recovery

We are all finally feeling 100%
While we were recovering this is what we did.... painted, colored and watched videos!

Sickies

This last week has been a trying one. On Saturday as I had said in the last post, John didn't feel well and it just got worse. Sunday he still was sick and Brandon was getting sick. You could just tell that we were in for a bad week. The worse thing was I was feeling bad and Brian was leaving for Lake Tahoe for a skiing trip. i had my mom come over Sunday night to help me out, the boys were fussy and John had a fever (it got up to 102.5) and Brandon was running around like a crazy person from being cooped up for so long. Well I woke up Monday morning (praise the Lord John slept through the night) feeling really bad. Got my mom to come over so I could go to the doctor and low and behold I had strep throat. I call Brian in Tahoe and he had lost his voice and had some congestion. So I knew Brian had to take the boys to the doctor. Cindy (aka Nana) and my mom (aka Jojo) took the boys to the after hours clinic and can you believe this... John has an ear infection. FIRST ONE EVER FOR EITHER BOY! Brandon has a sinus infection. So we are all sick. I went ahead and told mom to go home Monday night and i could deal with the boys. Well John decided to wake up seven times that night. He ended up in bed with me (again, the first time ever). Tuesday they were still very fussy and Cindy came over and hung out with us and helped out with the boys and spend the night so I could get some rest but of course John slept through the night!! Today, we are all doing a little better. I feel good as long as I have meds in me. Brandon has his appetite back but is still being very lazy which is not normal for him (he also lost 8oz. this week) and John is being very clingy and fussy, cries over anything and only wants to be with me and watch videos (he lost a pound this week).
I am exhausted and am ready for Brian to get home (he called and is feeling 100%). The boys and I are at about 50-60% but they are going to school tomorrow to get out of the house since we have been inside for 5 days straight! We are all on antibiotics and hopefully will be well by the weekend.
John is still scheduled for surgery Tuesday so we will be doing the clingy, video, and crying thing next week too. But at least it will only be one kiddo! Next we embark on Brandon going to school and being alone at night with out his brother by his side. Should be interesting!

Sesame Street Live

Even though the boys are under the weather we took them to see Sesame Street Live. (Brandon is feeling better, John however is another story and has a fever. The problem with that is if we give him anything other then Tylenol he can not get his surgery so we are having a rough go of it right now.) John however LOVED the show, didn't act sick at all and danced and clapped and laughed. Brandon was a little reluctant at first but got into it and saying MORE all the time. I promise we were good parents and no one got around the boys and we left early to avoid crowds!

Fun Times

The boys love to jump!!!

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Surgery!

Our little man is having surgery February 16.
We had an appointment with a new ENT this morning for the second opinion and fell in love with this doctor. He explained everything and kept asking if we have questions and really took his time with John. So here is the deal... John has large tonsils, on a scale from 1 to 4 he is a 3 1/2. The doctor said that John has Darth Vader breathing and definitely has an obstruction and the best solution is to get his tonsils out. As well we will be getting his adenoids out because the grow congruently with the tonsils. They also checked his hearing and he passed but has some issues with pressure in both ears. It is like he can not pop his ears on a plane ride. So that can be an issue with how he is hearing his words. Getting his adenoids out should help this issue and if down the line when we check his hearing again we will see if the pressure is gone and if not we might look into ear tubes.

Videos

Somtimes I just have to smile, they make us laugh so often!

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AND SO IT BEGINS....
(do not teach your kids this, Brandon just randomly did this and I had to capture it!!)

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ENT Update

Brian and I took John to the ENT today and he was such a CHAMP! Never cried and sat still for the doctor to examine him (it's a first). The doc said that his mouth is small so everything is closer together and his tonsils are a little inflamed. She said he should not be snoring the way he does or waking up at night the way he does. She recommended a sleep study and then a review of the results and scheduling an appointment to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. It is a lot to take in and we will be doing some research but we think John is headed to surgery!

We will be getting a second opinion just to be on the safe side.