Take 5

I don't often have bad ideas. I had one today.

I took the 2 little kids to the book and breakfast at Timmy's school. They have it twice a year and we always go. They love it.

This is the first year that Timmy has been in the afternoon class. We usually go to the B and B and then he stays for school. This was not the case today. He had to go home. He did not take it like a man. It took forever to get him in his seat and buckled (he ended up with no buckle the whole way home) and by the time we were on the road, I was ready to toss him out the window.

When we got home I noticed that Aly has a nice green runny nose. Good thing I took her to play with a bunch of kids huh?? (most of whom she was very affectionate with)

I'm just glad that we went to the Dr yesterday and that I filled her scrip, just in case. :)

New Moon was totally worth any and all trouble I will experience today. I loved it and look forward to seeing it again and again.

The most obnoxious part of this day...

Timmy was trying to get out of the gate at the preschool. I was carrying Aly and my sweater and my purse and so did not see the little kid I tripped over. She fell and she cried and I apologized, but the mother didn't speak enough english to realize what I was saying and just kept giving me dirty looks. Hmmm, maybe don't let a 1 year old wander freely when 50 people are trying to move around and wrangle their kids in a small space. Just a suggestion.

I am hoping to turn this day around with a little baking and some National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. :)

Take 4 1/2

What does an EEG look like??


This. :)

There are about 50 probes covering his head and chest.



I sent along a milk cup to keep him calm. It worked.




They wrap you up in gauze so the probes don't fall off.




Then they flash a strobe light in your face to simulate the brains activity when you have a seizure. Thankfully, he did not seize.




This test COULD NOT have gone better.

They got everything they needed and he was completely cooperative.

He even fell asleep.

My kid is a freaking champ.

Take 4

Timmy's EEG is today. We kept him up until 2:30 am at which time Scott forced him to bed. He woke up @ 7 or so, so we are well within the 4-6 hour range.

I learned today that my son is a supergrouch when he has had little to no sleep.

What has made this even better is the fact that he is sick. Deep, phlegmy cough, green runny nose, the works.

Looks like we get to go to the Dr. this morning before the EEG. If we can even still do the EEG. I sure hope so. I so do not want to repeat this week.

OOOHHHH. and now Aly is coughing all over the place. Looks like I get to take 2 kiddos to the Doc. eep.

Not to mention the fact that the New Moon premier is tonight so mommy won't go to bed until @ 3 am. :) I am hoping it will be worth it.

Crazy Week: Take 3

Today wasn't so bad...

Bryon went back to school and his cough is now under control. yay!

Timmy slept in kind of late which meant that we couldn't go to the gym, but he has coughed up most of that crap from yesterday, so I guess that's good.

Tonight we get to keep him awake. He is only allowed to get 4-6 hours of sleep tonight. I also have to keep him awake until @ 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. Yeah, we'll see how successful we are with that. I am not optimistic.

The best part of today was my meeting with Timmy's teachers and the special ed dept head. Timmy is making great improvements and will definitely qualify for Autistic kindergarten next year. (Trust me, this is a good thing.)

It was so nice to hear how well he is doing and see how much he has improved over the last few years.

It was also nice to hear that they love me as a parent because I am hands on with my kids and so on top of everything. I'm a pro at this stuff. :)

Wish us luck tomorrow. We probably won't be successful and will end up needing a sedated EEG, but we are gonna give it a go and see what happens.

Crazy Week: Take 2 1/2

My Timmy is a champ!

He did so great I am bursting with pride. He was put to sleep with gas before they did any poking. :)

So cute in Daddy's glasses.




Nothing like some Teddy Grahams to cheer a boy up.


It is also helpful that peds has cute, sweet nurses.

It took a while to wake him up because he is such a hard sleeper. He was a little drunk this afternoon, but otherwise fine. He has some goo down his throat from being intubated, but he is coughing that stuff up. Hopefully he is 100% by tomorrow.

Crazy Week: Take 2

Have you ever had an MRI? I have. It was unpleasant to say the least. My first was when I was 16 and I had to go in the machine head first because they were looking at my shoulder. The second, I was 26 and they were looking at my pelvis so my head stayed out of the tube. Hallelujah.

Timmy is 5. Have you met my Timmy? Do you think there is a snowballs chance in hell that he will hold still in a tube with the constant knocking(that's what it sounds like) for an hour?? The answer is no.

This means he will be sedated. Which means no food and no fluids. For Timmy.
We kept him up until about 11:30 last night and fed him a last meal from Jack in the Box. He powered through an entire chicken strip meal. I was impressed.

He was allowed fluids until 9:30 and then nothing after. It was interesting to say the least. This kid knows how to get whatever he wants wheneer he wants. And just because he went to bed at 11:30 doesn't mean he is going to sleep in. :) Not my boy.

Sorry, I'm rambling, but Scott just took him to the hospital and from 12-1 pm, my baby boy will be sedated in an MRI tube and all I can think is "what if I'm wrong?" I am torturing my baby for nothing. My fears are on the exteme ends of ploar opposites. A part of me is certain that they will find some enormous tumor, and the other part is convinved that there is nothing wrong with him, I was completely mistaken, and he is going through these long tests for nothing.

Eep. I will post again after the MRI. Hopefully he doesn't have too hard a time when he wakes up. Bryon was terrified, so we had a good long cry together when he came out of sedation.

Fingers crossed.

Crazy week: Take 1

This was supposed to be my nice, normal day. I was supposed to go to the gym and clean my house and get lots done because I have a crazy week this week.

Nope. When does anything work out the way I plan it?? Never. That's when.

Anyways...

My Bryon is sick so we went to the Dr. this morning. Then we hit the Target pharmacy to fill our prescription and get all the other crap the Dr wants him to take. You try getting fluids into a kid that doesn't want them. Not a pleasant task people. Whatever. Maybe he will take a nap. Probably not, but maybe.

So, this means no gym for little Tenille today or tomorrow because, well, Bry Bry is sick.

I also get to wash all the bed stuff in our house because when Bryon is sick he likes to play musical beds. Sounds fun, doesn't it?? Yeah, it's not. I also get to fold and put away all the towels I used to mop up the flood he caused last night.

Good Times.

Hope your Monday is better than mine.