Medical Woes

We have definitely had a busy week when it comes to our children's health and well-being.
On Tuesday, Sara had to get some tests done to see if her surgery worked properly. She had a surgery (only on Dec 28) to prevent her "life-ending" acid reflux. Since she no longer had acid coming up, she also could really have no burps coming up. A few weeks ago she started burping and now burps like a grownup. She hasn't burped since the day of the surgery so it worried us. Though she's probably grown out of the reflux by now, "life-ending" is still a worriesome thing. Of course I could of gotten the results back yesterday but her doctor decided to take the whole week off so we won't hear anything back until at least Monday. I know at least the examining doctor said it looked like she had a hernia. Not trying to think about it, but if it was serious she might need surgery. Again. The hospital. Again. But we'll go with no for now.
On Wednesday, Sara was assessed for a helmet. She preferred her right side in the NICU and since she was there for 3 1/2 months, that side became significantly flat. Attempts at home to correct it with holding her up more often, repositioning her, etc. have proved fruitless. Now she will get a helmet because the flatness is affecting the growth of the rest of her face.
Now today, both my children screamed all day. That was fun especially because I'm starting to not feel well. Sara has a goopy eye, cough and runny nose. Noah had a runny nose and a cough and REALLY irritible but that was it. Danny and I took them into the walk-in clinic (since stupid doctor was out). I was mainly concerned about Sara because of her past. Well, she ended up getting meds and Noah is currently in the E.R. with Danny. He was having trouble breathing and his saturation levels were low. So far I know that they've given him two breathing treatments and an X-ray. The X-ray showed that he has pneumonia so they're going to give him a steroid, wait an hour, and then decide if they need to admit him or not. I'm exhausted but can't sleep. It's already 10 at night. I know it's a rule that children do not get really sick until it's nighttime.

I've often wondered if I caused my children to be so sick so often because I have had a lot of problems and I am ALWAYS the sick one out of Danny and I. I wonder if children just get sick this often, if it's the season, or if it's me. I mean, my kids get sick at least twice a month. I'm tired of it and just want a miracle cure but that would be too easy now wouldn't it? I'm going to go stare off into space now because I can't sleep.

Morale of this story: Please stay healthy and medically boring. Thank you. :)

Noah's Hats

Throughout Noah's life, he has loved having something on his head. Granted, sometimes we put something on his head (like the yellow one below) and he didn't know to object. Truly, that's about the only one he would actually dislike. Some of his hats are traditional. Some are different. I can't even find pics of his two FAVORITE hats: a halloween bucket and a bowl-like thing that has faces on it. I must say the first picture with Noah & Danny was taken by the wonderful photographer Elise Taylor. I'm not that good at taking pictures. You can see in the pictures as Noah got older his taste in hats became more creative. He may soon sign a contract with Target....

Noah presents his hat collection:

(These are in no particular order in his life.)