Many Firsts.....

Ok, so the first day of kindergarten has come and gone. The first day was pretty un-eventful. It was a little nervewracking for all of us. Andrew was so excited to tell everyone that he was going to be getting on the bus to go to Kindergarten. We visited school a few days before so he could meet his teacher and some of his classmates. He clung to my side for a bit but was soon off playing alone. He loved the gym and of course the cafeteria. He had lots of questions and spotted a friend he went to preschool with. She's not in his class but they will see each other at recess and lunch and they will be riding the bus to afterschool care together. So he was excited to see a familiar face.
We were told that he did cry a bit when he got to school but was triggered by a little girl who happened to have gotten off the bus at the wrong school and was in the wrong place. So of course Andrew was unsure of himself also. But after a bit of talking with a teacher he ended up fine. He cried a little when he got to afterschool care because he thought he was going to be riding the bus and getting off at home. Afterschool care is held where his preschool and daycare was so he was upset that he was there. He said he's a big boy and doesnt go to school there anymore. He wanted to ride the bus home instead. But after they sent him to see Matthew in his classroom, he cheered right up.
So the second day was a HORRIBLE morning. He DID NOT get excited to see the bus. He was crying as soon as the bus rounded the corner. We tried to walk him up onto the bus where he kicked and screamed that he didnt want to get on. Come to find out, he was sad because he wanted us to give him hugs and kisses ON the bus, not in the driveway! Made us feel Horrible! So I climbed on the bus with him and gave him his hugs and kisses and thankfully his babysitter who lives behind us in our neighborhood, sat with him on the bus. She offered to sit with him every day if he wants. Thank GOD!
So today, his third day of school, he was fine. He got ready for school without any issues. But again, when the bus was on it's way, he started weeping. Not like the other day, but still sad. He told us he wanted to sit with Katie (his babysitter) and he wanted us to hug and kiss him on the bus and that he wanted to wave out the window. So we followed through with all his requests and he waved out the window to us. We're told he stopped crying and that he was fine walking into the school today and seemed much happier this morning. So hopefully each day will get better.



AND, another first... Andrew has stared his Therapeutic Horseback Riding! He LOVES it! We're not loving the cost, but if it will help him and we'll find a way to pay for it. He loves his horse, "Miss Lilly" and loves to be around her. His favorite part is riding and when he gets to "hug" her during his stretches on horseback. He's had 3 sessions now and has been able to ride the sensory trail too! We're so glad that he is enjoying it and he really seems to be so stretched out afterwards. He is much calmer and in control and seems his speech is clearer too. There's a lot that he can get out of this therapy... not just the physical aspects. He has developed a connection with Miss Lilly and she seems excited whenever Andrew arrives! We'll try to keep you updated on the progress as much as we can. If you'd like more information about his therapeutic Horseback riding and Hippotherapy you can visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippotherapy

As far as Matthew goes, He's happy to be back at preschool with his little buddies. He's grown so tall over the summer and is getting so smart. He takes after his mommy since he loves "art stuff" as he calls it. He's mastered drawing houses and loves to get into detail. He gets frustrated when it is not just right. He's still our little fireball and keeps us going non stop until he finally gives in to sleep. He's up bright and early in the morning ready to start the day. Even as daylight becomes later and later, he still gets up so early and thinks everyone has to as well!

Summer seems to offically come to an end although the mosquitos are still in full force for some reason... it's still difficult to enjoy the outdoors. The days are shorter and the leaves are even starting to fall. The boys are looking forward to halloween and look at costumes online regularly trying to decide what they want to be for halloween. Seems like it should be so far away, but it's just around the corner. We do look forward to visiting the apple orchards and picking pumpkins, but that's a sign that winter is on its way.

We've been busy trying to get all of Andrew's therapies organized at school and have a well needed vacation weekend planned for our anniversary. We're finally going to Maine and hope to enjoy some lobster while we're there. We're staying at a resort that has a beautiful golf course right on the ocean. We've actually enjoyed a lot of golf this year and have done well and placed in all the tournaments that we've played in. The last one we played in, the UPS/United Way Tournament, we won first place and I got the longest drive for the women. We also had the opportunity to help raise money for a family that has 4 year old triplets with Cerebral Palsy. We ran a 50/50 raffle just for the family and hope that it will help them with their rising health care costs. With us having only 2 children and one with mild CP, we can't imagine the struggles they must have with triplets AND them having CP. The family also has 3 older children to care for. So it meant a lot to us that the money from that raffle go to their family this year.

In closing, fall is on the way and we're not looking forward to heating our home this winter. We hope you have all had a wonderful summer!

Seems summer turned to spring...

Although the temperatures have gone up, the rain won't stop!! It's getting quite difficult to plan our weekends since there has been SO much rain! Our local news reports "Since Memorial Day, there have been nine weekends, seven of which were wet. And of those, five have been a total washout. The weekdays haven't been much better. In June, there were just six dry days and so far in July, just 10."
It all make for a pretty depressing summer! The worst part is that with the rain, comes humidity! so we have to run the a/c more often to take the moisture out and because we cannot open the windows. Now with this hurricane wreaking havoc, there are flood warnings & severe weather advisories/watches all over the place... in 35 counties! We just hope the weather clears up before Matthew's Birthday next weekend! We plan to do another outdoor party. He wants to have a Hulk birthday. Matthew thinks he's the Hulk! So we've got a party planned for him and he's invited about 20 kids from school. He's very excited for his birthday this year. Something that he was never really into before, but this year seems to have clicked that it is his birthday and so he's chosen lots of toys that he wants for his birthday...most of which are either Hulk or Batman. So hopefully the weather clears up.

The boys (and of course, us) have been busy with lots of other friend's birthday parties. Every weekend since June, they've had a birthday party to go to. And of course they get to see the invitation and hear their friends talk about the parties, so we hate to break their hearts and tell them that we cannot go. So every weekend we've been busy. We have the boys' cousin's birthday this weekend along with a fundraiser Benefit for their school this weekend.

Last weekend we attended another friend's birthday/pool party at a local gym and there was a waterslide to the pool and arcade fun. The boys had so much fun. We've uploaded photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/thefavilles There are videos also, so check them out.
The boys also had a field trip to the fair on tuesday where they visited the 4-H buildings where all of the animals are. They had a great time, especially in the "corn pit". Those photos are also on the website above.

And finally, we want to tell you about a really special little girl. Her name is Hannah and you may have seen her story on the Today show or other news reports. This special little girl suffers from GAD or Giant Axonal Neuropathy, an extremely rare nerve disorder where the incidence is unknown and there is NO cure. Her family has started the Hannah's Hope fund to try to help raise money for research to try to find a cure. Hannah is only 4 years old, the same age as Matthew. It's a really heartbreaking story to hear and makes you think about your own children and what it would be like if you knew your child would die because there was no cure or minimal treatment options. Our family met the family of little Hannah at a fundraising event held here locally by family and friends. We would like to take the time to ask you to visit her webpage. Do what you can to help. www.hannahshopefund.org
There are also numerous media coverage events and fundraising events that you can be a part of. We've already committed to a golf tournament that will be held in August. If you would like to help or read more on Hannah, please visit their website.

And finally, you can also see more of the boys videos on youtube! be sure to check them out!
Have a great summer!

Summers here!!

So summer is officially here. The temperatures make it warm enough to go swimming, even in the lake. The boys are now in summer session at school and Andrew is preparing for Kindergarten in september. They both had their year end picnics at school. Andrew was excited to put on his show for all of us and matthew showed a little bit of SHY!! Check out their videos on www.youtube.com/thefavilles
I also uploaded a video of the boy's experience with a large fish that their pop pop caught while we were camping 4th of July weekend. They had a great time camping and wanted to stay longer. We plan on trying to make another camping trip before the summer is over. The boys are also enjoying their small pool that we set up for them. It's only about 3 feet deep but it's perfect for them to swim around in and they don't need their water wings for it. The water stays filtered and clean. So no more emptying those little kiddie pools. Hopefully next year we can afford to put a real pool in... as long as we can afford to pay for fuel to stay warm this winter.. that's a whole other problem.
As far as everything else, Andrew is doing well and started with his new speech, PT and OT for the summer. No more aide, so we'll see how that works out and no more SEIT for the summer. We're sad to see all of these changes happening, but it's somethign that we have to accept and know that he will be just fine. It's just so worrying to see him have those setbacks everytime there is a change.
Matthew is doing great... still a little wild man, but doing great. He's learned how to throw a HUGE tantrum, with kicking and screaming and throwing things. They are short lived and easily diffused, but, wow, when he explodes, he explodes. It's usually when he is really tired and hungry at the same time... like when I pick them up from school and before dinner.
The boys have been really into the "Bridge to Tirbithia" movie and have been acting out the scenes in the empty wooded lot next door to our house. They swing from the grape vines and climb up the trees. It's so cute. While camping, they were ammused for hours with a rope hanging in the woods, acting out the movie scenes. They have really begun to use their imaginations just like they do in the movie. It's very cute.
So, more photos have been uploaded to picasa web albums and hopefully some time this week I can post them.

Horray...

Two things to hooray about...
FIRST, Andrew Has shown us that he has the ability to jump with both feet!! You have to realize that this is GREAT! He has never been able to clear both feet from the ground at the same time! He is so proud of his accomplishment and so are we. We see this as a HUGE step in his progress from his surgery. He tries to hop all the time now and he & Matthew have been playing hopping games on our kitchen tiles. (so cute)... To the average toddler, hopping with both feet usually happens around 4 years old. He is not too much behind but has had a really hard time with it. Matthew is not quite four yet but has been hopping for quite some time because we've been trying to "Teach" Andrew to do it. Matthew seems to catch on quite fast with things and mostly because he is observing us "teaching" Andrew to do things. Things that should come naturally to children. But since Matthew sees us, he tends to chime in that he can do it and loves to show off his skills... mostly for attention.

But anyway, the second bit of news is that Pyramids got the Revision from the State Education that they were looking for. you can read more on it at http://pyramidscdc.blogspot.com for more info. But in other words, Pyramids will be staying open and we plan to have both boys enrolled for the summer. Matthew will continue with Preschool next year there and full day child care... Andrew will be enrolled in their after school program and will get off the bus there after Kindergarten. We are so pleased that we will not have to look for other preschools or daycare. Thankfully this happened, because the other preschool that we considered enrolling Matthew next year is having some difficulties also. There has been some turmoil there surrounding a few teachers and thankfully we will not have to reconsider Again~ The boys will stay where they are for now. Hopefully Pyramids can raise some more funds to keep the programs going, since the State Education money still is not enough to keep them out of the "red" but having the revision does help offset those high costs of providing the excellent care that they do.

The boys' school...

So we've been a bit stressed out since the news that our boys' school may be in jeopardy. If you'd like to read more they have set up a blog at pyramidscdc.blogspot.com

We'd like everyone to support us and try to help our school.

Here's our dilemma. Andrew receives his physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and his Special Education Itinerant Services along with his 1:1 aide and preschool all at Pyramids. Matthew also attends pyramids as a preschool student and we utilize the all day child care they provide. The boys have been going to Pyramids since they were infants. They have become like a family to us and we really have a connection with the families and other children. Without this school there are a large number of children who will have to find other means of childcare and preschool which is not widely available in our area. Not to mention all of the children that will not be able to recieve their Special Education services. They are the only school of this kind in our area. The problem is that there is a shortage of State Ed money to fund the programs which is making it difficult for Pyramids to continue their programs. Another school BOCES here, ran the program before Pyramids did and were in debt for the last 10 years they provided service.

So now, if Pyramids is unable to provide these services, we will have to try to find other means for Andrew to receive his MUCH needed services. Services that he cannot go without. We could possibly have his services provided at home, but that would mean that one of us would have to be home for that. That would mean a huge amount of time off work. Time that we cannot afford to lose. We could possibly try to enroll him in another child care program, but that's if he can get in. All of the possible schools have a waiting list a mile long. Or at least the ones we would consider. Not only can Andrew not go without his therapy program, but it would leave us without childcare for the both Andrew AND Matthew. Matthew will have to be separated from all of his peers and will have to attend another preshcool. But our area only provides half day preschool and we would have to make sure to have someone bring him to preschool in the morning and pick him up when preschool is done. With both of us working full time, there just is no time available for us to be able to do that unless one of us does not work or can take a lot of time off. Thankfully Andrew will be starting kindergarten in the fall, but we still have to have afterschool for Andrew too, which Pyramids was where he was going to go after school.

So as you can see our dilemma. It's not even the half of our concerns! It's just a few and you cannot immagine the sadness it brings that we may have to send the boys somewhere else. We love their school and the teachers and we just dont want to have to send them somewhere else. There is no place in our area like it!

Where's the warm sun???

So far, our spring has been dry but cool. We're waiting for the temperatures to warm up. We've been able to golf a few times this spring and were able to play in a tournament last Sunday that we took 3rd in. Sean won "straightest shot" and hit closest to the line! We could have played better but with the wind and a course that only Sean has ever played once and the rest of us have never played, We did pretty well considering.

The boys are enjoying Tball and looking forward to the warmer temperatures so they can go swimming at the beach and the Grandparents' houses.

Here are some Tball photos.. click on the image to see more.

TeeBall

Spring is finally here....

We're finally seeing warmer temperatures and thankfully little rain. The boys have started Tball and this will be their second week. we'll upload video and pics soon. Andrew did really well and seemed to enjoy it. Matthew was busy running the bases over and over and never tired of it. They were all so cute with two of their little friends from the neighborhood playing with them on the same team. Their coaches are our neighbors along with Sean helping out as well as a few other parents. Coaching 3-5 year olds is pretty much impossible so it's basically teaching them the fundamentals and letting them have fun as a team.

So the March of Dimes March for Babies was a success. Our team raised almost $4000 again this year. We came really close to surpassing our goal of $4000. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Your donations are greatly appreciated and you should feel good that you made a difference. All babies should be born healthy and we'll keep walking and helping to raise money up until that happens. Unfortunately we know the heartache and pain of having a premature baby. We pray that there will come a day when all babies are born healthy AND full term.
We thank everyone who joined us and walked with us. You really showed your support and we are grateful to have you there with us.

Andrew's 5th birthday just passed. He is now 5 years old and is really becoming a grown up little boy. He's so smart and is still so bull headed! "He knows everything" and loves to make the rules. We celebrated his birthday at the March of Dimes March for Babies. We had a celebration after the walk. The kids had a blast on the playground and loved the Fantastic Four themed party fun. Of course the Pinata was a huge hit and they really loved wearing their party masks!. Wait till you see the pictures of some of the boys wearing them! We then celebrated ON his birthday as a family. Andrew wanted to go to Friendly's for dinner after school. So we went and had dinner and he got to choose his ice cream sundae! Then we came home and he opened gifts. His Favorite gift he got was his Tuxedo!! Believe it or not he really wanted one. He literally begged us for one. He wanted to put it on as soon as he got it. Now he says he's saving money for shiny shoes! He got into the tuxedo idea after watching the movie "Flushed Away" and wanted a tux like the mouse in the movie. He looks so handsome in it. Sean even ordered him a "lot" of like 40 character figurines from ebay... of course he LOVED them.

The boys' Nana & Grandpa got them a Cedar playhouse/cabin for their combined birthdays. I put it together in time for Andrew's Birthday and the boys got to see it as soon as we got home from dinner. They have been playing in it every day since. There's a little porch on it with 2 benches. There's 2 entrance doors and 2 windows with little shutters. There's even a little flower box. We plan to do some landscaping around it and have the boys plant their own flowers. The flowers they planted along the house last year have grow huge this year. They love watching them grow.

Mothers day was very nice. We had a great weekend all together. Saturday was the boys off to t-ball and I had lunch with 2 of my girlfriends. Then we went out for drinks. Mother's day we had a nice breakfast at our house with our parents and then PopPop took the boys so we could go golfing for the day with another couple. We had a beautiful day and it was just perfect.

It's Still Snowing!!!

Can you believe that we are officially in spring and it is April and it just snowed INCHES yeasterday and it is still on the ground!! The snow mostly melted a few days ago with 2 days of 40 degree weather, but then yesterday it snowed ALL DAY! There is still a few inches on the ground and hopefully it will melt by tomorrow. It's just so depressing and it feels like this weather will never end.

Today is mom's birthday so I want to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and hopefully she has a nice day!!! We love you mom/grandma!!

Jeremy's birthday is next week on the 13th and if I don't get on here next week, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him too!!

Be sure to check out Andrew's blog for an update on him and updates on Matthew's blog. With Kindergarten coming for Andrew, we have a lot of prepping to do and Matthew's blog is just typical things going on with him.

By the way, we've been SMOKE FREE since February 14th!!! Feels great not to have to rely on it anymore and have it rule our lives, but I personally don't miss it much. There are only a few times a week that i feel an urge, but it passes quickly. Thanks to Chantix and the little push it gave us!!

We're on YouTube!!

You will have to check us out on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/thefavilles
I've finally been convinced to join since we are addicted to YouTube. I get lost for hours there and find some quite interesting things that just suck us in deeper and deeper. Before you know it out Saturday afternoon is shot because we've spent all day laughing, crying, "Oh my God", "that's rediculous", "that's stupid", and whatever other emotion those millions of videos can do to you. But it is addicting and now we've just joined in the madness.

First, we posted a small "movie" of the boys that we had to create of their siliness. It could be much better, but it was just basically to get something up.

We also included a few videos of the boys at the Easter Egg hunt. It was quite comical since there was still a foot of ice covered snow on the ground and really no where to hide the eggs. Our local hospital sponsors the event and provides over 10,000 eggs for area kids to collect. Sadly there are more adults interested in this event than adults who bring kids for the fun of them collecting the eggs in their baskets. Unfortunatly we live in a community that has they typical "scrubs" and lots of them. I dont mean people that you feel sorry for because they've had a rough life for many reasons, I mean people who CHOOSE not to work and CHOOOSE to collect social services and have 15 kids just so they can collect more and who hav all day to just do nothing but make this community "dirty". I'm not sterotyping, but seriously... If you were at the Easter egg hunt you would know exactly what I mean. "Trash"!!! ANYWAY, if you watch the one video of the boys, I realized after videoing that I had gotten a woman in the video "scarffing up" tons of eggs.... I would assume not for her child....
So here's the story. As we waited in the BITTER 10 degree cold and wind for the announcer to count down till egg finding, this woman with her, what looked to be 2 year old, had a soft sided basket get blown out of her hands in the wind. I graciously ran to catch the bag so that she did not have to run across the icy snow to grab it with her tiny tot. I handed her that bag and gave her a smile. Sean said "OMG, you almost killed yourself on the ice getting the basket for her"... and the "nice" in me says "well I didnt want her to have to either leave her child standing there or have to run with her to get it. that poor little girl would have nothing to collect her eggs in" Sean says "whatever"

So they do the countdown and I moved into the center more portion of the "Toddler collection" area to take some pics and video. To my surprise I caught a lot of disturbing behavior on the video. before the countdown was actually finished, this 'woman' with the little 2 yo. girl scoops her up daughter up under her arm like a sack of potatos and kneels down on the ground with TWO baskets and starts raking the eggs in by the handfuls!!! NOT the little girl, but the WOMAN! I think she missed the whole point of the easter egg hunt. I think that she missed the fact that this event is a free event for CHILDREN! Not to mention that we were in the designated TODDLER area.... Meaning that ALL the children collecting eggs there were UNDER 5. Meaning that all those children had no chance in hell of getting any eggs if that woman continued to collect eggs. Thankfully her daughter was screaming so much that they left. Meanwhile I watch the video in utter disbelief that I just helped this woman with her "flyaway basket" earlier, only to contribute to her need to collect eggs... not her little 2 year old. Sean and I joked that maybe she "Borrowed" the littel girl so she could go and collect eggs. I mean, looking at the way she scrambled to pick up those eggs, you would think that she was on some kind of game show that had filled easter eggs with $100 bills and that as many eggs as you could collect would mean more money for you! LOL. But seriously, each egg had litteraly no more than 2 tiny chocolate pieces in them. The point is for kids to have fun collecting eggs. It just sickens me that people are just so disgraceful. That they just dont care. to me that is a "SCRUB" I hope that women ends up sick and with a mouth full of cavities with all those chocolate eggs she ate!

Anway, you need to check it out for yourself.
Otherwise, we had a nice easter and the boys had a great time searching OUR house on a little egg hunt of their own. They had to find all the eggs and find the "Golden" or "silver" eggs in order to find their baskets. The special eggs had money in them which Andrew announced that he is saving his money for a tuxedo. So if anyone wants Andrew to clean up their house and help with housework and chores for moeny, he is willing because he knows that he has to earn his money that he wants to use for his tuxedo. Matthew tells us that he is saving his money for a castle and a pirate ship. He makes maps every day so he can "bury" his treasure so no one will find it.

So check out our YouTube. Hope you all had a happy easter!!

Kindergarten Registration!!!

Can you believe it is already that time?? We had Andrew's Kindergarten registration on Monday and we can't believe he will be starting in the fall. He did pretty well on his screening given all of his delays. We will be having a meeting to decide what class he will be placed in and to coordinate his IEP services in his new school. Luckily they dont see any reason he cannot attend to a regular classroom in that school. But it is still possible that he may be sent to a school further away in the same district that may be more able to accomodate his needs. We will definitely keep steady on sending him to the closer elementary school since all the children on our street will be going to the same school including Matthew when he starts school there. We also found out that another boy from Andrew's preschool will likely be in his class.
The screening went welll except that Andrew did not want to go off on his own for the evaluations. I quietly sat aside behind him just to keep him at ease and he did very well in not looking to me for answers. He was VERY cooperative with the teachers and tried to answer all of their questions as best he could. Of course he had some problems with the motor skill testing but did extremely well on the problem solving and speech areas. Our little chatter box passed those areas with flying colors. They were actually amazed at his knowledge in certain areas but that is pretty much normal for him since he has had many learning experiences that most kids have not at this age. Given his ability to "absorb" pretty much anything said or done around him and the amount of questions he asks, basically moves him above his peers in those areas.
Andrew was very excited to see the little boy from his preschool class show up at the screening and immediately put him at ease. We wished he had been there earlier in the testing so he could relax a bit more.

So we'll keep you updated on his progress for kindergarten and where he will be placed. We have a CPSE meeting with the school district board in April and will have a CSE meeting following that to decide his services for the school year in the fall.

March Madness...

Well, it is March and it's STILL snowing. Last week we had an awful storm on Saturday. We had a light snow all night that turned to rain in the morning. Not your typical rain though. This rain turned to ice almost immediately... if not frozen little pebbles of ice falling out of the sky. Then it turned to an all out ice storm. Everything was covered with sheets of ice. Instead of being trapped in a house all day, we brought the boys to a birthday party and they had a blast. By the time we left the party, all the parent's cars were covered with about 1/2 inch of ice and we had to scrape our way in! We decided to spend the rest of the afternoon at the mall and the boys enjoyed running around the mall since it was pretty much empty. We've uploaded some photos of them at the party. Matthew and the piniata.
I also got some of my tests back. My ultrasound showed that I have a 4cm and 2 other 2-21/2 cm cysts on my ovary that they are keeping an eye on that will hopefully disolve on their own without actually bursting. They think that is what's causing the pain. Second, my blood work showed that I was not just low on iron but my TIBC (Total Iron Binding Capacity) was high which indicates an iron deficiency. Then the doctor called me yesterday to refer me to a gastrointerologist (sp) (GI). Se is concerned about the unexplained rapid weight gain, pain and other test results. She is wondering if it is "digestive" related. So more tests to come.

On a positive note, We are SMOKE FREE, One Month Today!!! Don't feel any different except in the wallet. Otherwise, our tension levels are of course elevated a bit but not too bad considering two "quitters" in the house! We are so proud of ourseleves. We all went out to a nice dinner tonight and the boys were great and on their best behavior! Kinda a little celebration! I know I barely think of it anymore and we've actually motivated a few other people we know to quit too. A total of 4 other people I work with are or have started quitting. Only one of them is doing it cold turkey! Good for her!

Another positive note, Matthew no longer snores!! IT's true, The surgery DID make a huge difference. Again, no snoring, sleeping better, no signs of apnea anymore and he seems like a much happier child. He no longer drools like he did, no more stuffy snotty noses, no more heavy breathing, no more bad breath, His voice is much clearer and understandable and no more chewing on things like he shirt collar and sleeves. Overall, having his tonsils and adenoids out was a great decision and His ENT dr is amazing. We're so glad he recommended it for Matthew.

Andrew is coming up on his Kindergarten Pre-Screening Next Tuesday. We'll let you all know how that goes. Ta Ta for now. Have a good weekend!

I hope you enjoyed the videos of the "walmart boys"!!

Is no news good news?

So I got my blood work back yesterday... and apparently all is well with my blood. Unfortunately, that does not answer why I feel so horrible and why there is still billiruben in my urine. Not just that, but the increase in pain not just abdomonally but my back and right side is in pain too. My dr sent me to have a CT Scan done right away wondering if there was appendicitis brewing or if there might be some other thing like a kidney or gall stone.. but there was nothing. Although the dr did not have the complete report, it was good there were no stones or apendicitis. She did say that when she examined me that the it was as if my abdomen was filled with fluid, but she cant say for sure since she did not see the full CT scan report. Until she gets that and has the Ultrasound report done on Monday, she may be able to give me some more answers. She said that if there were anything like simple abdomonal fluid floating around or something like an ovarian cyst, that they may not translate that in the preliminary report to her since fluid and cysts are considered normal since they are so common. Any of those things may be causing the pain and bloating feelings, but still may not be explaining the billiruben in my urine. So, we'll find out more on Monday. For now I will be just taking it easy with some pain meds and just trying to relax. Maybe it is just a long strange viral thing happening.... but otherwise I feel fine. No other signs of the "flu". Actually, no one in the house has even been sick this winter *** Knock on wood ***
Although Andrew had a really rough day today. He was so touchy and "sad" today. He fell asleep in the shopping cart while we were out doing groceries. And was just completely miserable today. He almost couldnt wait to go to bed tonight and relax. We got the kids some new movies that they got to choose, but they both zonked out tonite. Matthew on the other hand was pretty much a complete angel today. We got Andrew a few new clothes for school and Matthew a new Leapster since he is always stealing Andrew's and they fight over it all the time. I wish they came in different colors though. (other than pink or green) But I guess we'll have to find another way to distinguish them.

WEll our movie is starting . bye bye!
We'll see on Monday!