Alexandria ~ Age 2
Shane ~ Age 6
Karynn ~ Age 8
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Getting Ready for Halloween
The whole neighborhood comes out when the Halloween blowups go up!
Our beautiful little fairies ~ Karynn & Alexandria ~
Our beautiful little fairies ~ Karynn & Alexandria ~
Just an update
For one of our family nights in September, we went to the Circus - Zing, Zang, Zoom! We had so much fun. I think everyone enjoyed the elephants the most.
Karynn was awarded the Principal's Pride award at her school. She was acknowledged for her good work on her world map.
Lexie learned how to scoot along on her bike.....
.....And how to be a beautiful princess.
Happy Birthday to Shane! Shane turned 6 years old this year. He got to decorate his cake for his birthday party.
And what a great job he did!
Our family enjoys going to the Salt Lake County Fair every year. They had a petting zoo there. The kids got a big kick out of playing with the animals.
Lexie got her ears pierced!
They gave her a certificate of bravery for being such a good girl!
Some summer highlights ~
Shane started school this year. He is in Kindergarten. His teacher is Mrs. McDougal. He is growing up so fast!
Karynn was also very anxious to start school. She is a really good student. She is in Mrs. Smith / Mrs. Bateman's class this year. A big 3rd grader!
~ Our 10th Wedding Anniversray ~
John and I celebrated our 1oth wedding anniversary this year. We took off for Las Vegas and stayed at out time share - Tahiti Village. It was nice to spend some time together.
One of the shows we saw while we were there was "Terry Fator." He is a vantriliquist that recently won "America's Got Talent." We laughed a lot and loved the entertainment. Mike and Joanna Sutton joined us the last night we were there. It was great to get to know them better.
Has it really been since April?
My apologizes to myself and everyone that I have negelcted our blog for so long! I vow to do better.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Alexandria's fight with RSV ~
On Tuesday, March 17, 2009, Alexandria came down with what we thought was croupe. She was treated with some oral steroids and seemed to be responding well to them. However, on Friday, March 20, 2009 she woke up sounding worse than before. By that evening I decided she needed to be seen again. I called Kirt, her medical provider, and told him Lexie had been turning blue when she would cry or cough. She also was wheezing and sounded like she was having trouble exhaling. Kirt encouraged me to take her into an Instacare (an urgent care facility) to be looked at. He said they could do a chest x-ray there and give her a breathing treatment if she needed it. So, into the Instacare we went.
When the doctor at the Instacare had examined Lexie she told me without hesitation that we would be headed for Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMP) by ambulance immediately. The doctor thought Lexie had bilateral pneumonia (in both lungs). Lexie's oxygen levels were in the low 90's and she was having a lot of trouble moving air in and out of her lungs. The nurses came in, started and IV, some IV antibiotics and some oxygen. They also gave her an albuterol breathing treatment. Lexie was running a fever of 103 and was in and out of sleep struggling to breathe.
Dad soon joined us. He and Grandpa Larson gave Lexie a blessing.
These are some of the nurses that took care of Lexie at the Instacare.
This nurse, Dawn, was the one that started Lexie's IV. Her IV was in her right hand.
Alexandria's carseat was strapped onto a stretcher and she got to take a ride in an ambulance up to PCMC. The Paramedics were really nice guys. They took good care of her. John followed behind us all the way to the hospital.
This was Lexie inside the ambulance.
When we got to PCMC, Lexie's oxygen had dropped to 87%. They started her back on oxygen. They were able to run some tests and determined that Lexie didn't have pneumonia, she had RSV. The tough thing with RSV is that you can't treat it with antibiotics. It's a virus. You just have to let it run it's course. The only thing that can be done is to give oxygen and fluid (IV) support. That's just what Lexie needed - oxygen and IV fluids. We were admitted about 3:30 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2009. I don't look like I feel well, do I?
Lexie had a few visitor while she was up at PCMP. The two people she kept asking for were Sharesa and Grandpa Larson. She especially enjoyed the visit from Karynn and Shane even though she didn't feel like doing much.
This is Alexandria's IV and "special" red thumb. The red glow is from her oxygen monitor.
By Monday, March 23, 2009 Alexandria was feeling a lot better. She was off her oxygen and starting to get interested in food and drinking. She even felt like getting out of bed. She didn't get very far though! She was atattched to this long leash called an oxygen monitor!
Lexie was doing so well that her nurse, Brian, finally let her off her leash long enough to go look out her window. Lexie enjoyed watching the snow fall outside. She would have been content to sit there all day if Brian would have let her!
Alexandria even got to take a bath! Her aunt Sharesa helped me and we cleaned her all up! Can you tell she's feeling better? She even got to sit up and have some chicken nuggets! The nurses thought she was really cute. Anytime they would come into her room she would lift her shirt up so they could listen to her lungs. They got a big kick out of that.
The doctors decided that since Lexie was doing so well, and finally eating and drinking, that it was time to go home. Yeah! Lexie was so excited. So were mom and dad! Do you see the yellow jackets haning on the wall? The nurses and doctors had to wear those, a mask and gloves everytime they came in to see me. They looked really strange, especially to a two year old. Nobody wants to get and spread RSV!
Getting into the car to come home! It was snowing really hard!
Now that Lexie is home she is doing much better. She still has some difficulty breathing if she's playing too hard or cries really hard. She hasn't been turning blue on us though! She still has a really bad cough that she says is really "owie"! She is continuing to improve everyday. We love you Lexie!
When the doctor at the Instacare had examined Lexie she told me without hesitation that we would be headed for Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMP) by ambulance immediately. The doctor thought Lexie had bilateral pneumonia (in both lungs). Lexie's oxygen levels were in the low 90's and she was having a lot of trouble moving air in and out of her lungs. The nurses came in, started and IV, some IV antibiotics and some oxygen. They also gave her an albuterol breathing treatment. Lexie was running a fever of 103 and was in and out of sleep struggling to breathe.
Dad soon joined us. He and Grandpa Larson gave Lexie a blessing.
These are some of the nurses that took care of Lexie at the Instacare.
This nurse, Dawn, was the one that started Lexie's IV. Her IV was in her right hand.
Alexandria's carseat was strapped onto a stretcher and she got to take a ride in an ambulance up to PCMC. The Paramedics were really nice guys. They took good care of her. John followed behind us all the way to the hospital.
This was Lexie inside the ambulance.
When we got to PCMC, Lexie's oxygen had dropped to 87%. They started her back on oxygen. They were able to run some tests and determined that Lexie didn't have pneumonia, she had RSV. The tough thing with RSV is that you can't treat it with antibiotics. It's a virus. You just have to let it run it's course. The only thing that can be done is to give oxygen and fluid (IV) support. That's just what Lexie needed - oxygen and IV fluids. We were admitted about 3:30 AM on Saturday, March 21, 2009. I don't look like I feel well, do I?
Lexie had a few visitor while she was up at PCMP. The two people she kept asking for were Sharesa and Grandpa Larson. She especially enjoyed the visit from Karynn and Shane even though she didn't feel like doing much.
This is Alexandria's IV and "special" red thumb. The red glow is from her oxygen monitor.
By Monday, March 23, 2009 Alexandria was feeling a lot better. She was off her oxygen and starting to get interested in food and drinking. She even felt like getting out of bed. She didn't get very far though! She was atattched to this long leash called an oxygen monitor!
Lexie was doing so well that her nurse, Brian, finally let her off her leash long enough to go look out her window. Lexie enjoyed watching the snow fall outside. She would have been content to sit there all day if Brian would have let her!
Alexandria even got to take a bath! Her aunt Sharesa helped me and we cleaned her all up! Can you tell she's feeling better? She even got to sit up and have some chicken nuggets! The nurses thought she was really cute. Anytime they would come into her room she would lift her shirt up so they could listen to her lungs. They got a big kick out of that.
The doctors decided that since Lexie was doing so well, and finally eating and drinking, that it was time to go home. Yeah! Lexie was so excited. So were mom and dad! Do you see the yellow jackets haning on the wall? The nurses and doctors had to wear those, a mask and gloves everytime they came in to see me. They looked really strange, especially to a two year old. Nobody wants to get and spread RSV!
Getting into the car to come home! It was snowing really hard!
Now that Lexie is home she is doing much better. She still has some difficulty breathing if she's playing too hard or cries really hard. She hasn't been turning blue on us though! She still has a really bad cough that she says is really "owie"! She is continuing to improve everyday. We love you Lexie!
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