Well I was hoping to have good news to report about a clean organized house but the only good news I can report is that Theodore (and the rest of us) are alive.
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On Friday after I finished here I decided I would be more productive if I was clean and in actual clothes instead of pajamas. So a couple minutes after I get out of the shower (around 12:35ish) I hear Theodore screaming his head off. I knew that Tammy and Regina were out there but this wasn't a normal scream so I hurried to throw some clothes on and I get out there.
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Tammy is holding him in his room trying to calm him down but it's not happening, I grab him and try and it's still not happening. We notice he is purple and a little shaky. I figure maybe throwing him in the warm bath might calm him so I try that. Nothing. Still screaming, still purple. We take him out wrap a towel around him and I give him some tylenol. I had no idea what was wrong but figure it couldn't hurt. I put a diaper on him then wrap him in a blanket.
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I went in the front room and tried to rock him, he calms a little but he still isn't breathing right and he is still purple. I call Debra (My nurse of a Mother-In-Law) and she says he is probably choking. "WHAT?" so I put him on my lap and start pounding on his back and nothing. She calls Kenneth (My Father-In-Law) and he drives over to take me to the hospital. Tammy had made sure the neccessities were in my purse while he was on his way and then we were out the door.
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I sat in the back seat of our van holding Theodore while Papa drove 90 miles an hour down Airport Road honking his horn through red lights. While we were on French Camp Road (heading to San Jouquin General Hospital) Theodore calmed down enough to get his color back. He started looking around and even talked a little bit. I said this is not worth an emergency room visit (and co-pay) so we head down to Manteca to his doctors office.
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They put me right into a room and the other doctor came in to look at him. I have never had her before and she is kinda scarry looking and seemed like she was trying to make it sound like it was my fault for child neglect. I said, "No I had babysitters out there while I was in the shower" Even if I didn't are you telling me that I'm not allowed to take a shower if no other adults are home? I can name a few moms that shower and leave their kids alone in another room. It's not a big deal. I've done it before with all three of them awake. I didn't say that to her but seriously!
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So while we were waiting the 10 or so minutes for the doctor Theodore had been playing on the floor as normal as could be. Then after she had been in there for a couple minutes he started crying again. It was normal at first but then he started the same grunt he had earlier where it seemed hard for him to breath. I think that helped my case with her because she didn't believe me until he started doing it again in her presence. Luckily she could tell it wasn't a normal cry.
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So we head over to Doctors Hospital of Manteca for x-rays and bloodwork. Since I am pregnant I couldn't be in the x-ray room. Papa had to hold him in whatever awkward positions needed. Meanwhile I was outside the door listening to him scream but also very aware that I hadn't eaten lunch (or really even a good breakfast for that matter) As I am sitting there slowly getting hungrier I see this doctor cut himself a nice peice of chocolate cake and then proceed to eat it in front of me. HOW RUDE!!! Luckily I knew that chocolate cake wasn't the best thing to stick in an empty pregnant ladies stomach and since I was fairly distracted with Theodore's whole situation my stomach hadn't had a chance to get nauseated yet.
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After the torcher of the x-ray room I had to take him across the hall and subject him to more torcher. This was the first time his blood was drawn and I felt so bad for the little guy. They tell us we can go and that the doctors office should have results in 1 hour. This time when we got to the car I actually put him in his car seat and with in 2 minutes he was out. Poor guy. I would be tired after all that crying and torture too. Papa drove me to wendy's where I ordered a 10 peice of chicken nuggets and we headed home.
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I called John on the way and informed him of our adventure. I hadn't bothered him before that because I knew he wouldn't be able to do anything except worry and that would distract him from work. I downed to whole wendy's order before we got home and said thank you to Papa for driving me around and aiding in the torture of Theodore (also assuring him he wouldn't remember it later and for sure wouldn't hold it against him).
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I called the doctor's office at the appropriate time and she said there was no evidence of foreign substance or pnemonia from the x-ray and the blood test showed he was fighting a minor stomach virus. She said if it happened again to go to the Emergency Room.
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Theodore has gotten pretty upset several times since then but he's never gotten purple again. He has had several bowel movements so we just have to let his body fight this and keep him as comfortable as we can.
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Vivian woke up saturday night screaming in pain. She said it wasn't her tummy it was her "breastes" which means chest pain. Sunday I stayed home from church with the two little ones and Vivian spent the entire day on the couch with a fever. I don't think it went past 102 so I didn't give her any meds. I wanted her to burn it off and get over it quicker.
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Sunday night (or rather early monday morning) Michael came in complaining that his tummy hurt. Then proceeded to throw up 4 or 5 times over the next couple hours.
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I am so grateful for a husband that is willing to take over those night shifts when the kids are sick or fussy. This pregnancy it has been very important for me to get a good nights rest otherwise the next day is just no good. I usually try to stay up to put Theodore to bed but once I am in bed John is always so awesome at getting up for crying children.
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On a lighter note here is a video of how much Theodore loves dogs. He laughed so hard every time Buddy licked him.