There's a Good Reason Why I've been Away...
By Heart of Wisdom Academy - Tuesday, May 07, 2013
March and April Recap
- We began March with our vacation to the Outerbanks
- The vacation in which every child got sick...really really sick
- The two little ones got pneumonia and the three older ones got bronchitis
- You'd never know by all these smiles
On our way
Relaxing in the room
Beautiful sunrises!!
The only alone time I get all year :-)
Handsome Kaden
Kyle and Peyton and a gorgeous sky
Collecting shells, it was cold this year.
Stunning sunrise! Worth getting up early for!!!
At the Wright Brothers' Museum
Going up the hill to the Monument
Up high you remember you're on an island. See the water in the background.
Kason taking flight.
Me and my sweet kiddies.
He's sicker than he looks.
It's hard to look sick when you're so happy and cute. It shirt actually says 100% Happy.
We left the next day, after he got diagnosed with pneumonia. We figured all the kids were pretty sick because they all sounded the same. I did lament leaving heaven I mean the Outer Banks, and I tried to be brave and not cry. Such is the life :-)
All the kids were on breathing treatments 3 or 4 times a day and antibiotics. If I didn't need a vacation before...
The next week my husband had surgery on his shoulder. He was in a forklift accident last year.
This is us on a date before surgery!!!
- His shoulder surgery went great!
- Later in the week he developed a blood clot in the leg. He started complaining that his leg really hurt and when I touched it, it was swollen. So we loaded up sleeping children at almost midnight and brought him to the ER.
- He was diagnosed with a blood clot, but not he dangerous kind and was given antibiotics to break up the clot.
- Exactly 24 hours later, nearly midnight the hospital called and said that it actually was the dangerous blood clot and he needed to come back immediately.
- Thank God for awesome friends who came immediately and watched the kids so we could go back.
- He's been on blood thinners ever since and is doing great!
- Which is great because then we saw this.... Yah!!!!!!
And now all we see is this.....
- The verdict is still out on whether this has been the worst morning sickness since Kyle. I can't really remember. I know for certain that every pregnancy I have had moderate and in one case severe nausea and vomiting.
- This pregnancy the nausea and vomiting are making me very weak, dehydrated, and exhausted most of the time, I'm kind of living in a daze and can't really function. For the first time in our marriage my husband has had to learn how to do laundry! I haven't cooked or cleaned in two months. I've had to move into my own room because my sense of smell is so intense that the smell of anyone makes me vomit.
- Then I had an idea on how to manage morning sickness.
- I will preface this by saying that it ended up not being a bright idea. Cough drops seemed to take the edge off of the nausea so I started consuming copious amount of them and sleeping with them. Until one day I woke up and couldn't swallow. My uvula (dangly thing in throat) was swollen and sagging on my tongue. I immediately went to the ER in which they promptly gave me two shots, Penicillin and a steroid. I also got thrush, which I was able to get rid of using Tea Tree Oil. I'm sure I'll never eat another cough drop again.
- Last week I had to have my wisdom tooth removed. I guess the pain kept my senses confused so I didn't vomit for a couple of days. My esophagus was thankful.
- But all is not despair...God has continually showered his love on us. I'm particularly moved to tears by the help and generosity of our bible-talk group. They have served us with such love and compassion these last few weeks. Cooking, cleaning, mowing yards, etc. etc. We are so grateful.
- How's Homeschooling going? I'll talk about that next post!
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