A quick add on!

Mo's hospital room was right down the hall from the oncology wing. Seeing those poor children with cancer reminded us to tell everyone to register with the national bone marrow donor registry. Right now they are sending out their registration kits for free. Just go to their website, http://www.marrow.org/ it doesn't even take 5 minutes!!!! I got my kit in the mail about 3 days after I registered on the website and it took less than 5 minutes to complete! They especially need people from varied ethnic backgrounds.
Just imagine if it was your child who had cancer and bone marrow could possibly save their life. Wouldn't you want everyone possible to be registered?!
The Mom

Like a very bad dream....

The mommy didn't get to shower or do her hair, do not fault her for this. All of the cords hanging off of the little boy are his IV, his heart monitor and pulse ox.
Who every thought a bottom sticking out of a hospital gown could be this cute!


Today we get a little story...


Once upon a time (Friday), a little boy woke up happy as can be. This little boy (Mo) woke up as he usually does in the morning, smiling and talking, excited to meet a new day. It was this boy's mom's first of 4 days off in a row. Much was planned for the weekend. They had some shopping to do, lots of cooking, a bbq, finalizing plans for a new kitchen, the boy's dad had a tee time for golf....big, big plans for the days off. But...the little boy began to not feel so well. After breakfast he became grumpy and was inconsolable. He reluctantly went down for his nap. When he woke up from his nap his crib was full of vomit. He had woken up and vomited in 3 different places in his crib and then layed down and went back to sleep. Apparently not long before he woke b/c the stench was fresh (in case you don't know it is a very foul smell). There was vomit in his hair and all over his clothes. So the boy got a bath in the middle of the day. The boy was not happy about the bath, that is how the mom knew something was wrong b/c the boy always loves a bath. The boy's mom thought he might just have the stomach bug that was going around so she decided to keep an eye on him and call the doctor in the morning if things hadn't improved. The boy's dad came home from work early and they hunkered down for a long afternoon of vomit and sleep and vomit and sleep. The poor boy didn't even have the energy to cry. And he only wanted his mom (the mommy likes that feeling) and nothing to do with his dad. So the dad took over the big brother and the mom dealt with vomit and a sleeping baby boy. After trying fluids a couple of times the boy was able to keep down a couple of sips of pedialyte before bed and the mommy and dad were very relieved and thought the worst must be over. Then they went to bed. The next morning the dad tried to let the mom sleep in and got up with the boy. But moments later a very concerned daddy woke the mom to look at the little boys diaper and there was blood in it. Not a good sign, the mommy and daddy both know this. The boy had woken in a good mood and daddy had thought that everything was golden, but he soon became lethargic again (while mommy was walking down the stairs). Then mommy looked in the boy's crib at the vomit the daddy saw when he got the boy up. And there was more blood. An ever worse sign. so the mommy brushed her teeth and threw some clothes on and drove very quickly, but very safely to Dayton Children's Hospital. Once there an xray was done and it showed that the boy had and intususseption (the mommy is not sure exactly how that is spelled, sorry). Basically the boys intestines were telescoping into each other and creating a very bad situation. The daddy found out later that this could have killed the little boy in just 3 days if it hadn't been found. That really scared the daddy. The doctor told the mommy and daddy there was one thing they could try and if it worked the little boy would not have to go to emergency surgery. The mommy and daddy desperately wanted to avoid surgery. So the interventional radiologist (a very nice and very inteligent woman who deserves every penny of the probably half a million dollars she makes yearly) gave the little boy and air enema under flouroscopy (the mommy is afraid of what that bill will look like). And thankfullly (hallelujia, praise Jesus, thank you God), it worked to un-telescope the little boys intestines and he did not have to go to surgery. He did have to stay in the hospital overnight to make sure his intestines stayed where they were supposed to. Then, he finally got to go home. The mommy and daddy are so releived to have the little boy home, safe and sound. And can now just pretend it was all just a very bad dream.


The End.

Mother's Day, From the Mom!

Well, as we all know yesterday was Mother's day. I hope everyone called their mom! The weather was pretty nast here, rain and thunderstorms all day. Scott and the boys were not supposed to get me any gifts since I'm getting a kitchen, but they didn't listen! My day started with breakfast in bed, yum! For my gift we went and had our family pictures taken (something I have been talking about since Joseph was born!) The pictures turned out great!!! Probably the best ones we've ever taken. They would have been a lot better if my hair had cooperated! We'll get them posted soon! Then we went out to lunch and shopped around the mall a bit. I almost bought some jewelry but refrained myself until I can find exactly what I want. I don't want to settle for a piece that I just like. After we got home I got the best present every! Both of the boys took a 2 hour nap, AT THE SAME TIME!!!!! Then a trip to the gym and takeout for dinner. All in all, quite a good day! Today we're going for Andrew's piano lesson. Hopefully it goes as well as last week! We're hoping we'll get our piano this week, just have to get in synch with movers and such.
Hope everyone had a great day! We'll keep everyone updated on all of our project progress!
The mom!

***We're thinking of you Mimi!

Note from the mom!

Today was Andrew's first piano lesson! Miss Linda is his teacher, she lives right down the road and has been teaching piano for a long time. She has great experience in teaching young children! We went today for a trial lesson, to see if Andrew was ready yet. I was a little worried that she would think he is just too young. But, the lesson went well, Andrew enjoyed himself and surprised us a few times. Miss Linda says she would be happy to take him on as a student! I was sooo glad she thought that he did well and was ready to start. She had told us from the beginning that she would be straight forward and let us know if he was not yet ready. But she was very impressed!! Yeah! We're hoping this will help to reign him in a little bit with his wild tendencies! After his lesson we took advantage of the Momo free time and got Andrew's hair cut. He now has a faux-hawk. Too cute! What a big day for my little boy!
Final word came from the bank today for our kitchen remodel, we will sign our home equity loan papers on Thursday and finally get all of this work started. Right now we're in the process of trying to find a contractor and make some actual decisions. We'll be so glad when this is all done! We're hoping to keep our costs down by doing as much work ourselves as possible. We'll see how well that works......
Yesterday we finished off our raised beds with the new landscaping stone. What an amazing difference it makes! It was a lot of hard work but we were so glad we did it! The next day body aches could be done without though.......
On to the next project(s).
Hope everyone is doing well. We are looking forward to a great summer and lots of fun!
The Mom

Little Boys Updated

Hello everyone!! I'm sure you've all been missing us! We've been keeping mom busy testing her patience....you know, all the things little boys do! We've been working hard on our yard for the past couple of weeks! Mommy started planting early, but she couldn't resist!! Thankfully no frost or freeze so far! We'll be safe on May 15!! We put in a shade garden under the magnolia tree. A new sun garden went in on the side of the house. Our new herb and strawberry garden is currently in progress. Mommy dug it all out, but the plants still need to go into the ground. Mommy says maybe we won't put them in at all b/c they are doing soooo well in their little containers! We also started filling in our already existing flower beds and have started switching everything out to landscaping stone! This is the year for our yard!!! We'll post pictures soon! We have had a lot of fun playing in the dirt and making mud with the hoses! We've been blessed with beautiful weather so far, just a couple of cold days!!! It's been great.
Right now mommy is talking to contractors to remodel the kitchen!!!!! We were hoping to wait till next year, but we can't put it off any longer! We're very excited, but it is a pain! We'll update when we have some finalized decisions. As of right now all mommy says is that we are gutting the kitchen. Whatever that means!
Mommy is posting some pictures of our recent trip to the zoo! What fun we had!!
Hope everyone is doing well!!! We'll chat at ya later!
Love Ya!
Andrew and Joseph
***We're thinking of you Mimi! We hoping you're feeling "better". Call us if you need anything!