Another Day...

Today started out at 6 am with Karson cooing in his bed. It was his horse cooing but cooing none the less. I got him up, changed, dressed and did his breathing treatment. We went downstairs for some breakfast while everyone else was in bed.

I so wanted to crawl back into bed but I couldn't. I also knew that if I didn't get my workout in this morning, it wouldn't happen. So the day began..

I made Karson some prunes with cereal since he ate so well at his swallow study. He did pretty well this morning. He is such a joy to be around even when he is sick. I am so blessed to have him as my baby! It doesn't get much better than this!

After Karson's breakfast it was time for the other kiddos to be up and ready for the day. Solved the dispute between Bailey and Daddy about a shirt, did the hair, made the lunch and breakfast and worked on bottle cleaning. Quick change into workout clothes, Suay arrives and out the door.

Bailey goes to school, Mommy goes to the gym and the boys are at home. Once I get home I feed Kam and get Karson ready for his adventure to Quest for his blood draw. I was dreading this all day because of how upset he was on Monday. Plus I was hoping they would actually be able to get the blood. Three very sweet women helped, they found a vein in Karson's left arm and went for it. He whimpered for less than 1 second and stopped. He watched them as they failed. Again their needle was too big. The only place that can do it is Children's Hospital.

Home for the boys to sleep.. Wake them up and take them to Karson's doctor appointment with Dr. Guairn. She agrees with me that Karson is not worse but he is not better. He is still on the oxygen and the same meds until at least Monday. She wrote a script for Children's Hospital to draw the blood and do his allergy test. So this will take place soon. We also discussed his swallow study because the results were in. Karson has silent, severe reflux. So this means that he is refluxing more than than I thought. He is still refluxing and spitting up but not all the time. The news is that he will have to have another test from her. He will have to have a sample taken from his bronch after saline is put in to see if there is fat in there. If she sees fat then it means that he is aspirating into his lungs when he refluxes. So this will be done when he is well.

Time for Kam to go to school, get Bailey from school, bring Karson home, take Bailey to dance, get Kam and take him to dance. 6:30 arrive home for the night to new oxygen stuff from a new home health care company. Yeah!

What a day! Tomorrow I don't have to take any kids to the doctor. Not until Friday when Kam gets a recheck for his last ear infection.. I think he is getting another one.