sorry no updates

i'm still really sick. yesterday was at the er with a fever of 102. today i see the infectious disease specialist at the university hospital. i am WORN OUT.

julian is coming down with what i pray is only a cold. jon has a big deadline on friday.

there are a few cute new photos but i can't even deal with uploading them right now.

please think good thoughts for me!

xo
s

And another update.

I'm starting to feel a bit better, but slowly. I cannot believe how this thing has hit me. I'll see a few patients tomorrow and hopefully be back up to almost regular schedule next week. The doctor said my lungs are clearing but I'm in a 'cycle' of coughing so she wants me to take codeine throughout the day to calm things down. I didn't want to at first but I have to say it is such a relief to stop coughing...SUCH a relief.

Julian is doing great, especially now that I can hang with him a bit. He was missing his mommy, for sure.

Jon is a rockstar, as usual, and is holding everything together while working and doing 100% of Julian duty. I am one lucky lady.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes, cards, etc. It means the world to me...

Here is our modern baby.

Update

It's been a long week but things are starting to look up.

I tend to be allergic to antibiotics and sure enough I had a reaction to the med that they gave me this time. I broke out head to toe in hives...on the palms of my hands, around my eyes, so many on my legs they all mushed into each other to become one giant hive. So they switched my antibiotic but I was on so much antihistamine (claritin AND 2 benadryl every 4 hours- still having breakthrough hives, by the way) that I was worried that I would have a reaction to the new antibiotic and wouldn't know it until it was too late. So I stopped and went back to the doctor. Turns out, after my doctor consulted with an infectious disease specialist and a pulmonologist that there is a simple blood test they are now doing to assess whether or not antibiotics are necessary.

I was on pins and needles as they decided if the level was low it meant I didn't need antibiotics, but if it was high I would have to check into the hospital for the new antibiotic so I could be monitored. It was low, thank god. (Too bad no one came up with that idea last week though...)

So now I'm looking at continuing the antihistamines until the hives are gone- 4-5 days probably, and resting until my lungs are better. My cough is still pretty bad but I don't feel like I'm drowning anymore. I'm heading home today and my mom will be here through the weekend (I am so incredibly grateful that she has been able to be here to help my boys...)

Thanks everyone for your calls, kind words, and thoughts.

xo
-s

Did I say "sick"? I meant SICK.

Tuesday I got sick. Thursday I went to the doctor. The flu swab was negative and I was relieved... for about 24 hours. My fever was still up around 101 (even on Advil) on Friday afternoon and I decided to order myself a chest x-ray 'just in case'. They were able to squeeze me in before they closed for the night.

Sure enough I have f*ing double pneumonia. My mom was still on the West Coast at my sister's in SF and she got on a plane and flew up here to help Jon. I am on strict orders to rest, with no work for another week. I was terrified that Julian would get sick, and I am in constant motion doing stuff at home so I actually checked into a hotel for a few days. It would be like an awesome vacation except for the pain in my chest, splitting headache, constant coughing and fever.

I'm spending my time reading, watching TV, and just plain thinking. Thinking about what is really going on that I would get this sick. Gonna need to be makin' some changes.

I'll ask Jon to gather some good J stories this week and I'll try to post. Don't count your chickens though- I'm busy resting.

Sick.

My advil has kicked in and my fever is down to just under 101. Can't even imagine creating an interesting post right now so I'll just post some pics. My mom was here this weekend and it was just amazing to see her with the boy. My heart just melted.

The elephant from my mom came in this box. Can't say which was a bigger hit. OK, the elephant was, but this was super cute.




Jon told Julian Becca was here to give mommy a massage just like he sometimes massages Julian's legs (restless boy at bedtime settles a bit with some leg massage) and Julian took one look at Becca and pulled his socks off and stuck out his feet. Too cute.



Visit with the girls and their boys.


Special delivery.


A recent art piece by Juilan. For real.

That Darn Flip

I have almost no photos since the last post. We keep grabbing the video instead of the camera. Turns out though that it takes a loooong time to upload the video so we may just pull that camera out more often. Here's an elephant march for y'all- it's a bit long but i can't figure out how to cut it yet, and the end is kind of cute (background: Edge is the name of our cat that we had to put down last year, Ellwyn is our living cat). Note the timing on the start of his marching...he's got it all dialed in.




We've started a new construction project at the house. We decided to put a bathroom in the basement and to sheet rock the concrete walls so it is a bit warmer and more comfy down there. We partially finished it a few years back and put down carpet tile to make a playroom.

Anyway, the contractors jack hammered out some foundation to find that we had a sewage pipe with a large hole that was LEAKING SHIT WATER INTO THE DIRT under the house. Ick ick ick! Oh, did I say ICK? We also found mold under all of the carpet tile. Also ick. It's going to add a pretty penny to the project to refinish all of the floors down there, but I'm glad to know we are getting it taken care of. A playroom with mold is potentially quite problematic for a boy with asthma.

So let's see, what else. Uncle Doug visited last weekend, my mom is coming this weekend, then a week break, then my sister is coming for a weekend, then about 3 weeks after that, Jon's folks. My dad wants to squeeze a trip in somewhere too...I'm tired just thinking about it. Good thing we love company around here!

When my mom is here this weekend she'll take care of Julian while Jon and I go to a fundraiser for an organization called Our House, a residential AIDS facility that Jon was lead architect for a few years back. The theme is Mardi Gras, and it is semi-formal. If anyone has outfit ideas, please let me know. My mother thought a thong and a mask might do it but we both decided that's not quite my style.

xo
-s

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Yes yes I know.

It's been too long again. Work has been a bit consuming. One of my staff members is currently working both at the front desk and seeing patients (we all have lots of hats over there) and her husband won a vaca in Mexico. So she's gone for 2 weeks. Lots of slack for me to pick up. And then my other receptionist has been out of the office for personal reasons. In any case, here I am, once again apologizing for my tardy posting.

2 weeks ago we went to the mountain house. Jon designed this house for some very close friends of ours so we go there at least a few times a year. This time we went with said friends and had just a great time. Jon and I are doing our yearly 'detox' which means our diet is very limited. The great thing about this is we eat so much fresh and healthy food. No junk at all. We spent the weekend lolling about, eating fresh fish and roasted OG chicken, reading books, playing, chatting, lovely.

Julian reading us a book.


Julian "helping" Papi stretch.


First sled ride. Julian wasn't so sure...


Baby Nate giggles.


I just got a new flip video camera (our friend designed these...) so I have more video than photos of late. Will work on figuring out how to post. That's supposed to be the best part is how easy they are. I'll keep you posted.

Then last week Jacquie, Chase and Corbin came for a visit. We had so much fun but WOW can a 7 year old and 9 year old pair of brothers whip up the pace around here. It made me pretty confident that we're stopping at one.

Messing around on the couch.


OMG how cute is this? Julian is in LOVE.


And finally Julian had someone that would march with him over and over again.


More later...