Seriously???

Where do I begin???  Well, after a great weekend and week Friday approaches and Brady's slight runny nose has turned into him not feeling his best...But, he isn't feeling horrible, just not himself.  Still goes to school...It was Bria's "trial run" day at school and she went for a couple of hours to try it out.  She felt great when she left!  I picked her up after my doctor's appointment and took her home and continued to make calls.  I then picked up Brady around 3:30-4 and I could tell he was fading...Richie calls me and tells me that he and Bria had been at Wal-Mart and she was fine until he noticed a tiny drop of blood in her ear when they were leaving.  He calls me and says he doesn't think it's any big deal maybe she just scratched herself...When I have him go check it out again he's like "UMMMM, it's actually quite a bit of blood coming from inside her ear" so I call the pediatric clinic to get her an appointment.  Keep in mind - it's Friday at 4:30.  So, I get her in and poor little Brady wasn't feeling so hot...UGH..While Richie takes her to the appointment, I get Brady settled...The doc checks her out and cleans out blood and wax and doesn't think it's anything to be alarmed about.  I remember specifically the ENT telling us "If it bleeds after this initial first week after tubes, she needs to be seen by me" so I told Richie come Monday morning I was making her an appointment.  We go to bed.  About midnight Brady wakes up with a CROUP cough!!!!  Not croup AGAIN!!!!  :(  So sad!  So, I was up with him from about 12-3.  He finally went back to sleep and was restless for the rest of the night (in spare bed with me)...So, I was pooped on Saturday.  We tried keeping them separated all day Saturday so Bria wouldn't get it.  My mom came up to help and of course both kids wanted their MOMMA b/c they were feeling under the weather.  So, it was really hard for anyone other than me to do anything with them.  Saturday was a roller coaster filled with ups and downs.  Come Saturday night Brady seemed to have a lil appetite back, YAY!  He went down and around 9ish he started coughing and making a weird sound so I went in to check on him and he puked ALL over me.  All down my neck and arm - UGH.  I felt TERRIBLE for him.  He was upset and Bria was upset b/c I left her...She was hysterical and I gave Brady to Richie so he could get him all cleaned up and I could hop in the shower.  Needless to say - another really rough night.  Between me and Richie I think we got maybe 2-3 hours of sleep.  Brady couldn't rest - he kept coughing.  Richie ended up driving him around from 4:30-6:30 and almost took him to the ER b/c of his breathing...He left without shoes and wallet so that was out of the question...We were zombies on Sunday morning.  So, I decided to make a much needed Starbucks run.  My mom and Brady and I loaded up and headed that way...When I pulled on the interstate we heard a loud "Boom Boom Bump" and I looked in the rearview mirror..........MY CELL PHONE!!!!!  I accidentally left it on top of my car and it bounced on the interstate and before I could get it back, it was creamed by an 18-wheeler...NICE...I couldn't even muster up a tear b/c I was so overwhelmed with everything...When you have sick kids isn't the universe supposed to cut parents a lil slack???  I guess not...

Bria's poor ear...

Poor exhausted Brady - this is at 5:00 on Sunday when we were headed to church - he was WORN out.  I felt terrible for him!  Sitting upright was just about the only way he could breathe...AWFUL!  There is nothing worse than sick kiddos and feeling helpless bc you can't do anything.  HORRIBLE!!!!!!!

My manager was riding with me on Monday and Tuesday so Richie had to take them to doctors appointments.  Luckily Barb came to help so he could juggle everything while I worked.  I wanted to be there at the appointments with him so bad!  However, when he told me about how they had to clean out Bria's ear by straping her down, I knew I couldn't have done it.  I was so happy that he could be strong for both of us.  Turns out that in her right ear (the one that was bleeding) she had a blood clot!!!  WHAT???  How did this happen?  But, luckily I made the appointment bc something is growing over the tube in her left ear and if it doesn't soften enough for him to take care of it, they will have to remove her tube!!!  We would have never known had it not gotten checked!!!  I am so thankful to have made the appointment, but I am still scared to death of what might happen to her ears - IT'S HER HEARING AFTERALL!!!  UGH!!!  So, a follow up in two weeks will tell us everything - keep her in your prayers!  Richie then took Brady to his appointment to confirm what we thought all weekend - CROUP.  He gave Brady a steroid to help with the closing of his throat so it should help with his breathing.  Thank goodness!  So, hopefully we are on the downhill swing of things - WHAT A ROUGH WEEKEND!  Sometimes you just wonder - SERIOUSLY?  Does this happen to everyone??  Keep these babies in your prayers - they are so special to us!!!!  We love them so much!!!