#2 is home and sleeping right now.

It's good to have everyone back under the same roof! She's doing well, pretty much back to her usual self and glad to be home. She had another Ultrasound done yesterday which led to a MRI today. She still has some unknown tissue/mass in her belly. Right now we have 1 1/2 weeks of oral antibiotics and then a follow up check. They will do another ultrasound then and if this area under question is still there then what will probably happen is scheduling surgery so they can go in and get a piece of this tissue to test and find out what it is.
That's the short and sweet of it, I'm off to bed.

Good News

1. My mom is flying in this evening(both our families offered to come out and Saturday we decided we would take them up on the offer)
2. This is likely the last day of IV antibiotics for #2. They are going to give her oral antibiotics tomorrow and if all goes well she should be coming home Thursday!
The things we still aren't sure about is when they will take her central line out. They may do it after she does fine on the oral meds but they could keep it in until her checkup if the think she'll need it again. Also the surgeon has said he'd like to do another CT scan because the infection was so bad he couldn't see her ovary. When we went into surgery they had thought she had a tumor on the left ovary, so he wants to make sure everything else is normal.
#2 is doing better, she still has some pain but is eating more and we got her walking a little more yesterday.

Here she is blowing some bubbles. The nurse wanted her to do this so she'd take some deep breathes because she was only breathing with the top half of her body. She wasn't really interested in doing so but then little brother came to visit and who can resist him!

Update

It's been awhile since you have heard from us. We have been dealing with a sick child. #2 had been complaining about her tummy hurting, we assumed that she caught another bug(February wasn't the best month health wise, kept catching colds). After it didn't go away like we thought it should we sought medical help. She under went many tests.....Tuesday night we were finally able to get an ultrasound of her belly which showed a 2 inch mass above her belly. She has laparoscopic surgery Wednesday. Turns out she had a big nasty infection going on, an unrachal cyst had burst. She is on antibiotics and still has a drain connected to her. Thursday she had a PICC put into her arm so now they are able to do blood draws and give her the IV fluids and antibiotics through that.
Her white blood cell count is coming down and we look to be in the hospital at least another couple days.
She's walking around some, and starting to eat a little, unhappy to be in the hospital, real unhappy with all the doctors and nurses. We played a couple games last night and she was pretty perky then.
James and I are doing ok, we've gotten some help with the boys and are doing our best to cope. It's so hard to see your child in the hospital, she's pretty sensitive to touch and hasn't dealt really well with all the needles and such, which just about breaks my heart.
Yesterday we had a little trouble with the central line, someone unhooked her the wrong way but it was fixed fairly easy. James left the hospital yesterday afternoon and got a flat tire on the way home. Definitely feel like we are being tested here. Thankfully we have a pretty good support system here and know we and #2 are being held up in prayer by many people.
Will update as I am able, we haven't been able to get online a the hospital.

Hand-me-downs

They are so fun! We went "shopping" in our closets yesterday. #3 & #4 now have 'new' clothes! #3 had fun trying his on! They are all washed up and put in the correct drawers, old stuff has been sorted and is either ready to be stored for later use or in bags to donate to someone else. Oh, the reason I decided to look in the closets is because I was looking for some training pants or underwear. #4 has a keen interest in the potty now. Didn't find any but the treasure trove in clothes that I had forgotten pretty much makes up for it!

We've been talking about Samuel Morse this week. #1 had fun writing out morse code today and they were talking in beeps!

Then and Now

This is what my husband looked like this morning.


He's a bit of a goof ball incase you haven't heard.

This is what the bathroom looked like this afternoon.



Anyone handy enough to install a new tub for us? We'll see you next week;)


This is what my hair looked like this morning.


This is what it looked like this afternoon.



You'll have to excuse the expression, I didn't think she'd ever take the shot.

#2 decided to just get her hair trimmed so she looks much the same. She didn't say a word the whole time we were at the salon. I asked her if she was feeling well when we left. She said she was fine she just felt a bit shy. Apparently she thought it was strange that a man cut our hair today.

create

So at the beginning of the week we had lots of creativity from the kids. #1 made this neat house by the ocean complete with wave and fence.


They all brought me many bunches of flowers and ended up tying them with pretty ribbon. I received cards and the ice box and freezer are full of new pictures.



We attempted Bible study on Wednesday but ended up coming home as #3 was throwing a major fit so I took that to mean he still wasn't up to par. He seems better and yet had a really long nap today. I think this cold really took the punch right out of him.

I am excited to say that after a year(!) of not working or sometimes working we finally had our dining room light/fan repaired. We can eat with light now! woohoo!!

A valentine's day treat. Aren't they cute? I used this recipe, doubled it and used a heart cookie cutter to make it extra special. They were good although we still have leftovers as the kids and I have been sick, you know we must be sick if we can't/don't want to eat ours sweets! I think we are finally on the road to recovery though.

Dad this one is for you. Remember the tree I was talking about. When we walk out the front door this is what we see now.


Somehow the tree isn't looking as full.



I wonder why that could be?