March really has started out with a bang! We have been to the instacare with Alex and Darek and then had a first when Darek was transported by ambulance up to Primary Children's. It wasn't life threatening, and I wasn't even terribly worried. Whenever Darek gets a cold, it turns severe. He may start out with a cough, but before too long it transforms into throwing up, shallow/trouble breathing and all sorts of fun stuff. So when we took him in, his oxygen level was really low and his breathing was way off. They suctioned him and gave him a breathing treatment. Usually that works just fine, but this time his oxygen didn't come back up. So they put him on oxygen, called an ambulance and had him transferred. We were at Primary Children's for a few hours when they reluctantly decided to release him. But only with strict instructions that we take him to our pediatrician the following day. During that follow up appt with our doctor we were told that Darek probably has asthma due to his prematurity. Something we kinda figured. The doctor said we will see what happens IF this happens again. We know it will happen again, because we've already been through this 5-6 times. Anyway.... for now, all is good. We are mostly healthy (Ryan and I are still getting over our month long colds) and ready for the good weather to come.
Alex's birthday is coming up next week. I can't believe he'll be turning 7. After our crazy, huge party last year, we decided to keep it low key this year. I asked Alex what he would like to do this year. He came up with several options (Disneyland, Chuck-E-Cheese, Fat Cats, another huge party), but finally settled on Boondocks. I told him because it's more expensive that he can have 6 friends come with us. We're still working on invitations, but he is so excited and can hardly wait for his party. And I'm excited too, cause I'll get to play with the kids instead of just trying to keep control over 20 kids.
We keep trying to do family pictures and I apologize to all those waiting. I did manage to take some cute ones of the boys yesterday in their new church/easter outfits. So I will post those. But we're hoping we can get a few pictures today while Ryan is home. I'm not holding my breath.
