Friday, June 26, 2009
ANOTHER BABY!!! Yes, we can't believe it either but we're excited!
Gretchen is due February 11, 2010. We don't know yet if she'll have to have a c-section or if she'll be able to have a VBAC. We'll see once she goes to the doctor's. We'll try to post some pics of our trip soon. Sorry for the delay. Gretchen has been really tired lately!!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Last week we had a pretty scary thing happen with Zach. Gretchen was upstairs and Zach called for her to come down to the bathroom where he was at. Zach had just gone pee and right afterward his penis started bleeding. So, Gretchen took him to the doctor immediately.
They had to do a urinalysis and they had to draw blood. The urinalysis showed blood in his urine, but not visibly only by testing it. The drawing blood part was a horrible experience. He watched them put the needle in his arm, which made things so much worse. Then, it obviously hurt and he pulled his arm back which jerked the needle out of his arm. He screamed so loud and then was crying so hard that he couldn't breathe. Leah started crying with him. He told Gretchen that he didn't want to do it but Gretchen told him that he had to and that she was right there with him. So, he ended up sitting on her lap. She kept telling him not to look at the needle but you know how curious kids are. Finally, she got him calmed down after he starred at the wall and didn't look at the needle. He was still shaking when he was getting in the truck to leave. What a little trooper!!
The doctor went ahead and put him on an antibiotic that afternoon b/c he figured it was some kind of infection. When he pressed on Zach's abdomen, Zach felt some pain. So, the doctor's office called on Monday and said that his bloodwork came back positive for strep infection. They said just to continue taking the antibiotics and he should be fine.
We are so thankful that his body showed some sort of sign so that we knew something was wrong. Sometimes, people don't show any signs of strep infection and it can be fatal infection. We're so glad he's on the mend now. Although, he thinks just b/c he's not bleeding anymore that he doesn't have to take the medicine. Boy is he wrong!!! lol
