Grow baby grow

Just in case the title of this blog got you wondering. No I'm not pregnant. I'm not talking about babies or kids today, I'm talking vegetables. In my fondest dreams I am living a totally self sustained life. Growing and making all that I need, and being blissfully happy in my simple life. Of course in my dreams, nothing is hard, and life is easy. Lets wake up now! I have always wanted a home garden, and I have always failed. It's not easy when you live in places like Florida, the Upper peninsula of Michigan, or New Mexico. I would love to blame it all on the harsh climates of those places, but the truth is I can barley keep a house plant alive. This year I have decided to try the Topsy-turvy. I will start with my favorites, cucumbers and tomatoes, and we'll see how it goes. If they die I might as well give up. Well at least until my dreams convince me to try again!

GETTING ON WITH IT

Well, we are slowly all getting better. Adam is developing a rash that I am keeping my eye on. I think that he may be having a reaction to the antibiotic that he has been on for an ear infection. Tomorrow is the last day of school for Adam, and Aaron. The other two are already out. Summer is officially here. My Grandma Maisak left yesterday. She came to stay with us for a week and a half to help us recover after the hospital. We loved having her. She was so much help. When she said that she was going home Adam said, "I don't like that". Well Adam, I did not like it either, but we can't keep her forever. Today is my first full day with out her. I woke up this morning to a sink full of dishes, crumbs on the counters and floor, and wondered how the house could have gotten so messy so fast. I took a deep breath as I took a look around and realized that I would be doing it all by myself today. I know that the kids could always help, but for now they are to busy celebrating the fact that school is coming to an end. I'll have to get a summer work schedule in place soon! Now that Grandma is gone, I just cant think of what to have for dinner. I have such a hard time with that chore, and it happens every day. Just one of the reasons why my kids are addicted to fast food. One of my Goals for the summer will have to be eat out less. Wish me luck with that!

final update

Zachary is still in the hospital. He is better, but not 100%. They asked us today if we wanted to stay and have him seen by more Doctors, or go home. I bet you can guess what we said. WE WANT TO GO HOME! Now we just have to wait for our discharge papers which take forever, but I hope to have my baby home by bed time. It's just our luck that our nurse is going out of town and wont be back until the 22nd. It will be hard not to have a break at night, but anything would be better then another day in that hospital.

Getting stronger

Just wanted to let you know that Zachary is getting stronger. His fever is going down, and he is needing the Oxygen less and less. I was surprised however when the Doctor said that I would probably still be here on Monday. ahhh.... we will see if we can make it

update

After 20 hours of waiting in the E.R. Zachary has been moved up to the G.P.U.
Chris is still with him. It will be my turn on Thursday. The doctors say he has some type of Flu/croup thing. They say tomorrow should be worse, then better from there. Lets all keep our fingers crossed that he gets better soon.

Try walking in my shoes

This week has been hard on Zachary. Since we have been home from Florida his seizures have been getting worse and worse. Kayla and Aaron have been sick with Some type of respiratory/flu thing. On Monday we decided that we wanted to take Zachary into the hospital to get some help with the seizures, but found out that his Nuro. was out of town until Wednesday. So we thought that we would wait until then. Tuesday night Zachary started getting a fever, and throwing up. His nurse came at 8 and by 9 she was thinking that he needed to be taken to the E.R. His heart rate was really high, he was vomiting and having diarrea. We tried giving him small amounts of fluid, but even when we gave him only 1 teaspoon he would throw it right back up. I asked Chris if he would take him in for me this time. He said he would and arrived to the E.R. around 10:45. The E.R. was packed so he knew it would be a long night. After they took him back, they could not get a I.V. in him, so he went all night with out any food or meds. Around 4 o'clock they finally got someone to come down from the P.I.C.U. and they got the I.V. in. I can't believe that it took that long. That's not the worst part, Chris and Zach are still in the E.R. The hospital is full and they have to wait for someone to be discharged before they can get Zachary into a room. It is now 9:30, and they have been in the E.R. for almost 11 hours. I hope they get a room soon. I told Chris how bad I felt for him, but he said not to worry about it. He knows I have had my share of sleepless nights in a hospital room chair. (hence the title: try walking in my shoes.) It's not 4 Weeks in Miami, but he has the idea. I hope that they get a room soon. Can you imagine what it will be like if we do get a pandemic like the swine flu! Scary!

Florida

Well,I am back from Florida, and had a wonderful time! I loved the humidity, and miss it greatly. I was only there for one day when I noticed how smooth and beautiful my hands and arms were. I couldn't stop touching them. They were as soft as a baby's butt. Not to mention a beautiful golden brown. Now that I am back they look like an elephants butt. Not so beautiful any more. On the first day I planned to spend time with my sister and her kids at the pool all day, but she called and said they were sick with the flu. What bad luck, the pool at the resort was awesome, and her kids would have had so much fun. Zachary and I still went swimming and had as much fun as we could. Thank goodness we did, because the next day a storm came in and cooled everything down. The rest of the week it was about 75 degrees which was nice, but not what I call swimming weather. The next day, I drove down to see my good friend Kristen, and her son Morgan. If you don't know, Kristen's son Morgan is very smiler to my Sarah, and Zachary. We are not sure if they have the same thing, because nobody knows what they have. Maybe one day we will know. Any way, if you were wondering, Morgan is doing very well. He is 11 now, and quite tall. I'm not sure how Kristen can carry him, but she does. She held Zachary, and commented on how light he was. I hold Zachary and think my arms are going to fall off. I guess I will get stronger as he gets bigger. Kristen's non-profit, the MORGAN project is doing well. She has done such wonderful things with it. She was chosen to be on the Montel show to receive a cash award given to the Morgan project. She was one of four woman chosen because of the amazing things they were doing for their community. She will also be on a cable channel I think it's TLC, to do a show about the day in the life of a handicapped child. I don't have cable, but I hope I can get a friend who will record it for me. A few days latter, I had a girls night out. Chris watched the baby, and my girlfriends, and my sister met me for a walk along the beach, and a late night snack after. It was awesome. Girls need friends!!!! If you don't have friends right now, get some, one day you will need them. The next day, one of our friends hosted a pot-luck for us, so our church friends could come by and say hi! That was fun. After, we went to see our old house. It looked beautiful, I love how my friend is taking care of it. I hope to move back someday. On our last day, we shopped for souvenirs for the kids and pick up a boars house sub from our favorite grocery store Publix. I was soooooo good. Not everything about Florida was wonderful. I had forgotten about the taste of the water, YUCK! And when I tried to dry my clothes, It took for ever. Oh well no one is perfect, and no place is for that matter. I am going to try and enjoy where I am for the moment, who knows where I will be next year!

PS- I finally got to see my sisters kids at the pot-luck. This is a picture of her premee Silas. Look at those eyes, he seems healthy, he just needs to grow into those peepers! Also a picture of Anna. I love that girl. I'm missing a picture of the other three kids because they were playing out side most of the time Sorry guys, I love you too!