Active Afternoon

After dropping of Noah at school Morry and I had a meeting with Noah's therapist.  She was pleased to hear Noah is doing a lot better.

When we came home I rested.  I've been really tired lately.  I think I'm just still recovering from the pneumonia.  My blood test was fine at my check up last week and the doctor said it could take a few weeks to feel betters.

I got Noah from school and we got a few things at HEB.

When I got home it was time to get Evan, but I was feeling really tired so Morry went to get Evan.  I wasn't sure I could/should ride the bike since I wasn't feeling so well.

When they got home Jack was with them.  Jack's dad asked if Jack could come over since his sister was sick.  Evan, Noah, and Jack had fun playing together.  Jack left around 4:45.

We went to this open house thing at the Little Gym.  They had some various games and activities going on for the kids.  Noah's friend Cole and his family was there.

We went to dinner at Cypress Grill.

On the way home we stopped at ULTA.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Evan's tummy

This morning at breakfast Evan complained a little about his stomach bothering him and he didn't eat much. He seemed ok besides that so we went to school.

Around 10:45am I got a call from the school nurse saying Evan didn't feel well. At lunch his stomach was bothering him and he told someone who brought him to the office. He did not have a fever, but I still came to pick him up since he wasn't feeling well.

At home I put on movies for Evan to watch. We left the house to go to Noah's sports class. Evan sat with me during the class and we watched Noah play volleyball with balloons.

Back at home, Evan watched more movies and laid down on the couch.

He seemed like he was feeling better and I asked if he wanted to go outside and ride his bike a little. I thought that would be good since he was inside all day. Evan was excited to go outside, but when we got to the cul-de-sac there were a bunch of boys playing tag and football. Evan decided he'd rather play with them. Evan and Noah played with the boys for a little bit until Evan came over to me to tell me he was tired. I knew he must not be feeling well if he didn't want to play football.

We had dinner at home. I made squash soup and the boys had pasta.

Evan's complaining about being tired again.

I'm going to give them baths soon and put the boys to bed.

Birthday Party

This morning Morry took care of the boys. I was really tired. I had a hard time getting out of bed. I’m feeling ok now, except the extreme fatigue.

At 12:00 Morry started watching the Steelers game, but then we left at 12:30 to go to a birthday. It was Allen’s, from Evan’s class, birthday. Evan and Noah had a good time. They played outside, ate cake, and hit the piñata.

When we got home we put Evan and Noah down for naps and Morry watched the end of the Steelers game.

For dinner one of the moms brought us soup and salad.

Evan and Noah were playing after dinner with Buzz, Woody, and Zurg. Evan at one point said, “We’re stuck in the…..stuck place.”

We gave the boys baths and put them to bed. Then, Morry went out to Target to pick up a few things and get more Hanukkah presents for the boys.

Feeling Great to Feeling Bad

This morning Morry took Evan to school so that he could meet the new teacher.

This was the first morning that I did not have help. It was just Noah and me. I took Noah and Lizzy for a walk. I wasn’t going to take Lizzy, but she gave me those puppy dog eyes and I couldn’t refuse. I had a talk with her before we left. I told her she had to be good or else I couldn’t take her for walks anymore. It was really nice outside. We all enjoyed the walk and Lizzy did fine.

Around lunch time I started feeling a little achy and really tired. I decided to take my temperature. I didn’t think I had a fever, but I thought I would just check. Well, it was 99.3 degrees. Normally, I’m on the low side, so that was definitely a fever for me. The oncologist said to call if I have a fever over 100.5, but I went ahead and called anyway. I left messages for two nurses and waited to hear back.

Blanca came at 1:30 and Evan got home a little after that.

Around 2:00 the nurse called. They wanted me to go ahead and come in so that they could give some antibiotics and check my blood.

I was supposed to tutor 2 students tonight, so I called and canceled. I was looking forward to tutoring.

At the oncologist they took my blood from both my arm and my port. I also had to give a urine sample. When they took my temperature there it was 99.7. My white blood cell count went up .1 from yesterday, but another type of white blood cell count that determines how you fight infection was still low. They gave me a prescription for antibiotics. I need to return tomorrow to get IV hydration. That will take 2 hours. Then, on Thursday I go back for another blood test. What a pain!

Right now, I’m not feeling great. I wasn’t able to eat much. My throat is sore – it has been sore, but now seems a little worse. And, I have a sore on my tongue. This is starting to remind me of the poem “I cannot go to school today…”.

I took my temperature just now and it’s at 100. I need to keep an eye on it overnight.

Evan and Noah are in bed now in their separate rooms. I just heard Evan coughing a little. We put the humidifier in his room tonight. Noah seems to be asleep.

Cold Sunday

We planned on going bike riding this morning, but it was in the 40s. Instead we walked around the trail at the Costco shopping center. It was a little cold walking, but it would have been much colder riding a bike. We walked around the trail with Evan, Noah, and Lizzy and then stopped for smoothies and Smoothie King on the way home. It’s in the same shopping center.

We ate lunch and but the boys down for naps around 1:30. Both were acting tired.

After naps I took Evan and Noah in the backyard to play while Morry made dinner. Morry made a chicken stir fry with rice. It was very good.

At 7:00 the homeschool student came over. I tutored him from 7:00-10:00. Morry took Evan and Noah upstairs while I was tutoring and put them to bed.

It’s late.. I just wanted to update the blog and quickly let you all know what we did today.

Evan did it!

Manuela came over around 9:30am. I tutored one student from 10-11:30 and another from 12-1. I got home around 1:30. Manuela said everything went well and Noah was already taking a nap. She said he was very tired and she put him down around 12:45.

Blanca came at 3:15 and I tutored one student for 2 hours.

On the way home I picked up Freebirds (burritos like Chipotle).

Noah is in a stage of always wanting attention or being held. After dinner he was crying while we were trying to clean up. I got on the floor and played with him and he was as happy as can be. When it was time for me to get back to cleaning up, Noah starting screaming again.

We gave Evan and Noah a bath tonight. After the bath, while I was feeding Noah, Morry had Evan sit on his potty. After just a few minutes Evan looked up at Morry and said, “I made pee pee.” Yea! We were all very excited. He’s still not close to being potty trained, but at least this is one step closer.