Wednesday, March 31, 2010
recovery day
My first thought was...I'm going to have to quit my job! I can't take off every 2 weeks! The doctor said since it isn't contaigious, she can write a doctor's note to daycare saying she is able to go, but when Zoe is running a fever she just wants to be held and doesn't want to be held by just anyone. Since the tylenol & motrin weren't keeping the fever down, the doctor gave us a prescription for prednisone (a steroid). Apparently the treatment for periodic fever is either steroids or a tonsilectomy (which works in 90% of cases). One of the side effects of steroids is "irritability"...yeah right...that's putting it mildly! I decided steroids were out...tonsilectomy is going on the agenda! When we went to ENT for her consult visit (and we pried her mouth open) the doc got a quick look and said, "Yes, she is definitely a candidate for a tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy." She had surgery on March 15th. Everything went fine, and the insurance deductable is definitely met for the year! Now we're hoping to be in the fortunate 90% that it works for! :)
Here she is sleeping the day of her surgery. She slept most of the first day, then went back and forth between being happy and crabby (can you blame her?) the rest of the week.
montana or bust
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We went to visit Jamie in Montana over Spring Break. We drove through quite a bit of fog as you can see on my mirror (it froze on). His brother Ben came with and helped out with the girls (and had fun fishing too!). The car ride was happy...grouchy...and sleepy. When we finally got to Great Falls, Ava and Zoe were SO HAPPY to see their daddy! The got started with some fun daddy-play as soon as we checked in to the hotel...wrestling, tickling, and zerbits! Zoe got into my lip gloss..."I look pretty mommy?" We checked out the dams on the Missouri River, the one in the picture is Black Eagle Dam. We fed fish at the trout hatchery. When Jamie was working, Ben and I brought the girls to the Children's Museum. We had lots of fun in the pool...proof is in our chlorine-faded swimsuits! I learned how to make spawn sacs and became quite proficient at it...it was kinda fun! Ava, Zoe, and I met Jamie and Ben in the town of Craig (in the Big Belt Mountains) one afternoon. They went fishing and we had a picnic lunch. We stopped up to Holter Lake before heading back to Great Falls.
We're looking forward to seeing daddy again this weekend!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Ava's map of the world
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
It looks good enough to eat!
Wisconsin Dells
Here are some pictures from the weekend: