not again

Trevor was up again at 4 AM, crying and calling for Bryan and I because he threw up again. He was also sick all day Saturday throwing up. And he was sick the week before on Wednesday all day being sick. It breaks my heart that he is just always sick. I don't believe that it's nothing, or a viral thing... I want answers. Today we are seeing someone that will help get us those answers, come hell or high water. I don't care where I have to go, who I have to knock down on my way or what I have to pay... we are getting answers!

I'm off to call the insurance company and also make some phone calls to his regular pediatrician and also the specialist...

Uh Oh!

This morning, while having a disturbing dream, Trevor came and woke me up. It was about 5:17 AM. I had a feeling I knew what was going on, but was hoping it was because his blankets fell off or something.

Nope.

He didn't feel good. His belly was hurting him. I get him in bed with us and cover him up and start to rub his sore/upset belly for him.

Bryan went to get something for him to vomit in. We knew it would be coming.

Sure enough it came.

And it just kept on coming. He finally threw up for the last time around 7:45 AM. My poor boy didn't have very much to get out, but his body kept trying to get it all out. It sucked.

I hate this.

The funny thing is that we thought he was done with this... he was totally fine the two weeks he was off from school. No problems what-so-ever. I had even mentioned this to my mom. Now school started again and he is vomiting again.

I sat down this morning and wrote down all that he has been eating the past week to see if I can find anything that would cause this. So far the only thing I see is that he drinks more milk in school than home, and in school it is mostly chocolate milk.

I am going to do some internet research and see what I can come up with and also, today, I'm calling his insurance company to switch is health care provider. I'm not at all pleased with any of the new doctors I have seen at our practice, and that is enough reason for me to change doctors.

Trevor seems to be feeling better now, he is up and playing, but then again he is a kid and could just be feeling good now so he is playing and will throw up again, but I really hope not. I hope he is done and done for good, but if I can't have that, then I hope he is at least done for today.

Fun with Twins

I guess this could have happened with any siblings, but it just made a good post title to say twins, and after all, that is what the girls are. :)

Poor Lauren has been coughing up a storm, so I have been giving her cough medicine, over the counter stuff, that most likely doesn't do anything, but maybe psychologically make her and I think it is doing something and help in a very small way that way. Anyhow, my poor sweet girl has been coughing a lot, and when she goes to bed it seems like it is NON-stop coughing.

We propped her head up more so that maybe it would help. She seems to sleep through the coughing though so at least that is good.

Last night though, just as we went to lay down she was coughing, coughing, coughing. I heard her over the monitor. I was had just made it upstairs to check on her and give her a drink and fix her pillows when she gagged and threw up... on HERself, HER pillow, BROOKE and BROOKE's pillow. Yum.

She is now awake. She is also upset that she threw up. I start to pick her up when she throws up again, this time all over the blankets that were covering her. I call for Bryan over the monitor. He comes up stairs. I get her out of bed and she throws up on the floor and all over her jammies (whatever wasn't covered the first time).

We get her stripped down and give her a drink. She stops coughing. Thankfully. I get her all washed up and in new jammies. She is feeling great. :) (she even said she felt great!) lol Bless her heart.

Bryan takes out the pukey blankets and we start to get Brooke up to change her. She wakes up after I have her jammies off and start to wash her arm. She is happy and smiling. It is after 11 PM but not much later than that. We get her changed. She is now wide awake with Lauren.

They are smiling, happy girls. Amazing. :) We fix their bed up and tuck them in. They went to bed easier this time then the original time we put them in that night and they were actually both in a good mood. ~ I can't even wake them up from naps because they cry and carry on and have such an attitude and fit that lasts until they go back to bed that night, it is unreal. So who knew that they would be okay with all this last night.

I also put some Vick's on Lauren's chest AND much to Bryan's second guessing on the bottom of Lauren's feet. He doesn't think there is any way that this would really help and/or work. BUT, she did cough a LOT less. I'm willing to try almost anything to make her feel better and be able to sleep more comfortably, especially if it's as simple as putting Vick's on the bottom of her feet.

Well I guess I should go start to motivate the troops. I am not feeling well at all this morning, my stomach is NOT happy, so it may take us more time to get going and get out of the house this morning than usual. Better start now then.

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tuesday morning. it snowed and rained last night. i'm not sure which it did more of... but thankfully there isn't much of anything on the ground at the house.

there is a two hour delay for school. unfortunately Trevor won't be going to school today anyway because my poor little guy is sick again throwing up. :( oh the joys of sending your children to school.

he was up this morning around 5:30 and was asking me to rub his belly. so i did... as i was hoping that he would just fall asleep and not be sick. no such luck. he threw up. :( i'm doing some laundry and typing this while he is feeling better and playing playstation. i hope he is done with throwing up and feels better. we'll see.

i also hope that no one else gets it. although i could stand to loose a few pounds, i'm just not into throwing up... not at all. although if it could be me, of course, instead of him, i would gladly be throwing up this morning in his place.

i hate when my kids are sick. :( i hate when any one's kids are sick.

well that's all i got.
i'm too exhausted and worn out to type anything else. for some reason i think this is going to be a really LONG week. although most of yesterday was a really GREAT day!!

i'll have to type later about the girls' and my wonderful visit with my cousins, their second cousins and my aunts. it was a really nice day... one that i hope we can do again. :)

B. W. B.

Blogging While Buzzed. :)
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~yeah. this is pretty good. I had two beers with dinner and I'm feeling pretty comfortable. Beer does me in worse than liquor, can't really explain it... but it just does. Not that I'm feeling truly tipsy, but I'm nicely buzzed. And it sure is lovely.
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Bryan has the kiddos outside on the trampoline to burn off some extra energy I get to sit here and relax some, then it will be bath time and brushing teeth then off to bed, then I plan on chillaxing some more.
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Life is grand! I think I just need to buy some more beer!! :)
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On a more serious note, although I'm pretty damn serious that Life is GRAND and that I'm buzzed and that I want to buy more beer... this is even MORE serious.
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Brookie vomited today. :( I felt horrible too... she had some milk and an ice-pop and a rice krispie treat and some cereal and some other things and it was just horrible... and before that she had juice that aggravated her belly. Here I had thought we were in the clear since yesterday everyone was good. I guess I was wrong. I just hope that no one at my parents house gets it... we were over there all day long... the girls and my niece even took a bath together and Brookie was really affectionate with my parents, giving lots of hugs and kisses.... GREAT. right? I just am keeping my fingers crossed... and have already apologized for bringing the possibility of a stomach bug to their house.
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She is doing really good this afternoon and tonight... so maybe she is already over it... I hope. I also hope that Lauren doesn't get it... but that is kind of a given... they are always together and always sharing everything and hugging and kissing and in each others faces... so it is sort of like a shot in the dark to think that Lauren won't get it... but I can still hope for the best.
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On another note... today my friends Kathy & Louie's three son's, yeah triplets, are FIVE!! Holy crap!! FIVE!! I can't believe it. I can remember getting the call at work to say she had them, I was pretty pregnant with Trevor and dying for him to get here... her boys were early... but they were healthy and little fighters from the beginning and did great. they are amazing little boys now... and I have to make a point to get together with them and the kids... soon. Trevor is going to be FIVE in 11 days.
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Tomorrow is Bryan's birthday... I have nothing for him. :( I feel like such an asshat... but there isn't much I can do for him with zero dollars... I will just have to make it up to him when I get some money... we'll see. I do have some things that the kids made for him and tomorrow I will have the girls make him some more stuff while he is at work and when Trevor gets home from school we can make some more things for this paper mache box we made him and also I'm going to have T help me make him a cinnamon bread he loves... more than cake Bryan will love the cinnamon bread and Trevor will love to help me make it... I also really wanted to go out to dinner but I'm not sure if that will happen or not... most likely not... but we'll see.
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I must be focusing too much on typing and making this make sense, b/c my buzz is quickly diminishing so I'm going to go relax in front of the tv before the kids are back inside...
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toodles...

xoxoxoxox

Bad Day...

You know what is worse than feeling like crap?? Having your little guy or girl feeling like crap. :( My poor Trevor isn't feeling well at all.

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Yesterday morning he crawled into bed with Bryan and I around 7 AM and told us he didn't feel to good in his belly... within less than a minute he was dry heaving and we got him up out of the bed and to the dogs water bowl just in time before there was a huge mess. : ( We got him a cool washcloth and washed his face and hands and then let it sit on the back of his neck and his forehead since he said he was really hot. Must have been from throwing up and just feeling crummy because he was a cool as a cucumber.

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He sat on the couch and watched some cartoons and just hung out for a little bit.... then we convinced him to take a shower, that it would maybe make him feel better. He got out looking a lot better than he went in looking. He had some color back in his face and he was actually in a great mood.

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Since he was acting a lot better and it being only the second day of school we got him dressed and ready for the bus. He was happy... he was even dancing around in the driveway waiting for the bus. I felt okay with sending him... I had also put a note in his book bag saying that he was sick in the morning and that if there was any problem what-so-ever to just call my cell phone and I would be there immediately to pick him up.

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I didn't get any phone calls all day. I was relieved that he hadn't gotten sick again and that he must have been feeling better. yay.

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I picked him up from school and he looked horrible. He had NO color in his face, he was clammy and he looked so sad. Broke my heart. So I brought him home and he had some diarrhea. Fell asleep on the couch for a little while and woke up feeling and acting okay again. We had to get some groceries so we loaded all three kids up and off we went. Trevor sat in the bottom of my cart the entire trip... not usual, but he said he was feeling okay, maybe he was just tired from two days of new school and still not really feeling 100%.

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We went to eat dinner after shopping and Trevor ate like his normal self, he did good. I thought that we were over the bug and I was glad it was so quick for him.

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Well low and behold this morning I feel this little body climbing into my bed... it is Trevor. He said he had a bad dream so I snuggle up to him and get him under the blankets and tell him that everything is okay... it was only a dream and he should close his eyes and rest. Besides he was in bed now with Mommy & Daddy and everything was going to be okay.

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He starts complaining that he is hot and doesn't want any covers on. So I take them off of him and feel his forehead... he is clammy again. :( Within a few seconds he is dry heaving again and we *almost get him to the dog bowl this time. He then has to go to the bathroom because he says his belly is killing him and he has to go potty. To make a long story short he has been in the bathroom having diarrhea all morning and also throwing up all morning too. I'm trying to give him some fluids, but he doesn't keep them down at all. He will take a sip or two of water and within a few minutes he is throwing it all back up. Poor little guy doesn't even have anything to throw up though, which makes throwing up so much harder.

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He had some dry cereal and some water again about 15-20 mins ago, and so far so good... so I'm really hoping and praying that this is the end of the nasty bug and that he will keep this down and be okay.

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He was concerned all of a sudden for his friends in school because he had hugged them and now he thinks they will be sick too. :( I hope he is wrong about them getting sick and I feel so bad that he is worrying about them, but it is nice to know he likes them enough to worry about them... like I'm doing something right with raising him... he is caring and compassionate.

I'm off to put the girls for naps, they were up very early today too, and they are winding down w/ their energy levels... I can tell it is nap time. For Mommy too. ;)

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Brrrrr....

Damn it is sooo COLD out!!! Today was the first day of hunting season and I feel bad for all the poor suckers, including my husband, standing out in the freezing cold waiting for a deer to roam on by. I also feel slightly bad for the deer, but let me tell you I was able to make a ton of spaghetti and meatball dinners for my family with the venison that we had from last year. I know, kind of gross, but really you couldn't tell the difference at all.

So onto other information... I have been tagged a few times by Sandy from Momisodes. :o) I am happy about this... it will give me something to do and something to blog about. BUT, I will have to do it later. Things are calm for now in my house, but they haven't been that way all day. Poor Lauren. On top of all the other things going on with her, she has a cough, a fever and has been throwing up. :o( Not fair. Thankfully Brooke & Trevor haven't gotten the throw up bug, but they are both sick with colds. Trevor had the fevers but Brooke didn't. I just want them all to get better and stay healthy. Seems almost impossible. But, I am thankful that they only have colds and that the fever is just part of the common cold thing... and I'm also thankful that although she is throwing up... which sucks majorly that she is still happy and playing and just acting fine in between hurling. Kids are amazing.

So I guess I will think about my first "tag" that I'm going to to do... the ABC's of ME!!! Hmmm... should be interesting... well at least trying to come up with them will be interesting... I'm not sure how interesting my list will actually be.

I gotta run, I'm being paged by Brooke... I'm not sure what is wrong or going on... but she is here saying... "Come on Mommy, Come on Mommy" "Mommy!!! Come On!!" I'll try to get back here later to do my "tag" and also to maybe update about my weekend so far... although I guess it isn't so far... it is 1/2 over. :o( That stinks!!

Toodles!

My Lil' Man

My lil' man Trevor isn't feeling too hot... well not figuratively but literally he is burning up. :( I feel so bad. He has been having this cough that sounds horrible, but it was extremely random. I guess it started some time around Wednesday night or Thursday. He has been getting slightly worse each day. Well not worse, but more coughing and also more crying/sensitivity ~ which he always gets when he isn't feeling well. Who doesn't? Last night when Bryan and I went to dinner and bowling I dropped the kids off at my parents house for them to have dinner with them, and hang out for a while then come home and get ready for bed. Well my mom called me not too long after we had left that Trevor was crying about things that he normally wouldn't cry about and he was saying that he just wanted to go home. :( She felt so bad that he was saying/feeling that. She also said he felt a little warm and had a horrible cough that was pretty regular. I asked her to give him some Motrin, which she did, and see if that helped. I guess it did some, but he wasn't a happy camper still. My dad ended up taking them all home earlier than expected because Trevor wanted to be home. I guess when I'm not feeling well I want to be home too. I can't blame him. I just feel bad that he isn't feeling well.

Then when Bryan and I got home, it was about 1:20 AM or so. Trevor had just been up about 10-15 minutes earlier to tell my Dad that some how his fan got turned off and could he turn it back on for him. ;) My dad had checked the girls and covered them up and then went to check on Trevor, and turned his fan off just because. About 5 minutes after he was in there Trevor came out and told him about the fan being off. He is so used to sleeping with it on and I guess hearing the noise that he notices right away if you turn it off. That is how I wake him up for school and from a nap. I turn it off and usually within a few minutes he is up. When my dad told me what happened I thought I would go check on him. When I bent down to kiss him, he did a big smile. I talked to him a little bit and he wanted to go see his Dad. So I took him out in the living room, my Dad was still there too, then I was snuggling with him on the couch for a minute or two. I was hugging him and kissing him and I kissed him on the forehead and realized he was burning up. :( I felt so bad. I had Bryan bring him so Motrin. He drank it right up, a little while later we put him back in his bed.

He has been fine all day today, maybe a little warm here and there, but not like last night. So that is a good thing. I hope he isn't getting more sick than he already is. : ( I want him to be getting better. I'll just keep watching him and checking his temp.

~After nap time today Trevor had a 102.8 temp. I gave him some Motrin, it seemed to take a while to work, but eventually it kicked in and he had more energy and was cooler. Then right before bedtime I gave him some Tylenol just to make sure he could get through the night feeling good.

~Trevor was up at 12:30. He came in my room and asked me to help him find his sticky hand, it was lost in his bed. I went. We found it. He was nice and cool still. : )