so i'll try not to complain too much. after all, we ARE on vacation & we are at home sweet home. but this time, getting to home sweet home has been trying to say the least.
our goal was to leave our house by 730pm thursday evening. with 1 whiny girlchild & 1 screaming boychild we managed to pull out of the driveway at 743. not bad. but we had to stop in elk river at the verizon store so mattie could get his brand new phone fixed (his fault, he f'd it all up!). it took forever. we were finally on the highway at 905. ugh.
mattie took the 1st driving shift so i could sleep. but i couldn't sleep. i was terrified he would fall asleep. he drove for about 4 hours & then i took over. after being awake for over 24 hours (dont ask....just assume it was beast & you'd be correct) i couldn't go anymore. so just over the indiana border we switched drivers. finally, some sleep right?
WRONG. just as mattie started driving, the lake effect snow began. fabulous. he was mad & i was nervous. so i stayed awake some more! he managed to get through it & then we traded again. still no sleep for me!
shortly after my driving time began, we ran into more snow. yeah, more snow. i just tried to stay calm (i grew up in this crap after all!) & we made it through. i drove us right into PENNSYLVANIA!!!!
not too far past the border i asked mattie to drive again. he took over & finished up. and yes, i finally got about 2 hours of sleep.
but the fun didn't stop when we pulled in the driveway at mom & dad's!!! about a 1/2 hour after we got out of the car, mom & i were taking bryson to the clinic. big thanks to my berwick bff who works there for doing all the paperwork so we could just walk right in! we though beast had an ear infection, but he doesn't. we got him some antibiotics anyway for the crap in his chest. so with the bubble gum meds plus his nebulizer he is finally starting to feel better!
too bad raegan woke up with pinkeye today...........
no joke, no more vacations. staycations it is!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
the raegan shmaegan's check-up
ok, so every post is really for me. but this post is especially for me (well for rae). if i don't write it right now, i'll forget every last bit of it! so to my faithful readers (all 5 of you!), bear with me on this one!!
on friday (11/7), i took rae (and beast) to see dr p. rae needed her 4 year well child check. and of course, we were running late as usual & driving through the 1st snow of the season. we finally got to the clinic (50 miles away b/c i just love the docs there so much), dealt with the bitchy check-in girl, & settled down with some toys at station 4. nurse chelsea called us back & we did the standard height & weight measurements. holy crappola has rae grown! she's 35.5 lbs & 40.5" tall. that would be the 50th & 75th percentiles! much, much better than the 10th & 15th we've gotten used to! no wonder her darn pants are too short but falling off her skinny little waist! she had an eye exam (20/20) & a hearing test (heard every single tone). chelsea checked her blood pressure too (94/52 or something like that). we discussed shots, but raegan didn't want them so she didn't get them! they can wait another year.
after all that, dr p came in to see us. he was fabulous as usual (and reminded me once again why we switched from bitchy dr l to him!!). he asked raegan to count, name shapes, & draw a picture of me. she did really well. he did the standard eyes, ears, & all that jazz. he told me that she should be going to kindergarten in the fall b/c she's so smart! (picture mommy beaming with pride here) problem is, she's going to miss the cutoff & i'm not one for fighting the school or shoving her into a situation i'm not 100% sure she can handle. (i've heard that people often regret sending kids early but never regret holding them back) he tried to talk me into flu shots as usual....and i declined as usual!!
when he was finished w/ rae, dr p kindly asked if i wanted him to check out beast. he knows damn well i wouldn't pass that up!! here's the problem with my little beastie boy.....he has a condition (undiagnosed to this point but i believe it's reactive airway disease) that causes him to wheeze, cough, & just not be able to shake off the common cold. he's been fighting something for 3 weeks & being the fabulous mom i am, i didn't take him in!! dr p decided that since it's VERY early in cold/flu season & beast already has something nasty, we should be giving beast steroids through his nebulizer EVERY DAY. what?!?! every day? is he that sick??? apparently we need to be more proactive. so roids it is (although i have yet to start this routine...i'm a fabulous mom, remember?) & albuterol 3-4x a day when he's sick. ugh. poor kid.
after that great news, dr p said goodbye. (he knows he'll be seeing us soon b/c beast will inevitably be supersick within a few weeks)
the kids & i left the clinic, ran to walmart (where i spent way more than i was intending!!), & stopped for lunch at applebee's. our 1st lunch out ever without daddy to help! but it went really well. we even stayed for some dessert!
with full bellies, we hopped in the car. the kiddos fell asleep in minutes & i somehow managed to stay awake for the 45 minute drive home!
(better post next time i promise!)
(notice my love of parentheses???)
on friday (11/7), i took rae (and beast) to see dr p. rae needed her 4 year well child check. and of course, we were running late as usual & driving through the 1st snow of the season. we finally got to the clinic (50 miles away b/c i just love the docs there so much), dealt with the bitchy check-in girl, & settled down with some toys at station 4. nurse chelsea called us back & we did the standard height & weight measurements. holy crappola has rae grown! she's 35.5 lbs & 40.5" tall. that would be the 50th & 75th percentiles! much, much better than the 10th & 15th we've gotten used to! no wonder her darn pants are too short but falling off her skinny little waist! she had an eye exam (20/20) & a hearing test (heard every single tone). chelsea checked her blood pressure too (94/52 or something like that). we discussed shots, but raegan didn't want them so she didn't get them! they can wait another year.
after all that, dr p came in to see us. he was fabulous as usual (and reminded me once again why we switched from bitchy dr l to him!!). he asked raegan to count, name shapes, & draw a picture of me. she did really well. he did the standard eyes, ears, & all that jazz. he told me that she should be going to kindergarten in the fall b/c she's so smart! (picture mommy beaming with pride here) problem is, she's going to miss the cutoff & i'm not one for fighting the school or shoving her into a situation i'm not 100% sure she can handle. (i've heard that people often regret sending kids early but never regret holding them back) he tried to talk me into flu shots as usual....and i declined as usual!!
when he was finished w/ rae, dr p kindly asked if i wanted him to check out beast. he knows damn well i wouldn't pass that up!! here's the problem with my little beastie boy.....he has a condition (undiagnosed to this point but i believe it's reactive airway disease) that causes him to wheeze, cough, & just not be able to shake off the common cold. he's been fighting something for 3 weeks & being the fabulous mom i am, i didn't take him in!! dr p decided that since it's VERY early in cold/flu season & beast already has something nasty, we should be giving beast steroids through his nebulizer EVERY DAY. what?!?! every day? is he that sick??? apparently we need to be more proactive. so roids it is (although i have yet to start this routine...i'm a fabulous mom, remember?) & albuterol 3-4x a day when he's sick. ugh. poor kid.
after that great news, dr p said goodbye. (he knows he'll be seeing us soon b/c beast will inevitably be supersick within a few weeks)
the kids & i left the clinic, ran to walmart (where i spent way more than i was intending!!), & stopped for lunch at applebee's. our 1st lunch out ever without daddy to help! but it went really well. we even stayed for some dessert!
with full bellies, we hopped in the car. the kiddos fell asleep in minutes & i somehow managed to stay awake for the 45 minute drive home!
(better post next time i promise!)
(notice my love of parentheses???)
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