake up with the kids in our bed.  Alec joins us really early, soemtime around 4:30 or so.  At that early hour I am too tired to feed him and put him back to bed.  Caleb joins us between 7:00 and 8:30.  Well, today he joined us a little later then 8:30.  I think it was about 8:40.  He had just woken up and Jayden was still in bed.  She joined us 5 minutes later.  This is my view of the bed this morning:

 
Good Morning!

…The cat even joined us! Yes… with everyone on the bed… she jumped up there!

 

Anyways, we got up to get seme breakfast.  Alec’s 9 month appt was at 10:00, so I needed to get them fed and dressed quickly.  The clock in the kitchen said 9:15 when Jayden dropped her bowl of cereal in her lap!  I ran up to get her clothes and fixed her a pop tart, since she had only taken a couple of bites and cleaned up the mess.  Alec slid out of his high chair and onto the floor, so I grabbed him and put him in front of the toy box.  Got Caleb dressed and looked up at the clock in the living room.  10 TILL?!?!?  I forgot that someone messed with the clock in the kitchen… It was 20 minutes slow!!!  Grabbed Alec and grabbed the stroller, got everyone in the car and drove over tot he office.  Jayden and Caleb sat in the stroller with seat belts on!  I wasn’t about to chance one of them running up and down the halls…  We got in, Alec was weighed, 22 lbs and 1 oz.  He’s 97% for weight!  Doctor pricked his toe to get some blood, but he didn’t need any shots.  Looked him over, all is well…  We go back at 1 year.  So, we go out to pay and Jayden and Caleb get stickers, (Princess and Batman). 

 

We got home and had some lunch.  Then we did some more shapes.  I got Caleb to calm down enough to stay on the lines, but when it came to coloring in, he was quick about that.  He finished way before Jayden, but I was happy with his work.  Jayden did a pretty good job too! 

 

We’re staying indoors today.  Doing puzzles and games, which they both love doing.  It’s so hot and humid outside!  I wish we had a pool close by to go to.