Macey's GI appointment in the rain

I think the stomach virus is finally over. We are spending one more night on the couch to make sure I don't get puked on, but I think we are good. Finally!!

This morning we went to Macey's GI appointment this morning. On the way down there it was raining so hard that I really couldn't see the road. So scary! We pulled in the parking lot right as it quit raining. Then John Henry said he needed to poop, so I had to pull out the portable potty and wait for him. Then it started pouring rain. I mean pouring. I had to get our bags, Macey, and John Henry to the door in the rain. By the time we were halfway across the parking lot, it looked like we had taken a bath in our clothes. The sweet security guard ran out with his umbrella, got Macey, and walked us in. When we got in, I made Macey scream cry by wiping her off with paper towels while she was sleeping. I think that man thought I was the most unorganized person in the world. (really, he isn't far off)

The doctor was so nice. His name is Steven King. I bet he gets a lot of crap for that. He changed Macey's Zantac to Axid and scheduled her for an upper GI in June. He also said that breastfeeding is the best thing for acid reflux. I was surprised about that because when I tell people Macey has acid reflux, everyone says that I will have to quit breastfeeding. But Steven King says no, to do it for the whole year, so I was glad to hear that.

I also asked the doctor about John Henry's stomach virus lasting so long and him only throwing up every 48 hours. He said that when you get a stomach virus your gastric emptying can slow down. When John Henry's stomach would fill up, every 48 hours or so, he would throw up. So it was good to know that maybe he wasn't contagious these last few days!

On the way out it was pouring again. A nice man in the lobby grabbed someone's umbrella and walked me to my car. He even carried John Henry for me. Kurt was horrified when I told him I let someone carry John Henry. I do see why, I'd probably kill him if he did that!

And 2 funny things that John Henry said today: Dr. King was talking to him about Macey; just things like if she talked or played with him. John Henry said no, that she was just a baby. Then he told him, "My mommy tried to get Macey to stand up on the kitchen counter, but she wouldn't." He said, "Oh do we need to call DHR?" He was kidding, but I could have died! The other day I was trying some clothes on Macey and to try and see them better I was holding her up on the counter. Guess I shouldn't do that with John Henry around!

Sno Biz in Cullman is always closed even though their sign says they stay open until 6. Kurt has taken John Henry a few times. but they are always closed. The last time it happened Kurt said that he wanted to blow up at the owner for always closing and disappointing John Henry. Today we drove by and John Henry said, "My daddy takes me there and that man just closed it down. Daddy is going to blow it up." I was so mad! I texted Kurt and got onto him for telling our son that. Then he explained what he really said. That makes 2 stories today where John Henry makes us sound like the worst parents in the world! :)

2 1/2 month comparison pictures

Both kids are sleeping, so I wanted to post some pictures of them at 2 1/2 months to see if they look alike. And they don't at all to me. Maybe their nose and mouth, but not overall.

Macey was 2 months here, but close enough

I say this every time, but I HATE how blogger uploads pictures. Everything gets all spaced out and it is so hard to move pictures. Does everyone have this problem or am I missing something?

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Sweet John Henry and sleepy Macey

Don't judge my parenting skills by this picture! John Henry is going on day 5 of the stomach virus, and he is going a little stir crazy. This is him eating his dry cereal like a dog.

And this is Macey just hanging out in her Bumbo. It's the first time I have put her in it. She liked it!

We are on day 5 of this stomach virus! Yuck. So we are lying on the couch watching tv. Homeward Bound is on, and the kids just dropped their animals off so they could move. John Henry gave me this horrified look, and I told him they dropped their dogs off because they were moving. He started to cry and said, "Did they leave their cat too?" He couldn't even finish saying it because he was crying so hard. He was happy again once I explained they found their owners.

Every time I tell stories like this my mom always says how glad she is because I never did stuff like that. She said she wasn't sure I even had emotions until I was 8. Thanks mom.

On Facebook the other day (I caved and joined) I said something about Macey crying all the time. Three people recommended the Miracle Blanket. http://www.miracleblanket.com/ It really is a miracle! Seriously. She cries a lot, and if I wrap her in this blanket- she usually quits within in a few minutes. Mary Louis emailed me instructions on how to get Macey quiet when she just won't quit screaming and those work too. She will even put herself to sleep if I lay her down. For those of you that know how we have struggled with John Henry's sleeping habits, this is truly a miracle!

The 2nd night we had it, she slept 8 hours in her nap nanny with the blanket. Last night she slept 9.5 hours!! I really don't think John Henry has ever slept 9.5 hours without waking up. Next step, getting her in her own bed!

Last night, she was crying while John Henry was throwing up, so I quickly swaddled her and put her in her swing. That was at 10:00. She fell asleep, and at 12:00 I moved her to the nap nanny, and she slept until 7:45 am! We have been sleeping on the couch b/c I don't want to get puked on in the bed or wash all the sheets, comforter, and mattress pad again. * I should add that Kurt has done all the clean up, even the laundry that has taken days. He knows how much I hate this stuff. So I will forgive him for yelling at me when I didn't get John Henry to the bathroom in time. :)

We had to miss Macey's GI appt. this morning that we have waited 2 weeks for. I was so upset because she is suffering but got on the cancellation list. They called me back and she has an appt tomorrow morning! If John Henry is still sick, we will just have to cover my car in towels and go anyway. It is the GI office, I am sure they have seen a kid throw up before. :)

What we have been doing for 5 days.

I forgot to flip this one. This is how Macey sleeps. She is so tight. I do not understand how it is comfortable, but it works!

I think it is helping her go to sleep on her own. Yesterday she fell asleep after I changed her diaper. I went to wash my hands and came back to this!





Super cool John Henry.






John Henry playing his rock and roll guitar. This is one of the things he bought with his birthday money.

Yesterday when I thought he was over the stomach virus. He is putting Macey's paci in her mouth. Most of the time he loves to do this, but sometimes he won't because he says he wants her to cry. See how sweet he is? ;)

If she won't take it, he holds her head still. She is looking at me like, "What is he doing?"

And again this morning

Macey put herself to sleep this morning in her nap nanny. I love that thing! I highly recommend it if your child doesn't like to sleep flat on their back.

Sick Baby

Warning: this is gross!

Early Sunday morning, I woke up to John Henry coughing. I knew exactly what was about to happen, and I managed to jump out of the way just in time to avoid getting thrown up on. I was sleeping in John Henry's room with him. I completely panicked and ran to my room screaming for Kurt to wake up.

Praise God he handled the clean up while I got John Henry bathed. After a few rough hours, we spent the rest of the night and afternoon on the couch. By Sunday at 12:30 John Henry was great- jumping around like a kangaroo, playing, etc.

Kurt and I tried our hardest to keep Macey and John Henry apart, so we traded off shifts until Sunday afternoon. Our a/c was out so we hung out in the basement together to stay cool. Today was day 2 of John Henry feeling great, so I let him hug Macey and even hand me her paci when she was screaming and I was desperate.

The bed stuff for his room is being rewashed on sanitize for a 2nd time, (b/c I'm psycho about throw up and even the thought of ever sleeping on those sheets again grosses me out- I have thrown away all the clothes he puked on b/c there is no way I could ever put him in them again. If the sheets didn't match his bedding, I'd throw them out too.) so we were all sleeping in our room tonight. At 2:00 I got woken up by getting thrown up on. Awesome!

In my sleepiness and panic, I ran to the bathroom to get a towel (and wash my hands and arm). While I was gone, he really got sick everywhere. I came back to John Henry screaming crying and a really mad husband. I am blaming cleaning myself up first on the fact that I was so sleepy that I didn't know what I was doing. And I really thought he was done- I was wrong!

Ugh, anyway we are not spending our 2nd night in 3 nights on the couch. When we got downstairs we discovered that I accidentally deleted all the Little Einsteins, which is John Henry's favorite show. I feel horrible! He was crying asking for one but finally settled for Chuggington.

Here are some pics of John Henry on the couch. He covered Bailey up with covers. He said she wanted them. He says he feels fine and his tummy doesn't hurt. I have asked him so many times (like every time he moves) if he is going to throw up. He just sat up and said I'm not throwing up Mommy! :) And he was wrong. Great. Don't y'all love that this post is happening in real time?








Sweet little Macey just sleeping all swaddled in her nap nanny. Isn't she cute?

I posted on Facebook about how Macey screams so much, and 3 people told me to try the miracle blanket. I feel a little guilty b/c it really is like a straight jacket, but she definitely seems to sleep better in it. Please pray she doesn't get sick! I am hoping this is not b/c John Henry is still sick, but because he ate some food today. Not much, but I may have bribed him to wake up (when he fell asleep at 5:30 on the couch) with a bag of m&ms.

On a sidenote, does anyone else hate how your post gets all messed up after you upload pictures? It gets all these spaces, and it is impossible to move your pictures around. You would think they would have a better system.

And I just realized how pathetic it is that I just posted an entire post about vomit. Sorry.

2 month and 3 year check ups

John Henry and Macey had their check ups on Wednesday. John Henry was so excited about going to the doctor. I told him that we were going to go to Sonic, and he said, "No let's just go to the doctor." I think he likes all the attention he gets there. And the only thing bad that has happened to him at the doctor recently is a finger prick and a throat culture. He has been way more times with Macey when he just hangs out and gets a lollipop at the end.

When we got there (only 8 minutes late- yay!), Macey spit up. John Henry is the spit up police around here. He told me she spit up and then said, "What a nuisance." I am thinking he must have gotten that from Jungle Junction b/c it kind of sounds like something they would say. I was impressed he used it correctly!

Macey went first- she was 10 lbs, 15 oz. and 22 1/2 inches long. Her head was 15 1/4 inches. I can't remember what percentile he said she was in, maybe 25th? I tried to google it, and they were everywhere from 44th to 16th.

John Henry was next. He weighed 27.4 lbs and is 36 3/4 inches tall. That puts him in the 25th percentile for both. Much better than the 5th percentile that he was last year! They took his blood pressure and did an eye test (which is just a picture of his eyes). There was a 6 year old next to us getting her finger pricked and crying. John Henry said, "I got that done last time, and I didn't cry." Poor girl; getting heckled by a 3 year old!

Dr. Amason drew a long line and a short line on paper. He asked John Henry which was big and which was little. John Henry got that right. Then he asked which was short and which was long. He got that right too; Dr. Amason said most 3 year olds don't get that one. He also got triangle, square, and circle. Dr. Amason wrote A, B, C on the paper and asked John Henry what they were. JH cares NOTHING about learning his letters. I try all the time to teach him, and he totally ignores me. So he told Dr. Amason that the A was for Auburn. He didn't know the 1, 2, 3 either, which he really does know. I would have had him cram if I had known there was going to be a test!

John Henry also had to name his friends. He was much more interested in the big trucks outside the window, but he finally told Dr. Amason that his friend was Macey. :)

The doctor said that at age 3 John Henry may have imaginary friends. I had to tell him that we already have "nice monkey" living at our house. He came about one day when John Henry was eating. He said a mean monkey was trying to get his feet and Macey's back. Then all the sudden it was a nice monkey that was at our front door. He made me go open the door to let the monkey inside. I really think John Henry thought the monkey was going to be out there. He looked shocked when there was no monkey outside. Now the monkey sleeps with him, rides in his car seat, and hangs out with us during the day. :)

Macey had to get 4 shots. John Henry wanted to sit with her while she got them. He looked so sad! After it was over he said, "Well that was depressing." I think he got that from my mom.

Macey had a fever of 100.7 that night and wouldn't even eat. I think she felt terrible. Her poor little leg had a rash too. :(

I went yesterday and bought her a nap nanny to maybe help with the reflux and sleeping. The reviews acted like it was the magic cure for acid reflux and sleeping issues. She is hanging out in it now but still wakes up every time I lay her down except at night. Why don't my children sleep?! Update like 30 min. later- I laid her down in it to take John Henry to the bathroom and when we came out a minute later, she was asleep! 30 minutes later she is still sleeping. Maybe it is a magic cure!

2 months old!

Macey is 2 months old!

John Henry wanted to take her pictures with her this month.


Two months has been a challenging one! First we had the whole spinal tap, 2 visits to the ER thing. Then that weekend, Macey started screaming all the time. I really thought her back hurt from the spinal tap, so I just dealt with it and gave her the occasional tylenol for a week or so. Then she got a cough. We went to the doctor, and he said her throat was red, but John Henry also had a cough so we figured that she just caught it from him.

The cough got worse and so did the screaming. Our nightly routine was that I would give Macey a bath, then I would hold her and try to calm her down while John Henry took a bath. Then Kurt would come get Macey and rock her while I finished John Henry's bath and drying his hair. Then I would get Macey again and walk her until she fell asleep. Poor John Henry would just sit and watch tv until we could get him to bed.

Finally, one night she coughed and gagged all night long. Seriously it was until 4 am. She would have a coughing fit every 3-5 min. So I slept in 2-4 minute increments all night b/c I would get up and check on her each time (she sleeps in a bassinet by the bed). I was even up at 1 am on the laptop in bed looking up cystic fibrosis. Dramatic, I know! :) Somehow that night I figured out that she had acid reflux.

The next day I called the doctor, and they prescribed .7 ml of Zantac 2x a day. It worked like a charm the first day. She barely cried all at! By the next day, she was back crying like she was before the medicine.

Two days later I called the doctor back and he prescribed Prilosec. 1.5 ml 2x a day. I kept giving the Zantac, but I upped the dose to 3 ml a day. I knew it was safe, and obviously 1.4 ml was doing nothing!

Finally after about 4 days things got a little better. The screaming was down to 45 min, then 30 min a night. That I can handle! She has now been on the Prilosec and Zantac 1 week and hasn't screamed in 2 nights! Yay!!! We are going to continue with both of them and also Gaviscon (1ml after each feeding) until the acid reflux gets better. Crazy thing is that she rarely spits up. You can hear her spit up in her throat and she swallows it.

The past day her cough has gotten worse again, so I am hoping the meds will work again soon! She isn't screaming though, so that is huge. The past few mornings she has hung out in her swing or bouncy seat while I clean and take a shower. A few weeks ago I was having to hold her every second of the day.

Macey weighs 10 lbs, 15 oz and is 22 1/2 inches long.

She smiles all the time. I think she was in pain before when she didn't smile as much. For a while she would only smile before she ate. After she ate, she was in too much pain and too busy screaming!

She is great in the car. Even if she doesn't fall asleep, she is quiet.

She loves her pacifier.

She loves to look at John Henry, and he makes her smile.

Macey loves her swing and bouncy seat. She sleeps in her swing during the day. While I shower, she sits in her bouncy seat and just smiles at the lights. :)

She goes to bed anywhere from 9-12 at night and sleeps about 3-6 hours for the first stretch. I feed her and put her back down. She usually sleeps anywhere from 1-3 hours the next stretch.

Everywhere we go, people comment on her hair. She has a mullet!










John Henry was telling me that Macey didn't want her picture taken again.









John Henry was hugging her and saying, "You falled down Macey. You falled down. Are you okay?"

She holds her hair like this all the time. Then she pulls it and screams until I pull her hand away. :)

3 years old!

John Henry turned 3 on April 16th. This has taken me forever to post for several reasons, one I am kind of lazy about this blog, and 2, Macey cries all the time, but that is for another post!


Anyway, John Henry turned 3 a few weeks ago. He was so excited about his birthday and had us sing happy birthday to him all day. :) The day before his birthday Kurt took off work, and the 4 of us went to the zoo. John Henry had a great time, esp seeing the nar-rossin (rinocerous). I hate to say that he got in trouble all day long on his birthday, but it was like the child was possesssed! Thankfully he had such a great day at the zoo the day before that I didn't feel too badly.

I can't believe I am the mom of a 3 year old! It just doesn't seem possible. Last night Kurt and I went to dinner and we were looking at old pictures on his phone. John Henry has changed so much even since October! It makes me so sad. Thankfully, I have the wonderful scrapbook that his Godparents, Katharyn and John, have made him each year to look through. Right now all 3 are on my living room table, and I look at them all the time. Each one is unbelieveably good! And such a blessing b/c we all know I will never get around to making one for my children! He is such a blessing to us. Kurt and I look at each other all the time and we can't believe that we have 2 wonderful, cute kids! Here are some pics of John Henry through the years.

One day old

3 weeks old

11 months old

13 months old

2 years old

3 years old!

3 years old!

His "Big Truck" party was at our house. We rented a big slide to put outside b/c he loves the one at the jumpy place so much. We all had a great time and are thankful for all our friends and family that came to the party!

At age 3-

John Henry is finally 90% potty trained! He only has accidents when we are in the car and he needs to poop. Then the tee tee comes out before he realizes. He hasn't had any poo poo accidents, except for the first day, thank the Lord! That was a little more than I could handle. When we are out, I have to remind him to go potty, but he will hold it as long as he needs to. He even wakes up dry every morning (always has), but he will sit and watch tv and play for 30 to 45 min until he is awake enough to go to the potty.

He loves his baby sister. He his very protective of her. When we go out, people always ask if they can take Macey home. This makes John Henry so mad. He will say, very rudely, "She's not your baby; she's our baby!" or "She doesn't belong to you; she belongs to us!" It is really funny.

He is a little jealous of the attention Macey gets. A few days ago someone was just talking to Macey and John Henry was trying to talk to her. She wasn't really talking to him; just talking to Macey. When she walked away John Henry said, "I wanted her to talk to me. I was trying to get her to talk to me." I do feel kind of bad for him because people do pay so much more attention to her.

He is so funny! He cracks us up on a daily basis. I have no idea where he gets 1/2 of the things he says. I can't remember any now, but I know I will.

He weighs about 27 lbs. We go to the doctor tomorrow, so I will update more then. Macey's 2 month post is coming soon!

The longest weekend EVER

And apparently the longest post ever. Sorry. It is mainly for me to remember what happened. :) Pictures are in reverse order at the end.



Last Wednesday, after I made the post about John Henry being sick, I took him to the doctor. They tested him for strep and pricked his finger. He was really brave about the finger prick. He just said, "What is that?" when he saw the blood. Throat culture, not so brave. :) Turns out he just had a fever virus. Dr. Amason told me to keep his hands off of Macey as much as possible. Not so easy!



Friday night at 10 pm I noticed Macey felt really hot. I had just been telling my mom that she was acting funny and I didn't think she felt well, so I took her temp. It was 101.5. I texted Laudan to call me back b/c I couldn't remember at what temp you were supposed to call the doctor. She called me back and told me 100.5, so I called.


The nurse called me back and told me that any infant that has a temp of 100.5 or above has to go to the ER for lab work, but we wouldn't have to wait b/c she was so young that she would get priority. John Henry was lying on the couch with Kurt about to fall asleep and in his pjs. Both Kurt and I were in our pjs. I had on no makeup and had just gotten out of the shower so my hair was all frizzy, but we threw on clothes and rushed to the ER. I was thinking lab work would be a heel stick or something so we just decided to go to the Cullman hospital that is 2 minutes from our house, rather than going to Children's.


When we got there, there were lots of people in the ER. Kurt signed us in while John Henry, Macey, and I waited in the outside hallway. Kurt went in to ask if we had priority, and the woman looked at him like we were nuts and told him no. I went in to tell her what the nurse had said, but she really didn't care. So we called my mom to get the number to Children's. We knew by the time we waited there, we could be at Children's. We got called back to get Macey admitted, and we asked about the priority. She didn't know, so wouldn't let her admit Macey until I called Children's to make sure she wouldn't have to wait there. Meanwhile, Kurt was telling her how many times he has waited there; once when he was having an asthma attack. I know she thought we were the biggest jerks. Children's said we wouldn't have to wait, so we literally ran to the car and turned on the hazards and flew to Birmingham.


When we got to Children's at midnight, we went right back. (Well, right after I saw some kid puke in the waiting room.) Macey's temp was 101.7. They gave her tylenol and sent her to a room.


The doctor came in to talk to us, and she said a "full workup" was a urine catheter, IV in the hand, and a spinal tap. At that point, we were so very thankful that God led us to Children's instead of the Cullman hospital. The Cullman hospital doesn't have a very good reputation; plus, Children's deals only with children (obviously), so I felt better about them sticking a needle into my 5 week old's back!


First they did the urine catheter. It was horrible to watch them hold her down while she was screaming. The first one didn't work; the nurse thought some cream got into the tube and blocked it, so they had to do another one. The second one only got a drop of urine. It was the tiniest amount ever.



While they were doing the catheter, I was crying. I picked up Macey and was holding her, and Kurt was holding John Henry. John Henry started rubbing her head and said, "Don't cry Macey." Then he looked at Kurt and said, "I love my baby sister. I don't want her to cry." So that made us cry even harder. :) It was so sweet!



Next they had to do the IV. They put a tourniquet on her arm for what seemed like forever while they looked for a vein. She was screaming the whole time. Then they did the IV which was horrible as well. That IV didn't bleed back (?) so they had to do another one! The 2nd one was just as bad as the first, but at least it bled. They had to squeeze her little arm so tight to get enough blood. The whole catheter and IV process took at least 30 minutes, which seems like forever when you are watching people hurt your little baby!



Next they did the spinal tap, but they wouldn't let me or Kurt try to comfort her during it. We were just allowed to sit in a chair and watch. I didn't thinks he would remember if I was in there or not, so we went outside the room for that one. We could hear her screaming, so we just prayed that she would be okay. It didn't take very long, so we got to go back in and pick her up.



I remember that being 1:47 am. John Henry was still going strong. He was being an angel! Of course he was touching everything in the nasty hospital, but he wasn't even acting tired.



We had to wait until 3:00 am when the doctor came back in and said they didn't have enough urine for the culture. We had to decide whether or not we wanted to bag her and wait for her to tee tee or just do another catheter. Since the culture would take at least 30 min. we decided to go ahead and do the catheter. I know that sounds horrible, and if we hadn't had John Henry out at 3 am, we might have waited, but we were so ready to get out of there! Thankfully that one worked perfectly!



At 4:15 the doctor came in and told us everything looked perfect and she probably had John Henry's fever virus. We could go home and just follow up with our pediatrician (who they actually called and talked to at 4 am; I didn't know they did that) on Saturday at 10:30. We finally got out of there around 4:45 am. John Henry was still wide awake. I mean he was the in best mood running and playing. On the way out the door, I had to stop him from going to play with some toys in the waiting room. He fell asleep in the car at 5 am in Gardendale. This totally proves my theory that John Henry doesn't require much sleep and that he would stay up all night if I would let him. It was truly amazing! Kurt and I felt like we had been run over by a truck.



We got home around 6 am. I carried John Henry up to bed and changed his pjs that had touched all of the nasty hospital. I fed Macey and finally went to sleep around 6:30 am. We had to wake up at 8:30 am to make out 10:30 am doctor's appt. in Birmingham. We were exhausted.



At the doctor's appt. Dr. Gilbert was so nice. She put us ahead of everyone since we were just there for a quick check. Then we went home to sleep! John Henry even had a hard time going to sleep for his nap at 2 pm that day- even with only sleeping from 5-9:30!



This should be the end, but unfortunately it isn't!



Sunday morning Macey and I got up at 8:30 am and went downstairs to watch The Office. :) The phone rang at 8:50. It was Children's Hospital calling. I was so sure that they were calling to check on us, but they weren't. She was calling to tell us that Macey's spinal fluid had grown bacteria and that we needed to pack bags b/c she would probably be admitted. When I told her that she didn't even have a fever, she said that it could be a contaminated vial. I have never been so scared in my life! I was pretty sure that it was contamination b/c Macey seemed fine, but still. I ran to wake up Kurt and John Henry, and we got showers, packed our bags, dropped John Henry off at my mom's, and went back to the ER.



They got her right back (thank the Lord b/c Kurt saw a girl throwing up and I heard some mom say that her son was vomitting bile), and the pediatrician and the nurse practictioner came in to see her. They said that she looked so good that they it must be contamination, but they wanted to make sure. We had to wait about 3 hours while they checked the type of bacteria. They still weren't 100%, but they said since she looked so good and didn't have a fever that we could go home and check in with our pediatrican the following day.



The next day we went back to the pediatrician. Dr. Amason said that we really stumped everyone at the ER, and they had to call the head of emergency medicine to make sure it was okay to send her home. He assured me that going to Children's was the right thing b/c no doctor wants to see a 5 week old baby for a spinal tap. On Tuesday her case was officially closed (sounds like Law and Order) and she is fine! Praise the Lord! It was such a scary weekend, but it really made us realize how blessed we are.



Right now we are all sick again. John Henry has a cough. Kurt and I have bad sinus problems, and I can't even take any meds. I have lost my voice. Do you have any idea how hard it is to go places with a 2 year old when you have no voice!? And Macey has a little cough and a stuffy nose. I am calling the doctor tomorrow about her cough. I am praying it is nothing and that we don't have to go to our 10th doctor's appointment in 2 weeks!

Hospital bracelet and oxygen thing (no clue what it is called).

Her poor little hands after the IVs came out. Please ignore my messy car. It really is terrible, and the worst part is that I just cleaned it a few days before this.

The ER on Sunday.

An M&M snack at 4 am. Please excuse the way I look- no makeup, I had been crying for hours, and my hair wasn't straightened.

2 IVs. One in each hand. :(

Getting checked out when we first got there.