Vet Adventure

Yesterday Noah had his cooking class and seemed to have fun.

In the afternoon we took all three animals to the vet for their yearly checkup.  They were all due and we thought it would be better just to take them all at the same time.  So, all four of us plus the 3 animals went to the vet.

They were amazed at how much Lizzy improved since the last time she was there.  She has a tumor in her rectum that is slow growing, but there's really nothing we can do for it.  Besides that, she's doing pretty well.

Flash checked out fine.  Everything looked good.

Calvin has lost quite a bit of weight.  He's down to the same weight as Flash now (8.3 pounds).  We got some bloodwork done.  Today, they said they think he has a UTI so we will start him on antibiotics for 10 days to see if that helps.  If he continues to lose weight we will need to bring him in for an ultrasound.

Last night we grilled steak for dinner.

Today, Noah went to cooking camp again and enjoyed it.

Evan hung out with Morry at Aaron's for meetings.  Evan really enjoyed doing that and getting lunch with all of them at the Little Deli.

This afternoon, Evan hung out with Wade.  They went swimming at Lifetime Fitness.

I was supposed to tutor this afternoon but it got rescheduled for Thursday.

For dinner, we had corned beef.

We took a walk after dinner.

Now we are going to have dessert - s'mores on the grill.

Another Day at Home

This morning Evan was complaining again about not feeling well so he stayed home.

I walked Noah to school.

We got a 9am doctor's appointment for Evan.  Morry went to Camp Gladiator and I took Evan to the doctor.

The doctor did an exam, x-ray, and blood work.  Basically, Evan is just constipated, but the key is finding out why.  The x-ray looked normal besides the constipation.  We are getting him tested for Celiac.  The doctor said it would be a good idea to try a gluten free diet for a month or so and see if that helps.  He also suggested Evan take more Miralax.

We got back just in time for a phone meeting.

After the meeting, I cleaned up around the house some and made lunch for Evan.  Then, I left for a meeting up north at Home Away.  The traffic getting there was horrible since it was raining.

After Home Away I left for tutoring.  Again, the traffic was horrible because it was raining hard again.

I tutored two students and then met Noah, Morry, Evan, Grandma, and Papa at Noah's school performance.  The third graders were doing a Disney musical performance.

It was cute and only lasted about 30 minutes.

When we got home we made dinner - baked potatoes and pork.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Here are some pictures from today.

Evan Wins at Clue

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We signed the boys up for a winter break baseball camp.  It's M-W from 9am to 2pm.  It's not real baseball instruction - just different fun games using baseball skills.  I dropped Evan and Noah off around 8:50.  They seemed excited to go.

I went to get Rachel's car cleaned but the place didn't have all their workers show up.

I worked from home all day.  Rachel went for a run around lunch.

Both Rachel and I went to pick the boys up.  The instructor asked me what team Evan plays for and inquired about Evan's interest in playing for his team.  He said if Evan was interested in being a fill-in on a weekend we weren't playing to let him know.  Evan talked non-stop after we picked him up.  Apparently, he and an 11-year-old were getting along very well.  Evan won or came in second in a number of games.  Later in the day when they played a game, they had team captains and Evan was the first one picked and the teams were fighting over him.  He was just so excited.  Noah seemed to have a really good time as well.  Evan said that Noah played well today also.

After getting the boys, we took Noah to get his blood drawn for his surgery next week.

We went to HEB before dinner to get some stuff for the week.

For dinner we had chicken fajitas with some left over chicken.

We played Clue after dinner.  Up until tonight, I had won every game we had played.  After each game, I would tell Evan and Noah the strategies I was using so they'd learn.  Unfortunately, it backfired on me tonight and Evan was able to win the game.  He was so excited.  Noah was excited that I didn't win tonight.

Overall it was a good day for Evan.

Until next time...

More Noah

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning seemed back to his normal self.  Yesterday he seemed like he was moving more slowly.  But today, he was energetic when he got up and was excited to go to school.  When I dropped him off at the cafeteria, Ben and Jack were there.  Evan didn't even look up to say goodbye.

Noah continued his ways of not wanting to do anything when he got up.  Rachel wanted to go for a walk.  He initially said he would go but then changed his mind.  His energy level is really low.

The concerning part was that when it was time to go to sports class, he didn't want to go.  Throughout all of this, sports class was the one thing Noah never fought.  He loves it.  We made him go thinking when he got there, he might perk up.  At first I sat with him while they were working on hockey.  Then Rachel said with him.  But he refused to participate.  After about 20 minutes, we left.  He seemed extremely lethargic on the way home.

When we got home, Rachel called the doctor and made an appointment for him for about 30 minutes later.  I took Noah to the doctor.  The doctor looked at him and his ears.  He said that Noah didn't have any fluid in his ears and that overall he looked fine.  He then wanted to have some bloodwork done.  They take blood in the office.  Noah sat in my lap when they went to take blood. I didn't warn him that it would hurt.  I didn't want to give him anxiety.  Like me, Noah seemed to have good veins.  They asked me to wrap my arms around Noah.  They stuck the needle in him and he started to whine.  But it turns out that he didn't whine because it hurt.  He said my arm was too close to his neck.  He looked over and he saw this thing coming out of his arm.  He calmly asked what it was.  They pointed to the vial and said it was his blood.  He seemed very curious, not at all concerned that something was in him.  The finished up and put the cotton swab on him and put the tape around it.  He asked why they were doing that.  They said they didn't want him to bleed since he had a cut.  He said he didn't have a cut.  It was hysterical.  They couldn't believe how tough he was.

The bloodwork came back negative.  The only thing that was even slightly off was his platelet count was a little high which was standard if he was getting over from being sick.  They are checking his thyroid as well but those results won't come back until tomorrow.  At this point they just think he's getting over being sick and that his energy hasn't come back.

We stopped and picked up Slurpees on the way home.

When we got home, Rachel told Noah he needed to be quiet for his nap.  He really fought with Rachel.  Eventually she got him in his room.

Rachel tutored tonight and I got dinner together for the boys.

When she got home, we put the boys to bed and then made dinner for ourselves.

Until next time...