All I can do is laugh…

It really is that funny!  Since Saturday night, it has been one thing after another.  It all started at the pool in St. George.  Melanie hit her nose and the blood started to come.  I rushed her into the bathroom and cleaned her off in the shower and then finally got her nose to stop bleeding.  Then later that night I went to change Jenna out of her wet clothes into dry clothes and came back out to the pool and Carol had Jason laying on the ground on his back with a towel covering his nose.  Somehow he got a bloody nose too!  So back into the bathroom with him.  Then Sunday night, 15 minutes before getting home from our long drive back home, Melanie said she wasn’t feeling good.  So I pass back the only grocery bag we had.  And of course she threw up!  Luckily in the bag!  THEN we woke up Monday morning and Jenna and Alyssa’s eyes were both almost glued shut with gunk!  PINK EYE!!  It then got to Jason and Cameron.  So Monday night I went to Walgreens and walked out with a prescription.  That same night about 11:30 I heard one of the kids in their room.  So I went in and saw Jason sitting up in bed his whole face was covered in blood.  Hands were all bloody and the wall next to him had blood running down it!  I have never seen a bloody nose so bad!!  Jason was still half asleep and I couldn’t get him off the top bunk.  So I called down to David, he was on a call with an employee in the Phillipines downstairs and he came and helped him down and into the bathtub.  It took forever to get it to stop!  Finally got him bathed and into clean pajamas.  And since he was up and Cameron to by that point, I gave them both their first dose of eye drops.  Sent them to bed.  It was around 1 am by the time David and I went to bed and Jenna woke up and since she was awake, I cleaned her eyes out and gave her her first dose of eye drops also.  It was quite the night.  And then as if nothing else could go wrong, I got a call Tuesday morning from the school telling me Cameron had slipped on the ice and got a bloody nose and it was all over his coat.  So I called my neighbor to see if I could borrow her van and see if she could watch my kids while I went over to the school to get Cameron.  I was really embarrassed when she came over and I said “my kids have pink eye, so don’t touch them!”  I went over, picked up Cameron who was more upset that he was missing school than the whole falling incident.  When we got back to my house my neighbor said she had an extra coat at home her son had grown out of and Cameron was happy about that.  So she got that and took Cameron back to school.  Later that morning all I could do was laugh just thinking about all of this!  One thing after another!  So far, since Tuesday we have been accident free…so far!

Comments

Sessions said…
Wow at least you have a good attitude about it. It always seems that everything happens at once!! Good luck!!
December 3, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Susanna said…
WOW!!!! You should be done with sickness and bloody noses for a very long time now!! I am so sorry.
December 9, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How close have you been to a Prophet?

Image
David, and two other guys he works with, were invited to the Jazz game last Friday night. I have come to find out as a construction wife, to get business, you gotta play A LOT ! Here is a short list, not limited to, of what I mean by "play": Golfing (about 3 times a week-depending on the week and in warm weather of course) Snow skiing (about 2 times a week, again this depends on the week and when there's snow) Fancy dinners (this can also be counted as lunch, which happens more than I know I'm sure!) Executive Retreats (this will be happening in February for about 5 days in AZ, which will have all 5 days full of golfing, guaranteed!!) Jazz games (again, when in season) I don't know about you, but I think I'm in the wrong career!! This house wife things just does not include ANY of those benefits!! Anyway, on with the story at the Jazz game... These weren't just ordinary tickets. Where do executives and people in high places sit? Oh yeah, ...
Read more

Our New Family Pictures

Image
I have been on the hunt for a really good photographer for a long time here and there.  And I think I found one that did everything I wanted.  First, she comes and looks at the feel of your home.  For us I just sent pictures of our living room where I wanted the pictures placed.  Then she suggests colors to wear and sent pictures back with our room and picture placements she puts on the walls.  And with 5 kids, especially Jenna, you really have to photo shop A LOT!!  Almost every photo with Jenna she had to photo shop.  She did amazing!!  I was so nervous when we went over and viewed our pictures at her house.  As David put it after our photo shoot “She has to be a magician to get anything good out of that!  That was a disaster!”  After looking at our proofs I said, “well, you are a magician!”  And David said after leaving and climbing in our car to go home “That was worth every penny.”  Success! I do have a few faces to...
Read more

Melanie’s Calling in Life

Image
Two Days ago Melanie was getting ready to go out the door.  She had her coat and was looking for her other jacket.  I asked her why she needed it when she already had her coat on.  She said she was going to take it to her friend at school, Humana, because she wears 3 jackets and doesn’t have a coat.  5 minutes later Melanie asked me “Mom, can we buy Humana a coat?”  I had already been thinking about that but told Melanie I would look while I was out to see if I could find one.  I went to 3 different stores to look!  Winter coats in that size are hard to find these days!  But I finally found something at Walmart and got gloves and a hat.  My friend, Angela, who drove carpool that morning called me while I was out looking.  She called worried because Melanie had said on the way to school that her friend didn’t have a coat and was sleeping on the floor.  I told her I knew about the coat and was getting one but Melanie hadn’t mentioned ...
Read more