So the day was HELL!!! PURE HELL! Wesley cried from 1pm until he went to bed at 7pm! I mean full out screaming! Can I say that we got home from the docs today at 12:30, I put both the kids down for a nap, and Wes was up at 12:45 screaming. Woke Aurora up, and they stayed up and NEVER took a nap the whole day until they went to bed!
I am SPENT! I seriously am a walking zombie! Its so tough to take care of a sick kid, but to take care of a sick baby with bronchitis and then Aurora adjusting and having med increases all this week, I seriously feel OVERWHELMED!
Wesley has been asleep at 7pm and has already gotten up 3 times! Its going to be such a LONG night!
On a good note, I raised Aurora's Keppra back up to the 2.5ML tonight, so far so good. I gave her a Vitamin B6 that the neuro recommended to help offset the horrible sideeffects! She had some snack, her vitamin and a glass of orange juice and some tylenol...
So far she is sleeping like a ROCK!!!!! So I pray she gets a good night sleep tonight, she needs it!!!!
And poor Wes.. I dont know what to do for him. All he wants to do is Breastfeed. He has BF so much today I am like a dry well!!!! He will nurse, and I will give him his paci, which usually he will snuggle up and fall asleep, NOPE not this week. Instead he takes his Paci out and THROWS it, and looks for more boob! I dont know if he is nursing so much because he just doesnt feel good and its comforting? Or if he is going through a growth spurt at the same time as being sick!
All I know is that I am literally drained... dead to the world tired! I havent even ate dinner yet and its 9:30~
So I suppose I should get something to eat! Cross your fingers that we have a quiet peaceful night! Aw, it would be heaven!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wesley is sick :(
So Aurora and Wes both have been battling colds ALL SUMMER and now into Fall! Its been one sickness after another!
Wesley has been a wheezing machine. Last night he sounded like a squeeky mattress, and at 5am this morning he woke up with a fever of 103... I gave him a neubilizer treatment, and then called the on call doc because it did NOTHING for him! She told me to give him another, and see what that did. So another treatment, a little less wheezing, and he fell back asleep.
I brought him into his normal docs today, and she listened to him, said he sounded terrible.. gave him another treatment, and then steriods, and did a chest x-ray. It showed he has Bronchutitis (sp?)... Poor guy!
I am PRAYING it doesnt turn into pnemonia. So we wait, do the treatments, and tommorow morning he will be seen again. Keep your fingers crossed that this passes and we DO NOT have to have him admitted. It would be nice to STAY out of the hospitals for a while!!!!!
Wesley has been a wheezing machine. Last night he sounded like a squeeky mattress, and at 5am this morning he woke up with a fever of 103... I gave him a neubilizer treatment, and then called the on call doc because it did NOTHING for him! She told me to give him another, and see what that did. So another treatment, a little less wheezing, and he fell back asleep.
I brought him into his normal docs today, and she listened to him, said he sounded terrible.. gave him another treatment, and then steriods, and did a chest x-ray. It showed he has Bronchutitis (sp?)... Poor guy!
I am PRAYING it doesnt turn into pnemonia. So we wait, do the treatments, and tommorow morning he will be seen again. Keep your fingers crossed that this passes and we DO NOT have to have him admitted. It would be nice to STAY out of the hospitals for a while!!!!!
More photography pics of Aurora
Here are more photography pics that I took of Miss Aurora over the summer!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Who needs paper to paint?
Painting with Auntie Linney! Who said you need paper to paint? I believe in letting the mind explore, and a kid can only be a kid for so long!!!! SO PAINT AWAY Miss Aurora!
Will the storm ever calm?
So last night was the first night of the med increase. Aurora went from 2ML to 2.5ML. WOW, could she of handled it any worse? I dont think so. She went to bed around 8pm, and woke up around 1am SCREAMING and CRYING so hard. She looked very very drugged, intoxicated! She kept saying "mommy Im sick!" I felt so bad... and its like what do you do? She needs the medicine, its already in her! I felt so bad for her. So we watched the sun come up, and I watched tears stream down her face until about 5am.... she finally fell asleep from exhaustion, but woke up around 7am, and said she had a really bad headache. I could tell, she had that pain face look. So I got her up, Mortin, Breakfast, Juice, and her vitamins, and meds... and we had a great day today! But of course she was still at her day dose of 2ML...
So tonight we brought her brother back to the docs because he is a wheezing machine. They had to give him a neubulizer treatment, and then sent us on our way... so it was late. We picked up dinner at "Rosies" and brought it home. Aurora was STARVING, so I figured she would chow down when we got home. She started to eat a fry, and then I saw she had a certain look, not sure if it was a seizure, or the fact that the fry didnt suit her... she spit it out. And then puked a couple times (not much)... And said she didnt feel good. I got her calmed down so she could eat SOMETHING... but the whole time she had that seizury look to her... but didnt have one. I gave her a nice hot bubble bath, pj's a good back rub, and she fell asleep.. where she is right now next to me, snoring away!
I AM PRAYING for a silent, uninterrupted night of sleep. Aurora needs it! She already took 2 naps today, which is VERY RARE! Poor girl is so tired from this month of HELL! And on top of it she is still sick with a nasty cough... I gave her neubulizer treatment before bed, so she is breathing soundly...
Tommorow will be a med increase for the daytime. going from 2ML to 2.25, and tonight instead of the 2.5ML we gave her 2.25ML... to give her mind and body a break!
Did I mention I HATE E?????? I know alot of my readers are mothers to children with E, and you all know how I feel, especially with this med increase crap... it takes Aurora so long to get back to normal... and the one thing I hate HATE about the med increase is how it takes the sparkle out of her eyes! They look so dull, and bloodshot, glazed... tired! So sad.
So PRAY for a good night with NO seizures for us! I will update tommorow! We will be getting up, dressed early, to go pick up my sister Lynzee (aurora's Auntie) and going to use her library card to rent some books... she has yet to go, and it was a present from one of her good friends for her birthday! She is very excited!
So tonight we brought her brother back to the docs because he is a wheezing machine. They had to give him a neubulizer treatment, and then sent us on our way... so it was late. We picked up dinner at "Rosies" and brought it home. Aurora was STARVING, so I figured she would chow down when we got home. She started to eat a fry, and then I saw she had a certain look, not sure if it was a seizure, or the fact that the fry didnt suit her... she spit it out. And then puked a couple times (not much)... And said she didnt feel good. I got her calmed down so she could eat SOMETHING... but the whole time she had that seizury look to her... but didnt have one. I gave her a nice hot bubble bath, pj's a good back rub, and she fell asleep.. where she is right now next to me, snoring away!
I AM PRAYING for a silent, uninterrupted night of sleep. Aurora needs it! She already took 2 naps today, which is VERY RARE! Poor girl is so tired from this month of HELL! And on top of it she is still sick with a nasty cough... I gave her neubulizer treatment before bed, so she is breathing soundly...
Tommorow will be a med increase for the daytime. going from 2ML to 2.25, and tonight instead of the 2.5ML we gave her 2.25ML... to give her mind and body a break!
Did I mention I HATE E?????? I know alot of my readers are mothers to children with E, and you all know how I feel, especially with this med increase crap... it takes Aurora so long to get back to normal... and the one thing I hate HATE about the med increase is how it takes the sparkle out of her eyes! They look so dull, and bloodshot, glazed... tired! So sad.
So PRAY for a good night with NO seizures for us! I will update tommorow! We will be getting up, dressed early, to go pick up my sister Lynzee (aurora's Auntie) and going to use her library card to rent some books... she has yet to go, and it was a present from one of her good friends for her birthday! She is very excited!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
A mother...
This was sent to me from my friend Nikki Barrows:
MOTHERS
Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'
Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother...
The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom' s opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair ... The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul ... It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!
Please send this to 5 women today in celebration of Women's History Month.
If you don't, nothing bad will happen, but if you do, something good will: you will boost a Mother's spirit
MOTHERS
Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.
Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'
Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother...
The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom' s opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair ... The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul ... It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!
Please send this to 5 women today in celebration of Women's History Month.
If you don't, nothing bad will happen, but if you do, something good will: you will boost a Mother's spirit
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