Pneumonia

Encarta Dictionary : An inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection from a bacterium or virus or, less commonly, bya chemical or physical irritant.

March has been an eventfull month to say the least. we actually were in the Valley Hospital ER thursday morning because Aaliyah was wheezing, shaking, and coughing. They did an ex ray, and gave her a breathing treatment. On friday she didn't change much at all, her fever was still 102.8, and she was didn't eat or drink anything for like three days. Urgent care thursday night, where they did some blood work, and gave her a shot of antibiotic, but then she woke up friday morning wheezing, and coughing again so i took her to Sacred Heart. Aaliyah was admitted to Sacred Heart hospital Friday morning after running a 102.8-103.8 fever and that was with tylenol and advil every 3 hours. I don't know about you, but i hate hospitals. Actually I really hate the ER, for some reason i think that everyone who works there is so hardened by what they see, they loose all compassion and just start poking, and prodding. Babies need extra tender care( Mommies too for that matter), my poor baby had a IV put into her little hand, and X-Ray's taken, and a cathiter, blood drawn, needless to say She was not happy. Actually i have never hear her scream like that before. I was in tears twice that morning while we were in the ER. She had her own room, with orders that visitors were to check in at the front desk, and the staff were supposed to wear masks, and gloves because they didn't know if she was contagious, and they didn't want her to pick anything up from anyone else. She wasn't allowed to play in the play room so she had toys in her hospital crib.

Hospital cribs are scary- Huge (probably five feet tall) with metal bars that slide up and down for easier access. Wouldn't want to make a scared baby feel comforted by decorating the room, or making the bed less like a jail.
This entire experiance was scary for me, i felt so helpless and with Aaliyah being sick she never wanted me to leave her sight.
Her Albuterial treatment was kinda cute though it was a plastic tube with oxygen being pushed through, kinda like a humidifer, and she would push her little nose against the tube. breathing the medicine in..
Well March is Almost over, and lets hope the Weavers have no more hospital visits, no more injuries, and no more cysts bursting. Only happy things- Actually jesse is the only one left who hasn't ever been in the hosptial, he says that he is invincible.

Eventfull Moments

In an attempt to keep up with our blogs I'll tell you about our exciting moment last week. I(Melinie) Have in the last 4 months been diagnosed with having polycystic ovaries, which my doctor explained to me means that since i nursed Aaliyah so long (11 months) my body is working over time to make up for the lost time and yet is falling short, therefore not totally releasing the eggs. This lack causes cystics- which are terribly pain if they burst. Lucky for me that one burst on monday last week, I woke up that morning, seemingly fine, and after a few minutes i was curled in a fetal position literally unable to move. The lack of movement dosen't work very well with a 3 1/2 year old and 18 month girls. In a state of desperation i called my mom, and she rushed over to help. I am very grateful. What was weird, i was taking hydrocodone as pain medicine, and I was in so much pain i crawled to get anywhere, and almost passed out twice. We ended up going to the hospital that night to make sure that nothing else was wrong, and we were there for 7 1/2 hours. You would think that going into an ER at 5:45 in the evening you would hope to beable to get out of there in a timely matter. Such was not the case. I am doing pretty good now, but am a little frighten that any of my other cystics will burst. Oh yeah i forgot, i lost my medical insurance not 5 days before the cystic burst, so we now have to figure out how to pay for that ER visit. hopefully we qualify for Financial Aid

Stroneridge

Our Friends Alex and Alicia came to Stoneridge with us this year. We had such a great time, and our kids get along so well. Joshua and Sierra are pretty much inseparable, and they love each other. Aaliyah and Isaiah follow the older kids around. We had a good time with our friends, and also Grandpa and Grandma Weaver
We missed our regulars, but it was nice to have some new faces. Stoneridge is a timeshare resort in North Idaho that prides itself on its golfing....we were there in the middle of September, so go figure!



On Friday, Sierra while playing with her friends at church, fell and hit her head splitting it open as you can see. She had a huge bruise, and actually got two black eyes, and had to get the cut "Glued".
When we were done at the hospital, she tearfully says " I need to tell my Grandpa,Grandma that they got glue on me". She was pretty thrilled. She had a headache for a couple of days. Lets just say this injury totally freaked me out. Sierra didn't let that keep her from swimming and having all sorts of fun of course.

Jesse's family has quite the tradition going to Stoneridge. They have been going there since Jesse was a little kid. Our good friends the Langhans have always come for at least the weekend. Grandpa Weaver always likes to invite other friends to come along too, so this year we decided to do the same with the Carillos. A good time was had by all, and we are allready looking forward to next year.