This has circulated the web a lot and I believe is fairly old but I just wanted to share. It's a good reminder we are loved and that God understands. Enjoy. (Get a tissue;)
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Noel's Visit to the Emergency Room
DISCLAIMER: This novel is for those who want the nitty gritty a.k.a. the details, of Noel's visit to the emergency room. IT'S LONG!
Last Friday the 20th Noel started running a mild fever. We were thinking with her mild fever and runny nose that she was probably teething. Starting that night she would wake up frequently which we thought was because she had a lot of gas and abdominal pain and would arch her back a lot. She lost her appetite for solids completely over the weekend and would gag sometimes when I would try to nurse her and wouldn't take very many fluids if any. Sunday came along and I only had about 2 hours of sleep from the night before so I asked if Morgan would stay home from church and help me with her because through the night her temperature peaked at 102 and I needed some sleep. Sunday she just kept getting worse and we kept debating on whether or not to take her to the emergency room and finally around 3:30pm we decided to do so. We arrived around 4pm and waited 2 hrs for Triage and it's all pretty much a blur from that point on.
The Triage nurse took her rectal temperature and it was 104.2 and asked a bunch of questions and the doctor that came in shortly thereafter admitted her into one of the rooms in the emergency area. They were going to need to take a chest x-ray, blood test, urine sample and give her an IV. I couldn't be there for any of those things because I was already having a hard time and thankfully my parents were there as well as my in laws in the waiting area to be with Morgan and I and to support us. Thanks Mom and Dad and Mary and Gary for everything!!!
Morgan told me that they got blood from her arm but they said that the vein was going to "explode" (whatever that means, sounds real scary) and so they were trying to find a vein to put the IV in. They tried her wrist/hand area and that didn't work and then they found a vein in her poor little foot. They started her at 175 ml/hr of IV fluid. That's about 6 oz per hour. It took a few hours to get a urine sample out of her since she was so dehydrated. Even then it was too little of a sample and the nurses had to try to re-catheter her (previously they couldn't get it in there right) which didn't work again so they taped another urine bag to her in that area to catch some more urine. Morgan later told me she was bleeding a little bit from them trying to put the catheter in. I'm so glad I wasn't in there because I don't think I would've said very nice things to those nurses even though they were trying to help.
Through all this time I tried to hold her as much as I could. It was so hard to see Noel is the shape she was in. She was completely lethargic when she was awake and was asleep a lot. Towards the end of our stay at the emergency room I began to get really sick. I got the aches, the chills, and a fever and nausea which made it hard for me to hold my baby. The results eventually came back and they thought she had possibly pneumonia, a urinary tract infection, and a possible bacterial infection. Around 2am in the morning, they transferred us to a more quiet, private room and soon after said that they would be transferring us to the Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento via ambulance where there they have more specialized nurses and pediatricians for children under 2 and where they could monitor her through the night, etc.
Around 3:00am the ambulance took Noel and I to the hospital and Morgan met us there. Once we got to the hospital my nausea hit it's max and I'll just leave it at that. The nurse made a chair in Noel's room into a bed for me because I was feeling so sick. They monitored Noel through the night and Morgan took care of everything through the night and morning up until he had to leave at 4pm monday because he started school that day. Morgan was a trooper. He either slept sitting up with a pillow between him and the wall or leaned forward in his chair with his head against the back of another chair with a pillow in between...but that is when he got sleep, which was rare. He took care of his two sick girls and I'm so grateful for him and all that he did and does for our little family.
In the hospital they would take her vitals every 4 hrs and monday, they took another chest x-ray and it turned out that she had a very bad viral infection instead of pneumonia and a urinary tract infection and a bacterial infection. They stopped the antibiotics and monitored her monday night again and up through tuesday. She was discharged tuesday at 12:30pm or so. My mom came and picked Noel and I up and brought us home and stayed with Noel while I took a shower. Thanks mom again for that!
Noel is doing better. We just have to make sure she is hydrated, which is hard to do because she has diarrhea but seems to be doing better each day. She is happy to be out of the confines of the hospital and loves her freedom and independence. It was all a very scary experience but we are grateful that we are home and everyone is on the mend. I failed to mention Morgan also got sick for a couple of days starting monday but is feeling much better.
Thank you to those who have helped us in any way shape or form at this time. We love you all and appreciate everything!
Here is Morgan putting Noel to sleep on Sunday before going to the emergency room. The only way to console her was to put her on her back on our laps and push her knees up to her chest and massage her belly. She had a lot of abdominal pain and gas and that seemed to help at the time.
These are pictures from Sutter Memorial Hospital monday night. My parents were brilliant and brought their camera. Here is her little crib area she stayed in from 4am monday morning through Tuesday at 12:30pm. You can tell in these pictures she was on the mend.
Her IV in her poor little foot.
This was Tuesday morning. My dad brought me some breakfast and shot a few pictures. She looked even better this day, just sleepy looking because she just woke up.
Here is a picture I took just after she got home. She is such a wonderful blessing in our lives.
Last Friday the 20th Noel started running a mild fever. We were thinking with her mild fever and runny nose that she was probably teething. Starting that night she would wake up frequently which we thought was because she had a lot of gas and abdominal pain and would arch her back a lot. She lost her appetite for solids completely over the weekend and would gag sometimes when I would try to nurse her and wouldn't take very many fluids if any. Sunday came along and I only had about 2 hours of sleep from the night before so I asked if Morgan would stay home from church and help me with her because through the night her temperature peaked at 102 and I needed some sleep. Sunday she just kept getting worse and we kept debating on whether or not to take her to the emergency room and finally around 3:30pm we decided to do so. We arrived around 4pm and waited 2 hrs for Triage and it's all pretty much a blur from that point on.
The Triage nurse took her rectal temperature and it was 104.2 and asked a bunch of questions and the doctor that came in shortly thereafter admitted her into one of the rooms in the emergency area. They were going to need to take a chest x-ray, blood test, urine sample and give her an IV. I couldn't be there for any of those things because I was already having a hard time and thankfully my parents were there as well as my in laws in the waiting area to be with Morgan and I and to support us. Thanks Mom and Dad and Mary and Gary for everything!!!
Morgan told me that they got blood from her arm but they said that the vein was going to "explode" (whatever that means, sounds real scary) and so they were trying to find a vein to put the IV in. They tried her wrist/hand area and that didn't work and then they found a vein in her poor little foot. They started her at 175 ml/hr of IV fluid. That's about 6 oz per hour. It took a few hours to get a urine sample out of her since she was so dehydrated. Even then it was too little of a sample and the nurses had to try to re-catheter her (previously they couldn't get it in there right) which didn't work again so they taped another urine bag to her in that area to catch some more urine. Morgan later told me she was bleeding a little bit from them trying to put the catheter in. I'm so glad I wasn't in there because I don't think I would've said very nice things to those nurses even though they were trying to help.
Through all this time I tried to hold her as much as I could. It was so hard to see Noel is the shape she was in. She was completely lethargic when she was awake and was asleep a lot. Towards the end of our stay at the emergency room I began to get really sick. I got the aches, the chills, and a fever and nausea which made it hard for me to hold my baby. The results eventually came back and they thought she had possibly pneumonia, a urinary tract infection, and a possible bacterial infection. Around 2am in the morning, they transferred us to a more quiet, private room and soon after said that they would be transferring us to the Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento via ambulance where there they have more specialized nurses and pediatricians for children under 2 and where they could monitor her through the night, etc.
Around 3:00am the ambulance took Noel and I to the hospital and Morgan met us there. Once we got to the hospital my nausea hit it's max and I'll just leave it at that. The nurse made a chair in Noel's room into a bed for me because I was feeling so sick. They monitored Noel through the night and Morgan took care of everything through the night and morning up until he had to leave at 4pm monday because he started school that day. Morgan was a trooper. He either slept sitting up with a pillow between him and the wall or leaned forward in his chair with his head against the back of another chair with a pillow in between...but that is when he got sleep, which was rare. He took care of his two sick girls and I'm so grateful for him and all that he did and does for our little family.
In the hospital they would take her vitals every 4 hrs and monday, they took another chest x-ray and it turned out that she had a very bad viral infection instead of pneumonia and a urinary tract infection and a bacterial infection. They stopped the antibiotics and monitored her monday night again and up through tuesday. She was discharged tuesday at 12:30pm or so. My mom came and picked Noel and I up and brought us home and stayed with Noel while I took a shower. Thanks mom again for that!
Noel is doing better. We just have to make sure she is hydrated, which is hard to do because she has diarrhea but seems to be doing better each day. She is happy to be out of the confines of the hospital and loves her freedom and independence. It was all a very scary experience but we are grateful that we are home and everyone is on the mend. I failed to mention Morgan also got sick for a couple of days starting monday but is feeling much better.
Thank you to those who have helped us in any way shape or form at this time. We love you all and appreciate everything!
Here is Morgan putting Noel to sleep on Sunday before going to the emergency room. The only way to console her was to put her on her back on our laps and push her knees up to her chest and massage her belly. She had a lot of abdominal pain and gas and that seemed to help at the time.
These are pictures from Sutter Memorial Hospital monday night. My parents were brilliant and brought their camera. Here is her little crib area she stayed in from 4am monday morning through Tuesday at 12:30pm. You can tell in these pictures she was on the mend.
Her IV in her poor little foot.
This was Tuesday morning. My dad brought me some breakfast and shot a few pictures. She looked even better this day, just sleepy looking because she just woke up.
Here is a picture I took just after she got home. She is such a wonderful blessing in our lives.
A week with my sister and her lil' ones
Just after our camping trip, we housesitted my parents house with my sister Leslie and her 4 little ones. Each night Leslie, Morgan and I would watch a movie and cook some cookies and make pazookies (icecream on hot doughy cookies. Mmmmmmmm. Love it.) We visited and Leslie helped me with Noel and gave me lots of advice which has helped a lot. Thanks Les for your help and everything and all of the advice;) It was fun to be with you for a week.
Here's a few pictures.
Noel and Maddy. Noel was sure made about something.
The girls, Mya and Brianna, played dress up. I was probably about Brianna's age when I wore the costume she has on in this picture but I was probably 10-15 lbs heavier;)
A-ll-a-d-a-m
Morgan played a little too.
Batman and Flower.
Maddy always had food all over her face. Such a cutie.
Here is the gang. Sipping pudding through a straw.
Here's a few pictures.
Noel and Maddy. Noel was sure made about something.
The girls, Mya and Brianna, played dress up. I was probably about Brianna's age when I wore the costume she has on in this picture but I was probably 10-15 lbs heavier;)
A-ll-a-d-a-m
Morgan played a little too.
Batman and Flower.
Maddy always had food all over her face. Such a cutie.
Here is the gang. Sipping pudding through a straw.
Plans change as camping trip costs $3k
August 13th-14th, we decided to take one more family trip before time would become scarce due to school starting for Morgan. We went camping at the Bodega Bay Dunes Campground. We had been looking forward to this trip for some time. The plan was for Morgan to get off work early friday and we'd pack up the car and go! We'd set up camp once we got there and perhaps go to the beach and then have dinner etc. Saturday we'd pack up camp and spend the majority of the day at the beach.
Well, as we arrived in Bodega Bay friday late afternoon, a few miles before we got to our campground, the car's transmission decided to go out. When the car would go from gear to gear it would slip/jerk forward. We put put putted into our campsite and called my brother Chris, (thanks Chris for the tips, advice and help:)) and Morgan's grandpa who was a very experienced mechanic before he retired. It was suggested we check the transmission fluid level. We did and the level was pretty darn low so we were thinking, "Yes!! Just a few dollars for some new transmission fluid and we'll be on our way!"
We decided to deal with getting the fluid in the morning. We had a delicious flame broiled london broil, zucchini, and potatoes dinner over the campfire. It was sooo good. It definitely hit the spot. It was really cold so we went to bed.
Mmmmm. London broil. Jealous, Chris?
Well, as we arrived in Bodega Bay friday late afternoon, a few miles before we got to our campground, the car's transmission decided to go out. When the car would go from gear to gear it would slip/jerk forward. We put put putted into our campsite and called my brother Chris, (thanks Chris for the tips, advice and help:)) and Morgan's grandpa who was a very experienced mechanic before he retired. It was suggested we check the transmission fluid level. We did and the level was pretty darn low so we were thinking, "Yes!! Just a few dollars for some new transmission fluid and we'll be on our way!"
We decided to deal with getting the fluid in the morning. We had a delicious flame broiled london broil, zucchini, and potatoes dinner over the campfire. It was sooo good. It definitely hit the spot. It was really cold so we went to bed.
Mmmmm. London broil. Jealous, Chris?
Here is our lil' campsite.
Noel all bundled up with her dad.
I know goofy, but hey, it's a memory.
Noel chillin' in her portacrib.
This is a picture from saturday morning. Noel and her dad were playing. It was cute.
Morning came and we went to the store and purchased transmission fluid. Morgan put in as much as was needed and we drove off thinking our worries were all gone. Nope. The car continued to jerk and slip, etc.
To make a long story short, the tow guy came, towed us to Petaluma where thankfully an AAMCO saw us just as they were closing, confirmed it to be the transmission and said it could be this or that or something else, blah blah blah. We left the car there, got a rental car and drove home. At this point, I had a hard time being happy because first of all our vacation was ruined, second of all, we were looking at a large chunk of money for the transmission to be fixed, the cost of the tow, rental car, gas for 150 miles each way, etc, and third of all, it was the 3rd time we've had a problem with the transmission. Okay, I'm done complaning. Here's some pictures. Morgan decided to make it memorable and shot some pictures.
Here's Dan our tow guy.
Our dumb car.
DENIAL. Our dumb car in the background. 
Noel fell asleep with the bumpety bump of the truck.
For those interested, ultimately, the internal clutch on our automatic transmission went out causing a few of the solenoids to stop working and our transmission to be rebuilt and the internal clutch to be replaced or fixed. I forget all of the details. All I know it cost A LOT!5 days later we both went down and picked up our car, dropped off the rental and went to the beach. As we got closer and closer, the more foggy it became and we only stayed about 15 minutes and then went home. We were planning on making a day of the trip, but of course it had to be foggy.
So that was that. Another bump in the road but we're all alive. We're grateful that we all still have each other.
Noel Get's Sick
Ahhh... let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start...(name the song);) A couple of weeks ago, Noel got sick with the regular cold. She had a stuffy/runny nose and at this point started losing interest in solids. Some nights we would run a humidifier in her room because she usually couldn't breathe when she slept. There were a few nights where she or I didn't get any sleep because she would keep waking up because she couldn't breathe very well and so I'd sit up all night holding her, hoping it would help her to breathe. Man, I thought I was WORRIED then!
Soon after this picture she fell asleep in her jumper, again.
Soon after this picture she fell asleep in her jumper, again.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Coming Soon...
The Latest Headlines in the Young Family
-Noel gets sick
-Plans change as camping trip costs $3K
-A week with my sister and her lil' ones
-Noel's visit to the Emergency Room
-Noel gets sick
-Plans change as camping trip costs $3K
-A week with my sister and her lil' ones
-Noel's visit to the Emergency Room
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Random information I thought I'd share:)
Just FYI, we just found out lastnight that there was a bear attack about a month ago, at the same campground that we were at last week. I am sooooooo glad I didn't know that before we went there. Um, yah. Yikes. Enough said. :)
A Precious Moment
Everyday the mother thing just gets better and better. This picture is pretty self explanitory. We can just "Shh" her to sleep in that thing if she is tired enough. Once a day, the past three days, this has happened.
Isn't she just precious?
Isn't she just precious?
Friday, August 6, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
A few video clips
Video #1: Noel falling asleep in her jumper.
Noel sometimes falls asleep in her jumper. She'll just slowly come to a hault. You can't really see, but in the video, she looks at me, smiles a little and keeps jumping. I thought it was too cute.
Video #2: Noel playing our version of peek-a-boo/"Where's Noel"
She's at the stage now where she'll start playing on her own.
Video #3: Noel has found her tongue!
There were a few days in a row recently where she was playing with her tongue and it was soooo cute and soooo funny. She cracks me up!
Noel sometimes falls asleep in her jumper. She'll just slowly come to a hault. You can't really see, but in the video, she looks at me, smiles a little and keeps jumping. I thought it was too cute.
Video #2: Noel playing our version of peek-a-boo/"Where's Noel"
She's at the stage now where she'll start playing on her own.
Video #3: Noel has found her tongue!
There were a few days in a row recently where she was playing with her tongue and it was soooo cute and soooo funny. She cracks me up!
Oh my?!?!
Last friday to saturday we finally went camping! It was Noel's first time camping and she did so well. We were at the Yellowjacket campgrounds up at Union Valley Reservoir. When we got there, there was someone who was in our campsite. We talked to the campground host and they said that that person was supposed to be in site #8 and to go snag that one, so we went to campsite #8 and someone was in that site! So we went back to talk to the host and he took us to a site just across from our old site that was reserved for the following day. It worked out better anyways because there was space on that site for our tent, whereas our original site that we reserved wouldn't have fit our tent.
The campground host warned us that there had been bears there every night and to put our food under our table with a tarp or something over it. Um yah, doesn't sound right at all right? There were signs up that said to put your food in your vehicle or in a tree. We did the vehicle thing. Anyways, after setting up our tent and starting a fire, we had foil wrapped dinners and went to bed.
Normally, it takes me forever to get to sleep and so I was just laying there an hour or so after we went to bed and I heard a sound coming from the dumpster nearby and then heavy breathing and something walking through our campsite! It was a bear! I woke Morgan up and he didn't hear it! I was literally scared stiff. Noel was in her portacrib at our feet and I thought she was going to get eaten by the bear and that we were going to get eaten by the bear. I was awake for the rest of the night. Around 2am or so, Noel woke up and started crying and I had Morgan get her. I was too scared. I fed her and she stayed with us the rest of the night in our sleeping bag. I felt less scared having her with me because I felt that she was a little more safe than by herself in the portacrib. The rest of the night I was wide-eyed listening to all of the noises that come with camping...and bears. I kept praying that we would all be safe and that the bear wouldn't come eat us. Our prayers were answered. I watched the moon move across the sky and finally just before 6am, it was light enough to where I felt comfortable putting Noel back in her portacrib so I did. I then laid down and got all cozy and... Noel woke up. She was in such a good mood too and was being so cute. I couldn't get mad. So there you have it. That was our trip. I think next time we will go where there will be less of a chance of bears.
Noel and I in front of the fire friday night. It was pretty darn cold. Noel looked like a lil' elf:)
Noel and her dad.
Noel fell asleep watching the fire.
Just chillin' in the tent.
As we were packing up, a bird landed less than a foot away from Morgan's feet. It was so random. It was a very friendly bird.
The campground host warned us that there had been bears there every night and to put our food under our table with a tarp or something over it. Um yah, doesn't sound right at all right? There were signs up that said to put your food in your vehicle or in a tree. We did the vehicle thing. Anyways, after setting up our tent and starting a fire, we had foil wrapped dinners and went to bed.
Normally, it takes me forever to get to sleep and so I was just laying there an hour or so after we went to bed and I heard a sound coming from the dumpster nearby and then heavy breathing and something walking through our campsite! It was a bear! I woke Morgan up and he didn't hear it! I was literally scared stiff. Noel was in her portacrib at our feet and I thought she was going to get eaten by the bear and that we were going to get eaten by the bear. I was awake for the rest of the night. Around 2am or so, Noel woke up and started crying and I had Morgan get her. I was too scared. I fed her and she stayed with us the rest of the night in our sleeping bag. I felt less scared having her with me because I felt that she was a little more safe than by herself in the portacrib. The rest of the night I was wide-eyed listening to all of the noises that come with camping...and bears. I kept praying that we would all be safe and that the bear wouldn't come eat us. Our prayers were answered. I watched the moon move across the sky and finally just before 6am, it was light enough to where I felt comfortable putting Noel back in her portacrib so I did. I then laid down and got all cozy and... Noel woke up. She was in such a good mood too and was being so cute. I couldn't get mad. So there you have it. That was our trip. I think next time we will go where there will be less of a chance of bears.
Noel and I in front of the fire friday night. It was pretty darn cold. Noel looked like a lil' elf:)
Noel and her dad.
Noel fell asleep watching the fire.
Just chillin' in the tent.
As we were packing up, a bird landed less than a foot away from Morgan's feet. It was so random. It was a very friendly bird. 
Happy 25th Birthday Morgan!
This is a little late but it was Morgan's Birthday on the 26th of July. He is so wonderful. I am so blessed to have him as my hubby. We celebrated a tiny bit on his birthday. He got home from work and we ate homemade tacos and then he had to do some homework. My parents dropped by later that night in time for some cherry cake (like peach cobbler but with cherries, it was really good)and when Morgan finished and Noel went to bed, I sang him a song that I wrote for him for his birthday. A couple nights ago, we celebrated his birthday with his folks and we had a wonderful time with them.
I love you so much Morgan. You make me want to be so much better and I appreciate all that you do and have done for me. Thanks for loving me. Happy 25th!
I love you so much Morgan. You make me want to be so much better and I appreciate all that you do and have done for me. Thanks for loving me. Happy 25th!
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