Give thanks...

Since I have complained a bit on my few and far between posts I am going to say a few things I am thankful for today.

*I am thankful Kolette hasn't had a fever since Sat nite

*I am thankful we are going to her specialist tomorrow and hopefully will get some answers

* I am VERY thankful that in the midst of a doctor change I have found a friend/caring doctor. It has been a very hard transition emotionally for me to change doctors for Kolette b/c of her history. I hate describing her life to everyone new and wondering/hoping they can figure out what is going on w/her. I love the doctor we have seen from Corrin's birth but the office enviornment is not easy to deal with and he is so hard to get into. So I am eternally thankful for Dr. Travis and his willingness to treat Kolette w/the best possible care. He has eased my mama's heart.

* I am thankful school is out in less than 3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* I am thankful for family and friends and how they listen to me in my sleep deprived moments of insanity

* I am EXTREMELY thankful to God for allowing me to be a wife and a mom the 2 best jobs in the world!!!

Ok mushy time is over coz I could go on and on and on. . .

Thanks everyone!!!

The fever drama Queen

And the story continues... I was so hoping that with May in our sights that the illness bug would just go away.

So last Wed Corrin almost broke her nose in PE. And to add insult to injury she got sick right on top of it. So I hear alot of "Cough - Ow!" or "Sneeze - Ow!" out of her. And w/the fever and getting a sore throat she has not wanted to eat ever after the fever went away so she has lost like 4 lbs. I am hoping we are on the mend now. At least w/her.

So on Sun evening Kolette gets a fever of 104 and so that was fun. But then Monday she decides that 104 isn't good enough and bumps it up to 105 and I take her to the Dr. Her oxygen was down and she slept the entire appt. Kolette never sleeps so you know she is really sick. We got home w/an antibiotic. Then she acts fine all day yesterday w/just a fever of 101. She ends up at 105 again last night, throws up and is breathing super fast. I woke up the doctor at home who was also sick and he gave me alot of things to do like neb her every 15 mins and if it didn't improve in an hour to take her to the ER.

Anyhow we barely made it thru the night. But she is now on Prednisilone, a heavy antibiotic, pulmicort, her other antibiotic and albuteral. But she just insists she isn't sick she just gets cold. Anyhow life is guaranteed to never be boring w/her just confusing when it comes to the medical part. But God is watching over her and that is all I can ask for. Although I don't think that a little sleep would be out of the question for me.

I'm there for you

I am standing at my computer and this is the conversation I am hearing from the boys bedroom. It is Ian and Kolette.

Ian "I am here for you"
Kolette "I am here for you"
Ian "I won't let anyone hurt you"
Kolette "You look up to me"
Ian "I have to take very, very, very good care of you"
Kolette "What if you got in trouble at school coz someone was mean to me?"
Ian "I will always take care of you"

My cup runneth over!

My Girl!

4th Grade has been a rough one for my Corrin. She started out the year with the teacher she really wanted. She was happy and doing well in class. Then a teacher/family member died who taught in the kindergarten. So Corrin's teacher who is happiest as a kinder teacher took the vacant spot. Corrin got a new fresh out of college teacher. So between the girls that were making her life miserable she had to deal w/a teacher that was rigid and made her more miserable. Corrin became sad and cried alot. This is NOT her. She has always been a straight A student and 2 of her grades dropped to a B and a C. The teacher couldn't explain it and said that it was missing assignments. I know my daughter and there were no missing assignments. She made life very miserable. Anyhow after much struggle we were blessed w/her being moved to a new class w/a new teacher right after the Christmas break.

Immediately Corrin was happy again. She came home from school and said she could talk outside when they were in line. It has been the best thing ever to have her smile again. She loves her new teacher and is thriving. Her conferences went wonderful, but today she got a award at the Awards Assembly and this is what it said :

"Corrin Shuster has earned recognition for Being a model student. You have done an outstanding jo0b of getting every assignment in. You are an amazing student! Your efforts have really helped you achieve higher grades. Keep up the great work and keep that smile on your face!"

Wow what a difference a great teacher can make in the life of a student. In case you ever wonder how to be there for your child just listen. I am thankful I am able to help out in the classroom so I can see first hand what it is really like. I am so thankful that God allowed Corrin to be moved to the best learning place for her.

Oh she also got the P.E. award too:o)

In case that's not enough...

In addition to my last post in my fight against aging. I vow to pull, pluck, wax, shave or tweeze any hair that has the nerve to grow anywhere else other than my head. Just ask my mom she will attest to this being a goal of mine. I have recently become a fan of having my eyebrows waxed. I don't enjoy the pain of it or the horrible red marks around my eyebrows when I am done but after an hour I am VERY happy. Crazy the things that make this girl happy:o)

Hello my name is Amy and I love Facebook

I guess I am becoming a huge blogger slacker. I think to myself that I have nothing to say that is interesting to anyone but myself and I already know so what's the point? But my Facebook is easy it is just a few sentences and I am done. So I am going to have to think of s/thing more than once a month to blog about. I know it's not interesting but Kolette got her hair cut in a bob again. She isn't too happy about it since she wants it long. She just isn't in on the secret that she has super fine hair that doesn't hold a curl and there really isn't much of it. So unless by a miracle it decides to be thick and full of body she is stuck w/short hair dos. Me? Well I had to get my hair highlighted b/c I refuse to not be blond. I also refuse to age gracefully. I WILL NOT HAVE WHITE HAIR!!! I vow I will color my hair and it color won't take on my hair when it is all white I will find a way to make it not white whether w/a permanent marker or Rit dye. Yep I am insane! I did pull out a white hair the other day. It's not like I have very many but I am preparing for the battle. Why do they figure out how to grow so much faster than the rest of my hair? Is it b/c I vow to destroy them w/color? Ok I will stop on my rant over aging in any sense of the word. But I do feel better b/c it is off my chest and my hair is once again it's blonde self:o)

Have a blessed day all!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!

I think I have been taken over by a facebook addiction. I get on the computer just long enough to check facebook and off again. No blogging. I know I have plenty of things to blog about but just don't take the time to type them out. Or I wonder am I giving more info than others want to know. I don't know I don't have a very exciting life but it is busy and I love it!

We are having a bit of deja vu this week. We have enjoyed this year of Kolette not getting very sick so much. She has had pneumonia twice this season but both times it was a rather mild version and it didn't knock her down. I foolishly thought maybe she is growing out of the rough stuff.

However Sunday night she got a fever and was feeling miserable. So I took her to the doc on Mon and he said her lungs sounded clear just could hear her asthma. So after a miserable Mon night I took her in for a x-ray Tues morn. She actually felt fine when we got to the hospital. She was on a Motrin/albuteral high and walked in all by herself showed me where the admissions desk was and also to the radiation waiting room. No one would guess she was sick. So I talk to the doctor a few hours later and he says she has pneumonia in her upper left and right lungs and also in the middle lobe. Puts her on 2 antibiotics. I am thinking ok we will be fine. But she had the worst time breathing that night. I resisted w/everything in me to not call the doc at home that night. No you won't be that mom I kept telling myself. She had a fever during the night but the rapid breathing more than twice what it should be when she didn't have the fever was scaring me and when she got her fever of 104.2 at 4am and her breathing was so fast I didn't even want to count coz i feared I would have to take her to the hospital. However I nebbed her and we made it thru to the morn at home. Anyhow her fever went away and I took her in to the doc again. He o2 kinda sucked and so he put her on prednisilone. I hate the idea of steroids but I hate a sick kid even worse. Sooooooooooooooooooooo we are on the mend now and I am so glad. He wants us to see a pediatric pulminologist. Only thing is they don't have any around here so we would have to go to Portland or Salt Lake. I guess I better get to looking. Thanks for listening to my babbling. I will try to not be so long next time or quite so long winded:o)