Monday, September 8, 2008
Back from the doctor's
We took CJ in this morning for a follow-up from our exciting day last Thursday. He's still been a bit cranky and has been wanting me to hold him 24/7. His appetite still isn't back up to where it was but he doesn't seem to be losing any (if much) weight...he weighed in at a whopping 28lbs 13 oz. He had a bit of a rash on his torso and back, which "Dr. I" said was typical of a viral infection and he has a bit of a sore throat but no spots! His temp has been staying normal, which is good. So we'll just have to keep an eye on him whenever he starts acting sick and start treating him immediately because you never know when that fever will all of a sudden spike (which is what causes the siezures). So anyways, I think he is starting to be on the mend...though I'm sure someone else will probably be sick next week! HaHa
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Etsy Giveaway Round 3 Vintage Circus Tooth Fairy Pillow
Check it out here: http://twinsrock-jolie.blogspot.com/2008/09/etsy-giveaway-round-3-c.html
Will the excitement ever end???
The good news is that CJ's fever seems to be staying down now. The bad news is that both Ryann and CJ have been throwing up this morning and having some diarhea as well. UGH, I really need a vacation! So far Ryann's blood sugar seems to be doing okay, it's been a bit on the high side but we would much rather have it be a high than low (high is easy to fix...just give her some insulin). Besides them throwing up (and other tummy problems) they seem to be feeling okay and CJ has been more active today than he has been. We're wondering if they picked up this new bug while we were at the hospital or if Doogie and Jayde brought something home from school.
So anyways, instead of me heading over to the animal control this afternoon with my mother-in-law (I'm going to be there official photographer and take pictures of all the animals and post them on craigslist or petfinder so that people can see what animals are available and hopefully get them adopted out faster) I'll be staying home and cleaning up after sick kids (Doug doesn't do well with puke and other tummy stuff). I also need to try and clean and disenfect my house and get rid of all of these sick germs. Not to mention my laundry pile is starting to look like Mt. Everest (both the clean and dirty pile) so I better get going on that otherwise we'll all be running around the house naked...and while my children might like doing that, I think I would scare people (heck, I scare myself!) So as you can see we have another fun day ahead of us...there never seems to be a dull moment in the Crowe house!
Oh and I forgot to post and tell everyone how Jaxon and Ryann's preschool orientation went on Wednesday. Ryann of course did just fine, most of the kids in her class were from her class from last year so she pretty much knew everyone. Jaxon did great! I thought he might get upset when I left the room to go to the parent meeting, but he was perfectly fine with it and was checking out all the toys...and it probably helped that Ryann's teacher from last year was in there helping and he knows her. So this Wednesday will be there first official day back and I get to stay and work in Jaxon's class (hopefully everyone will be feeling better by than)!
So anyways, instead of me heading over to the animal control this afternoon with my mother-in-law (I'm going to be there official photographer and take pictures of all the animals and post them on craigslist or petfinder so that people can see what animals are available and hopefully get them adopted out faster) I'll be staying home and cleaning up after sick kids (Doug doesn't do well with puke and other tummy stuff). I also need to try and clean and disenfect my house and get rid of all of these sick germs. Not to mention my laundry pile is starting to look like Mt. Everest (both the clean and dirty pile) so I better get going on that otherwise we'll all be running around the house naked...and while my children might like doing that, I think I would scare people (heck, I scare myself!) So as you can see we have another fun day ahead of us...there never seems to be a dull moment in the Crowe house!
Oh and I forgot to post and tell everyone how Jaxon and Ryann's preschool orientation went on Wednesday. Ryann of course did just fine, most of the kids in her class were from her class from last year so she pretty much knew everyone. Jaxon did great! I thought he might get upset when I left the room to go to the parent meeting, but he was perfectly fine with it and was checking out all the toys...and it probably helped that Ryann's teacher from last year was in there helping and he knows her. So this Wednesday will be there first official day back and I get to stay and work in Jaxon's class (hopefully everyone will be feeling better by than)!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Here's the rest of the story....
Ah, I see Doug has been having some fun on the blog. So I figured I better get on and post and add a little bit more detail to my fun and exciting day yesterday.
Hmmm...Wednesday afternoon I noticed that CJ was running a fever. He really didn't have any other symptoms at the time (maybe a snotty nose) so I gave him some tylenol and something to clear up his nose and that seemed to help. The next day he was still running a fever, so I again treated it with tylenol. He hadn't been eating as much as usual and he was really restless even when I was able to get him to fall asleep so he wouldn't sleep for very long. When I finally got him to go to sleep yesterday afternoon it was close to the time that I needed to go and pick up the kids from school, so I got a hold of Doug to see if he could do it for me...which he could (pretty handy having his work just down the road from home). So he came home to pick up the suburban and then after dropping Doogie and Jayde off from school just took the suburban to work instead of switching back to his truck. Not long after, I was trying to get a few things done (with CJ being sick he wasn't letting me out of his sight and wanted to be held constantly so my house was getting pretty dirty!) CJ was upset with me that I wasn't holding him so he threw himself down on the floor and hit his head (he's been doing that alot lately whenever he gets mad or doesn't get what he wants, etc...) I went to go pick him up since he was crying, but right when I went to pick him up his crying stopped and his body just started to shake and he was making funny noises. Let me tell you it really scared the crap out of me. I picked him up quickly and started to talk with him, my brain was trying to wrap around the fact that he was actually having a siezure. I grabbed the phone off the counter and tried to call Doug at work, but when he didn't answer right away I knew I needed to call 911. That was the first time I've ever had to call 911 and I hope it is the last. I can't say enough how grateful I was to hear that voice on the other line (they really should be making more money than they do!) I was doing my best to hold it together but I was hanging on by a thread and I would of probably lost it if it wasn't for the wonderful lady whose voice was talking me through it all.
CJ's siezure lasted for about 2 minutes (not the 30-45 seconds that Doug wrote) and it was probably the longest 2 minutes of my life. I sat and held him talking to him and to the 911 operator. She was asking me questions, such as has he been sick, running a fever, etc... which was a yes. She told me to make sure that he couldn't hit his head or get hurt on anything while he was having his siezure and if I could to start removing his clothing so that we could start to cool him down. Through all of this, the girls were downstairs playing, Jaxon was outside with Balder (our dog) and Doogie was in the room with me watching one of his favorite cartoons and was totally oblivious to what was going on! In fact when the paramedics arrived I told Doogie to go and open the baby gate for them and he was really surprised to see them! Talk about being focused on something, eh?! The paramedics looked him over asked me some questions and told me that they thought it would be best if they took him to the hospital. They asked if I wanted to ride along or meet them there, and since I had my other 4 kids at home with me I knew I would have to hand him over to their care and meet them there. I had to do the second most difficult thing in my life that day (the first being watching my baby have a siezure and not being able to do anything but hold him and watch) I had to hand CJ to one of the paramedics who then carried him out of the house, put him in the ambulance (strapped him to a back board) and then take him to the hospital. I then tried to call Doug again at work but he wasn't answering his phone so I had to page him. Now Doug has told me that if I really need to get a hold of him and have him call me back right away I need to put 911 down in the page. He called back not to long after, I was still trying to hold it all together and told him that he needed to come home now. He of course asked me why, to which I replied that CJ fell down hit his head and had a siezure and that the ambulance came and took him to the hospital and we have to meet them there. He only caught CJ hurt, ambulance and need to go to the hospital! He than quickly told me goodbye and while I was waiting for him to get home I got the kids ready to go. On the way to the hospital Doug called his parents and they said they would meet us there and take the kids back home for us (a great huge thanks to them for that!!)
When we got to the hospital we checked in and a person showed us back to where they had CJ, as we got closer to his room I could hear him crying. When we walked in the nurses were checking his temp and vitals (his temp was 104). I quickly went to his side and started talking to him to let him know that I was there for him. Not long after we arrived did the doctor on call come into the room to talk to us. He told me that this was actually a pretty common occurence and since it has only happened once and he has been having a high fever that it was a febrile siezure. He even stopped the nurses from putting an IV in him (which they had been getting ready to do right before he walked in), he said he didn't want to have to poke him needlessly. So the plan was to get his fever to come down, observe him and make sure he was acting more normally and then letting us go home. So the nurse came in and gave him some motrin and tylenol to bring his fever down and we then (Doug and I) took turns just walking with him. Poor little guy was just exhausted and Doug was finally able to get him to go to sleep. About an hour later the nurse came back in to check his temp and it was down to 100.4 which was good (he even slept through getting his temp taken) when he woke up we could tell that his fever had broken (not only because he felt alot cooler but because the sheets on the bed where he was lying down were drenched in sweat). And he was starting to act more normally (before he was still shaky and not really focusing on things well) once he woke up he was looking around and starting to talk a bit. The nurse came back in and took a look at him and then went to report back to the doc, who than said that we could go home. So around 3 hours or so after this whole ordeal happened we were finally back home just in time for the bedtime craziness (and of course there was school the next day!)
So anyways, today he is still running a fever off and on. We have been dosing him with motrin every 4-6 hours or so, trying to keep that fever down to a safe zone. They told us that some children are more succeptible (sp?) to having a siezure when there temp is high than others and I guess CJ is one of them. So now that he has had a siezure his risk for having another one when he is running a fever is higher. So we have to make sure that whenever he starts running a fever that we treat it right away so that it doesn't get to high. The good news is that they do eventually out grow this by age 6...but that is still 5 years away.
So now you know the rest of the story...
Hmmm...Wednesday afternoon I noticed that CJ was running a fever. He really didn't have any other symptoms at the time (maybe a snotty nose) so I gave him some tylenol and something to clear up his nose and that seemed to help. The next day he was still running a fever, so I again treated it with tylenol. He hadn't been eating as much as usual and he was really restless even when I was able to get him to fall asleep so he wouldn't sleep for very long. When I finally got him to go to sleep yesterday afternoon it was close to the time that I needed to go and pick up the kids from school, so I got a hold of Doug to see if he could do it for me...which he could (pretty handy having his work just down the road from home). So he came home to pick up the suburban and then after dropping Doogie and Jayde off from school just took the suburban to work instead of switching back to his truck. Not long after, I was trying to get a few things done (with CJ being sick he wasn't letting me out of his sight and wanted to be held constantly so my house was getting pretty dirty!) CJ was upset with me that I wasn't holding him so he threw himself down on the floor and hit his head (he's been doing that alot lately whenever he gets mad or doesn't get what he wants, etc...) I went to go pick him up since he was crying, but right when I went to pick him up his crying stopped and his body just started to shake and he was making funny noises. Let me tell you it really scared the crap out of me. I picked him up quickly and started to talk with him, my brain was trying to wrap around the fact that he was actually having a siezure. I grabbed the phone off the counter and tried to call Doug at work, but when he didn't answer right away I knew I needed to call 911. That was the first time I've ever had to call 911 and I hope it is the last. I can't say enough how grateful I was to hear that voice on the other line (they really should be making more money than they do!) I was doing my best to hold it together but I was hanging on by a thread and I would of probably lost it if it wasn't for the wonderful lady whose voice was talking me through it all.
CJ's siezure lasted for about 2 minutes (not the 30-45 seconds that Doug wrote) and it was probably the longest 2 minutes of my life. I sat and held him talking to him and to the 911 operator. She was asking me questions, such as has he been sick, running a fever, etc... which was a yes. She told me to make sure that he couldn't hit his head or get hurt on anything while he was having his siezure and if I could to start removing his clothing so that we could start to cool him down. Through all of this, the girls were downstairs playing, Jaxon was outside with Balder (our dog) and Doogie was in the room with me watching one of his favorite cartoons and was totally oblivious to what was going on! In fact when the paramedics arrived I told Doogie to go and open the baby gate for them and he was really surprised to see them! Talk about being focused on something, eh?! The paramedics looked him over asked me some questions and told me that they thought it would be best if they took him to the hospital. They asked if I wanted to ride along or meet them there, and since I had my other 4 kids at home with me I knew I would have to hand him over to their care and meet them there. I had to do the second most difficult thing in my life that day (the first being watching my baby have a siezure and not being able to do anything but hold him and watch) I had to hand CJ to one of the paramedics who then carried him out of the house, put him in the ambulance (strapped him to a back board) and then take him to the hospital. I then tried to call Doug again at work but he wasn't answering his phone so I had to page him. Now Doug has told me that if I really need to get a hold of him and have him call me back right away I need to put 911 down in the page. He called back not to long after, I was still trying to hold it all together and told him that he needed to come home now. He of course asked me why, to which I replied that CJ fell down hit his head and had a siezure and that the ambulance came and took him to the hospital and we have to meet them there. He only caught CJ hurt, ambulance and need to go to the hospital! He than quickly told me goodbye and while I was waiting for him to get home I got the kids ready to go. On the way to the hospital Doug called his parents and they said they would meet us there and take the kids back home for us (a great huge thanks to them for that!!)
When we got to the hospital we checked in and a person showed us back to where they had CJ, as we got closer to his room I could hear him crying. When we walked in the nurses were checking his temp and vitals (his temp was 104). I quickly went to his side and started talking to him to let him know that I was there for him. Not long after we arrived did the doctor on call come into the room to talk to us. He told me that this was actually a pretty common occurence and since it has only happened once and he has been having a high fever that it was a febrile siezure. He even stopped the nurses from putting an IV in him (which they had been getting ready to do right before he walked in), he said he didn't want to have to poke him needlessly. So the plan was to get his fever to come down, observe him and make sure he was acting more normally and then letting us go home. So the nurse came in and gave him some motrin and tylenol to bring his fever down and we then (Doug and I) took turns just walking with him. Poor little guy was just exhausted and Doug was finally able to get him to go to sleep. About an hour later the nurse came back in to check his temp and it was down to 100.4 which was good (he even slept through getting his temp taken) when he woke up we could tell that his fever had broken (not only because he felt alot cooler but because the sheets on the bed where he was lying down were drenched in sweat). And he was starting to act more normally (before he was still shaky and not really focusing on things well) once he woke up he was looking around and starting to talk a bit. The nurse came back in and took a look at him and then went to report back to the doc, who than said that we could go home. So around 3 hours or so after this whole ordeal happened we were finally back home just in time for the bedtime craziness (and of course there was school the next day!)
So anyways, today he is still running a fever off and on. We have been dosing him with motrin every 4-6 hours or so, trying to keep that fever down to a safe zone. They told us that some children are more succeptible (sp?) to having a siezure when there temp is high than others and I guess CJ is one of them. So now that he has had a siezure his risk for having another one when he is running a fever is higher. So we have to make sure that whenever he starts running a fever that we treat it right away so that it doesn't get to high. The good news is that they do eventually out grow this by age 6...but that is still 5 years away.
So now you know the rest of the story...
Rachael to the Rescue
(Written by Doug)
Rachael always complains about the lack of excitement and 'action' in her life.. But that all changed yesterday.. I was paged ( I cannot have cell phones in the area I work, so everyone carries good ole' 1990 tech pagers) by Rachael to come home and pickup the kids from school, CJ was not feeling well and he was sleeping, so she wanted me to get the kids. I came home to get the Suburban and then headed out to get the kids. After picking them up (Doogie and Jayde), I dropped them off at the house and took the Suburban to work for the rest of the day. I get back to the office and start doing a little work and get another page from Rachael, this time it had a 911 on the end of it. I thought crap, she wants to go get some scrapbook supplies and needs the Suburban.. So I called and boy was I wrong. Rachael voice was shaking.. 'I need you to come home'... Like any guy, I was thinking the spider is not that big or something alone those lines (or maybe I was hoping that..).. So I asked why... Well, apparently, CJ was mad, so he falls over on the wood floor and then starts having seizures for about the next 30-45 seconds.. Rachael tried to call me but then hung up and called 911. When I got home, I thought we would take CJ to the ER not that the EMT's already did... The little guy appear to be okay, no worse for the wear. I guess its somewhat common for kids with high fevers to have some Febrile Seizures (so like the whole diabetes stuff, we wore out the internet doing research)... So he's still a little hot today, but we are giving him some Motrin to keep the fever down and had wrapped him in bubble wrap...
Back the the EMTs, those of you who know Rachael, are as amazed as I am that she let one of her (our) kids go with an EMT to the emergency room. Rachael did a heck of a job keeping her composure during the whole event.. I can't wait to get the 911 tape and hear the whole story...
I'm sure Rachael will write more later, but I think she is (rightly so) a little 'stressed' over the whole incident.. Thanks go out to my parents who came down to get the kids from the ER and take them back to the house...
Funny comment of the day... As we are leaving, the nurse tries to tell us how to get out of the ER... I looked at her and in a calm and polite voice... "We've been here before..."
** Rachael most likely does not approve this message!! **
-------------->>>>>>> VOTE PALIN <<<<<<<<<---------------
Rachael always complains about the lack of excitement and 'action' in her life.. But that all changed yesterday.. I was paged ( I cannot have cell phones in the area I work, so everyone carries good ole' 1990 tech pagers) by Rachael to come home and pickup the kids from school, CJ was not feeling well and he was sleeping, so she wanted me to get the kids. I came home to get the Suburban and then headed out to get the kids. After picking them up (Doogie and Jayde), I dropped them off at the house and took the Suburban to work for the rest of the day. I get back to the office and start doing a little work and get another page from Rachael, this time it had a 911 on the end of it. I thought crap, she wants to go get some scrapbook supplies and needs the Suburban.. So I called and boy was I wrong. Rachael voice was shaking.. 'I need you to come home'... Like any guy, I was thinking the spider is not that big or something alone those lines (or maybe I was hoping that..).. So I asked why... Well, apparently, CJ was mad, so he falls over on the wood floor and then starts having seizures for about the next 30-45 seconds.. Rachael tried to call me but then hung up and called 911. When I got home, I thought we would take CJ to the ER not that the EMT's already did... The little guy appear to be okay, no worse for the wear. I guess its somewhat common for kids with high fevers to have some Febrile Seizures (so like the whole diabetes stuff, we wore out the internet doing research)... So he's still a little hot today, but we are giving him some Motrin to keep the fever down and had wrapped him in bubble wrap...
Back the the EMTs, those of you who know Rachael, are as amazed as I am that she let one of her (our) kids go with an EMT to the emergency room. Rachael did a heck of a job keeping her composure during the whole event.. I can't wait to get the 911 tape and hear the whole story...
I'm sure Rachael will write more later, but I think she is (rightly so) a little 'stressed' over the whole incident.. Thanks go out to my parents who came down to get the kids from the ER and take them back to the house...
Funny comment of the day... As we are leaving, the nurse tries to tell us how to get out of the ER... I looked at her and in a calm and polite voice... "We've been here before..."
** Rachael most likely does not approve this message!! **
-------------->>>>>>> VOTE PALIN <<<<<<<<<---------------
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
September already?!
This year has really been flying past! Doogie and Jayde seem to be enjoying school and Doogie even told me on Friday when I picked him up that he really liked his new school. He has been making really good choices so far at school (making friends with the "good" kids and not kids who are going to get him in trouble). He already knew a couple of the boys in his class this year because he played coach pitch with them. It's been strange watching Jayde, last year when I would drop her off or pick her up she would just be surrounded by all of her friends, but so far she seems to be a little shy around the kids in her class...not too shy (because I really don't think Jayde has a shy bone in her body!) but she has been more quiet than usual. I'm sure that will change when she gets more comfortable and starts meeting more kids. Right now she just talks about Victoria (our neighbor) who she plays with at recess and lunch. I'm glad to have them back in school because it means that I can get some stuff done...but I do miss them too.
Jaxon and Ryann have their preschool orientation tomorrow so they will get to meet their new teachers and see who is in their class this year. Then they will start up next week, Jaxon will be going one day a week and Ryann will be going three. It will be really strange just having C.J. one morning a week!
The kids had a fun weekend, Aunt Jenni came to visit. So Doug took her out on the boat with the three oldest while Jaxon, C.J. and I walked on the walking path around the river. I walked for over two miles before C.J. told me he was done being in the stroller! Than I let them run in the grass and play for a while until Doug was done boating. I got some great pictures of Jaxon, he was being such a ham. C.J. on the other hand was being a bit of a stinker!
The girls were pretty happy on Saturday since Aunt Jenni did their hair, so I of course had to take them outside and get some pictures of their new doo's!
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