We are alive! I promise!

I KNOW! Its been a while since I have been here, I feel like I have been neglecting you all!  I promise I have not.  Leave it to us, the first almost four weeks of the new school year have been a total chaotic mess! In short, the doctors in this town got to know us REALLY fast. Poor Landrick, first week of school- came down with the " lets all share our nasty germs" bug. Basically a super powered cold and sinus infection. Ok, so onto the next week, he gets a " ballet fracture" on his foot and he had to stay off of it for an extended weekend.  Then there was the morning he woke up with a ever of 102.6... See I told you it was a rough start to the school year already!  Got him in the same day to his PCM office, poor kids barfing his guts out and is in pain... they think he either has a renal issue or his appendix. So they call for a medical transport aka, ambulance ride and we are off to the childrens hospital to meet with surgeons and doctors there to run tests.  When it was all said and done... we came home with a CT Scan showing Mescenteric Adenitis and another go of Rotavirus for him. This poor kids been admitted I think we counted 8 or 9 times now in the 6 years of his life for that damn Rotavirus. This one, it was bad.... it was so bad that it made his body mimic symptoms of appendicitis! Hence, why we had to speak with surgeons, because they thought they had to do surgery on him to remove the appendix. Well good thing the tests came back that he didnt have to have surgery, Just LOTS of fluids and rest. Almost 3 1/2-4 days of sleeping in a hospital, mom and dad are still kinda trying to catch up on sleep, dogs are somewhat back to normal and kid seems to be back to routine with school and home.  

I have to say, the staff with Providence Childrens Hospital here in El Paso was wonderful. Everything from the ambulance ride to the stay was great, and they explained everything in great detail.  It really was nice.

Oh and I have finally set up a Twitter account!  Come follow me there as well! :)

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~Heather

BOOOO!!!!!

My poor kiddo :( 

Waiting at the doctors office for word on what we are doing. He's miserable! 

Basically hates everyone right now. Why.... Because he got a poke in his arm that's why. 👎

Getting ready for transport. 

Once we arrived- he almost fell asleep I guess they said. I had to sit up front. 

Trying to give a thumbs up for grandma. We are tired. Sick. And just overall exhausted. 

Once we got settled in for the night- many tests and interruptions came but it was needed. Basically zero sleep. 

So the next day! We loose a tooth, while in the hospital. The tooth fairy had fun with that one..... Biohazard bag with tooth and all! 

The way we passed the time while Landrick was in his art class with other kids who had been admitted for other things. It was kinda nice to have a break! 

Last day!!!! Waiting to get out of that place! 

You could say we liked our own bed. Lots of rest and no school until the following week per doctors orders. 

Then, This guy..... Never left his side once we got home. He missed his brother from another mother. :)