CHANGE OF PLANS!

THIS PAST WEEKEND, CARTER HAD HIS FIRST HOSPITAL STAY. WE WERE THERE FOR 4 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS! 

OKAY SO MONDAY, CARTER STARTS COMPLAINING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS STOMACH HURTING. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING HE WAS RUNNING FEVER AND HAVING DIARRHEA! I THOUGHT IT MIGHT ONLY BE A 24 HOUR VIRUS OR SOMETHING SO WE WENT ON ABOUT OUR USUAL DAY ON THURSDAY BUT BY THURSDAY NIGHT HIS FEVER HIT 103 AND HE WAS HAVING DIARRHEA EXTREMELY BAD. SO FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING I GET HIM AN APPOINTMENT AT OUR REGULAR DOCTOR. TAKE HIM IN AND DR DELLINGER TELLS ME HE DEHYDRATED AND I NEED TO TAKE HIM TO LEBONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO THE ER. SO I CALL GENE AND GET HIM ON HIS WAY TO MEET US FROM WORK. SURE ENOUGH, THEY TAKE ONE LOOK AT HIS TONGUE AND SAY HE NEEDS FLUIDS BAD! THEY GAVE HIM SOME PAIN MEDICINE THRU HIS NOSE TO CALM HIM DOWN AND THEN PUT THE IV IN. CARTER DID SO GOOD! HE WAS SUCH A BRAVE LITTLE BOY!THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE IV WAS GIVING HIS ARM A DRINK OF WATER AND HE LIKED THAT! THANK GOODNESS DADDY WAS THERE THOUGH BECAUSE THIS MOMMY ALMOST PASSED OUT WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE IV AND HAD TO STEP OUT OF THE ROOM. I HADN'T EATIN' IN 4 HOURS BY THAT TIME AND ME AND BLOOD AND NEEDLES DON'T MIX ANY WAY. NOT SO GOOD! WE MADE IT AND HE WATCHED TV AND TOOK A LITTLE NAP WHILE DADDY WENT HOME AND TOOK A SHOWER, GOT US A FEW THINGS, AND BROUGHT MOMMY BACK SOMETHING TO EAT. AROUND 5:00 WE FINALLY GOT PUT UPSTAIRS TO HIS NEW ROOM. HE WAS SO HAPPY TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE BED AND LOOK OUT HIS WINDOW. MAN, DID WE HAVE A GREAT VIEW! IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH THE SUN SET FROM THE 12TH FLOOR. THREE LONG DAYS LATER, WE FINALLY GOT THE FEVER, DIARRHEA, AND DEHYDRATION BACK TO NORMAL AND HEADED HOME!

WE JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF LEBONHEUR FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF OUR LITTLE BOY! THE DOCTOR'S, NURSES AND STAFF ARE AMAZING WITH CHILDREN! I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE!

WE ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME TO VISIT, SENT GIFTS AND CARDS, AND PRAYED FOR US WHILE WE WERE THERE! ALL OF YOUR SWEET THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WERE REALLY APPRECIATED! WE HAVE THE BEST FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ANYONE COULD EVER ASK FOR! GOD IS SO GOOD ALL THE TIME! NO WE DIDNT PLAN THIS BUT GOD DID. OUR PLANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WERE TO GO TO VAN BUREN MISSOURI TO CURRENT RIVER FOR THE WEEKEND WITH OUR FAMILY. BY THURSDAY MORNING MY GREAT AUNT DIED AND OUR PLANS HAD CHANGED TO GOING TO HER FUNERAL AND THE KIDS GOING TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND BY FRIDAY MORNING OUR PLANS WERE TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH OUR LITTLE BOY FOR THE WEEKEND! GOD KNOWS JUST WHAT WE NEED. WE MIGHT THINK WE ARE IN CHARGE SOMETIMES BUT WE NEVER ARE! GOD PLANS OUR DAYS WEEKENDS AND LIVES OUT THE WAY HE WANTS THEM TO BE LONG BEFORE WE CAN THINK ABOUT THEM!

 IN THE EMERGENCY WAITING ROOM.

 JUST GOT HIS IV IN. SUCH A BIG BRAVE LITTLE BOY!

 EATING A POPSICAL WAITING TO GO UPSTAIRS

HE KEPT TELLING ME "BUT MOMMY IM NOT SLEEPY" 5 MINUTES LATER HE WAS OUT!

 FINALLY GETTING TO GO TO OUR ROOM! HE LOOKS SO PITIFUL IN THIS PICTURE! HE WAS FEELING PRETTY BAD!

THIS IS THE FIRST THING HE DID WHEN HE GOT TO HIS ROOM! GOT IN THAT WINDOW!

 SAM CAME TO VISIT! HE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER!

 SO SWEET!

 PLAYING GAMES WITH DADDY! GENE STAYED UP TILL 3 IN THE MORNING PLAYING GAMES ON THIS THING!

 PLAYING HIS NEW CARS CONNECT FOUR THAT GRANDMA BROUGHT!

 JAYCIE CAME TO VISIT A FEW TIMES! EMILY AND MY MOM TOOK SUCH GOOD CARE OF HER WHILE WE WERE WITH CARTER!

 GRANDMA CAME TO VISIT A FEW TIMES AND LET ME AND GENE GET AWAY FOR AN HOUR FOR DINNER.

 HIS CUTE MONKEY BALLOON DADDY PICKED OUT FOR HIM

 PRECIOUS ZOE AND ZADIE CAME TO VISIT! HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM!

I SLEPT IN THE BED WITH CARTER AT NIGHT AND GENE SLEPT ON THE COUCH THAT MADE A BED! IT WAS REALLY COMFY AND WE SLEPT GOOD ALL THREE NIGHTS!

AND FINALLY GETTING READY TO LEAVE! EATING HIS LAST LUNCH FROM THE HOSPITAL!


CARTER'S DOCTOR CALLED THIS AFTERNOON TO TELL US THAT LEBONHEUR CALLED AND SAID THAT THE TEST RESULTS JUST CAME BACK AND CARTER DID HAVE SALMONELLA. HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT ANYWHERE. WE ARE JUST VERY THANKFUL HE GOT OVER IT AND IS WELL NOW!
LORD PLEASE KEEP OUR BABIES SAFE AND HEALTHY ALWAYS!