OUCH!

 

Brooklynn had swimming and it was just getting ready to start. I brough Cameron and McKenna with me because Ryan was getting ready for work and it would cut it close for me to make it home in time to meet him. The kids cousins Connor and Savannah were in swimming too, but hadn't come yet. Cameron was staning in front of the bleachers and he saw them come in. He got so excited that he turned to run the other way (to hide) and slipped on water and flipped over and smacked his head on the hard floor. The lady who is over the lifeguards was there and is also an EMT. She wrapped Cameron's head really good. He looked like a mummy.

 

 

Poor boy was in shock and didn't even talk. They gave him a sucker and he just sucked on it a little, but hardly moved.

 

 

Allyson took Brooklynn and McKenna and we met Daddy at the hospital. They said that Cameron had a concusion and to watch him that night. Once they brought him in a slushy he was happy and about 2 hours after he hit his head he was starting to talk more and show emotion. It was really scary and luckily nothing big came of it. Just a nasty bump and a story to tell.

Grandma Budd- 1924-2012

 

Sunday Evening September 23, 2012 I got a call that my Grandma wasn't going to make it much longer. We rushed over to be there and on the way I got a second call that we were too late. She had passed away.

 

I grew up living with my grandparents. I have always been close to them, in turn my kids became very close to them as well. In the last few years especially I had come over at least once a week and sometimes even 2 or 3 times. My grandma is the sweetest, kindest, most thoughtful, giving, loving, non-judgemental, funny, amazing person I have ever met. In the last few years I have spent a lot of time learning about my grandparents for their story that I am writing for them. I have found that whether nature or nurture I have some qualities of my grandma and I am thankful for that.

 

Grandma has touched so many lives, she has been a friend to those who need someone, she has loved for those alone, she has blessed so many lives. I love you grandma and I think of you every day.

 

Random September 2012

 

 

My cute Girlies! I am trying not to dress them totally alike, although, I think it is adorable. I do have my childhood memories of it being so embarassing. So I coordinate their outfits!

 
 

 

Thank goodness for our playroom in the basement.

 

 

The kids LOVE it so much!

 

 

McKenna mostly plays with the babies! And pretends to be a baby.

 

 

When Cameron gets worn out, he likes to lay and watch a movie on the bed.

 

 

Poor McKenna got sick!

 

 

The girl is exhausted, but just wants to sleep.

 

 

She falls asleep every where!

 

 

Even on Grandma's shoulder. We found out that she had an ear infection. YUCKY!

 

 

Cameron has started to discover Dinosaurs. He even watched a documentary on them. Maybe it will be something that he will really get into.

 

 

Daddy and Brooklynn doing homework together. Oh the joys in life!

Poor McKenna- September 2012

 

 

McKenna has had some bowel problems, not to be too descriptive, but she had white bowels. Which is not good at all. So we were sent over to Riverton to check things out.

 

 

She loved the little waiting area, but didn't get to play long.

 

 

They did an Ultra Sound first

 

 

McKenna was happy to watch cartoons to distract her.

 

 

But she got really nervous when she had to lay on her tummy. She was still brave though.

 

 

They also did an XRay. The Radiologist talked to me and said that she had a lot of Gas and some back up of bowels. But they weren't sure if something else was going on because of the white stool.

 

 

McKenna had to get some blood work done and she was brave. So we went to the store and bought her a little toy. Of course it was Olivia, her favorite!

 

 

So McKenna's organs all looked good and seemed to be functioning properly. But in the blood work it showed that she has really low Vitamins. They also took a stool sample and it showed that all her nutrients were not staying in her system, but were coming out. She is about 5 pounds under weight. That doesn't sound like a lot, but he explained it to me that it is comparable to an adult being 20-25 pounds under weight. I know everyone tells me she looks good, she is fine. I am not worried about how she looks, I want the inside of her body to function the way it is suppose to. I love all my kids and just want them to be healthy, happy kiddos.

Another Surgery- August 2012

 

I had to have surgery the end of August. For me it was routine, I guess you could say, but not enjoyable. It was my 12th Laporoscopy in 11 years and hopefully last. Normally after surgery I recover fast and am up that night. This time it wasn't the case.

 

 

The poor kids didn't know what to do with out me. They were constantly in my room laying in bed with me.

 

 

 

Brooklynn tried to spend as much time as she could with me, her first day of school was the next day.

 

 

 

It was the hardest for Cameron. As wild and crazy as that boy is, he is a big time momma's boy. I love my kiddos.

 

 

Days passed and I still wasn't getting better. I was having chest pressure and my arm was numb. It was really annoying and I knew something was different. I went to the ER and they did a CAT scan to rule out blood clot in my lung and sent me home telling me it was gas and to just rest. I knew better and kept feeling worse. I went back to the ER, but a different hospital. I could tell they too didn't believe me and thought I was a whiny girl. Let me just say I am tough, I have never EVER complained after a surgery. I can deal with the pain and can handle it all, but this was so different. I had called my OBGYN earlier and he told me to go back to the hospital. Over the phone he told me that he thought I had a blood clot in my arm. I told the doctor that and he said, "We can rule that out to make you feel better." So they did the ultra sound on my arm and guess what? I had a blood clot in my arm. How did two ER doctors, miss it and not believe me and my doctor was able to diagnose me over the phone? I think that my doctor knows me, he understands that I know my body and I don't really complain for no reason and so he actually listened to me. The other doctors just thought I was being a baby. I have learned that I have to trust myself and push if I strongly feel something. 

(I am writing this a year later and unfortunately I am still taking Asprin daily to keep the blood clot away. If I am cleaning too much or using that arm a lot than my arm swells up and the blood clot builds back up. I wish there was more we could do but there isn't. It is a superficial vain so it can't go to my heart of lungs- thank goodness. But it is still really annoying.)

 


 

Grandma Budd- Summer 2012

 

 

I got a call from my mom that my Grandma Budd was in the hospital. I rushed over to their house to pick some things up and then went over to the hospital. Of course my grandma said nothing was wrong. She felt fine and she was making jokes as usual. She was just being silly.

 

 
 

They knew that something was going on with her lung, but needed more tests. The doctors sent her home. I went over to their house about 3-4 times a week to visit her. I gave her a manicure one day. She just loved it!

 

 

My mom had to work and so she asked me to take Grandma to her doctor apt. She was so funny and cute. She couldn't remember where we were and why we were there. She thought that she was going with me to the doctors. Love her!

 

So they found that one of her lungs was collapsed and there seemed to be a mass pushing on it. They decided to leave it up to family if they wanted to do a scope or not. I recorded him talking so I could give it to my mom. He said that he recommended the scope, but no matter what they find they couldn't do surgery, because of her age.  My mom and her siblings decided to do the scope.

 

 

Allergist

 

The rashes kept continuing and we were happy to finally get into the Allergist.

 

 

They did the back scratch test and we had to wait. She was so brave.

 

 

It wasn't anything extreme, but she did react to eggs, fish and a small reaction to wheat. I was so sad. Wheat and eggs????

 

 

Poor girl's whole face flushed up with the test.

 

 

They decided to do a blood test to see how badly her allergy was. The blood test came back really good. It showed such a small allergy. The doctor had us test it out. It seemed that she was okay with wheat. (thank heavens), but she still was having a reaction with anything that had egg baked in it. He had us take eggs completely out of her diet (although she hasn't had straight eggs yet, but cakes, cookies, corn dogs and anything else with egg.) Since then we have rarely seen a break out. We went back recently to retest and it was all almost negative, just a small reaction. The Allergist said that some people have no reaction on their back, nothing shows up in the blood work, but if they eat it they have a huge reaction. We are going to continue to avoid eggs and any kind of fish. In another year when McKenna is 3 we will do the taste test and see if she has any kind of reaction that way. She is too young now to tell us and we can't do it at home. We will be at the hospital and have the Epipen ready.

 

Poor sick McKenna

 

Poor McKenna started getting sick. Her cheeks would go bright red and she was sleepy. I took her to the doctor and she had a virus, that turned into an ear infection. She was put on Amoxicilin and she started to get better.

 

Suddenly she got worse again.

 

She was so sick and we didn't know what to do.

 

One of her sick-lazy days. I love this because I think her cute little face looks like a cabbage patch doll.

 

It was a Saturday morning and she broke out in a rash.

 

She was so sleepy.

 

The rash just kept getting worse.

 

You can't see it too well, but it was all over her body. By Saturday afternoon I took her to the Instacare. Because the fact that she had a virus and was on Amoxicilin and the way her rash looked- they diagnosed her with Erythemal Multiforme. Basically you can get it from either the virus or Amox.Since she had both they couldn't decide which, but at this point said she is allergic to all Penicillins. We were told that it could take up to 6 weeks until she was normal again. It was a disease that could even be life threatening. It scared me so much.

 

A day or so later the rash turned really dark and she had maroon spots all over her. It looked aweful. Poor baby!

 

This was a picture from the InstaCare. After 4 days the rash was completely gone. Not a sign of it at all. Wow, that was fast. It didn't take even the minimum 2 weeks.

 

After almost a week the rash apeared again. I thought that seemed really weird. Everything that I read said that it would stay for the minimum up to 6 weeks. It was weird. I took her to our pediatrician twice. Bot doctors we saw said that it probably wasn't Erythemal Multiforme. Thank goodness, but we weren't quite sure what it was.

 

McKenna would get better and then the rash would come back. It was so aweful.

 

She would get random spots.

 

And her cheeks would get all flushed. It was really hard and they did some blood work. Finally the doctor decided to send us to an Allergist.  More to come....