Sunday, March 13, 2016
Close Call
I noticed last week that Lucas was starting to get sick. He was throwing up here and there throughout the week, got a cough, and started to become increasingly fussy. I thought it was just a cold since Stephen had, had one I figured it was only a matter of time before everyone else caught it.
Last Friday I laid Lucas down for an afternoon nap. He awoke a few hours later and I could hear him laughing to himself through the monitor. It was pretty cute. So I went upstairs to unload the dishwasher because I wasn't in any hurry to get Lucas out of his crib if he wasn't crying. As I unloaded the dishwasher I noticed that it was quiet again--I hadn't heard Lucas make any noise for a few minutes, and thought that was strange because I knew he wouldn't go back to sleep. I opened his bedroom door to check on him to see if he had, in fact, gone back to sleep.
When I entered his room my heart sank into the pit of my stomach. For a split second I thought the worst had happened. As I opened the door Lucas was laying on his belly, his eyes were open, but he didn't respond when I opened the door. No noise, no movement, his eyes didn't even move to acknowledge my presence. I leaped across the room to pick him up to see if he was all right. His face was wet and sticky from laying in a puddle of snot. He moved! I cannot even express how relieved I was, but I knew something was wrong. He was limp, and hot, and struggling to breathe. He was trying really hard to push air through his mouth--long hard breaths. I quickly called the pediatrician to see if I should take him to the ER or if I could bring him into the office. They immediately made room for me, so I scooped both boys up and put them in the car.
The office was packed with sick children, but they let me through the moment I got there. Lucas had seemed to "wake up" a little bit by the time I got there too. They gave him a breathing treatment of albuterol to help open his airways since his oxygen levels were low. It seemed to help, and they had the hospital bring me a nebulizer to continue his treatments at home.
The next day Lucas hadn't made an progress, in fact, that afternoon his fever spiked at 103 so I took him back to the doctor to be reevaluated. They didn't tell me anything different, so we went home. Finally, the next day he looked and sounded better; he even ate! I hate it when the kids get sick, I'm just glad I didn't catch it. Everyone is doing well, and we are all anxious for our trip this week!
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
You Drank What?!
Two days ago I got up to go feed Lucas as he woke up for the day. Zander wasn't awake yet, and Stephen was getting ready to go to work. I was almost done with Lucas as Stephen left and Zander woke up and came upstairs. He normally always comes into the bedroom to say hello every morning before getting into anything, but this morning was different. Lucas has been teething, so I've been giving him Tylenol to help with the pain. I left the bottle and syringe on the kitchen counter, and Zander thought it'd be a good idea to, somehow, open the childproof lid and drink the bottle of Tylenol.
Zander has always liked taking medicine, and often gets upset when Lucas gets some but he doesn't. I came out to the kitchen to see what Zander was up to, and found 3/4 of my almost full bottle of Tylenol empty. First of all, I couldn't believe he got past the childproofing (but not really because it's Zander), and second, I kinda froze because I didn't know what to do. I knew this was bad, and that I'd probably have to take him to the ER, so I called Stephen first and told him what happened, then I called the urgent care because I didn't want to take him to the ER if it wasn't absolutely necessary. They weren't open yet, so I called the pediatrician office knowing it wasn't open either, but thought I'd check anyway. Then I called Mom, and Dad answered the phone and told me to call Uncle Garth who lives in Arizona. He's a physicians assistant. So I call him, and he told me because it was infants Tylenol Zander would probably be fine, but to check in with my pediatrician just the be safe. I brushed Zander's teeth and tried to gag him with the toothbrush to make him throw up, but that proved very difficult and a huge failure.
Luckily I already had an appointment scheduled that morning for Lucas, but I called the office again to talk to the doctor on-call just to be sure I could wait a few hours before Zander got looked at. I was told the doctor would be paged and call me in a few minutes. So I waited..... an hour later no phone call so I just drove to the office that was now open by this time, and got Lucas checked in and I asked if my doctor could see Zander. This was 2 1/2 hours after Zander overdosed. The first thing the nurse asked me was if I called poison control. I admitted that I didn't, but that I called the office for the doctor on-call and no one got in contact with me.
In short, they ended up sending us to the hospital anyway because it was too late to pump his stomach or give Zander activated charcoal to make him throw up, so we had get his blood drawn to see the levels of acetaminophen that was in his system to make sure it didn't damage his liver. We went home and Zander took a good, long nap. I got the test results back later that afternoon and his levels were at 20 something and they only worry if they exceed 50 so Zander was going to be OK.
I should have called poison control first thing, then just taken him to the ER in retrospect. This would have saved me a lot of time and worry. So I know what to do next time Zander decides to do something stupid, haha.
Zander has always liked taking medicine, and often gets upset when Lucas gets some but he doesn't. I came out to the kitchen to see what Zander was up to, and found 3/4 of my almost full bottle of Tylenol empty. First of all, I couldn't believe he got past the childproofing (but not really because it's Zander), and second, I kinda froze because I didn't know what to do. I knew this was bad, and that I'd probably have to take him to the ER, so I called Stephen first and told him what happened, then I called the urgent care because I didn't want to take him to the ER if it wasn't absolutely necessary. They weren't open yet, so I called the pediatrician office knowing it wasn't open either, but thought I'd check anyway. Then I called Mom, and Dad answered the phone and told me to call Uncle Garth who lives in Arizona. He's a physicians assistant. So I call him, and he told me because it was infants Tylenol Zander would probably be fine, but to check in with my pediatrician just the be safe. I brushed Zander's teeth and tried to gag him with the toothbrush to make him throw up, but that proved very difficult and a huge failure.
Luckily I already had an appointment scheduled that morning for Lucas, but I called the office again to talk to the doctor on-call just to be sure I could wait a few hours before Zander got looked at. I was told the doctor would be paged and call me in a few minutes. So I waited..... an hour later no phone call so I just drove to the office that was now open by this time, and got Lucas checked in and I asked if my doctor could see Zander. This was 2 1/2 hours after Zander overdosed. The first thing the nurse asked me was if I called poison control. I admitted that I didn't, but that I called the office for the doctor on-call and no one got in contact with me.
In short, they ended up sending us to the hospital anyway because it was too late to pump his stomach or give Zander activated charcoal to make him throw up, so we had get his blood drawn to see the levels of acetaminophen that was in his system to make sure it didn't damage his liver. We went home and Zander took a good, long nap. I got the test results back later that afternoon and his levels were at 20 something and they only worry if they exceed 50 so Zander was going to be OK.
I should have called poison control first thing, then just taken him to the ER in retrospect. This would have saved me a lot of time and worry. So I know what to do next time Zander decides to do something stupid, haha.
Ice Castles
I don't usually make resolutions every year, but this year I thought it'd be a good idea since we had a new baby last year and didn't get out much. So my goal this year is to go out on a date at least once a month. I know we should be going out more often than that, but I wasn't in a place where I felt comfortable asking people to watch the boys. I've always known its important to date your spouse and go out without the kids often, but I just never felt like I could.
Now with Zander being two and his biting days behind him, and Lucas is old enough I don't need to nurse him as often, I finally feel ready to let go a little. I think its safe to say I have some control issues, so finding a good babysitter that I feel I can trust, and actually asking has been challenging for me. I know there are a lot of people who would be willing to do it, but asking is hard. With that being said, we missed January because Stephen has been incredibly busy with this stinking trial that I haven't hardly seen him at all, and he's been busy on weekends doing things he couldn't during the week, so we started off this month with the Midway Ice Castles!
As far as I have been told there is nothing quite like these castles in the entire world. They are unique to Utah and started out as a hobby for the creator. They are hand made and incredible works of art. As we drove up to the site they looked way smaller than they do in the pictures, but they were pretty neat as we got to go in and explore a little. They aren't huge, but big enough that we spent about an hour inside before it got too crowded. There were little rooms, tunnels, "Slots Canyon", secret passage ways, and even a slide! We didn't go on the slide because there was a looong line for it, but we had a great time!
Now with Zander being two and his biting days behind him, and Lucas is old enough I don't need to nurse him as often, I finally feel ready to let go a little. I think its safe to say I have some control issues, so finding a good babysitter that I feel I can trust, and actually asking has been challenging for me. I know there are a lot of people who would be willing to do it, but asking is hard. With that being said, we missed January because Stephen has been incredibly busy with this stinking trial that I haven't hardly seen him at all, and he's been busy on weekends doing things he couldn't during the week, so we started off this month with the Midway Ice Castles!
As far as I have been told there is nothing quite like these castles in the entire world. They are unique to Utah and started out as a hobby for the creator. They are hand made and incredible works of art. As we drove up to the site they looked way smaller than they do in the pictures, but they were pretty neat as we got to go in and explore a little. They aren't huge, but big enough that we spent about an hour inside before it got too crowded. There were little rooms, tunnels, "Slots Canyon", secret passage ways, and even a slide! We didn't go on the slide because there was a looong line for it, but we had a great time!
Thursday, February 4, 2016
"Wa-Why"
Zander loves the "How to Train Your Dragon" movies. For some reason he can't say dragon so his word for it is "wa-why" We have no idea how that came to mean dragon, but it does, and any time Zander sees an alligator or a lizard he calls it a wa-why.
Anyway, last night he was playing in the kitchen with Lucas while I got dinner ready and he tried to sit on Lucas's back, and I told him no. So this is a picture of him crying because I wouldn't let him "ride his dragon".
Anyway, last night he was playing in the kitchen with Lucas while I got dinner ready and he tried to sit on Lucas's back, and I told him no. So this is a picture of him crying because I wouldn't let him "ride his dragon".
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