We were driving this morning to drop the kiddos off to their prospective childcare facilities (ugh, don't ask).... the subject of the boys' birthdays came up (not all too uncommon these days...both coming up in July)...
Josiah.... how long will it be until my birthday?
Me.... Just about 5 weeks away...
Josiah... So, just over a month?
Me...yep
long pause...........
Josiah...Well do we have to go to the babysitter that day?
Me.... Depends on if it's a work day for mom...
Josiah... (in SHOCK) you mean they don't give you the day off when it's your kid's birthday????
Me... I wish, but no....
Josiah... Well, I think they should!!!!
Ahhh....... the innocence... : )
A few weeks ago Josiah had a fairly decent BMX crash. As evening rolled around, his knee started to get really swollen, so I thought I better get it looked at (sometimes hard to tell real from drama with that middle kiddo!!)
So, we are sitting in the exam room waiting on them to come from x ray.... trying to entertain the best I can with what I have...
After long pause with no conversation...... Eli (my ever so funny 4 year old) says..........
SO........ YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ARMPITS???
I immediately burst into laughter. He says WHAT????.....
(lifting his arm pointing to his armpits)
YOU KNOW.... ARMPITS.... YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT EM???
Man, I love that kid!!!!!
My mom just reminded me of another funny story.....
The kids just spent the week with my parents (God bless their hearts!). They had taken the kids to Dairy Queen for ice cream one evening. They were sitting next to an older couple at the next picnic table...
Hannah's ice cream fell off her cone and onto the table.... Moments later, Josiah's ice cream fell on the table. Good grief!!!
Just as straight faced as he could be Eli turned to the older couple and said....
WE EAT LIKE PIGS HERE!!
They all burst into laughter. Once again....Eli wondering what was so funny? : )
Monday, June 14, 2010
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Beautiful Hannah...
How this journey started....
Hannah was born prematurely at 34 weeks gestation. She was a relatively healthy preemie; initially having difficulty maintaining body temperature and needing to grow. She weighed 4 pounds 9 ounces at birth. When she was four months old she began to drool, non stop. We were told the first year she was "teething." At 18 months old, we really started searching for reasons of why her shirt was always soaking wet. We saw various specialists who always sent us to another specialist, saying "everything looks okay." She spent years in oral motor/feeding therapy to help her not to drool. It wasn't until she was four years old and in preschool that we started to get some answers. Her preschool teacher commented one day that she wasn't reponding when her name was called. I took this information to her pediatrician who then orderd an EEG, "just to rule it out." Much to our shock and amazement, the results showed, she was having seizures. That is the day our journey REALLY began. Once she began taking seizure medication the drooling almost stopped completely. (She will still drool to this day when she is having seizure activity). Since then, it has been a roller coaster; countless medications and medication changes. She has never really reponded well to any medication.
About two years after she was diagnosed with epilepsy, the doctors noticed that her blood pressure was running high. After many tests, she was diagnosed with hypertension. We still are not sure why, but her cardiologist feels her blood vessels are thicker than normal.
About this same time, we also began looking into why Hannah was such a horrible sleeper. She would thrash, talk, move every which way, during her sleep. The sleep studies revealed that she has alveolar hypoventilation sydrome, which means she has too much carbon dioxide in her system when she sleeps. To help this, she wears a BI-PAP at night. This has been monumental in giving her more effective and quality of sleep.
Every day is a challenge for Hannah and our family as a whole. Blitzen has been an absolutely wonderful addition. She calms herself sometimes just by petting and loving on him. He has been trained in behavior disruptions and will sometimes be able to stop a meltdown from getting out of control.
It has been extra hard on the whole family since daddy is deployed to Iraq. He has been gone since January 09 and will gone until Jan 2010. We get to talk with him by phone and on the web cam; which is nice, but not the same!! Blitzen has helped to make his absence go just a little smoother....
About two years after she was diagnosed with epilepsy, the doctors noticed that her blood pressure was running high. After many tests, she was diagnosed with hypertension. We still are not sure why, but her cardiologist feels her blood vessels are thicker than normal.
About this same time, we also began looking into why Hannah was such a horrible sleeper. She would thrash, talk, move every which way, during her sleep. The sleep studies revealed that she has alveolar hypoventilation sydrome, which means she has too much carbon dioxide in her system when she sleeps. To help this, she wears a BI-PAP at night. This has been monumental in giving her more effective and quality of sleep.
Every day is a challenge for Hannah and our family as a whole. Blitzen has been an absolutely wonderful addition. She calms herself sometimes just by petting and loving on him. He has been trained in behavior disruptions and will sometimes be able to stop a meltdown from getting out of control.
It has been extra hard on the whole family since daddy is deployed to Iraq. He has been gone since January 09 and will gone until Jan 2010. We get to talk with him by phone and on the web cam; which is nice, but not the same!! Blitzen has helped to make his absence go just a little smoother....
2 comments:
Another funny story!!!!Having ice cream with the grandchildren at the neiboring Dq sitting outside. An elderly couple on a picnic table right beside us chatting away. Hannah's ice cream cone fell over on the table, followed by Josiah's. Elijah looked at the elderly couple with a straight face and stated "We all eat like pigs." We all burst into laughter.Elijah said well we do!!!!Good evening had by all.
Hey...your kids are as funny as mine! ;p
...danielle
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