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Another One Bites The Dust **Edited** Again**

This should be our new theme song!!!!

John has succumbed to the stomach virus. If you think it's bad seeing your child getting sick....it's even worse seeing a grown man. I feel so bad for him:(

I am STILL standing though and I intend to keep it that way!

*Johnny had his check up today with our regular Pediatrician. She said she doesn't hear any crackling in his lungs anymore....which is great, but he does still have some wheezing. We can take him down to nebulizer treatments every 6 hours now instead of 4. That makes me happy!!! She did pick up on his strange behavior and assured me it is due to ALL of the medication he is on. It still freaks me out though.....very strange to see your kid act like a completely different person. Jacob had diarrhea while we were gone and it leaked out of his diaper and into his pants. I unfortunately did NOT have another pair of pants for him and had to wrap a blanket around his legs. The poor baby. He has not thrown up since Monday, but he still can't seem to keep anything in him for long. John is still in misery. The poor guy.....He is a much bigger baby than the kids though. MEN!!!

AND THEN.........Johnny got bitten by the Stomach Virus.

THIS IS MY LIFE PEOPLE. I AM LIVING IN TOTAL FEAR THAT I AM NEXT. I HAVE A CAN OF LYSOL ATTATCHED TO ME AT ALL TIMES. I MUST REPEAT.....

I AM LIVING IN FEAR

Much Sleep Needed!!

Jacob is doing MUCH better and hasn't had any problems since this morning. Thank goodness!! He was up most of the night. Bless his little heart though...he was just whimpering. I felt so bad for him.

Johnny is doing better as well. You can still see and hear that he is breathing heavy, but he gets nebulisor treatments every 4 hours and they really help. I am so ready for him to be off of the steroids though. They have brought out some very disturbing behavior. I don't even think he realises it when it's happening either. Very creepy. He has a check up with his pediatrician tomorrow. Hopefully all goes well.

John and I are SO ready for everything to be back to normal!!!

Pitiful :(

This is what Jacob has looked like for most of the day. He will get sick and then lay down somewhere in the vicinity of where he got sick and fall asleep. (He is now having a problem at both ends by the way). Then he will wake up and whine and then start the process all over again. I cannot begin to tell you how many towels, blankets and clothes I have washed this afternoon. I think my washing machine must hate me. I feel so bad for him though and there's nothing I can do for him....He looks so pitiful.
All of Johnny's meds have caught up with him. He cannot control his bowels...this actually started last night at the hospital and was something the doctors told us to expect...It is really gross though. I'm sure he will just LOVE that I shared this one day.



Can you believe all of this though??? I don't think I could make up a more smelly, messy, tiring and just plain ugly situation!!!...but I'm sure it's something John and I will laugh about for years!!! John BTW is nicely tucked into bed now. I am extremely jealous. Johnny is raging from his latest dose of steroids and Jacob just can't get comfortable. I'm sure that will equal quite the adventure tonight!! I must go now though...it has taken me over two hours just to post this!!

The Icing on the Cake.....

Jacob seems to be suffering from a stomach virus. He has been projectile vomiting ALL over the house, himself, others and in the tub and shower. Ain't that peachy. I am feeling super duper happy and refreshed!! NOT....I am sorry to all of you that have been calling...John and I have been a little busy...If you get my drift. Hee Hee!!! Hey...at least I can still find some humor in all of this. Poor Jacob looks seriously pitiful though.

Are there any takers on switching places...you know like with me???? Ha Ha!! Good one huh!!

Home Sweet Home!!!

We are home at LAST!!! Johnny did great last night and never needed oxygen. I think all of the prayers have worked!!! He is still pretty sick and sounds horrible, but hopefully he will be feeling more like himself now that he is home. I thought he was going to jump out of his skin with excitement when they said he could go home this morning!!! I must say...it is pretty hard to get any sleep there. The entire pediatric ward is full....and mostly with very sick infants. It was heartbreaking to hear them screaming throughout the night. My heart goes out all of their families.
Thank you all for your prayers and wishes! It not only means a lot to John and I , but to Johnny as well. He is already asking if he can go to school tomorrow. Poor thing:( I haven't told him the truth about that yet....I am hoping that he will forget....terrible huh??!

Update on Johnny...

They had to put Johnny on oxygen last night. His breathing just still isn't at the level it should be. Unfortunately this probably means another night in the Hospital....which I truly hope will be the LAST. He sounds good, but John said that everything is starting to catch up with him and he looks pitiful. My poor baby:( I am on my way there now and will update soon.

Our poor Johnny:( ***Updated

Johnny is in the ER. He has just gone down hill and hasn't been able to breath, so I called my parents this morning and they came out to watch Jacob while I took Johnny. They took us back immediately...which was awesome!!! He got a breathing treatment right away and was semi-better, but they decided that he would still need another one. During the second one he suddenly spiked a fever. They tested for RSV, but that came back negative. I had to leave to get back to Jacob. John just called and said they were getting ready to take him for x-rays to see if he has pneumonia. He looked so pitiful when I left him. I feel so bad for the little guy:( I will update as soon as I hear anything new.

I put Jacob to bed and I think I am going to lay down. I have been up with Johnny since 5am. Plus I decided to work out this morning....what a day to start that huh!!!

***Johnny's x-ray showed that he is in the beginning stages of pneumonia and because his lungs are not responding to the steroid treatments to the extent that they should they are keeping him overnight. I am officially freaking out. It's so weird too.....I have had asthma since I was one years old and have never had to stay overnight for anything..and now my poor baby has to stay in the scary Hospital overnight. Ugh...I never in my wildest dreams imagined this happening when Johnny woke up with a cold yesterday:(

I am DRAINED. Johnny is breathing better, but you can still see him struggling. They have him doing nebulisor treatments every two hour plus he is taking two antibiotics and prednisone. His spirits are great though...you would think he was staying in a five star hotel!!! He is eating up the attention from everyone. Jacob has been a complete handful this evening. I feel bad for him too...he has NO clue what is going on, just that it's different.

I so want to be positive, but it is SO hard when you get to hear about all of the things that could go wrong during the night...which would mean he cannot come home tomorrow. I am going to pray with ALL of my might that he has NO need for oxygen tonight. I will update in the morning. John is with him tonight and I will be heading back in the morning.

Thank you all for your prayers and support. It means a lot.

Concerned Mommy

Jacob has been sick with a cold for the last couple of days. Every night since Jacob has been sick he has woken up a couple of times coughing and tossing and turning. I have gotten so used to this routine that last night I woke up at two am and basically had a panic attach. I thought OMG I haven't heard Jacob....is he breathing, is he OK?? I got up and put my ear to his monitor, but since I have his vaporizer going that was the only sound I could hear. My heart seriously dropped. I creeped into his room to make sure he was all right.....and of coarse he was!!! Being a parent can be so completely heart wrenching at times. Isn't it amazing the amount of LOVE we have for them? I had to laugh at myself afterward.....I mean I seriously freaked people. I literally shot out of bed like a crazy person. Why would Jacob NOT be OK??? He has a cold. I freaked like he has a deadly disease or something. If our children only knew the things that run through our minds on a daily basis. Maybe it's just me and I totally need to chill!! LOL!!

On an even worse not....Johnny woke up this morning with.....a COLD:( Poor babies.

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I'm BAAAACCKKKKK!!!

I am back!! Woo Hoo!!! Thank you to everyone who has been worried and concerned about where we went. There were people reading this that I had no idea even knew it existed. I guess I just couldn't stay away. Since deleting our blog I have felt something was missing. I have missed the comfort I get just by putting my thoughts down. What a feeling huh? I have been cleaning a lot more since I have been gone though. I have thought a lot about this though and the issues I was having with the blog just don't seem to out way the good.

Here are some updates from the last month or so. I don't even know how long I have been gone.

We had a wonderful Christmas!! We got to spend a lot of time with family. It was so awesome to have my sister and brother home. The boys get super excited to see their Aunt and Uncle as well!! I have to say though...I feel extremely overwhelmed by ALL of the new toys. It seems absurd how many toys children get nowadays. It just looks like a big mess to me....one that I unfortunately end up cleaning up. I must nip that in the bud ASAP!!

I am SO ready for winter to be OVER. PLEASE...bring on the flip flops!!!

I have been feeling as though I am surrounded by pregnant people. What is up with that??? There are a bunch in my neighborhood and family at the moment. I will just take this moment to thank the Lord that I am NOT one of them....no offense of coarse. I only have two and am at many points exhausted. How do we parents do it??

The boys are doing GREAT!! Johnny is still Loving school. HE is doing such a great job....I couldn't be prouder of him!! Jacob is getting so big. I cannot believe that my little baby is going to be 2 years old in a little over 3 months. I swear I just had him!!

We went to Church on Sunday to celebrate the Baptism of our good friends J&J's baby. They just had a son a week and a half ago. He is beautiful! I couldn't be happier for them. This was our first time taking Johnny and Jacob to church. We tried to put them both in the nursery, but Johnny would NOT have it. Jacob did great though. The ladies just loved him and said he was wonderful. I couldn't stop thinking about him throughout the service.....silly huh? Especially since he had such a great time playing and eating up the ladies affection he could have cared less where John and I were. Now I know for sure that we can start going to church EVERY Sunday and that it will all be OK!! That is a great feeling!
I feel like I have been on a spiritual journey lately. I have really been trying to focus more time on reading and studying the bible and taking the time to pray and be thankful for everything God has given me. John and other family members have been wonderful. I have so many questions and I know that not all of them can be answered but thank you for your patience. ( I promise I have not become a religious freak....I just feel like it is important and I need to spend more time on the positive rather than the negative)

I have been looking for a part time job for months now, with NO luck. I have never had this problem. You think part time job...no problem. Uh No. It is a problem.

John and I have been on a budget for a year now. We have NOT used 1 credit card in that time. Hopefully we will never have to again either. I couldn't be prouder of us as a couple. This is HUGE people. Do you even realise how hard it is to NOT use credit cards. It has been great though. No thinking about what our balance is or any of the other things that run through your mind. I am going to let you all in on a little secret....hold on tight...this is a BIG one. My weekly budget is $100. That's right folks...you heard me correct. I get $100 every Sunday. That is to buy grocery's, diapers, cleaning supplies, dog food and any other misc. items we might need. I do use the check card occasionally for any other things....mostly gifts, prescriptions and doctors appointments. So if I haven't been to some of your parties...you know the ones where you buy stuff...it's probably because I had used all of my money for that week!! Now please...Do not take my revealing all of this as a need for pity or sympathy. This had truly been a blessing in disguise. No going into debt, a nice savings account and a big sigh of relief that we are doing the right thing. Living with in our means and no more. You would be surprised at how great it feels!!

I must say this again...I am SO happy to be blogging again!!!!!...so stay tuned!!!