Samuel Update

I sat at the ER for SIX frickin hours today. That is practically the ENTIRE day. Grrr.

As most of you know, Samuel dx'ed with Strep about a month ago. He did 10 days of Amox and still didn't feel right. I took him back to the ER and he was still testing positive. They gave him 10 days of Clindimyacin (sp?). That seemed to help for a while, but not long.

On Thursday-ish he started whining on and off about his stomach hurting. I gave him Tylenol and Tagament which seemed to help.

Fast forward to Saturday night....he vomited around 9pm. I gave him another Tagament and he went to sleep. In the middle of the night I started hearing weird noises come from the boys' room.

If you know Samuel, then you know he is a hard core sleepwalker and talker. He has been known to turn off the house alarm and let the dogs out of their cages in his sleep. I always know what his normal sounds are...I am so used to them. But this sound was different.

I went in to check on him and he didn't look right. So, I moved him into my room so I could keep an eye on him during the night. I prayed over him while he slept and asked God to guide the doctors to heal his body from this sickness that has had a hold of him for too long now. Then I went to sleep.

Around 6am he woke up screaming with belly pain. That is when the diarrhea started. He got up every 30 minutes like clockwork to go to the bathroom. Finally, around 11am he said he needed to go to the doctor.

We loaded up and headed out to the ER. We could not even make it there without stopping to let him go to the bathroom. Once we got there, they saw how much he was going (he went 8 times while we were there). The doctor ordered blood work and stool samples to see why he was so sick. Those results will be back on Tuesday. In the meantime, she ran an IV to hydrate him. After the IVs were done, he started to show some improvement. That is when they released us, around 5:30ish.

Since we have been home he has eaten dinner and even had a few drinks. He seems to be handling it well right now. I was told to call the immunologist and get an appointment to do more thorough blood work.

Everyone just try to keep him in your prayers right now, I really want to see his little body back to normal. :-) The pic above is right after he got the IV put in....he was still in his clothes. He ended up having to change clothes three times, and even came home in hospital clothes. I just never got a pic of that.

It was a POOPER day!

Once again I am too tired to blog anything of great significance. Anywho, I wanna share a quick story from today...

Mindy and I were at Cedar Point with all five kiddos. We were just walking along the path next to the Maverick when all of a sudden it felt like I had been sprayed. Mindy and Samuel started hysterically laughing, yelling that I had been pooped on by a bird. Right in my frickin hair. Grr.

While everyone was getting their jollies from this, I began to walk to the bathroom to try and clean up. About 15 steps away from the bathroom door...another bird pooped on my arm! I am so not even making this up. A couple walking pass me said, "I think 90% of it missed you." Of course, they weren't aware of my previous run in with the seagulls.

After I came out of the bathroom, the kids and Mindy could NOT control their laughter.

We decided to walk and get something to drink. We all sat down and I hear "SPLAT!" Look up, and about a foot away from me is another pile of bird poop. Of course, the uncontrollable laughter begins again. I am furious at this point.

About an hour or so later we decided to head home. About ten minutes into our ride the biggest pile of bird poop ever falls straight onto my windshield, and my eye level. I just stared at it and froze in disbelief. Mindy would not quick cracking bird poop jokes.

Then I get a text from my friend Kim who say, "I heard getting pooped on is good luck." (eye roll) To which I replied, "I got lucky twice today!"

Then, Samuel INSISTS on calling my mother to tell her...mostly because he thinks that she will appreciate this. He could barely tell her because he couldn't stop laughing. Then she says, "Sounds like she is having a sh!++y day." Yep, that is what she said.

So, there you have it. Just thought you'd all like to know, because eventually Mindy or Samuel WILL bring it up. I am sure of that.

By the way, I had a TON of great pics from today, but they are almost all on FB. Check them out if you are on my friends list. Here are a few that I wanna share with everyone...

Michael and Rachel's first time on the MP...




Michael pretending to pee...



Samuel pretending to drink his pee...

No wonder I am so tired...

Once again I am too worn out to blog about my thoughts. I swear...it is coming...Sunday at the latest. It will be novel by then. :-)

Here is why I am so tired...


A fun-filled boys day at Wildwater Kingdom...




Samuel, Michael, Zac, and Isaac on the Liquid Lightning...




The boys on the tube slides...






The boys applying sunscreen :)






The lazy river...




Underwater pics that the boys took themselves...








This duck had my rolling. He was weaving in and out of all the chairs, so cute...





These are pics from the VBS prize/fun day extravaganza!! Both of my boys came in first place for the sections. Samuel got a tether ball thingamajig. And Michael got a mystery bag!! They were both so excited.

Both boys with their prizes...




Mmmm...cotton candy...






These were the three bounce houses...






Michael went through his prize bag at least three times, maybe more...




My almost daughter, Hannah...






Daniel wants Samuel to be his big brother...




Samuel...being...well...Samuel...




The hot air balloon flew over our VBS party :)