Little E man turned 2 last week! He is such a fun little guy - with an attitude... and that is putting it lightly... I should be saying ATTITUDE! He knows what he wants, when he wants it and if things don't go his way, WATCH OUT!!
I have started work up again and so far, it's alright... we are short-staffed again this year, but that hasn't changed in the 4 years I've been there, so honestly, it's not going so bad! I am once again a college student - going to UNO for my Masters in Special Education and Behavior Disorders. I completed two classes this past summer with an A and an A+ (yes, I'm bragging!) These grades are better than I got in my undergrad! I am really enjoying the classes so far and have learned a lot already! I will be a graduate student in the Spring of 2015 and will be interested to see where that takes me.
Easton and mommy had a few interesting days leading up to his birthday. The Wednesday before he turned two (and before family came down to visit), he got sick at daycare. I got a call from Karen saying he was screaming in pain and collapsing to the floor and grabbing at his chest. Eventually, he started vomiting, so I went to pick him up. Luckily, auntie K was still in town and was able to come over to stay with him while I went back to work. I picked up groceries and some sushi for us to eat when Katie called me saying he had blood in his diaper. I got home, thinking it was just in his stool, but it turned out the whole diaper was pure blood. He had another diaper like that 5 minutes later and we quickly packed up his things and the car and went to Children's Hospital ER here in Omaha. They got him in pretty quickly and after the dr. asked me questions and looked at him, she told me she thought he had "Intussesseption" which is where one part of the bowel slides into the other and they stick together, making it difficult for any bowel to get through. If not treated right away, it can start to affect the intestines. We went in for an ultrasound and an x-ray and turns out, that's what it was. We were told the two ways to fix it would either be a procedure where they shoot air up there to try move around the bowel, or surgery. Marcus was out of town and was ready to come back to Omaha if Easton went in to surgery. We met with some doctors and they tried the air procedure. Pretty soon, I see a random man in a white coat talking to Katie. She gives me this strange, scared look, and I just had to focus on Easton so I didn't break down. The doctors and techs and myself held Easton down while they tried the procedure again, and didn't make any progress. At this time, the man in the white coat is telling his resident surgeons to get everyone ready as we will be going in to surgery. We decided to try one more time with the air, and thankfully we got through! His bowel was cleared and now it was time to get admitted into the hospital for observation. Easton was completely lethargic throughout this whole process, and thank goodness for that. We finally go up to our room and settled in for the night, watching Cars until E fell asleep in my arms. Katie came back the following morning and brought us coffee. My father-in-law and his girlfriend also came up to visit and pretty soon, dad was home! We had to get Easton to eat to make sure everything stayed down. When that happened, we were told we could go home, but we would have to monitor him for 72 hours to make sure he didn't start having symptoms as if that were the case, surgery would be our next option. We made it home and Easton quickly returned back to himself!
Easton has been helping us pack :)
Apologies on the long post - but had to catch you up!
