What a month!!

You've probably been wondering where I've been. (note:blogger is being all screwy and this post came out all weird)

First there was Brinton's surgery and home coming and adjustment to all that. Small tasks, like eating, require lots of help because he can't bring his head to the food and bringing the food to his mouth by himself doesn't always happen so gracefully. He is dressing himself completely, walking all over the place, playing like a normal boy (as much as he can of course) and healing so wonderfully. He is such an inspiration.

The same day Brinton came home from the hospital Elise started mysteriously throwing up, which I thought was related to her asthma. She threw up every. single. day. for the next 28 days. She had test after test after test and no one could figure anything out (and no it wasn't an emotional thing...)I have seen so many doctors between Brinton's follow-ups and Elise's sickness that I don't ever want to see a doctor again. Finally, after a long trip and all day/all night stay at the Children's Hospital, they've diagnosed her with Idiopathic Gastroparesis. Basically, her intestines are "sleeping" and not able to digest her food along in a normal manner. They move really, really slow. What was happening was she was eating and since she couldn't move anything along, and she was so backed up, the food was just sitting there until she went to bed at night, when she would throw everything up. I. AM. SO. SICK. OF. PUKE. Luckily they've got her on some medicine and a new really strict diet and she hasn't thrown up in 4 days.*fingers crossed it sticks*

On top of that Aidan has developed the nastiest cough on the entire planet. It started a couple of weeks ago as a little cold and has now turned into these nasty coughing fits where he can barely catch his breath. Poor thing is so miserable. We finally got the dr. to give him some antibiotics and he seems to be doing a little better. (Just add his 3 dr. visits to the long list of doctor visits this last month)

And how do you think he got such a nasty cough? From his daddy.

So let's add Jeremiah to the nasty cough, repeated dr. visits list. He is going on week 5 of this, this...whatever it is. My poor, poor husband has the most disgusting, nasty, sickly cough in the entire UNIVERSE. His coughing fits have gotten so bad that he coughs until he literally passes out completly. Like 3 to 4 times a day!! Last week he passed out in the bathroom and hit his head so hard it was bleeding. CRAZINESS!! He is on medicine, too, but it really doesn't seem to be doing a dang thing. That picture, taken this evening, is a pretty good representation of what he has been doing the last couple weeks with every free minute he gets.

Ashlynne is healthy. Thank Goodness! She tried out for the school play last week and she made it in!! With a pretty big role! She is so excited.

Julianna had her Kindergarten Christmas Program a couple of weeks ago. She was so good! She knew all the words to all the songs and sang so pretty and so loud.

Liam had a little cold but he got over it pretty quick and he is back to the same old antics. He also got a hair cut because his curls were just getting way too crazy.

ME? Tired. Really tired BUT at least I'm healthy and holding up. However, I am so, so, so sick of taking care of sick people. I'm totally whining now but it's been like a month and a half. Thank goodness I never considered it as a profession because I would've made a HORRIBLE nurse. The last straw was when Elise came down stairs Saturday morning with PINK EYE! I seriously screamed. "KILL ME NOW!" (I'm so over dramatic)

So the way I look at it the Lord is planning on sending some really great blessings our way really, really soon and this is just the opposite of the "calm before the Storm"....the storm before the calm, maybe??
and now you know where I've been....