Weekend Recap

 Alright, I forgot to actually put the numbers on this collage, but I'm sure you can figure it out. 1-3 are across the top, 4-6 across the middle from L to R, etc.

1. Christian's kindergarten class sent him a card. He read it several times. It meant a lot to him.

2. I spent a LOT of time snuggling my boy who wanted to be held non-stop. If you know Christian, you know that this is completely out of character for him.

3. On day three we colored some pictures together with the brand new crayons and coloring book Uncle Tim & Auntie Erin sent.

4. He really was happy about his balloon and stuffed animal from his cousins Hannah, Elizabeth and Adam. He was NOT, however, happy about getting his picture taken.

5. This crib was in our room on the other side of the curtain. The whole time we were there I was worried we were going to have to share a room with a sick baby. Christian was worried that they were going to make me sleep in there!

6. This is the teddy bear that Christian named "Hugger" from Mimi, Em, Abby & Nate!

7. First meal!!! WooHoo!! Apparently the hospital thought scrambled eggs would be a good idea after not eating for 4 days. That would not have been my choice, but you don't really get a choice.

8. Seriously?? Why on earth do places either have to be Pepsi or Coke. Why can't they just have both? Okay, I know why but that Diet Pepsi was just annoying. 

9. Hanging out with Daddy.

Look at that smile! So excited to go home and even more excited to get that IV out of his hand!!!!

Christian slept for 14 hours straight last night. I finally woke him up to make him drink something. He's done so well today. He doesn't have a ton of energy, but his appetite is back. He's been eating lots of little meals today, but after every meal he gets really bad stomach cramps and feel pretty miserable again. So we're getting there. His tummy just needs to adjust to having food again. He is dying for some Papa John's pizza. It's just about all he can talk about, so I think we might get some tommorrow.

Thank you so much for your prayers.

It brings tears to my eyes every time I think of each of you lifting my little boy's name before the Lord.

We are certainly blessed to be surrounded by the body of Christ.

We're Home

 Thanks for praying for Christian!! We got home a little while ago! It's so good to be home. Of course Christian threw up right when they were about to discharge us. I could have cried. Thankfully they let us come home anyway. He is still very sick, but he's so much better than he was and I feel confident that we can handle it from home at this point.

He was so happy to get that IV out of his hand and he was totally embarrassed to ride in a wheelchair to the front door. His embarrassment showed me that he's feeling a lot better. Today he started playing with the buttons on his bed and complaining about the IV in his hand itching and I knew he had turned the corner and was on the road to recovery. He didn't even notice those fun buttons on the bed the first two days.

We really had a very sweet time together in the hospital. He was terribly sick. It was incredibly hard to see him suffering and in pain. But I loved holding him, snuggling him, reading to him and singing to him. I loved that I could give him my undivided attention.

Please continue to pray for him. He's having a lot of stomach pain and is still very nauseated. And he's got a few other things going on too. I think his official diagnois was pneumonina, stomach virus and a migraine. His white cell count was off the charts and his electrolytes were not great. In hindsight, I waited too long to take him to the ER. We've just had a bad experience there before, but we really had some wonderful nurses and doctors this time around. I feel very very thankful for all the medical staff that was such a blessing to us over the last several days.

I'll post more later. I am dying to get a shower ;) and head to my own bed!!!!

A touch from Jesus

 Christian needs a touch from Jesus. He's been in the hospital for about 24 hours now and we're expecting him to be there for another 24 hours at least. He is one sick little man. 

 I was so worried about him getting an IV, but he handled that like a grown up. Oral medication is a different story. He cries and screams and kicks like a two year old.

 We need to specifically pray that he will STOP THROWING UP (it's been 4 days now) and we need a break from the fever and migraine. Even with meds. the fever has never completely gone away.

He's been very sad.

But last night we called Mimi (aka Auntie Amy) and she suggested that we play "Angry Birds." I know we're in the dark ages around here considering I had no idea how to play it. Christian is now an expert b/c you can do it with one hand!! We also read the Complete Book of Curious George Stories....the entire thing. Curious George goes to the hospital was very appropriate, although I have no idea why the man with the yellow hat couldn't spend the night with George. That was just sad.

I came home to feed Will while daddy hangs out at the hosptial with Chrish playing the Wii. Yay!!! They have a Wii. That was very exciting to Christian. They do not, however, have internet access. What in the world?? I guess they forgot that it's 2011 for heaven's sake!

Please keep praying for him!

I'll give you an update sometime tomorrow!

Not such a great idea

Tonight

It's 10:40pm.
I'm hanging out on the couch with Christian watching Lego TV.
He has been suffering so terribly today.
We made a visit to the pediatrician this morning at 8:30am.
We ended the day with a visit to Urgent Care at 6pm.
He will NOT stop throwing up.
It's insane.
They gave him Zofran this morning and he still is throwing up.
The Urgent Care doctor was a little surprised by that.
I just can't figure out if the migraine is causing the throwing up.
Or if the fever is causing the migraine.
Or if the bronchitis is causing the fever which is causing the migraine.
Or if the throwing up is just a virus that's causing a migraine.
Clearly the various doctors we saw today don't know what is going on with this boy either.
I am exhausted and so sad to see him so miserable.
And my stomach is feeling a little iffy.
But you know how it is...you're not going to feel great when you've been around a vomiting kid all day.
I am praying and praying for sleep tonight.
Last night I got less than 2 hrs.
I could have cried with joy when my mom came over today so I could take a nap.
So please pray for Christian. He needs it.

School Time

I have now entered a new stage in my life. It's called the "Mom, how do you spell...." stage. You can pretty much guarantee that if Christian is in the house he's going to be asking me how to spell something. I am asked how to spell words at least 30 times a day. It's really fun when I'm on the phone.  He's taking this whole school thing pretty seriously. He has even created behavior charts for each member of our family and each day he decides if we're on green, yellow or red. So far I'm on green! Yes!

Christian is also really worried about McKenna's lack of educational experience. So he has started "teaching" her school. He has drawn up a calendar and so far they're on day 4 of school. They pretty much do "school" every afternoon when Christian gets home from school, but they also have school on the weekends. Thankfully McKenna seems to be entertained by his very intense instruction. And she actually does know a lot about the letter "F" now because of Christian. Christian has also been working on her counting and I think he was about to bang his head against the wall when she could not remember that 30 comes after 29. I mean he told her two times and she still doesn't remember. ha!

Midnight

It's midnight.
I should totally be heading to bed
but I'm going to sit here for a minute and take a deep breath and ramble.

I always thought that the baby/toddler stage was the hardest,
but having a school aged kid is a whole new ballgame.
I'm all the sudden being directed to do things by other people all the time.
And I'm having a hard time with that.
I don't love having to read a certain book with Christian, instead of the book I want to read with him.
Or having to memorize a certain scripture that's been chosen for me, instead of the one I really want his heart to know.
It's crazy how many papers I have to keep track of.....
book orders
fundraisers
soccer practice & games
snack for soccer
snack for school
wear Blue on Thursday
don't forget pj day
return library book
sign up for parent teacher conference
pack lunch
put more money in lunch account
wear old shoes for trip to the farm
practice focus words
do poetry homework
complete nature scavenger hunt

okay, you get the idea...the list goes on and on.

In the midst of all that, both Christian & McKenna have been sick.
Round the clock breathing treatments for both of them.
And we've had a huge victory in our house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First the first time in Christian's life he has willingly taken medicine without throwing up, crying, moaning or falling on the floor.
There just might have been a remote control monster truck as an incentive, but hey, whatever works!

The next 10 days of my life are going to be insanely busy.
So you might not hear from me much.
I have so many things I just have to remember to blog about....
a great parenting victory
a huge, huge, huge answer to prayer
so much to share.
I wish it wasn't midnight!

P.S. I'm sitting here looking at my kitchen with great dismay. Why on earth can't I keep my counters cleaned off?? It makes me crazy!

UPDATE #1:
And now it's 2am and Christian is throwing up with a fever of 102. This is fun. I think I slept for about 30 minutes so far tonight.

UPDATE #2:
Now it's 4am. Do you like this live blogging in the middle of the night?? It's what's keeping me sane at this point. Will wet thru his diaper. Awesome. So now he's wide wake. Christian's awake too.  I would love to NOT be awake right now, but I guess we've all had our fair share of these long nights of motherhood.

Will just wants you to know...

that he does NOT like teething. His mom doesn't like it either!

He's working on tooth #3 & #4 right now.