home sweet home

Oh it's so good to be back home in our own beds. We got home around 7:30pm last night after Matt grabbing Taco Bell and Jack and I getting meds at Target and toys that I had been promising him for everything good he did in the hopsital. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO BRIBING!!!!

It was a long three nights and 4 days in the hospital and they are still pretty confident he had pneumonia. His oxygen sats wouldn't stay up and so they did another chest xray yesterday and it looked the same as Monday, indicating it was defintely pneumonia. Dr. said that his chest xray would have no change for 6-8 weeks after pneumonia. Jack was also on oral steriods for 3 days and OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!! HE WAS PSYCHOTIC. THE DEVIL CHILD. I think on Wednesday he probably screamed, kicked and cried for a total of about 5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT KIDDING!! He would be fine and sweet one second, whining the next and then just darn right mean the next. It was terrible. And to top it all off, Matt was home sick the first two days with the intestinal bug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

So, home and off the steriods thank goodness and back on all his inhalers and an antibiotic with a follow up in 2 weeks!!!!!

Thanks for all the prayers!!!

we are home

We are home. will update more in length tomorrow. OH HOW I MISSED MY BED!!!!

in the hospital

Just a quick update. Jack was admitted to the hospital yesterday after a very fast event of getting sick. It all happened within about 18 hours. He woke up Sunday night with a slight cough and by midafternoon I was in the doctor's office with him. He was admitted from the office. His lungs sounded good but his oxygen saturation wasn't. So they did a chest xray and started him on an antibiotic (ear infection too) and the xray showed early signs of pneumonia. He is on oxygen now and feeling a lot better now that his fever broke. He will probably stay the night tonight because his little body seems to like just a tad bit of oxygen still. Please keep him in your prayers and hope that he gets to come home tomorrow!!!

thanks guys!!!!

A late family Christmas

Last weekend we had a late family Christmas at Matt's sisters house. It was a really great time. It was great to see Cameron (brother-in-law). He just got home from Iraq right after Thanksgiving and we hadn't had a chance to see him yet. And of course, Jack has a great time with all the kids. Especially Brianna and Michael (closest of the 5 to his age!!!) We had some delicious food and just relaxed and it was very awesome. Then the kids and guys went outside to sled. I was surprised Jack was out for as long as he was (about 10 minutes). He is NOT a fan of snow or being cold. It kind of just takes his breath away and he always tells me that "the windy got him in his belly"

Jack and "BreBre" reading together on the couch

Jack in the "yo gabba gabba" hat


Michael in the "yo gabba gabba" hat

Jack getting ready to go outside. He wasn't too sure about it as you can see.

WHHEEEEEE!!!!!!

hugging BreBre

I LOVE this dog. Blaze!

What a good picture with Bre Bre!!

the little kiddos attacking Grandma Jenny!

Jack and I have also decided that we are soooooo over snow and cold weather. I think we are both having the winter blues. Grouchy, whiney and bored.....BOTH OF US!!!! We are very ready for nice weather and to get out of the house. Jack is ready to ride his tractor and play soccer. I can't believe he will be old enough to play soccer on a little team. I love it!!!!!! It will be the cutest thing ever!!!

Anyway, we hope you all are surviving the winter. Let's pray that we don't have six more weeks of winter tomorrow when the ground hog looks for his shadow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Circus Fair

The Shrine Circus is in town and we contemplated ALL week about whether or not we should "waste" the money and take Jack. After much thinking we thought it would be TOO much for him and he wouldn't sit still for much of it. They did have a circus fair before, during, and after the circus and it was free admission so we did that. He loved it!!!! Tigers, Lions, Elephants, pigs, cows, camels, donkeys, ducks, goats, chickens, ponies, bunnies, etc. He rode a pony and a camel and LOVED it!!!! So it was a great little trip and afterwards we went to get ice cream. WHITE, not CHOCOLATE of course. Jack does NOT like chocolate and he will be the first to tell you!!!

Also, Jack had a pulmonology appointment at Riley yesterday and it went very well. Dr. M was very very impressed with his lungs and how healthy he has been so far this winter. We are starting to wean his inhalers which is awesome! And guess what his weight was.........................




30 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it?!?!?! Donut balls and pancakes are really paying off!! And he was almost 37 inches long! He is doing great.

Today he had a follow up at the eye doctor to see if his glasses were doing the job and they are!!!! YAY!!!!! so he will continue wearing them full time and have a full eye exam in 6 months to check the prescription again.

That's all for now. Enjoy the pictures below of the Circus Fair!