Missing church…

It’s Sunday morning, and it’s not looking like we’ll make it to church.  Admittedly, I did wake up late, but that’s not the problem. Both kids’ asthma have been giving them fits.

Matthew’s been having problems with his all summer long.  I’d taken him in a couple of times earlier in the summer, but since I know the drill, I just did the medicatin’ at home.  I’d taken him in in the hopes that the doc would add his Advair back in.  No go, so we just put up with the inhaler or nebulizer several times a day.  A couple of weeks ago, I had to take him in because of the rage issues were getting BAD again.  We were supposed to go back in 2wks for a med follow-up (we upped his Strattera to 60mg).  The next week I took him in for his asthma because, well, we were both tired of him not being able to breathe well all summer.  Thankfully, this time the doc said to add the Advair back in.  So he was getting better.  Notice I said was.  The last two days, he’s having troubles breathing again.

Meagan, on the other hand, did fine all summer, but once school (and running laps) started up again, so did her asthma.  This last week she said she was needing to use the inhaler after PE every day.  Thursday evening she was coughing (the dreaded asthma cough) all evening so when we got back from a revival service, I hooked her up on the neb.  Then I hooked her up again.  Friday after school was basically a repeat.  Friday evening I had her add the Pulmicort to the Xopenex.  After that treatment, she was still real tight, so I had her do another Xopenex.  She snuck off to bed right after, but I highly suspect she needed yet another round of the Xopenex.

Yesterday was more of the same.  So this morning, after I woke up late, I had to get both kids on their nebs.  That was 40min ago.  Meagan *says* she can breathe better and doesn’t need a second round, but I haven’t actually listened to her yet.  (I need to find my el cheapo stethoscope!)  Matthew finished his and then went and sat on the pot for 20min.  Now I need to go and start the pill-taking coercing/forcing.  No telling how long that will take, but considering the church service starts in 19min, I’m not optimistic about making it. =(

I’m not very happy about that, either.  We are having a guest preacher today, and he’s good.  VERY involved with spreading the gospel over in Israel, and I was looking forward to hearing him this morning.  Ah well, hopefully we can at least catch the evening service.

Happy Birthday to my Old Man

No really. He turned 62 today. Well technically yesterday since it’s 2am.

He had the day off and basically we just hung out. I did go do a little grocery shopping (and birthday shopping) early in the afternoon. Got home and napped till 6pm! Yikes!

Dinner was a near-disaster because of my oversleeping. I pan-fried potatoes, and asked Mike to grill the hamburgers since I was using the hamburger skillet for the potatoes. Since we had no charcoal at the house, it was quite awhile before the grill was ready for the meat. In fact it was so late that Mike was only able to cook them about half-done before he ran out of light. By then the potatoes were done, so I finished them off inside.

Mike asked for a cherry pie instead of cake, so that was dessert.

Then came the packages. Three new shirts… one of which has a totem-pole design, so like his favorite game– Virtual Villagers 2. We also got him a queen-sized air mattress and sheet and a couple of lanterns. He’s taking Matthew on an overnight fishing trip later this week, so I though the OLD man might need something a little cushier than the ground to sleep on. HAHA

I got a new Easter outfit!

Yeah, I know. It’s Memorial Day. LOL

Back when I took Meagan shopping for an Easter dress, I spotted this really pretty lime green and navy skirt and jacket set that I liked. I wanted to have it for my own Easter outfit, but it was $80 and I don’t spend $80 on an outfit no matter what. That should get at least 3 outfits in my opinion. Preferably four or five.

Anyway. I had a coupon for 25% off a single item at Bealls today and decided to go see if I can maybe find a nice white blouse to wear with a couple of skirts. I didn’t find any white shirts that really tripped my trigger, as my dad would say, but I did find exactly 2 lime green outfits left…at 1/2 off!

I tried both on since they were a size apart and they both fit. I went with the larger to make sure that they still fit if they should shrink some in the wash. With the coupon I got the set for $32 after tax. That’s a couple dollars less than what I had to spend ($$ I made from selling clothes a couple months ago). =)

Isn’t God good? I got a new Easter dress after all! =)

I’m too busy!

I have so many projects planned for this year and I don’t seem to be making much progress. True, I was pretty sick for all of Jan and most of Feb, but still it’s frustrating.

Mom and the boys are still here as well (going on a month now off and on) because Dad is STILL in the hospital. He’s down to 91lbs and is “stubborning” himself to death! He refuses to eat or drink enough simply because he’s being told to. It’s so ridiculus!

Tomorrow Matthew is going in for his growth hormone stimulation test. We’ve waited almost 8 full years for this test and it’s FINALLY here! As crazy as it sounds, I hope he fails. We’ve figured he needed the growth hormone replacement therapy for almost 8yr now and failing this test is the only way to prove it and get the health insurance to cover it.

He’ll have an IV for about 4hr and will be given two different stimulating agents to see if his body can produce enough of the hormone for normal growth. The second agent will likely make him feel sick to his stomach and very sleepy. Otherwise it’s no big deal. We’ll take him up to WalMart tonight to pick a Redbox movie to take with us and we’ll probably take a book and maybe some dice, too.

I need to go to the library today and return some books, then go get groceries. I guess I better go get dressed, huh? LOL I didn’t get up till noon today but that’s because I only got to sleep around 5am!