Okay, I'm back to finally get around to finishing up my update from last week. We just signed papers for the house today, but it will still be a couple days or so before it is officially ours. We are all excited about having a place of our own again. I'm sure we will all think it is Christmas again when we get all of our stuff moved in, the kids and I haven't seen that stuff for about a year now! So lets see, where was I....
I forgot to add one new thing about Jayde.... She lost her very first tooth last week! She must of swallowed it or something and didn't realize it, because it wasn't until she was brushing her teeth before bed that we noticed it had finally fallen out! At first she was a little upset because she didn't have the actual tooth and I think she was worried about the tooth fairy not finding it. I reassured her though that the tooth fairy is very good at that kind of thing!
So now lets move on to Ryann. We just got back from Spokane today for her check up at the endocrinologist (I think that is how you spell it!). Everything looks good and she is doing well. He gave us a couple tips on how to manage her blood sugar when she eats certain types of food, so we will have to try that for next time. She has been gaining back all the weight that she lost and is weighing in at 44lbs and was 3ft 4 1/2 inches tall. So she's a growing girl! She is such a funny girl...her teacher at preschool gets a big kick out of her. They have been doing some "plays" at school this month and she was just loving how into Ryann got. She thinks Ryann has a stage life ahead of her! LOL! But anyways, she is loving school and I love hearing about her day and listening to the new songs she has learned. Her best buddy is a little boy named Dylan, and she already informed me that she is going to marry him!
Jaxon is turning into such a big guy! I took him in for his 2 year check up in February ( I know... a little late!) He was about 39lbs...and I'll have to look up his height again. But he was over the 100th percentile in weight and also up there somewhere with his height. We laughed because he almost weighs as much as Ryann does. He is really turning into a chatterbox as well, and stringing his words along into 4-5 word sentences. He is such a little ham and charmer and can usually wrap anyone around his little finger.
C.J. is growing like crazy! I took him in for his 6 month check up in February with Jaxon. He ended up being in only the 5th percentile in his weight (I know, strange for any of my kids to be small!) And his height was in the 5oth percentile. So we have been working on getting him fattened up. We started him on formula and baby food...and boy is he loving it. His personality has totally changed to a happy little boy. I need to take him in for a weight check...but according to the scale here we think he has gained around 5lbs in a month! So I don't think we will be calling him skinny boy anymore! So he is doing really well. He is working on crawling. He gets up on all fours and will rock back and forth...then he will lunge forward. So he hasn't quite figured out how to get everything moving at once but I don't think it will be too much longer, I think he is very determined!
So I think that pretty sums things up! Doug got around to downloading all my pictures of my camera yesterday, but they are on the other computer so I can't get to them from here. So I will try to update again later with some pictures. But anyways, we hope that everyone has a great Easter weekend!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Bad blogger!!
Sorry everyone! Looks like I've been MIA for a bit. I guess chasing around 5 kids, turning the big 30, and looking for a house to live in has kept us all pretty busy! I'm ashamed to say that I still have pictures that need to be downloaded off my camera from Christmas! I know, I know pretty bad! So let me see if I can get everyone up to date on what has been going on with the Crowes!
I turned the big 3 0 in February. Can I really be that old already??? Maybe I can just keep telling people I'm 29....do you think that would fly? Though in truth I feel way older than 30, so I guess actually being 30 isn't that bad!
Good news! It looks like we have our house in NJ rented....just need to work out a few bugs. And we have found a house here in WA!! As long as everything goes as planned we are going to try and close by the 20th of this month. We won't be moving in right away though since we are planning to do a little work to the house first. It is an older home and was a repo, but it is actually in reasonably good condition...we are just going to do a bit of updating. So we are all pretty excited about moving in to our own place again, getting settled and getting back on to some sort of routine again.
Doogie is still growing like a weed! We had his teacher conference on Monday and even his teacher was impressed with how much he has "grown". He is learning to deal better with other kids (the ones that "annoy" him) and finding better options. I think it helps that he has a wonderful teacher and she is really looking out for his better interests and trying to help him to succeed. I will be sad to be moving to a new school next year (since the house we are buying isn't in that school district). However we talked to his teacher about it and she said the other school was a really good school (her own kids went there). So that was reassuring. So he is doing really well in school.
Jayde is still Jayde! She has shown alot of growth as well in school and her teachers and school friends just love her. They always say Jayde is like a ray of sunshine everday she comes to school just so excited to be there and to learn. We laugh and just say you should see her at home! Naw, in all honesty she is a good kid and a ray of sunshine in our lives...just like all of them! They were also sad to hear about us moving to a new school district for next year...her speech teacher told us we couldn't take her away from them! One of the big things I was worried about was changing speech teachers (since I absolutely love the one she has now), but she reassured us that the speech teacher at the new school was excellent...and she said she would tell us if that wasn't the case. She has been wonderful for Jayde and is always looking out for her. She fought to get Jayde a extra helper in her class, that comes in for 30 minutes mon-thur and helps her with her reading and writing during their writing time in class. And she is getting her quailified to recieve help over the summer as well. So we will miss her next year.
Well it looks like I'm going to have to finish this update a little later. It's bedtime over here (actually pass it) and one of my little guys is having a hard time falling asleep... But I will try to update the rest tomorrow (or very soon!!!) I promise! And hopefully I can get Doug to download my pictures off my camera for me so I can show off the kids! :)
I turned the big 3 0 in February. Can I really be that old already??? Maybe I can just keep telling people I'm 29....do you think that would fly? Though in truth I feel way older than 30, so I guess actually being 30 isn't that bad!
Good news! It looks like we have our house in NJ rented....just need to work out a few bugs. And we have found a house here in WA!! As long as everything goes as planned we are going to try and close by the 20th of this month. We won't be moving in right away though since we are planning to do a little work to the house first. It is an older home and was a repo, but it is actually in reasonably good condition...we are just going to do a bit of updating. So we are all pretty excited about moving in to our own place again, getting settled and getting back on to some sort of routine again.
Doogie is still growing like a weed! We had his teacher conference on Monday and even his teacher was impressed with how much he has "grown". He is learning to deal better with other kids (the ones that "annoy" him) and finding better options. I think it helps that he has a wonderful teacher and she is really looking out for his better interests and trying to help him to succeed. I will be sad to be moving to a new school next year (since the house we are buying isn't in that school district). However we talked to his teacher about it and she said the other school was a really good school (her own kids went there). So that was reassuring. So he is doing really well in school.
Jayde is still Jayde! She has shown alot of growth as well in school and her teachers and school friends just love her. They always say Jayde is like a ray of sunshine everday she comes to school just so excited to be there and to learn. We laugh and just say you should see her at home! Naw, in all honesty she is a good kid and a ray of sunshine in our lives...just like all of them! They were also sad to hear about us moving to a new school district for next year...her speech teacher told us we couldn't take her away from them! One of the big things I was worried about was changing speech teachers (since I absolutely love the one she has now), but she reassured us that the speech teacher at the new school was excellent...and she said she would tell us if that wasn't the case. She has been wonderful for Jayde and is always looking out for her. She fought to get Jayde a extra helper in her class, that comes in for 30 minutes mon-thur and helps her with her reading and writing during their writing time in class. And she is getting her quailified to recieve help over the summer as well. So we will miss her next year.
Well it looks like I'm going to have to finish this update a little later. It's bedtime over here (actually pass it) and one of my little guys is having a hard time falling asleep... But I will try to update the rest tomorrow (or very soon!!!) I promise! And hopefully I can get Doug to download my pictures off my camera for me so I can show off the kids! :)
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year Everyone!!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! The kids had a blast opening up all of their Christmas presents and playing with all of their new toys. They definitely have alot of stuff to keep them busy for a while now!We have as usual been keeping busy with things. I took the kids bowling for their very first time last week. They had a lot of fun and we will have to do it more often now. They all ended up getting atleast one strike and a few spares...not bad for a first time bowler! I forgot to bring my camera though and I could just hit myself for it! I missed out on getting alot of great shots! I will have to remember to bring it for the next time! Then the day after bowling we took the kids over to the gym (gymnastics) to run around and play (Doug's friend is the owner and we were the only ones there because they were working on stuffing mats). The kids had a blast playing!
Jaxon is now a big 2 year old! His birthday is New Years Eve....that boy is going to have some fun parties when he gets older! We went and celebrated over at Dairy Queen and then had ice cream for desert (and I forgot the camera again!!! UGH!!) Afterwards we headed over to Doug's friend's house for New Years and brought the kids home around 10:00. Jaxon and Jayde crashed soon after, but Doogie, Ryann and C.J. hanged out in our bed and watched movies until they fell asleep. Doogie almost made it to midnight...he finally crashed around 11:30, maybe next year!
Anyways, nothing super exciting happening over here at the moment. The kids are on winter break until the 7th, so they are enjoying the no school! Ryann's blood sugar has been a bit goofy the past couple days, we've been getting alot of lows. So we are trying to get her situated and back where she is supposed to be. Doug is at the doctor's right now with Jayde...we think she has a bladder infection, though ever since Ryann's diagnoses I always think what if it isn't! But in this case I'm pretty sure that is what it is!
So anyways, the picture is one I took of my sister-in-law and the kids. It was a present from her to her parents for Christmas. I think it turned out pretty well...considering how many people are in the picture. Not to mention Ryann was being kind of a stinker at the time too (we than figured out that her blood sugar was getting low and that was why she was being so onry!)
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
It's been a while hasn't it?!
Yikes! Where does the time go? I keep meaning to get on and update everyone and than something would come up and distract me (big surprise, huh? with 5 kids running around!) We are all hanging in there though. Let's see if I can get everyone up to speed here...
Doogie is doing well, it's so much fun to watch him grow up right in front of our eyes. It's cool to have him read to us now and watch him sound out the words. I just look at him and wonder "where did my baby go?" I still can't believe he is 7 now! He's lost a few more teeth just in this past month, I just have to remember to go in after he's gone to sleep to leave his money from the tooth fairy. I forgot one day and didn't get in there until morning and luckily though he just thought the tooth fairy was late! He is very much into DRAGONS! He was even a dragon for halloween! I think I'm learning everything there is to know about dragons! But besides dragons he loves dinosaurs, lizards, frogs and all that good stuff that boys like! Last I checked his favorite color was blue...but I could be wrong now since it seems to change frequently! He is getting over a cold at the moment...he hardly ever gets sick and luckily when he does he recovers pretty quickly. Wish I could do that!
Jayde is doing great! She is having a blast in Kindergarten. She goes to speech 4 times a week, and according to her speech teacher (and also from what we have seen) she is doing really well. Her speech teacher thinks that Jayde is right on the edge of learning how to read. She is very print aware and we think that this is what is going to help us to get Jayde where she is supposed to be with her speech. So needless to say we are very happy to hear that! Jayde is such a fun child, she loves going to school and being with all of her friends...all the kids know her and she's is always giving everyone hugs (in fact she even has kids asking her for one!) She turned the big 6 last month, hard to believe 6 years have already gone by. She loves everything princess (she was even sleeping beauty for halloween) and girly and loves the color purple. She is also pretty excited at the moment because she has her very first loose tooth!
Ryann is doing good. She is also getting over a cold, she has an upper respitory infection and is now on antibiotics. I think we are starting to get a handle on her diabetes, though lately we've been fighting the highs with her and are working on adjusting her insulin doses to get her blood sugars back down where they are supposed to be. She is enjoying preschool and I love the fact that it is a co-op and I get to come and help out in her class atleast once a month usually more! And than of course you are always welcome to stay and hang out on days that aren't your helping days as well. She also has her first boyfriend in her class! LOL! Ryann's best buddy at school is a little boy named Dylan and if she doesn't get to sit next to him during circle, reading or snack time she gets a little bit upset! Ryann is also into everything princess and girly (she was malicefent, not sure if I got that spelled right, for halloween!) And she loves the color pink!
Jaxon is growing like a weed! He'll be turning the big 2 at the end of the month! He is such a big guy, in fact he's only around 5lbs less than Ryann! He's also been sick, he had croup and was on antibiotics for that and still ended up getting an ear infection (he also has tubes!) So now he's on some different medicine and is starting to feel more like his old self. He is such a little smartie pants! He is a big talker and is also starting to make 2-3 word sentences. And he is a huge Blue's Clues junkie (in fact he was Blue for Halloween)! He's a busy, fun loving little guy who loves to snuggle and loves soft cuddly teddy bears and all of those other things that little boys like to do!
Calvin is getting sooo big, can't believe he is already 5 months old! Poor little guy has caught the same crud that his sister had. So he is also on antibiotics and will hopefully start getting back to his happy self! He weighed in at a whopping 14lbs 10 oz at his appointment yesterday. So when he is feeling well he is usually a pretty happy and easygoing baby, he's always got a big smile for you and he squeals and gets so excited whenever he see's his brothers and sisters. Especially Jaxon, those two already have such a special bond! He is now rolling everywhere! I put him down on the floor to do some floor time and the next thing I know he is all the way over to the other side of the room! I think he is also trying to get some teeth, he's been drooling like crazy for the past few weeks...we jokingly tell Doogie that C.J. is going to take his title as the king of drool!
We are all very happy to have Doug back with us for good! He got back in town right before Halloween, which made the kids very happy...I know how much they wanted Daddy there for that! He is enjoying his new job and it's reaaly nice that he doesn't have to drive a half hour or so to get to work anymore!
So anyways, that's what's been happening with us lately! I really need to get some new pictures up on the blog, and I will try to do that soon! So it has definitely been a crazy and eventful year with moving, having C.J., getting Ryann's diagnoses of Type 1 Diabetes and then Doug finally getting a job here! I wonder what next year will bring?!
Doogie is doing well, it's so much fun to watch him grow up right in front of our eyes. It's cool to have him read to us now and watch him sound out the words. I just look at him and wonder "where did my baby go?" I still can't believe he is 7 now! He's lost a few more teeth just in this past month, I just have to remember to go in after he's gone to sleep to leave his money from the tooth fairy. I forgot one day and didn't get in there until morning and luckily though he just thought the tooth fairy was late! He is very much into DRAGONS! He was even a dragon for halloween! I think I'm learning everything there is to know about dragons! But besides dragons he loves dinosaurs, lizards, frogs and all that good stuff that boys like! Last I checked his favorite color was blue...but I could be wrong now since it seems to change frequently! He is getting over a cold at the moment...he hardly ever gets sick and luckily when he does he recovers pretty quickly. Wish I could do that!
Jayde is doing great! She is having a blast in Kindergarten. She goes to speech 4 times a week, and according to her speech teacher (and also from what we have seen) she is doing really well. Her speech teacher thinks that Jayde is right on the edge of learning how to read. She is very print aware and we think that this is what is going to help us to get Jayde where she is supposed to be with her speech. So needless to say we are very happy to hear that! Jayde is such a fun child, she loves going to school and being with all of her friends...all the kids know her and she's is always giving everyone hugs (in fact she even has kids asking her for one!) She turned the big 6 last month, hard to believe 6 years have already gone by. She loves everything princess (she was even sleeping beauty for halloween) and girly and loves the color purple. She is also pretty excited at the moment because she has her very first loose tooth!
Ryann is doing good. She is also getting over a cold, she has an upper respitory infection and is now on antibiotics. I think we are starting to get a handle on her diabetes, though lately we've been fighting the highs with her and are working on adjusting her insulin doses to get her blood sugars back down where they are supposed to be. She is enjoying preschool and I love the fact that it is a co-op and I get to come and help out in her class atleast once a month usually more! And than of course you are always welcome to stay and hang out on days that aren't your helping days as well. She also has her first boyfriend in her class! LOL! Ryann's best buddy at school is a little boy named Dylan and if she doesn't get to sit next to him during circle, reading or snack time she gets a little bit upset! Ryann is also into everything princess and girly (she was malicefent, not sure if I got that spelled right, for halloween!) And she loves the color pink!
Jaxon is growing like a weed! He'll be turning the big 2 at the end of the month! He is such a big guy, in fact he's only around 5lbs less than Ryann! He's also been sick, he had croup and was on antibiotics for that and still ended up getting an ear infection (he also has tubes!) So now he's on some different medicine and is starting to feel more like his old self. He is such a little smartie pants! He is a big talker and is also starting to make 2-3 word sentences. And he is a huge Blue's Clues junkie (in fact he was Blue for Halloween)! He's a busy, fun loving little guy who loves to snuggle and loves soft cuddly teddy bears and all of those other things that little boys like to do!
Calvin is getting sooo big, can't believe he is already 5 months old! Poor little guy has caught the same crud that his sister had. So he is also on antibiotics and will hopefully start getting back to his happy self! He weighed in at a whopping 14lbs 10 oz at his appointment yesterday. So when he is feeling well he is usually a pretty happy and easygoing baby, he's always got a big smile for you and he squeals and gets so excited whenever he see's his brothers and sisters. Especially Jaxon, those two already have such a special bond! He is now rolling everywhere! I put him down on the floor to do some floor time and the next thing I know he is all the way over to the other side of the room! I think he is also trying to get some teeth, he's been drooling like crazy for the past few weeks...we jokingly tell Doogie that C.J. is going to take his title as the king of drool!
We are all very happy to have Doug back with us for good! He got back in town right before Halloween, which made the kids very happy...I know how much they wanted Daddy there for that! He is enjoying his new job and it's reaaly nice that he doesn't have to drive a half hour or so to get to work anymore!
So anyways, that's what's been happening with us lately! I really need to get some new pictures up on the blog, and I will try to do that soon! So it has definitely been a crazy and eventful year with moving, having C.J., getting Ryann's diagnoses of Type 1 Diabetes and then Doug finally getting a job here! I wonder what next year will bring?!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Go away sickies!!!
What a week this has been! Doug won't be back until Saturday (tomorrow), think they got a bit of a late start on Tuesday and didn't get as far as they would of liked. So he should be hopefully rolling in around late morning /early afternoon. It will be sooo nice to have him back home with us. It's been a tough 6 months or so without him here. Though it has helped a lot to be back home with all of our family.
Well lets see, we are still battling off this nasty bug...but I'm hoping that the end is in sight. Jayde right now seems to be on the mend. Ryann, Jaxon and C.J. have still been having a bit of diarhea. And poor Doogie caught this bug too. I had sent him over to my in-laws hoping that if I kept him away from everyone he might miss getting this. No such luck! He started throwing up later that night, and has been having some diarhea as well. We went ahead and kept him over there though. I figured that that way he would get some one on one and hopefully get over it quicker. And I think he has been feeling a bit neglected since we found out about Ryann's diabetes and hasn't been getting as much attention as I would like to be giving him (and all of them!) So I knew he would get that over there, and I could work on getting all the rest of them healthy as well! My mom ended up getting a little of this bug too, though she just got a bit of an upset stomach and by the next day felt alot better. So far I have lucked out in not catching this, but I am exhausted! I haven't been getting much sleep with being up with the baby and having to check Ryann's blood sugar in the middle of the night to make sure it is up where it is supposed to be. So keep your fingers crossed that I don't catch this and that everyone is really on the mend this time!
So nothing super exciting going on. Ryann's blood sugar levels have been looking pretty good this week, she's had a few lows but nothing like she had that one night! The big challenge is finding the right kind of foods and getting her to eat enough to get what she needs. Right now it's been kind of just giving her whatever she will eat and it hasn't always been super healthy. So we need to get on a routine again and work on that. I know that in her case a carb is a carb, but I want her to atleast be eating some more healthier carbs! She is getting alot better at letting me check her blood and getting her insulin shots. I let her clean her fingers with an alcohol wipe and pick which one she wants me to do and than she also likes to help load the test strip and get her blood sample (with some help). Her insulin shots are still a bit more tricky, though she does do alot better staying still for me now. I find she does better if I put one of the cats next to her to hold. I think she is starting to realize that this isn't going to be stopping any time soon! She now goes around and pretends that she is poking her fingers and all of ours, her toys, the pets, etc... with this little toy (I think it used to be the top part of a spinning top). It has a button you push and a little plastic knob pops out. I don't think it will be much longer before she is testing her own blood sugar (with some supervision!)
So anyways, we are hanging in here, and just trying to get everyone healthy and get back on a routine again. We have to make some adjustments since Ryann needs to not only get her three meals a day in but also 3 snacks to keep her levels where they are supposed to be at. But I wanted to thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayers they have really meant alot to us. And I promise one of these days I will upload some more pictures!! :)
Well lets see, we are still battling off this nasty bug...but I'm hoping that the end is in sight. Jayde right now seems to be on the mend. Ryann, Jaxon and C.J. have still been having a bit of diarhea. And poor Doogie caught this bug too. I had sent him over to my in-laws hoping that if I kept him away from everyone he might miss getting this. No such luck! He started throwing up later that night, and has been having some diarhea as well. We went ahead and kept him over there though. I figured that that way he would get some one on one and hopefully get over it quicker. And I think he has been feeling a bit neglected since we found out about Ryann's diabetes and hasn't been getting as much attention as I would like to be giving him (and all of them!) So I knew he would get that over there, and I could work on getting all the rest of them healthy as well! My mom ended up getting a little of this bug too, though she just got a bit of an upset stomach and by the next day felt alot better. So far I have lucked out in not catching this, but I am exhausted! I haven't been getting much sleep with being up with the baby and having to check Ryann's blood sugar in the middle of the night to make sure it is up where it is supposed to be. So keep your fingers crossed that I don't catch this and that everyone is really on the mend this time!
So nothing super exciting going on. Ryann's blood sugar levels have been looking pretty good this week, she's had a few lows but nothing like she had that one night! The big challenge is finding the right kind of foods and getting her to eat enough to get what she needs. Right now it's been kind of just giving her whatever she will eat and it hasn't always been super healthy. So we need to get on a routine again and work on that. I know that in her case a carb is a carb, but I want her to atleast be eating some more healthier carbs! She is getting alot better at letting me check her blood and getting her insulin shots. I let her clean her fingers with an alcohol wipe and pick which one she wants me to do and than she also likes to help load the test strip and get her blood sample (with some help). Her insulin shots are still a bit more tricky, though she does do alot better staying still for me now. I find she does better if I put one of the cats next to her to hold. I think she is starting to realize that this isn't going to be stopping any time soon! She now goes around and pretends that she is poking her fingers and all of ours, her toys, the pets, etc... with this little toy (I think it used to be the top part of a spinning top). It has a button you push and a little plastic knob pops out. I don't think it will be much longer before she is testing her own blood sugar (with some supervision!)
So anyways, we are hanging in here, and just trying to get everyone healthy and get back on a routine again. We have to make some adjustments since Ryann needs to not only get her three meals a day in but also 3 snacks to keep her levels where they are supposed to be at. But I wanted to thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayers they have really meant alot to us. And I promise one of these days I will upload some more pictures!! :)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Lots has been happening....
Wow! Where to begin... Hmmmm... let's start with the good stuff first! So first of all Doug is on his way home!! He should hopefully be here by Friday and then start work on Monday. We are all very excited and happy to have him back, the kids keep asking me if Daddy is going to stay for good this time. Now if we can get that house sold we will be doing really good, but atleast we have family to stay with until that time and than we can find ourselves a place of our own.
Other news....Well on Thursday (the 18th) I took Ryann in to the doctor. I thought that she might be having a bladder infection since she had been drinking fluids like crazy and just soaking herself constantly...I knew something was going on. When I took her in I got the news that no, she didn't have an infection, what she has is Type 1 Diabetes. Her blood sugar was so high that it didn't even read on their meter (so we are thinking over 500) and the ketones in her urine were very large. So they told me that I needed to be in Spokane with her at the children's hospital by 4 1/2 hours. Which meant I had to do a lot scrambling! Not to mention I was still in shock about the whole thing. I am so glad that we moved back home otherwise I don't know what we would of done. I was lucky enough that my mother-in-law and father-in-law were able to drive up there with me (we went up on Thursday and they let us go home Saturday afternoon). I also had C.J. with me since I couldn't leave him behind! Once we got there we got a whole bunch of information thrown at us. I think the first day I hardly took any of it in. But after they tell you the same thing numerous times the information starts to seep in.
It was nice to get back home on Saturday...originally they said we should stay until Sunday, but since Ryann was doing better and I seemed to be soaking up the information okay, they let us leave early. On Sunday morning however (our first full day home) Ryann started throwing up! I don't know if she picked up a bug at the hospital (since our roomie had the same symptoms) or if she got it somewhere else. But it wasn't fun! I was on the phone most of the day with both the doctor's up in Spokane (who I can call 24 hrs a day) and our family doctor here (who is also type 1 Diabetes). And they have been walking me through things over the phone. By Sunday afternoon I thought that she was doing better since she had stopped throwing up, but then on Monday night she started having diarhea. Her blood sugar started dropping, I couldn't get her to take anything for me (drink or food wise) to get it back up. I got some karo syrup and started rubbing it into her gums and tongue (which she didn't really enjoy!) But even that wasn't getting it to go back up again and she was really out of it and it was getting hard to wake her up and get any type of response out of her (very, very scary!) So I was back on the phone with the doctors and since I wasn't able to get her to take anything orally and I was afraid if I tried she would choke. We had to do the Glucagen shot (which puts a bunch of glucose into her system and is supposed to raise up her blood sugar level by 50-75). That was not fun to do, the needle was so much bigger and thicker than her tiny insulin shots. But it did work in about 10-15 minutes she started waking up and I was then able to force feed her with a syringe some orange juice to get her level up a bit higher. And then I was up every couple of hours or so checking her levels.
Wednesday morning she seemed to be feeling alot better, but I wanted to take her to see the doctor just to have her looked at and ask questions and what not. While we were gone at the doctor's Jaxon started throwing up. He threw up most of the morning (just like Ryann did) and than by the afternoon he acted like he was feeling better too. Then that afternoon, Ryann started up again with the diarhea. So we had to really watch her blood sugar levels and keep fluids down her.
This morning everyone woke up acting like they felt okay. Jaxon so far (knock on wood) seems to be over this. Ryann a little off on her game still and still has been having a bit of an upset tummy. But now Jayde is throwing up and having diarhea and feeling pretty crummy. And the little guy (C.J.) has been throwing up too! Poor little guy is having a very rough time. We took him into the doctor's to have him looked at just because he is only 3 months old and we don't want him to get dehydrated. The doc said that even though you can tell he really doesn't feel good, he didn't look like he was dehydrated. So we have been trying to give him a little fluid a bit at a time and keep it down. The doctor said if he does get worse though to give him a call (luckily he is on call tonight) and then we would have to take him into the ER to get some fluids. Hopefully it won't come to that though. I really don't want to have to go back to the hospital again!
So...right now the only ones who haven't gotten sick yet is Doogie and us adults (knock on wood that we don't get sick too!) My mother-in-law picked up Doogie from school today for me (which was a huge help) and than she just took him back to her house. I figure the longer he is away from us sickies over here the better chance he has of not catching this. So he is going to spend the night over there and she'll take him to school and than pick him up tomorrow and we'll go from there and see how everyone is feeling.
So anyways, we have been hit with a bunch of things all at once and if you could keep us all in your thoughts and prayers we would really appreciate it! And I will try to add some pictures later!! :)
Other news....Well on Thursday (the 18th) I took Ryann in to the doctor. I thought that she might be having a bladder infection since she had been drinking fluids like crazy and just soaking herself constantly...I knew something was going on. When I took her in I got the news that no, she didn't have an infection, what she has is Type 1 Diabetes. Her blood sugar was so high that it didn't even read on their meter (so we are thinking over 500) and the ketones in her urine were very large. So they told me that I needed to be in Spokane with her at the children's hospital by 4 1/2 hours. Which meant I had to do a lot scrambling! Not to mention I was still in shock about the whole thing. I am so glad that we moved back home otherwise I don't know what we would of done. I was lucky enough that my mother-in-law and father-in-law were able to drive up there with me (we went up on Thursday and they let us go home Saturday afternoon). I also had C.J. with me since I couldn't leave him behind! Once we got there we got a whole bunch of information thrown at us. I think the first day I hardly took any of it in. But after they tell you the same thing numerous times the information starts to seep in.
It was nice to get back home on Saturday...originally they said we should stay until Sunday, but since Ryann was doing better and I seemed to be soaking up the information okay, they let us leave early. On Sunday morning however (our first full day home) Ryann started throwing up! I don't know if she picked up a bug at the hospital (since our roomie had the same symptoms) or if she got it somewhere else. But it wasn't fun! I was on the phone most of the day with both the doctor's up in Spokane (who I can call 24 hrs a day) and our family doctor here (who is also type 1 Diabetes). And they have been walking me through things over the phone. By Sunday afternoon I thought that she was doing better since she had stopped throwing up, but then on Monday night she started having diarhea. Her blood sugar started dropping, I couldn't get her to take anything for me (drink or food wise) to get it back up. I got some karo syrup and started rubbing it into her gums and tongue (which she didn't really enjoy!) But even that wasn't getting it to go back up again and she was really out of it and it was getting hard to wake her up and get any type of response out of her (very, very scary!) So I was back on the phone with the doctors and since I wasn't able to get her to take anything orally and I was afraid if I tried she would choke. We had to do the Glucagen shot (which puts a bunch of glucose into her system and is supposed to raise up her blood sugar level by 50-75). That was not fun to do, the needle was so much bigger and thicker than her tiny insulin shots. But it did work in about 10-15 minutes she started waking up and I was then able to force feed her with a syringe some orange juice to get her level up a bit higher. And then I was up every couple of hours or so checking her levels.
Wednesday morning she seemed to be feeling alot better, but I wanted to take her to see the doctor just to have her looked at and ask questions and what not. While we were gone at the doctor's Jaxon started throwing up. He threw up most of the morning (just like Ryann did) and than by the afternoon he acted like he was feeling better too. Then that afternoon, Ryann started up again with the diarhea. So we had to really watch her blood sugar levels and keep fluids down her.
This morning everyone woke up acting like they felt okay. Jaxon so far (knock on wood) seems to be over this. Ryann a little off on her game still and still has been having a bit of an upset tummy. But now Jayde is throwing up and having diarhea and feeling pretty crummy. And the little guy (C.J.) has been throwing up too! Poor little guy is having a very rough time. We took him into the doctor's to have him looked at just because he is only 3 months old and we don't want him to get dehydrated. The doc said that even though you can tell he really doesn't feel good, he didn't look like he was dehydrated. So we have been trying to give him a little fluid a bit at a time and keep it down. The doctor said if he does get worse though to give him a call (luckily he is on call tonight) and then we would have to take him into the ER to get some fluids. Hopefully it won't come to that though. I really don't want to have to go back to the hospital again!
So...right now the only ones who haven't gotten sick yet is Doogie and us adults (knock on wood that we don't get sick too!) My mother-in-law picked up Doogie from school today for me (which was a huge help) and than she just took him back to her house. I figure the longer he is away from us sickies over here the better chance he has of not catching this. So he is going to spend the night over there and she'll take him to school and than pick him up tomorrow and we'll go from there and see how everyone is feeling.
So anyways, we have been hit with a bunch of things all at once and if you could keep us all in your thoughts and prayers we would really appreciate it! And I will try to add some pictures later!! :)
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