Asthma and Gallbladder

So I realized I don't have any pictures yet but I am going to get on the ball! We never really have medical issues we have just been very blessed that way, but the last two weeks have had a few surprises for us lately! It started off with Blake when he was born having a few breathing issues and all the doctors telling me he was fine and to not worry about it. We used to make fun of the poor little guy because he is very round and a bit pinkish and was always breathing really heavy, so he was our little piggy! (poor kid) Well at his 6 month check up I asked the doctor about it again and he took a better listen to his chest and agreed that is really sounded like asthma. We did a breathing treatment in the office but the doctor didn't notice any difference in him so he sent us home with a nebulizer and we have been giving him the treatments three times a day for two weeks. We go in on Tuesday for another evaluation. In the meantime, getting a very active and curious 6 month old baby to keep a mask on his face for 20 mins at a time has proved to be quite the challenge, until we discovered his love for Blue's Clue's. None of my other kids have liked the show and I just decided to put in on our Netflix and turned it on for Blake and he was mesmerized! I am probably doing some sort of damage having him watch so much tv during the day but I thought the huge screaming fits with us holding him down every day might be just as damaging! He sounds so much better, there is still a chance it is something else besides asthma but I am betting it is.

Onto the gall bladder, I started getting regular stomach aches about two months ago, I thought I was just getting a little flu virus or something. Finally Dan started suggesting other things that it could be, my gall bladder being number 1. I let that float around for another month before I had a weekend so bad that it took me out for three full days I was in so much pain, I finally agreed to go to a doctor. The doctor started pressing on spots on my stomach and he hit above my gall bladder and I almost cried it hurt so bad (I had no idea where my gall bladder was before this experience) It hurt for like three hours after, so if you think you have something going on with your gall bladder don't push on it!!!! I went in for an ultra sound and sure enough, stones were floating around in there. They did the surgery this last Tuesday which was a weird experience, never been put under before. Dan got a kick out of it because I couldn't stay awake at all. I was pretty bad for the rest of the day, I fell asleep while eating at one point. It is Sunday and I am still pretty soar, I am nervous about going back to school but there is a lot of things I can do that I can sit through. If it is too much I might just go half days. The most fun of it all is Blake got a flu on Wednesday, Brock on Thursday, Shane on Friday and Dan on Saturday...I am scared do you see a pattern, I do.....I don't want to get the flu on top of this!!!! I am feeling fine so far but Dan is not so great with the puking and all that so I got to handle most of it. We will see I guess, only time can tell.


This next part I want to put in just for my purposes so read if you want ;) On Wednesday Brock came into bed with me and was so sweet, one of those moments that you wouldn't trade anything in the world for. He was "combing" my hair and feeding me and kissing me telling me how much he loved me, dang that boy is such a lover! He really melts my heart! When Shane got the flu on Friday night he was upset and said, "mom I just need Jesus, tell daddy to say I prayer so that Jesus will come make me feel better" I love that he is starting to get that we can pray to have our heavenly father in our lives and that Dan has a special power to give him a blessing. I love being a mother so much. It has been something that I have struggled in and had a hard time adjusting to but it has changed me and molded me and made me so grateful. These little people are so amazing. I love seeing how the are truly turning into their own little people and paving their paths. They are really the lights in my life.