The Miracles of Modern Medicine

I realize we all get sick. I also realize that most illnesses have multisymptoms. Fortunately our last bouts of illness have all only had one symptom, until last week. Poor J woke up out of no where with "rapid onset croup". We've had croup before, but this was our worst. I thought he was having an asthma attack and treated him with "wheezy" our penguin nebulizer. When the second round of that didnt work I gave him the oral steroid we now keep on hand after our really REALLY scary asthma attack in January. I started packing for the hospital while we waited for the medicine to kick in and the on-call nurse to call back. Fortunatly, that worked and found out at the doctors the next morning, that croup and asthma are given the same oral steroid when in severe distress. Then we really started to snow ball. I talked to Martha (the on call nurse) every night this week, asking her questions like, his fever was 104.3 and the tylenol only brought it down to 103.9, is it safe for all 5 of these medicines to be given at once, he is still breathing 57 breaths per minute and nothing is slowing him down. Thats the one that landed me back in the doctors office. Poor J had croup, fever, asthma, ear infection, conjunctivitic, and pneumonia! Thanks to modern medicine, he still sounds like a seal, but feels much better.

Now little T has a fever, and N is barking. Ready for round 2 - DING!

Parada Del Sol

We had a great day at the parade, the weather was perfect, parking easy, kettle corn great. This is no Macy's day parade balloon but it really did kick things off.J's favorite part was the suckers, (every time I looked over he was eating a new one)T's favorite part was the horses, he would get very excited with monkey noises and pointing every time they passed. This guy was N's favorite part, I think he surprised all of us.

One more note: we have really been trying to eliminate "potty talk" in our house and N spent the whole parade trying not to laugh at the pooper scoopers and wondering if he would get in trouble for calling them that. Every time they would pass I would see the corner of his mouth turn up a little and he would look at me and smile. Boys will be boys right? At least he tried.

Meet Jacaham and Nathaham Lincoln

Since we were driving home from Sierra Vista on Presidents Day, we just got around to learning a little something about Abe Lincoln. Things the kids found the most interesting were that his face is on the penny, he grew up in a really small log cabin, and a story I hadn't heard before about an 11 year old girl that wrote a letter to Abe Lincoln while he was running for president. She told him he would look much better with a beard and more ladies would vote for him and convince their husband to as well. Lincoln grew the beard and after he was elected passed through this little girls town. When he learned she was in the crowd he was speaking to, he walked over and gave her a big "fatherly" kiss.

The beard might have worked for Abe but as for these two future presidents, I prefer them clean shaven.

Lets go fly a kite.

J did this all by himeself. He was so proud. Nothing better than a three year old and a new kite.

Roses are Red. . .

We spent this Saturday working in the yard. Cam's goal was to pull out the stumps of the four oleanders he chopped down. After hacking away for a couple hours with a pick axe, he went out and rented a stump grinder. The kids and I prepared the garden beds, realigned the pavers and pruned back the roses. The last bush of the day had this beauty on it. It is so big that it fills both of my hands cupped together. Aaahhh, just in time for Valentines Day.

Belated Martin Luther King Day

N brought this home in his friday folder. I asked him who it was and he said, "thats Martin Luther King, he got shot" I think next year we will pay a little more respect and learn why and what he died for.

Challenger Space Center

We took the family to the space center on Saturday and loved it. Everything except the mint and chip astronaut ice cream.

T-did Not like the elevator

J-stomp rockets

N-rocket switch board

Me-rocket simulator

C-airplane flying video game