what we did this past week

Friday 2/8/08
We got up extra early to make it up to LA to Rebekah's cardiology appt. I took Rebekah and Nathan...both while still asleep. Ivan and Christine stayed behind because they were going on a field trip to the "museum of Tolerance". We got to the office, and drove thru the parking garage multiple times looking for parking. Finally found some, the kids got dressed and in the office we went. I had noticed the night before Rebekah appearred to be coming down with something and by the time we were at the office it was pretty obvious. (well actually I realized it when I carried her to the car, and she made me sweat). I put them down and check in. "You dont have an appt" the receptionist tells me. What? I just drove from Irvine here. I made an appt thru his nurse. Oh the nurse doesnt do appt. are you sure? Yes I am sure that is what we always do. She says have a seat, let me go ask. Next thing I know, the Cardiologist is standing there. He says I am sorry but I am already an hour behind and I have a meeting at noon. If I have a no show I will take you if I catch up. I give him the camp forms and he leaves. I sit there dumbfounded. The ride up was not fun....I knew rebekah was sick. I walk out to the elevator....then I come back and I ask the receptionist if the other Card has any openings. Nope he didnt. Hm ok....well she is sick and needs to see a ped if nothing else, I decide and since I am here...why go back to Irvine? I ask if any ped has an opening. And sure enough one does. Across the hall we go...right in, we see a ped. We get a script....It is now about 11. I go down fill the script and head home.
About 630 my phone rings. It is the PC. He says what happened to you? my 10 and my 11 didnt show. I went looking for you but, you were gone. I said I was across the hall, the receptionist made the appt. He says which one so, I describe (earing in the nose) he cant believe it. He asked if anyone knew what happened to us. He apologizes profusely and says in November a new appt system began and they have had a few mistakes because it requires more confirmation of the appt then before and if they dont follow all the way thru the appt isnt made. He makes us a new appt.
I was glad friday ended

Saturday 2/9
Nothing to thrilling. Nathan begins to get sick. Christine is still pretty blah because she has been sick and then was gone most of friday.
Oh and I cleaned and washed every bed. Opened all my windows. Cleaned both bathrooms, and all door handles, light switches and banisters with antibacterial stuff.....i want this sickness to go away.I did almost no other laundry that day....so my laundry pile needed a hiking stick to step over, or so christine said.

Sunday 2/10
Didnt do alot, Cant remember dinner. Christine went to a performance at IVC, she needed to attend one for both of her music classes. I took her and then picked her up. Right before I left to get her, Nathan fell asleep. When I walked back thru the door, he was screaming, disorientated and had red blotches EVERYWHERE....huge red blotches. Guess where we went next? Off to urgent care and the blotches looked horrid. We got there at 845, they close at 9. By the time we went back, the blotches had clearly become hives. OH GOODY! Benadryl and off to ped if they get worse. Then we go to pick up coffee. I drive past a shop, that I like opting for convience. Pull into the lot, the shop is dark, the sign is dark. Due to a sushi bar, we cant just pull up in front. I assume they are closed for good. Darn, I cant easily get back to the other shop. So, I go to the normal shop. Christine goes in (she seems to always accompany me to urgent care, with the exception of one visit that resulted in an almost ambulance ride..., by the time we are home the hives are GONE. We wrack our brains...no new food, no new detergent, no new anything....

Monday 2/11
Ivan, Nathan and Rebekah are far too sick for Park day. SUch a shame as it is the valentines party. But, Christine is going and they say have her bring their bags. And she does. They were so happy. (but that was later). At 1124...I know because I looked at the clock.....all of a sudden nathan has bumps and is really really itchy....the hives are back and came back worse. Ok benadryl....it takes over an hour for it to work this time. I decide this meets the worse part the urgent care said and I make an appt for Tuesday but, only after they make me hold for an advice nurse clearance that it isnt an emergency. At 630 guess what???? Yep, they are back...a few on the face this time. They are gone around 730..
Now benadryl instuctions are once every 6hrs.....
by 930, they are back....they are breaking thru the benadryl.....he Finally gets to sleep.

Tuesday 2/12
He wakes up COVERED....all over his face, everywhere, prob on his favorite body part too but, I didnt check. Dr appt at 1015, with his new primary care doc.....our old ped is gone and this is who we were dealt to. We have seen him before. He looks him over....hears the history. Says it pretty much sounds like an allergy....prescribes atarax for the itching for a 1 wk to 2 wks, PRedisone for 4 days. And not 1 but 2 epi pens, since we have no clue what the allergy is and it appears to be getting worse. Says avoid most common allergy foods...peanuts, eggs and all fish, including shell. OK but he hadnt eaten any of those in the days proceding first hive out break. He says there is an off chance, these are caused by a virus but given that he has had hives before and had other sensitivity issues, prob not.
He then checks his ears and proclaims them a bit red. And prescibes rashy, allergy boy amoxicillin. Odd, to me considering we early discussed Rebekahs amox allergy. I ask for allergy referral, he informs me that they must try these things first. I am not amused
Off I go to fill scrips, still plenty of time to get to rebekahs 1245 girl scout field trip.
I turn them in, they say about 30min ....that will work....close but it will work. I stop to see if I can change primary dr after discussion with the NP's nurse. (who said I should bring Nathan back to see her...but she wasnt in at that time)...Someone decides to butt in and has no clue what she is talking about, keeps cutting me off.....I snapped told her if she wasnt going to listen to all of the story then mind her own business. (she heard me mention old dr and was convinced I wanted to change to that ped..who I love and miss).
It is now noon....no scripts....2 people who came after me have left....I am stressing because being on time for the field trip was important. I call Christine ask her to make sure Rebekah is dressed. and I get in line, figure I will pick up what is available and deal with the rest later. Well apparently every one of the 3 people in front of me have some kind of problem. I finally get to the window and she says "your name is not up there? they have been ready for awhiel now" ARGGGGGGG and of course then they make dr explain every one of the 4 scripts to me.
I FLY out of there....it is 1225. I still havent mapquested directions. I get home, I mapquest them and then find rebekah NOT READY....no shoes....no vest...she is off in la la land with the shoes. I tell her repeatedly put them on in the car...I call the troop leadeer and leave a message apologizing profusely and say I am on my way....I finally get her in the car....she goofed off long enough that nathan got all of his meds. And we go......by stroke of luck, the troop leader had just gotten there a few minutes before me....It was 1pm! We help out in the thrift shop, cleaning, straightening, some shopping, we learn how they do it, I talk with adults I actually like, and then we learn why and where the procededs go.

I stop at the grocery store on the way home for dinner...hmm cant recall anything besides the matzo ball soup.
I get home at 330. At 9pm....I realized we had all forgotten Christines cooking class. Talk about guilt. I spent the whole day busy with the little ones and forgot her.
Oh and Predisone is a steriod, if you didnt know....
4yr old boys on steroids is fun....combined with extreme sleepy from the atarax

Wed 2/13
Christine has music in the AM....about an hour later she has bass lessons. Our normal wednesday auto deposit doesnt come. The park across from bass lessons is closed so, we have to sit in the car instead. We eat pretzels and drink hawaiian punch, and read a chapter of peter pan. Christine had voice at 7pm....by now I am exhausted with my week. We decide to go veggie picking on friday for the food bank. MIL calls, she is still sick dont bring rebekah over tomorrow.

Thurs 2/14
Valentines day. MIL calls, not sick bring rebekah over. I do but we are 20min late because someone stayed up to late the night before and is having trouble getting it together. Ivan reported he was asleep on the couch when rebekah tapped on his arm a 2am and said Christine fell asleep, he told her as she should have and so should you. I run out for dinner stuff (chicken marsala, mushroom risotto, roasted asparagus and chocolate lava cake....), I go pickup a new car stereo for Ivan. Return my calls (yes in the middle of every M_F day I have phone calls for the business to deal with....none of which are included here) I go pick up rebekah. We come home for about 20mins then head off to Gymnastics. Christine couldnt make it last week, she was sick. And rebekahs friend from Girl scouts wasnt there this week because she was sick. They all had fun. Nathan had his own class this time....his class mates are ethan and Nate....
We came home, made dinner, picked up.....I think I managed 2 loads of laundry on thursday....pile slowly gets smaller. we ate. The cake was awesome. We watched "Lost" and said lots of WTF's? And I went to bed....I was beat. Right after I went to bed, my phone rang....friend of ours who was going to join us picking, she had just RSVPd yesterday and due to rain, the veggie picking was canceled....sob we were really looking forward to it

Fri 2/15
I get up and check my email, realize that the veggie picking announcement came out really late so, I call the people I told. Christine has to change her plans...she was going home with friend after picking then going to disney and spending the night at her house. They decide to pick her up at 1130. At 11, the screw drops out of christine glasses, that I knew was loose and forgot to stop and get fixed after gymnastics. Followed by minutes later, the pad coming off Ivans. Friends show up, they follow ivan to optometrist office for repair (it was on the way) and off they go. Ivan runs his other errand and then he comes home and we go to the used bookstore YAH....but they still dont have the #10book I want....I buy 11 & 12. I still have my 25% off B & N thing and some money left on my GC. We go out to outback because christine hates the place and isnt home. Then we go get my book at B & N. Now Iam listening to sibling fighting in the living room. Not my children. Kids from next door....big sister is being really mean to her brother.

and that is all....