Today I left work early and headed to my sisters for some family fun. Kevin and Kristie are home for a visit and I couldn't wait to get my hands on Jack. Of course he was sleeping when I got there so I had to wait - but the minute he stirred I was the first to get him. He is such a little peanut. I have missed him bunches. Such a good baby too. I fed him his bottle and he burped like a champ for me. Then I held him while he slept and did put him down long enough to eat dinner. He got his bath and of course didn't like it to start but then didn't think it was so bad. My boys loved him. Sat in the chair and held him and he just gazed up into their eyes. That first eye contact, like he is memorizing them and putting them in his memory bank. It will be amazing to see how much he changes as we don't get to visit with them all that often. I'm thinking that will get better though. I have some great pictures....BUT....wouldn't you know I left my camera at my sister's and won't get it till tomorrow. :( I'll post them later.
Tomorrow is picture day. I am hoping we are going to get a good picture. Time will tell.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Random Things
The weekend is coming to a close. While we had nothing "planned" the time still manages to go very quickly. Saturday I decided I needed a hair cut. I am trying to grow my hair out but it is challenging at times. I just got it trimmed to even it out and hope it keeps on growing. I took Cody with me as the other two were outside enjoying the fall weather. After that, we went and did our grocery shopping. Now wouldn't it figure - the one weekend I don't take all 3 of my boys to Walmart - it is the one weekend where SpongeBob and Barbie are at Walmart. Of course Cody didn't care about Barbie (Brett said he would of liked to see her :) - he did give Spongebob a high 5 and got a Ty beanie of Gary. Brett cooked us a nice dinner and then the boys got their own haircuts. We are gearing up for family pictures in a couple of days.
This morning, after a way to early of a start - the boys and I made chocolate chip cookies. There are no more left!!!! Then we did some re-arranging and cleaning. It was wonderful. We are slowly making room for where the Xmas tree will go. Then I got a little "treat". My neighbor took the boys for a couple of hours and I didn't know what to do first. It was like heaven! :) Her boys come over a lot so I am thankful she returned the favor. They had fun.
My brother and his family are coming home tomorrow. I can't wait to see Jack again and have him meet his cousins. I look forward to our few days with them. We are cramming into these days a photo op. All the kids are getting their pictures taken for my mom. She will LOVE it and it should prove interesting with 6 kids - ages 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2 weeks. Please pray with me that we get a "very" patient photographer. You will of course see the final outcome when they are done.
Happy Monday!
This morning, after a way to early of a start - the boys and I made chocolate chip cookies. There are no more left!!!! Then we did some re-arranging and cleaning. It was wonderful. We are slowly making room for where the Xmas tree will go. Then I got a little "treat". My neighbor took the boys for a couple of hours and I didn't know what to do first. It was like heaven! :) Her boys come over a lot so I am thankful she returned the favor. They had fun.
My brother and his family are coming home tomorrow. I can't wait to see Jack again and have him meet his cousins. I look forward to our few days with them. We are cramming into these days a photo op. All the kids are getting their pictures taken for my mom. She will LOVE it and it should prove interesting with 6 kids - ages 7, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2 weeks. Please pray with me that we get a "very" patient photographer. You will of course see the final outcome when they are done.
Happy Monday!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Not much planned
Well this is our first weekend of back to being a family for the weekend. Football games are coming to a close. Brett doesn't have any this weekend. It was nice tonight as I got home from work, dinner was all ready. Then I skipped out for a quick trip to Target. I was looking for some black cords for Tyler and the boys got invited to a b-day party next Friday night at Chucky Cheese. So now I need a gift. Tomorrow the boys need haircuts and we will probably need to get groceries. I am sure we will be watching football. A quite weekend that is very much needed. I hope everybody has a great weekend!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Trying to figure it all out
Well we have a new President. This should prove to be an interesting 4 years and I am very anxious to see what he is going to do for "me" - the middle class citizen. The family that has a child with special needs yet doesn't qualify for a thing because of it. The family that has mountains of medical bills - yet I pay a fortune every week out of my paycheck for health insurance. Folks - this is what I am interested in and what President Obama is going to do for me. Time will tell I guess - but I am not holding my breath. And honestly, I would of been wondering the same thing for McCain. I just hope that our president wasn't chosen because of the color of his skin but for what he can bring to us as a Nation. Again, time will tell!
Phew - now that that is off my chest. The other thing that has me puzzled is Cody. He's been on his pill since Saturday. Takes it every morning with no fuss. Today he said he just swallowed it but I'm not sure. However, I have noticed his mood swings to be interesting. Tonight he had an all out meltdown. I finally just picked him up, his eyes were so red and swollen and glossy, and I just held him until he slept. So not like him. So we will watch this. After talking with Brett tonight he has noticed it to so we'll write this down and keep an eye on it.
I did go back to the pharmacy today. After talking with the pharmacist, he said it was better to get the new script and start Cody on that. So I did. Still makes me very mad though that the office didn't call the script in correctly. Something I did not realize is by law a pharmacy has to fill a script generically unless it is specifically written as a "DAW". One thing for sure - I will double check this from now on. Almost like you have to before you leave the McDonald's drive-thru.
Phew - now that that is off my chest. The other thing that has me puzzled is Cody. He's been on his pill since Saturday. Takes it every morning with no fuss. Today he said he just swallowed it but I'm not sure. However, I have noticed his mood swings to be interesting. Tonight he had an all out meltdown. I finally just picked him up, his eyes were so red and swollen and glossy, and I just held him until he slept. So not like him. So we will watch this. After talking with Brett tonight he has noticed it to so we'll write this down and keep an eye on it.
I did go back to the pharmacy today. After talking with the pharmacist, he said it was better to get the new script and start Cody on that. So I did. Still makes me very mad though that the office didn't call the script in correctly. Something I did not realize is by law a pharmacy has to fill a script generically unless it is specifically written as a "DAW". One thing for sure - I will double check this from now on. Almost like you have to before you leave the McDonald's drive-thru.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
I voted!
Today was a first for me....I voted today. I honestly wasn't going to. I didn't think I was registered. I came home at lunch today so Brett could go and vote and when he got home he said - your name was below mine...you can vote. So I said "you know what - I should". So I did and it felt REALLY good. I didn't think it would feel like anything. So I voted and now am sitting with the rest of the nation to find out who the next president of the United States will be.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Not my mistake
So yesterday as I sat down to the kitchen table to read the drug insert that came with Cody's medication (you know..check it for signs of reaction that I should look out for, that type of thing) I read the drug name: Levothyroxcin 25mcg. Hm....that's weird - that is the generic drug. I read the next line........Name brands for this drug: Synthroid, Levoxyl, and 2 others. What the he!!. They gave us the wrong medication. Not freaking out as it is the right medication - just the generic form. And normally that isn't a problem at all. However, our doctor does not want Cody taking the generic form of this drug. I have been round and round with them.
At first he (the doctor) prescribed us Synthroid. Which was great till I found out it was going to be $40 a month. That was going to hurt. So I asked for the above mentioned generic and he told me in a kid Cody's age - he does not recommend the generic as we can't guarantee everytime we get this filled that we will get the same formulation of the drug. So it could mess with his lab results and possibly make this from a non-lifetime condition to a Lifetime condition. So - he asked if Levoxyl was a tier 1 drug for me - yes it is! So his office called it into the pharmacy and I picked it up. Apparently somebody (either the office or the pharmacy) didn't mention that it needed to be filled "as written". So the pharmacy filled it generic.
I called the doctor's office today and became very annoyed at the run around I got. Don't give me the run around. I know what I am talking about. This whole medical thing isn't a "new" thing to me. Been there - done that. I've even had a doctor ask me if I was a nurse. So don't talk to me like I'm an idiot. This wasn't MY mistake - you need to fix it. Finally after 3 phone calls - we got this straight, WITH THE OFFICE. I still need to go to the pharmacy tomorrow and see what they are going to do for me. At this point we aren't sure if I can get the new script (the right script) filled because I just filled the other one a couple days ago. I will be pointing out that my child is taking a medication that isn't prescribed to him and see where that gets me. I know it's not the complete wrong drug - but it is!
I do have to say though that the doctor called me back every time I have called. I appreciate that. Most offices you talk with his nurse or secretary. But he's the one that talked to me like I was dumb. So we'll see - my patience is short with the medical staff. If I don't keep that "feel good feeling" with an office - we won't stay. Time will tell! I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Not sure if it's to early to tell but I have noticed a change in Cody's appetite. He's actually eating food and not just goldfish, chips, etc. And he doesn't appear to be as moody. Like I said - this might be to early to tell exactly. Just starting to see a few different changes.
At first he (the doctor) prescribed us Synthroid. Which was great till I found out it was going to be $40 a month. That was going to hurt. So I asked for the above mentioned generic and he told me in a kid Cody's age - he does not recommend the generic as we can't guarantee everytime we get this filled that we will get the same formulation of the drug. So it could mess with his lab results and possibly make this from a non-lifetime condition to a Lifetime condition. So - he asked if Levoxyl was a tier 1 drug for me - yes it is! So his office called it into the pharmacy and I picked it up. Apparently somebody (either the office or the pharmacy) didn't mention that it needed to be filled "as written". So the pharmacy filled it generic.
I called the doctor's office today and became very annoyed at the run around I got. Don't give me the run around. I know what I am talking about. This whole medical thing isn't a "new" thing to me. Been there - done that. I've even had a doctor ask me if I was a nurse. So don't talk to me like I'm an idiot. This wasn't MY mistake - you need to fix it. Finally after 3 phone calls - we got this straight, WITH THE OFFICE. I still need to go to the pharmacy tomorrow and see what they are going to do for me. At this point we aren't sure if I can get the new script (the right script) filled because I just filled the other one a couple days ago. I will be pointing out that my child is taking a medication that isn't prescribed to him and see where that gets me. I know it's not the complete wrong drug - but it is!
I do have to say though that the doctor called me back every time I have called. I appreciate that. Most offices you talk with his nurse or secretary. But he's the one that talked to me like I was dumb. So we'll see - my patience is short with the medical staff. If I don't keep that "feel good feeling" with an office - we won't stay. Time will tell! I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Not sure if it's to early to tell but I have noticed a change in Cody's appetite. He's actually eating food and not just goldfish, chips, etc. And he doesn't appear to be as moody. Like I said - this might be to early to tell exactly. Just starting to see a few different changes.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
One down.......
One down (a pill) and who knows how many to go. Cody took his first pill today. It wasn't as horrible as I thought but we have room for improvement. He's taking Levoxyl 25mg and for the first two weeks the doctor has us cutting these in half. He only takes it once a day and it was suggested that it happen first thing in the morning. So after we got up this morning - it was time. We tried to swallow it but um yah that didn't happen. So he opted to chew it. Yuck! But as he chewed he drank so who knows really how much he did chew. Honestly, the size of a half a pill is probably as big as the mini m&m's. So it's not big. He'll get the hang of it for sure.
Brett had his last football game of the season today. He is thankful for a busy fall and even more thankful for the season to be over with.
Tanya and I tortured ourselves tonight. We took 5 kids to Toys-r-us! OMG - they want EVERYTHING! Santa's list is beyond full and I think I am still at a loss for what to buy. No one has come out with that "I have to have this" present yet. I saw some pretty ridiculous stuff though. A dinosaur that you can sit on and it moves, at $300.00 - are you kidding me! Then there is another dinosaur that moves via a remote control - yah that is only $120.00. Seriously! One thing I did realize is that Cody is as bad as a girl picking out shoes in the Pokemon section. I think I had almost all of them off the rack before he found "the one". And I 'still' can't pronounce their stupid names! Dylan and Tyler just want a variety of stuff. Let the shopping season begin!
Brett had his last football game of the season today. He is thankful for a busy fall and even more thankful for the season to be over with.
Tanya and I tortured ourselves tonight. We took 5 kids to Toys-r-us! OMG - they want EVERYTHING! Santa's list is beyond full and I think I am still at a loss for what to buy. No one has come out with that "I have to have this" present yet. I saw some pretty ridiculous stuff though. A dinosaur that you can sit on and it moves, at $300.00 - are you kidding me! Then there is another dinosaur that moves via a remote control - yah that is only $120.00. Seriously! One thing I did realize is that Cody is as bad as a girl picking out shoes in the Pokemon section. I think I had almost all of them off the rack before he found "the one". And I 'still' can't pronounce their stupid names! Dylan and Tyler just want a variety of stuff. Let the shopping season begin!
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