Update!

We are home now. The Boy is doing a whole lot better and The Girl seems to be getting there. I'll get more up here when I can.

Can't like it! :(

We are SICK!!!
I'm adding this from an email I sent b/c I'm tired of typing and saying it all again.
Thursday we took Garrett to the dr b/c he was coughing really badly and had started to run a fever, she sent us immediately to children's hospital to have them check for RSV. At the hospital, his fever was 102 and they said he had an infection in both ears; they took his urine and some blood and did the rsv test and a flu test, both came back negative, but the urine and blood each had a small abnormalities about them. This concerned them enough to do a spinal tap to check for meningitis this also came back clear but during the 'tap' some blood did get into the fluid and so the reading wasn't 'perfect' so we needed to wait for the cultures (this can take 2-3 days) of the fluid to get an absolute reading. It is decided he has some sort of viral infection (no shock really since Calvin was diagnosed on Tuesday with bronchitis) so we were admitted for 'observation and iv antibiotics' for the night. Friday they were 'pretty certain' that he did not have meningitis and his fever was down to 99. We finally have a name for what he has; bronchiolitis, basically a more serious version of bronchitis b/c it is lower in the bronchial tubes which makes it harder to get rid of and of course b/c Garrett is only 6 weeks old and is considered a 'preterm' baby SUPER serious. They wanted to do a chest xray to see if he also might have pneumonia. We stayed in the hospital overnight again Friday and received more iv antibiotics. Saturday we got the results of the xray, he does have pneumonia so.... we stayed another night for another round of meds. Saturday the doc told us she expected to release us around 10a or 11a. HOWEVER, now she has decided that she is concerned that he is only eating 2ozs of formula every 3-4 hours when before he was sick he would have 4-5oz every 4-5 hours. As of now, we are trying to get him to take a few more ounces of formula to see how he does and she is going to check back with us around 1pm today. At some point during our stay (it's all a little fuzzy) Garrett wasn't keeping formula down and was on iv fluids and pedialyte, then got switched to a mix of formula and pedialyte, and as of Saturday am began to keep down straight formula but only 2oz at a time... so insert that info somewhere into the timeline! :)

I'm adding that The Girl is also yucky right now with ear infection and sinus infection. She is so congested that she has green goop coming out of her eyes! EW!!! So we've been trying to have a parent at each location but sometimes we have had to get someone to keep or stay with her for us. My heart is just torn in two right now!!!

Crunch

I know, I know. It has been way too long since I last made a blog post; we've had a lot going on in this house. As you know, we had the world's 3rd most perfect baby (the first being Jesus, than The Girl, and now The Boy!); life is challenging going from one kid to two... but we are adjusting. Two weeks (and 2 days) after The Boy was born, The Man was in a front end collision... in MY CAR!!! Ultimately, he is fine. Ya know, banged up, bruised, and sore... but fine. We are partially thankful that he was in my car b/c had he been in his little to and from work car, he may not have been so lucky. He did get carted away in an ambulance though and let me tell you, that is one phone call you never want to get... but really you don't want to get it when you are still super emotional and hormonal from being a baby maker. When C called all I could hear were the emergency sirens in the background and then just as I said 'hello' I heard a man's voice ask if there was anyone else in the car with him (at this point I held my breath b/c I NEEDED to know if The Girl was with him or if he had gotten to drop her off at the sitter's house) C answered, 'no, its just me'. [BREATHE!] He then gets to talk to me on the phone and tell me that he's been in an accident, I asked if he was ok, and he answered 'my neck, my neck, my shoulder, and my legs' he was REALLY shaken up and I could totally hear it in his voice; I did manage to ask him if there was any blood and he said no. Then he said he'd call me back. As soon as I hung up the phone I burst into tears. A few minutes later he called again but we didn't get to talk at all. The third time the phone rang it was a paramedic telling me which hospital they were taking him to and how to get there. The guy said he was ok, but they were taking him to get checked out. I relaxed a little bit at this point but was still way freaked out. The Boy and I got to the hospital and found C, he didn't sound as shaken up anymore but he was clearly in pain. After about an hour of waiting for xrays and ct scan results we finally got released with muscle relaxers and pain meds. We needed to get to my car to get The Girl's car seat and the base to The Boy's car seat. On the way there I said to C, why does your car sound like it is falling apart? At this point he says OH NO! I forgot! I noticed that the rear passenger tire on my car was low... but since I've been driving you car I haven't done anything about it yet. So at the next light he poked his head out the window and sure enough we were riding on the rim. LOVELY! Here I am 2 weeks out of surgery and poor C was just in a car crash! :insert LONG story here: but we managed to get/have the spare put on and then we headed to the lot where they towed my car so that we could get the car seats and some other things out. At this point this was the first time that either of us have seen the car.... :( I seriously could have cried. Turns out the ins co wrote my car off as a total loss and we found ourselves having to go looking for a new family vehicle..... to be continued!

Sorry the pictures are small... I was too lazy to get the originals; I lifted these off of my facebook page. :)