When she woke up this morning, she was in so much pain that I came close to calling 911. It was bad. Her Mom had to come over and take the boys to school.

At this point, I’m begging the powers that be for mercy. We need a break, even a small one will suffice.

We made him as comfortable as we could and gave him his meds. He fell asleep, feeling better and is still sleeping as I’m writing this.

Between Emmett not sleeping well last night and the really long week, I’m exhausted.

The big concern right now is fluids. He needs to not only in get them but he also needs to keep them down. Obviously, we’re going to have to increase his fluid intake today and with any luck, this will pass without consequence.

I know in my heart that I’m doing everything I possibly can for my family. I won’t let anyone, who hasn’t walked a mile in my shoes, get to me. It’s easy to read a few posts and think you know better than those on the ground and in the trenches.

One of the things that we want to do is move away from the commercial side of Christmas and teach the kids that the holiday isn’t always about getting presents. That being said, we will need to prepare them for that in advance

Traffic was horrid and it took me an extra 35 minutes of Autonomic Crisis inducing, stop and go traffic but we finally made it to the pediatricians office.