What a crazy year it's been so far!!! I'm not entirely sure that I'll make it through December, but if I do, I deserve some incredible award or something major!!!
In January I was informed that I may have an aneurysm in my left wrist. After a few extensive tests, and a trip to the cardiovascular doctor, it was determined that I have the equivalent of an aneurysm in my vein, not my artery. Good news, it's not life-threatening like it would have been if it were in my artery. I don't have to have surgery, and if it ever bursts I just have to apply pressure to it and the bleeding will stop. Because of all the testing I had to do, I had to stop nursing Wyatt unexpectedly. I always have a lot of indecision about stopping, but it actually turned out to be a good thing for everyone involved.
The end of February we all go the gastro-intestinal virus that was going around church. For a week we were all puking and pooping up a storm. I didn't think we were ever going to recover from that illness. Thank goodness the boys bounced back rather quickly, but they sure endured a violent illness while it lasted.
The first part of March Tanner managed to break his arm. He was trying to pull the chain on the fan above the bed he was supposed to be sleeping in and fell, using his arm to brace himself. Both the bones in his forearm looked like they buckled. He ended up having to have the bones set under anesthesia. The cast comes all the way up to his shoulder. He broke his left arm, and since he's left handed, he's had a rough go with a cast. He's a trooper though. He's managed to do a lot more with it than I expected, but he also milks his injury a lot saying he can't do something because his arm is broken. He gets a shorter cast put on on Monday that he'll have to wear for at least two weeks. Then hopefully we'll be back to normal.
Wyatt had tubes put in his ears in March. He'd had chronic ear infections from the middle of December through the end of February. In 60 days, he was on antibiotics for 50 of those days. So I was grateful to have tubes put in so he could get some relief.
The middle of March we all got upper respiratory infections. All the boys were put on breathing treatments and antibiotics and oral steroids. Tanner, Bennett, and Spencer all got ear infections. I had bronchitis really bad. I'm surprised it didn't turn into pneumonia. I also had fevers, chills, sweats, and body aches to go along with it. I haven't been that sick in a long time. I really felt like I was never going to be well again in my life. Nick, thank goodness, didn't get it too terribly, but he did get it.
The month of March was a crazy one! I figured out that in 21 days, I'd taken the boys a total of 18 times to see one doctor or another. I felt like I lived at the doctor's offices that month. I've never been that busy before. I had a few personal meltdowns as I was taking kids to the doctor when I was dying of sickness myself. On more than one occasion I had to take all 4 kids to the doctor with me because of last minute appointments. I wasn't sure Spencer was going to live through those appointments. He really knows how to throw a fit in public!!!
And to top off my month, Nick was called into the newly called Bishopric as the second counselor. So not only does he now have a lot more responsibility at church, I've now become a church widow. Sundays will be difficult. He'll have meetings at church around 7am and have to stay afterward for a while to take care of tithing and such. I'll be on my own during sacrament meeting since Nick will be sitting on the stand. Thank goodness I'll have a lot of support since I'll be there with all the kids by myself and have to play the organ.
I'm not sure what I have to learn from all of this. I feel completely overwhelmed. I wonder sometimes why I chose to have four kids in four years. I'm close to a nervous breakdown most days. My dad is always saying to me, "This too shall pass," but a lot of the time I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. This sure is a hard job.
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Hey Lani! I was thinking of you the other day and hoping that the spring has been kinder to you and your family. How are you doing?
Hey Kelly! Sorry for responding so late. Never a dull moment for us here. The spring has been fairly okay. The allergies have been brutal this year, but we're making it to the end I hope! Tanner broke his arm for the second time so we're dealing with that. We're also getting ready for our big vacation down to Florida. Some days I'm not sure if I'll make it, but others are really good. My dad always reminds me that it's just one day at a time.
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