Thanksgiving was extra special around our house because it was also Ryan's birthday! We celebrated the weekend before with dinner at Superior Steakhouse. They surprised us both when the waiter delivered a birthday slice of cheesecake to the table! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!
A few days later on Sunday and old friend, Unexplained Fever, came to visit to my sweet little Conner. The boys had a big weekend coming up so on Tuesday we decided to hit the doctor. Of course, as is par for Conner, there was nothing wrong him except for the fever. We were almost dismissed with the dreaded words "Oh it's just viral . . . take Tylenol and Motrin," but luckily we did a blood test and his white blood cell count was double the normal limit. Antibiotics - yea!
Amazingly he felt better in time for the BOYS HOCKEY WEEKEND aka MOM'S WEEKEND TO HERSELF!! Ryan took the boys to Dallas to attend hockey games Friday & Saturday night and Legoland during the day on Saturday. They all three had a great time!
And I got a very rare weekend alone - all alone in my house with full control of the TV and the menu and bedtime and it was FABULOUS!! My mom, sister, and I spent all day Saturday shopping and it was great to hang out with them!
The fun came to an end though when by Monday afternoon Conner was back running fever. Back to the doctor again and again told we are fine except for fever and another super high white blood cell count. We changed meds and went home to suffer. Most of our days last week looked like this or worse . .
And as anyone who knows Conner can attest this child DOES NOT lay down; he does not nap and yet essentially that is all he did so you could definitely tell he didn't feel good. Friday we were back at the doctor with more fever and ulcers in our mouth. He got a shot and was very mad with me. Saturday was the worst day ever but thankfully do to many calls for prayer on Saturday night, Sunday he started to improve!
We celebrated our newfound health with fireplace s'mores! Conner liked to roast them but didn't really want to eat them. Mason gladly took of that for him!
Here is Mason showing us how it's done!
Due to rain and Conner's sickness we got our tree later than ever this year and Conner & I did not go to pick it out. It's definitely a "Charlie Brown" tree but that's OK! I'm just glad Mason & Ryan went and got one for us while I stayed home and loved on Conner.
Christmas also means Christmas parties at school! Conner & I only caught the end of Mason's party but Mason had a great time! He got to visit Santa and they sang Christmas carols in class and took home a stocking full of assorted goodies!
I had the most productive day on Wednesday - rooms got cleaned, bills got paid, fan blades got dusted, presents got wrapped - and I was thinking that I could totally get back on track in time for Christmas festivities . . . WRONG! Almost as soon as I began to think that did I notice Conner was broke out in hives . . . and I got a cold . . . and Mason began to run fever . . . and oh that's a post for another day!
No comments:
Post a Comment