Our New Puppies....and Cat

Junior and Maggie

So one day we took Miranda's friend home and she showed us her new puppies. She said they were trying to get ride of them but couldn't find anyone. So the kids wanted one and I said we could find them good homes. Well two is better than one because then they have a playmate. So off we were to try and find them homes. Well nothing yet but the kids are not as excited about taking care of them. They have to do everything! I want them to understand how much work they really are before I did all the work.

Then the other day we had a cat on our front porch. If you know me you know that I hate cats!!! But this cat you could tell hadn't been getting food. Even though I don't like cats I cant stand to see it starving. So we now feed it and it hangs around. It is an outside cat (but has tried to get in several times and has made it a few) and will stay that way. But it now has shelter, food and water and loves to be loved on by the kids. I think it was our neighbors and when they left they didn't take them. We have two cats that like to hang around our property.

First Swim

Friday was the first day at the pool. (Well the second but the first time we only got to swim for 15 min.) Sorry no pictures. Anyway, I put sunscrenn on all the kids including myself and we headed to the pool. We had a great time! We went with firends so all the kids had someone to play with and I had some adult conversation. We stayed for a little over 2 hours. As we were heading home I could feel my shoulder were hot but thought nothing about it. That night I was as red as a lobster and couldn't wear a top. I can't believe that I got so burnt. This is not the first ime. When I was in middle school (i think) I got so sunburned that I had huge blisters on my shoulder. That was my fear for this time. It never happened but I didn't sleep the first night at all because of the pain.

The next day Miranda babysat for a nurse and she said to use naxzima (the face cleaner) to take the sting out, at that point I would have tried anything. So on the was home we stopped and got some. To my suprise it helped. I got some sleep that night. I still can't wear a bra but today I did get to wear a shirt!

We are going swimming tomorrow and will let you all know how it goes. Keep your fingers crossed. Thankfully I was the only one who got burnt. The kids were just fine.

Up on the roof top...

Today I had another migraine and decided to take a little nap before dinner. Well James didn't get the message that was what I was doing and the boys had a little free time. James had come upstairs and saw Brendyns window open and he was really hot and red. So he asked the boys what they were doing. Joshua being the good brother said "Brendyn was on the roof." So James stuck his head out the window and got the toys from the roof. AGAIN we talked about how dangerous it was to be on the roof. Then as we were heading out to dinner we saw several toys on the ground and asked how they got there. Joshua said " we were throwing them out the window and they were making a big splash in the water!" So I said "its not safe to sit on the roof." Joshua replied "mom Brendyn was sitting on the roof, I was standing." It was funny because he felt like he had done nothing wrong because he was standing and not sitting. Tomorrow we are going to the store to buy something to keep that window shut.

Alyssa's Health

Well its been a while since I have written but we have been really busy!!

Alyssa still has her tubes due to the fact that she has been pretty sick. She got the stomach flu that turned into 2 trips to the hospital and eventually pneumonia. At the same time I was sick and in bed also. As I was getting ready for bed and she was just waking up from a nap, I realized she didn't look well at all. So I took her temp and she was running a fever of 105.4! So I called my mom and asked what all I needed to do because Motrin was not working. I put her in a cool bath and called a nurse to see what she recommended also. She told me to get her to the hospital immediately. So that's what we did.

I took her to MU. Well they were full and put us in the hallway with 4 other people to wait for a doctor. I explained what was going on and the did a quick once over and ordered a chest x-ray because she was complaining of tingling in her chest. They found nothing and basically told me I was over reacting and she just had a cold. So I again told them what was wrong with her and they said if she wasn't better in the morning take her to the family doctor. I left not very happy.

The next day after not eating for 6 days throwing up none stop and only going potty twice in 48 hours I decided to take her to another hospital. So we then headed to Boone. There we were seen by an old friend and i new she was in good hands. After all the information they just couldn't figure out what was wrong. Because she was having stomach pains they wanted to rule out appendicitis, so they ordered a CAT scan. While waiting for the results they put her on an iv. The end result was severally dehydrated and pneumonia. They said (in not so many words) that the other hospital should have caught this. So they gave her several meds and said if there was anymore problems to bring her right back and they would admit her. Since he was a friend I was ok with the plan. He even called two days later to make sure she was ok and see if she should come back. It took her several more days to totally bounce back but she is much better!!!

Then a week or so later she was covered head to toe with poison ivy!! Poor girl has had a rough month. We are hoping that next week she will get her tubes out and be healthy for awhile. Well other than having to see a stomach doctor due to some issues :)