We are still here!!

Kaden's cold has finally gone away. He is off oxygen while awake and back to his happy little self. We have not been for a blood level for awhile and frankly I am avoiding that hospital as much as possible. Not interested in getting the flu. I even went so far as to cancel and reschedule Elle and Kaden's Respiratory appointments that we had this week.

Elle actually made it to school 5 days this week!!!!!!!!!! The above picture is of Elle after her hair cut....3 inches!!!

I am not even sure where this week has gone. Picking up formula at Deer Lodge, picking up meds, cleaning, feeding, administering meds...blah blah blah.....and here we are Friday!! Oh! We had visitors this week!! Sarah and her new baby (3 weeks old). She is a friend and she cuts/colors literally my whole family. Charlie was absolutely adorable and so tiny! Today we had a friend that I use to work with and her two cute little girls and Kristen and her two cuties also!! For those of you who don't know Kristen I came across her blog about her beautiful little girl Georgia. I never got a chance to meet Georgia but look forward to hearing more stories about her and getting to know Kristen more!!! If anyone would like to read their story you can go to my profile and click on Georgia's blog....amazingly written and AMAZING parents. I am envious about how honest she can be about her feelings.

A side from all that our stroller is in!!! FREEDOM!!!!! It will hold both kids and I will be able to go for walks and maybe even the mall on my own if I needed.

Tomorrow is our night out! Our only night out for the summer!! How pathetic is that. The nursing we have is only able to offer this Saturday and during the week. So, I guess we will be sitting around the fire in the backyard all summer.....who knows maybe things will work out and we will get more nights out.....haha.....

SLEEPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, after over a week of Elle and Kaden being sick Elle is recovered and Kaden is still struggling to feel better. He has kept us busy during the night. He has graciously allowed us to sleep for 3-4 hours a night (not in a row). He is waking himself up coughing and choking. Then he can't go back to sleep and finally works himself into a fever......THEN, he gets Tylenol and a diaper change and then.................well then we could quite possibly wait for hours till he decides to go to sleep. His sat monitor rings off in the night 20+ times due to oxygen going down or elevated heart rate.....Today he had his nurse here and he was so tired that he literally slept all day. That makes me nervous we are going to be up all night again. We are increasing his one puffer and see if that stops the coughing in the night. If he is not better by Thursday I have to take him in to have his chest reassessed. He may need some Prednisone to get him over this. Other than that his blood work from last week was good.

That's it for now I am going to go get Kadens feed started in hopes that we can all sleep tonight. Paul is sleeping downstairs tonight so 50% of us are going to have a nice sleep at least!!!!

Kiddies recovering....

Since last writing Kaden has gotten sick. He is coughing and when you listen to his chest there are some wheezes and crackles. Nothing major though. We had him to the Pediatrician on Monday and she gave us some Ventolin and Flovent (puffers) and he has been getting them and so far so good. He is still smiling and playing so that is always a good sign!!! He is needing a small amount of oxygen while awake and sleeping. Last night he decided it would be fun to cough himself awake at 3am and then continue to stay up till 8:30am.....of course then he gets himself worked up that he can't fall asleep and then he becomes fevered....so I gave him some Tylenol to calm him and not even that was going to make him sleep!!!!!! Anyway, that was the third night of him having brutal sleeps so I hope that tonight we can all sleep till at least 6am....guess we will see what he has planned for us!!!

Elle, she finished her antibiotics and was back at school today. She looked so cute coming off the bus today. She greeted us with a big smile and a little giggle. She is just so cute. She will not be at school tomorrow as her class is going to the Forks for the Children's Festival and I think its suppose to rain and being outside for that many hours may be too much for her as she is still coughing and not a 100%...