Patience being a patient

It all started last Saturday my stomach (the outside, more my belly than stomach) and my back were hurting so bad. I joked with Zac at the grocery store that I was going into labor. Even though I was joking, I was hurting so bad. The pain never really went away and on Tuesday I couldn't ever get warm. That night my whole body was just shaking and I was FREEZING. Zac took my temp and it was 103.8. I took some tylenol and every four-six hours the temps would just keep coming back. I went into my OB on Wednesday and he put me on two antibiotics. The temps continued and Friday came around and I was still having temps every six hours with my stomach and back pain hurting still. I went back into see Dr. Seale thinking he would just change my antibiotics and he told me he thought I looked horrible and needed to be admitted to the hosptial. I didn't really argue because I felt HORRIBLE and wanted to know what was going on.

After four attempts to start my IV they had to call interventional radiology to start my IV under ultrasound and he even struggled a little bit : ( While we were waiting for my IV to be started lab came up to draw my blood and they couldn't even get enough blood because it was so thick. She even said my blood was as thick as mud. She sent down a pediatric tube of blood (that's all she could draw) and of course it clotted.

To make a LONG weekend short, I was poked a total of 11 times in two days and every test they ran came back negative. I was on three different IV antibiotics every SIX hours and still spiking temps?? Dr Seale came in on Sunday and told me he was going to release me to go home because he didn't know what else to test me for. He was comfortable sending me home because he ruled out everything that was harmful to me and my little baby, but it's still a mystery why my body was having such high fevers and why I was having so much pain.

I am feeling SO MUCH better now and am grateful for whatever it was is now gone. I never want to feel that sick again. It was the longest weekend of my life. It was so hard to be on the other side of my job. It's hard to be a patient when you are used to taking care of the patient. I am so grateful to the great staff that took care of me, it made it a little bit easier to be there. I just hope whatever it was never comes back!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

This morning before Tegan went to school we had our St. Patrick's Day breakfast. The boys couldn't figure out how I made the pancakes green. Tegan was leery at first about eating it, but didn't mind once he tasted them. Tegan wouldn't let me turn his milk green he told me, "I just want white fresh milk" so we settled on green cups. Happy St. Patrick's Day boys.

Old Garage Door

So my cute friend Bre told me about these old garage doors that I could go get for FREE, she had one hanging in her house and I loved it so I went and picked out some old garage doors. She cut out the middles and make it into a big frame, but I had a different idea and this is what I came up with. I am so excited and it added so much to my entrance way in my house. Thanks Bre for the cute idea, and it was FREE, can't get much better than that!!

Our Weekend Together

This weekend I surprised Zac and picked him up in Salt Lake when he got off work and we went and stayed in my parents condo. It was so much fun to surprise him. We went and ate at Rodigio Grill, watched a movie and then went to a comedy theater that was HILARIOUS. It was so much fun to spend some time with just us.
The boys had their very first sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa and they LOVED it. My parents went and bought them their very own sleeping bags and they partied all night. A big thanks to my parents, it was such a fun get away.

Six years of Eternity

Six years ago today I married the man that I was madly in love with. I had no clue how much more I could love him, but it seems like everyday my love for him grows so much stronger. He has become my very best friend and love having him by my side everyday. No one makes me happier and I love that he is so good to me. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world!! I can't wait to see what the rest of eternity has in store for us, but for now we are taking it one day at a time and loving every minute!! Happy Anniversary Zac, thanks for the best past six years of my life!!

Today's Conversations....

So I worked last night and when I got home I set my alarm for 8:30 (I get home about 6:00 am from work) so I could get the boys up and ready for school today. My alarm went off and I realized that Tegan was no longer next to me in my bed. I usually will stay in bed a minute when I wake up and see if I can hear what the boys are doing. I could hear the boys talking, but I wasn't sure what they were up to. This was the conversation I overheard....
Kyson: What's this
Tegan: Kyson, those aren't to play with, they will cut you
Kyson: What??
Tegan: See Ky, when I was a little kid I was playing with those and I got cut really bad (which is NOT true). See Ky, I got hurt real bad
Kyson: Oh OUCH Teg
So I walked around the corner to see what they were talking about. Both boys were sitting up on my stove and Tegan was trying to make his way to the treat cupboard while Kyson was sitting next to my knives. Good thing they are such good boys and stayed away from the knives. It seriously was so cute to hear them talk to each other.

After I dropped Tegan off at school I headed back home and Kyson fell asleep in the truck so I brought him inside and we both got to take a TWO hour nap, which NEVER happens (I even had to wake up Ky). The nap felt so good, but when I woke up I realized it was 12:05 and Teg gets out of school at 12:00 so I called my mom and asked her to get him from school (which is downstairs at Weber High) and told her I was on my way. When we got home from school Tegan was asking me what we did while he was in school and I told him we both took a nap, then I said, that's why we were a little late picking you up because we were sleeping. Then Tegan says to me, "Well, if you aren't going to be there to pick me up from school anymore, I guess I am just not going to be able to go anymore" : ) I just laughed so hard, so I guess I better not forget to pick him up anymore : ) Call me MOTHER OF THE YEAR, first my kids are teaching each other about knives and then I am late picking up Tegan, lets hope I am a better mommy tomorrow : (