Another week wanting Grandma

Monday morning, we started out with a bang. Eden was feeling better, so she went off to daycare. Al always takes Easter Monday off, so I was hoping to get in the car with him and the baby, take a drive or just sit around and chat with my husband. Instead, he was sick and I made him another appointment with the doctor, who put him on a 10 day antibiotic and a Medrol pack. He then came home and slept all afternoon on the couch while I paced upstairs with Lars, who cried and cried and cried. Before we picked Eden up from daycare, we took a partial family trip to the chiropractor, who put us all back together. Supper was kind of a ‘whatever you see, you can have’ so, Eden had cottage cheese and ice cream. She then wet her pants, crawled into the tub to wash up, and threw up in the bathwater. Al had to take care of that, because I was still pacing with Lars.

Tuesday was another trip. Al was still feeling under the weather and I was hopelessly miserable with a cold. Eden was having to play by herself this day, and she did very well. She was bored by the end of the day, and we managed a 20 minute trip outside to the back yard. We sat and read a lot of stories. She had a major pooping episode after Al left for his Elder’s meeting that evening, so I put her in the shower. I ran up to settle Lars, who had been sleeping fine until this moment. When I came back, the shower door was open and Eden had taken the shower head and was spraying the entire bathroom with it. I had a big mess to clean up while she was jumping in the ‘puddles’ on the floor, laughing.

Wednesday, I determined my week long cold was in need of some better drugs. I hauled over to the clinic and came home with bronchitis. Ok, I probably went over with it, but I still think it was just a bad cold. Since Lars had the same cough, I took him over later that afternoon. I’m glad we live only a block away. He, too, is on the verge of pneumonia. They gave him a steroid shot and some more antibiotics. He just cries and cries. Wednesday night, I had a final fundraiser meeting for next week’s BIG auction event. This is going to be a lot of fun. Bridgeport is going to be on the map after this!

Just as I’d turned into bed that night, the pager went off for a car fire.

I got home at 0200 on Thursday, just in time for Lars to wake up. From 0200 on, he slept in exactly 20 minute increments from then until 0700. Thank goodness the steroids were keeping me awake and sustaining me all day! By noon, I was desperate for adult help, so I called Laura, who came over after work and rocked Lars until he fell asleep. We visited for a bit. She then took Eden home to play with her girls and brought her back for supper. It was WONDERFUL and THANK YOU LAURA!!

I also got a phone call from the clinic that day, advising me that my daughter has tested positive for the HIB Virus (Haemophilus influenza type b) which, according to the CDC’s website, “often leads to pneumonia, meningitis and other invasive respiratory diseases in children almost exclusively under age 5.” She has a secondary infection of Maroxella, which is basically the same thing, with an average of 400 deaths resulting each year in America. Needless to say, she is now on her 3^rd high dose of antibiotics.

Friday, I got to sleep in until 0800 as my wonderful hubby couldn’t’ sleep and fed Lars twice in the night. Eden wanted pancakes, so I was quick to oblige. Unfortunately, she wouldn’t take her medicine and had to forfeit the pancakes. I had to have our pharmacist refill the script in a liquid form. I had a BIG meeting at the hospital, and all of our food and supplies got dropped off at the fire hall for the REALLY BIG auction next week. The boxes take up nearly the entire space of the fire hall. When I got home, Eden was putting her coat on, ready to go to the park. It was a beautiful afternoon, and we got to spend some good quality time together as a family. I’d show you the pictures, but the card reader to our new camera melted.

Saturday, we went out to the Easter Egg hunt which was cancelled last Saturday due to a sudden snowstorm. Eden had a good time, but still really didn’t know why she was doing this. Both kids napped in the afternoon, and I got some much needed quiet time. My daffodils bloomed, too.

Sunday started out with snow and turned into a typical Sunday…mom and dad hoping for a nap and instead having cranky children. Lars still does not feel good. Eden still will not take her antibiotic. Mom and Dad are still in the midst of their drugs. Hopefully, we’re on the uphill side of this now!