Thanksgiving gave me a lot to think about. So has David's schedule.
Monday the 28th marked Bella's 2 month Birthday. She is 9 lbs 5 Oz. 21 inches. And Cute as can be!!!!
She had under developed tear ducts that gave us issues for about 6 weeks after she was born, but they seem to have cleared up now :D
She also has a Hemangioma on the crown of her head. Which we are keeping an eye on.
David went back to work last Tues after his week off. He had to be to work at 6 am, and they headed to North Dakota. No sooner had he left the state than Elysia started complaining of a stiff neck. She had already been "sick" and felt crappy. I looked up stiff neck in children online, and the VERY first thing popping up all over the search results were Meningitis, and other horrible illnesses. The main thing that was said was that in a child with these 5 symptoms, the symptom that tips the scales and signals probable Meningitis is the stiff neck. Oh, I forgot to mention that she was also complaining that her eyes were bothering her. And since we had been exposed to Viral Pink eye the previous week, that was a concern too. And another reason we were worried about possible Meningitis is because Elysia has been ill on a regualar basis for about a year now and the word has already been thrown around more than once. So.....
Tues, meant a hurried trip to Green River to the Eye Doctor. Yep, a mild... thank HEAVEN MILD case of Viral Pink Eye. Then we dropped Elizabeth, Abby, and Jacob off with Ivy (My HERO! And Savior on multiple occasions!) and rushed back to Rock Springs to Urgent Care. THEN because the Dr thought it really MIGHT be Meningitis, we had to go over to the ER where they did a Spinal Tap on my Poor 6 Year old to rule it out once and for all. ACK! It was sooooo horrible! She cried. And CRIED. And I Cried and Cried. And Bella, who I had to take with us was super restless and fussy. At 10 pm, after finally ruling out Meningitis, I took a super loopy (from the meds that kicked in AFTER the procedure instead of before) Elysia back to Green River to rescue a worn out Ivy.
Since then we have slowly waited through symptoms and Poor Elysia feeling awful, sleeping a lot and throwing up. *Sigh* And she finally seems to be over it!
Just in time for her 7th Birthday tomorrow! :D
And with David in another state for ALL of it, I have seriously thought that I cannot get moved back to Utah fast enough. But at the same time, I've pulled through it. WE have pulled through it! The major dilema here is that if we move back to Utah, then the days that David is in Rock Springs, we won't see him at all. However, the days that he's gone, I would have My Mom and others aroung. Hmmmmmmm. What to do.
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So then, I've had the interactions with My Mom and David's Family that have given me a lot to think about. Along with my Friends both here and in Utah. I've observed how different people do things differently. It's been teaching for sure!
I've gotten de reailed a bit. And lost focus, so I'll call it good for now. Hopefully I'll post agin soon.
