Forgive me, I've been busy

For all those who have e-mailed me complaining about the lack of updated pictures, please allow me to explain. I have a bunch of new pics all ready to be uploaded to the blog. Stories all ready to share and make you smile and giggle and get all sentimental. However, instead of enjoying Hailey's nap time blogging away on a cloudy, relaxing day, I spent Sunday at the emergency room with Parker Daniel. The poor little guy hadn't slept well Saturday night, very restless, and woke up all stuffy. While Hailey was napping I took his temp and sadly he had a fever so I called the pediatrician. She informed me that a fever in a child under 2 months is considered an emergency and we needed to head to the ER for a work up. What she failed to mention- something I find extremely important- is that going to the ER for a work up did not just mean blood and urine cultures, which I expected, but also a lumbar puncture to rule out meningitis. Also worthy of noting to frightened parents is that once you are there you are admitted for at least 48 hours of IV antibiotics. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? Why she would fail to mention this on the phone I have no idea as apparently it is standard practice. So what I thought would be a little blood work, turned into two days of me and Parker in the hospital with his poor little IV for the yucky meds being pumped into his system. Needless to say, it was not restful for me, although Parker did extremely well. Thank goodness they don't remember the things we put them through as infants.

We were allowed to leave before the 48 hours was up as I promised that as a nurse I would surely know if my child suddenly became REALLY sick and under the condition that we would return should anything suddenly appear on his blood or urine cultures. I did not receive that terrible call so I am assuming that no news is good news and that our little man just has a cold.

We came home last night and upon our arrival I started feeling terrible. Chills, body aches, queasy stomach. I figured it was just because I was so exhausted so I left Jona with the kids and went to bed. Unfortunately, Parker was grumpy and wanted to eat every hour so there was no real rest for the weary until 7ish when I ran to the bathroom to toss up my guts and everything I had eaten all day. Joy of joys. Its tough to breastfeed when you really want to barf. My upset stomach lasted through the night but seems to be better now. Parker is blissfully snoozing in his boppy and Hailey is napping (or at least she is being quiet!). And I am going to pay bills :)

I will put pics on later- I promise.