2010 was ridiculous!

Here is my quick little recap, there was many reasons for not having a moment to blog.

February...

Twins stayed three days in the hospital with RSV

March...

I turned 30!

And...Jared had to have emergency appendix removal in the middle of the night after coming home from work and finding him green with pain and taking him straight to the ER!

April...

Josh scared us to death by going into anaphylactic shock! Read details of that nightmare here 

  

We went to an allergy specialist that did numerous tests, but nothing showed a severe reaction that could cause anaphylaxis.  He said that this had to be a "fluke" kind of a thing and should never happen again.  

Joshua was so brave threw all the skin tests.  He is such a good sport!

May...

William woke up in the morning screaming in pain.  His face was swollen and he had lumps below his ears the size of golf balls!  Took him to the ER (it was a weekend of course) and it took 6 nurses to pin him down to get an IV in him to do a CAT scan.  Found a horrible infection and treated him with antibiotics and was back to him self in about four days. 

June...

 I was saying goodbye to Josh has he headed off for school, when I came back into the house Gracey was screaming. I went into my room where the twins were watching morning cartoons and Gracey was standing next to the chest in front of my bed with her fore arm obviously "bowed" dangling at her side.  I had a freak out moment and raced her to the ER (again)  The bone was bent and they had to sedate her and bend it back into place and then cast it for 6 weeks.  

 While in the ER my neighbor, who was watching Gabe for me called in and said that Gabe had fallen into a coffee table and may need stitches, but she couldn't quite tell because of all the bleeding....WHAT??!!  My sister in-law went and checked on him and said there were no stitches needed (not that it mattered, I already had the room)

 Horrible, horrible day...but it made for some adorable pictures over the next few weeks;-)

 Gracey trying to drink the milk our of her cereal bowl

 Bath time

July...huh...it's kind of a blurrr....

August...

Josh turned 8 and was baptized by his dad as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  It was a beautiful wonderful day.  We are so proud of him.

 The twins turned 2!!!

 Gabe kept blowing out his fingers instead of the candles because the candles were too hot he said;-)

 September...

Josh went into anaphylactic shock AGAIN!!!  This time I was not taking it was just a "fluke" as an answer!

Three allergy specialists, 2 skin scratch tests, one blood draw and 48 small pokes later... we have learned nothing!  Nothing conclusive anyways.  He is negative to all food allergies and off the chart to hay fever allergies (grass, mold, weeds, trees, animals etc)  They don't think any one particular thing is causing his severe reaction, but a combination of...everything.  We are giving him weekly shots to help build hopefully an immunity with daily allergy medication and we never go anywhere without an Epi pen for emergencies. 

October...

 William turned 5!

Halloween

November....

William woke up with the same exact infection and swelling!  Went to a ENT specialist and did ANOTHER CAT scan and an x-ray.  We learned that his tonsils seemed fine but his adenoids were huge (which would explain the insane snoring)  Gave him antibiotics to treat the infection and scheduled surgery to have them removed.

December....

William had his tonsils and adenoids removed and it was so so miserable for him!  He was in so much pain for about two weeks I did nothing but cater to him.  It was a miserable long process for all of us!  It was worth it though-no more infections, snoring or sleep apnea!

Needless to say 2010 did a number to my nerves and all the trips to the ER has done a number to our bank account.  It was so hard to have so many things out of my control and to see all my kids suffer in one unexpected way after another.  The out pouring of love and help for others was overwhelming and I will forever be grateful for family and friends that were willing to help in every way that they could at a moments notice.