April 10, 2011

April 10, 2011

Dear Family and Friends,

Monday morning I made an appointment to take J in the doctor. We made it in and were able to see someone pretty quickly. The doctor was concerned because he was obviously still full of infection, plus he has a swollen spleen and lymph nodes. We left with a different antibiotic, and instructions to come back the next day to see if he had improved. We spent the rest of the day at home. That night we had the missionaries over for dinner. They then provided the lesson for FHE.

Tuesday morning we went back to the doctor. The good news was that J’s ears had improved. The bad news was that his spleen was still swollen so the doctor wanted to do some blood work to see if they could pick up what was going on. So we then headed over to the hospital for the lab there. I couldn’t find a close parking spot, and it was raining, so we trudged through the rain and finally made it. I was very tired from carrying both boys by this time. (They have a combined weight of 50 lbs. now.) Then after waiting around they finally tell me that my insurance isn’t accepted there. I seriously almost started crying when they told me that I was going to have to walk back to the car, and then go somewhere else and wait some more. Luckily there was a different lab close to the hospital and they let me walk through the hospital so that I didn’t need to go outside. Thankfully the other lab was fast, and I came out of the lab closer to my car. So it wasn’t so bad after all. Later that day I finally went to get some groceries. We were desperate for some provisions in the house.

The rest of the week was pretty quiet. The tests all came back normal, so no mono or anything else. Hopefully this antibiotic will take care of this infection and we will be done! He does seem much improved. We have been working on packing one box a day, in an effort to not get overloaded. Our house is full of boxes, mostly empty now, but the ration is always changing.

Friday morning a friend came over with her children and we let the kids play. Later for our family party we had pizza and then watched a show together.

This is J saying “See ya!”

Saturday morning I went to some garage sales. It was a good day, and I got a lot of great clothes for the boys. The rest of the day we worked on various projects related to moving. In the late afternoon we went to B-man’s school carnival. B-man played a bunch of games, and J was content to eat some popcorn. We did the cake walk (as a family of course) and won on our first attempt! Actually J won, but it looked a little sketch because he was wandering around a bit and there were a few open spots. It was totally legit though. We then came home, heated up pizza for dinner and then got everyone to bed.

Sunday was a good day. We had the usual routine and the usual craziness during Sacrament meeting. We are so happy that J loves nursery now, because he is a loud little boy. After church we had a very relaxing afternoon and evening. After an early dinner we went for a very long family walk. It was beautiful weather and everyone had a great time. After the boys were in bed M packed for a conference that he would be going to this week.

We love you all!

The C Crew