Our Weekend

So, Brian has been getting a lot of attention the last few days. (Well, really, the entire last year.) This past weekend William has been sick with the throw ups. He has gotten some attention (read: normal level of attention for a sick child) and even got to sleep on the floor in Mommy and Daddy's room. However, William is our sensitive guy. Where Miss Ansley will demand your attention and tell you straight up that you are failing her, William will internalize his feelings and take everything personally. He can tell that Brian is getting some extra attention and "how are you doings?". William threw up most of Saturday evening and has been unable to eat and complaining about his throat ever since. While Mommy assumed that William's throat was hurting, she assumed it was just sore from throwing up so much. Mommy thought William was just searching for reassurance that we will give the same level of care to him when he is sick as what Brian is receiving. Since William was still complaining this morning and didn't eat breakfast, Mommy called the pediatrician. Turns out William has sores in his mouth and in his throat from some virus. Good thing we LOVE our pediatrician. I think we will be seeing her frequently this fall/winter as we try to keep the kids well so Brian can avoid hospitalization.  

This past Friday we were sent home with some sterile packages and instructions on sterile field and what to do to change Brian's bandages from his surgery. Apparently this is NOT the norm. I will not say which side, but we were dealing with the surgical nurses and the oncology nurses and apparently one side didn't provide weekend support (a doctor changing the dressing). We were left with the responsibility of changing a wound that CANNOT get infected as it is a line into the main artery. Apparently they didn't realize that we were still in shock about walking down this path again and probably missed half of what they said. This is just a peek into some of the stress we deal with. One of the instructions was DO NOT remove the steri strips. When we got the bandage off we realized there were no steri strips! WHAT?! It has been stressful. We try to lighten the mood and be silly when possible because stress levels have increased dramatically in our home the last few days. Here is a picture of the kids and me making faces in the mirror at the pediatrician's office this morning.



being silly at the pediatrician's office while we wait our turn