It has been a rough start to my new working career with someone in the house having some form of sickness for several weeks in a row, but mother nature was kind enough to keep most of the rest of the world cozy at home as well, so we weren't much out of the loop. It is wonderful to have Harrison smiling and laughing... and eating... and SLEEPING again. [he loves to play peek-a-boo out the back of his high chair]
Last week we had two ER visits - Jackson was really scaring me with a croupy cough. It usually doesn't scare me, but it seemed worse than ever before and we couldn't fix it with the moist air cures. He perked right back up in the hospital once his steroids kicked in. They kept him for observation for a couple of hours and we were surprised when someone came in and said that he was taking him up for a CAT scan. I was so confused, but followed him as he wheeled Jackson's bed down the hall, up the elevator and around the bend to the machine. The CAT scan guys looked at us confused and said, "which one of you is the patient?" I pointed at Jackson and said, "he's the one in the bed!" They said, "he sure doesn't look 38!" They had confused us with another room. We didn't mind... it was a fun adventure during our boring wait to get out of there!
Two days later Lincoln developed a double ear infection which made him just miserable. He was able to get to sleep, but woke up screaming so I knew he needed some relief. This time Jeff took him and he has felt much better ever since.
It felt so nice to get back to a regular schedule today. Crossing my fingers that it lasts!
