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Showing posts with label Going to the Doctor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Going to the Doctor. Show all posts

May 24, 2011

This and That

**So I've started counting how many times a day I load my four kids in and out of the car. Yesterday it was about 8 times, so far today 6 times. Isn't that just craziness? Two toddlers, two car seat straps to finagle with, two older kids climbing over the seats to get in the very back and hopefully not fighting with each other. My car is seriously a wreck no matter how many times a week I try and dejunk it. Just this morning after getting home from taking Morgan to preschool I did another clean out and it's amazing how quickly it accumulates. My car is in need of some serious TLC.

**Kale had his first emergency room visit yesterday after pulling a heavy wooden dining chair down on top of his head. It made me feel like the worst parent having to explain over and over to all of the different nurses and doctors that yes, we had our chairs upside down on top of the dining table because he and his twin brothers are climbers, and jumpers, and would gladly swing from the chandeliers if they could. Now those same chairs are laying on their sides underneath the dining table. We'll see if that is the better alternative or if they just use their plotting and scheming little minds to find a new way to do things. But I digress, so Kale received two big stitches after being wrapped in a sheet like a burrito by the doctors assistant, screaming and fighting until he had nothing left, and I nearly passed out. Yes, I can't believe it. Usually I am fine with stuff like that but the doctor had me take a look at how deep the gash actually was after he flushed it out and I felt that light headed feeling coming on. Luckily I had some cookies with me and chowed one down to get some sugar pumping into me and that did the trick. Poor little Kale fell into a completely exhausted sleep on my shoulder two minutes after they unwrapped him from the sheet and claimed he was good to go. The chair also hit his eye pretty good too and it is all just a big swollen lump today. I've just been watching him like a hawk and cringing every time he comes close to falling down, but his spirits are much better today.



{Kale pre-stitches.}


**Last night we sat out in the rain to watch Kendle's game. I thought for sure they would call it half-way through (or that it would have been cancelled) but they stuck it out and even played an extra ten minutes at the end. Kendle has been making some great fielding plays recently and had an awesome double play last night. She was playing third base, caught a line drive/fly ball and ran it back to touch the bag at third. I can tell that she's thinking and knows what's going on during the games and it is fun to watch -- even in the rain! She has the makings to be a good ball player and I hope she sticks it out even though I know she'd rather be playing spring soccer.

**This is Morgan's last week of preschool. I am so sad it is almost over for him. He has loved everything about it and I know he will miss seeing his teacher and his friends during the summer. I can't believe how fast this school year has flown by. I love hearing his little stories about what happened that day and what they all said and did and played.

**I have probably eaten more fast food in the last month than the whole last year combined. We have been so busy and constantly on the go and I have just not been cooking dinner like I usually do.  It is totally disgusting, I'm so sick of it and even my kids are sick of eating out which is really saying something. The crazy thing is, I've actually lost more weight! Go figure on that one. I haven't been running or working out very much and eating horrible. I just can't figure it out. Maybe all the stress and constantly being on the go has made me burn more calories than normal?! Not that I'm advocating for going on a fast food diet (although I usually try to pick the healthiest choices possible). Just kind of one of those weird puzzling things. I thought for sure I had gained back a ton of weight. Kind of puzzling........ 







January 11, 2011

Swollen

Kendle started getting a puffy eye Sunday night, and I thought - eh, it's probably just from her rubbing at it and gave her some Benadryl and sent her to bed. Next day, same thing. So this morning we took her in to the doc and sure enough she has pink eye. I guess it's been making it's rounds through the school and community. She's not allowed back at school today and so once again I'm cleaning and disinfecting and trying to wipe every light switch, door handle and surface down in hopes that no one else gets it. I'm making her wash her hands every time she even comes close to touching her eye. And the bummer is she has her first basketball practice tonight which she was super excited about, but we'll just be watching from the sidelines tonight I suppose. One thing I've learned from this experience - Kendle and puffy eyes  make for one very cranky girl. I think my third grader needs a nap.

March 26, 2010

4 month check up

Yesterday afternoon Riley and I took the twins in for their well baby visit. They are 18 weeks old now. I was dying to find out how much they've grown since our last check up in January because they feel so heavy to me. Riley and I had a bet going on with how much we thought the boys weighed and I'm happy to say - I was almost right on. I also guessed Kale would weigh more. Mom's know best I suppose. Here are their stats:

Kale:
Height - 25 3/4 inches
Weight - 16 lbs 15 oz.

Cooper:
Height - 25 3/4 inches
Weight - 16 lbs 14 oz.

Yes, that is right. That is not a typo. These boys are only one ounce from being the EXACT same size. Even their head measurements were exactly the same. Our doctor told us he has never seen anything like this. He could not believe it. We are starting to wonder if these boys are actually identical after all. We've definitely had our doubts. There are lots of questions we don't have good answers for, but I've been told their is testing you can do to find out. They are looking more and more alike every day and it can get pretty tricky sometimes. It seems like everything from the pregnancy and delivery to now watching these little guys grow has been nothing short of amazing and full of lots of good surprises.

So they are in the 81% percentile for height and 70% percentile for weight. Not too shabby for twins. We always assumed that for some reason they would be much smaller and take longer to catch up to normal babies sizes but that is obviously not the case. These guys are healthy, chubby, happy and thriving.

I will try and post some more pictures of them soon.

October 13, 2009

32 Week Checkup

*Some fun facts:*

-Baby A on the left is still head down and weighing over 4 pounds

-Baby B on the right is still breach and weighing over 5 pounds

(Do the math on that)

-Both heart beats are good and strong

-During the ultra sound the babies kept kicking and bumping the tech's Doppler around

-I'm measuring 42 inches on the tummy (that's another inch since last week)

-Dilated to a 2

-Saw a different doctor today since Doctor S. got called into surgery. This other doctor called me "mama" and told me I had bird legs and that is a good thing? Can anyone guess which doctor at APW that was?

-Looking at the scale is getting worse and worse. At my next appointment I think I should save myself the horror and not look.

So other than feeling like Quasimodo everything is great!

July 2, 2008

Question Of The Day:









How long is too long to wait in your pediatrician's waiting room with a cranky, high energy baby before you get up and leave and never come back? Is 45 minutes too long? And then after that, you wait in the little room for the doctor to come in for another 20 minutes or so. I need answers people. I can't take it any more. Do you think doctors owe their patients an apology for running that far behind schedule? How about to the little 1- year-old who waited that long, who missed his nap and was hungry, only to get three shots and be sent on his way? No fun I tell you, no fun at all. We have a saying in our household: "If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." But in this case, it's if the baby ain't happy, and the little Morgster was NOT happy. I think I'll send Riley next time.