**WARNING: \u00c2\u00a0 this is a long one**<\/p>\n
This last week has been an interesting one for us. \u00c2\u00a0 Scott stayed home on Monday because he was sick. \u00c2\u00a0 That saved me from finding a babysitter. \u00c2\u00a0 Alix had her pre-op physical (in preparation for her colonoscopy on Friday) in the afternoon and so Scott and the other kids watched movies till I got back.<\/p>\n
Tuesday was an at home day filled with cleaning, organizing and school. \u00c2\u00a0 It was a very productive day that was much needed.<\/p>\n
Wednesday was a busy day. \u00c2\u00a0 More cleaning in the morning. \u00c2\u00a0 Then Jaime had a friend, Maranda, come over. \u00c2\u00a0 In the afternoon Jaime and Maranda went to her house. \u00c2\u00a0 My friend Camille came over and watched the other kids while I went to our old house to do the final walk through with the owners. \u00c2\u00a0 It was a pleasant meeting. \u00c2\u00a0 They were very pleased with the condition and cleanliness of the home. \u00c2\u00a0 At one point we were checking out the blinds and in the back bedroom, two of the slats on the blinds were bent slightly. \u00c2\u00a0 I told them that it was a rule not to touch the blinds but with kids it’s hard sometimes. \u00c2\u00a0 The owner looked at me and said ‘I have a hard time believing any kids lived here, let alone 4’. \u00c2\u00a0 It was at that point that I broke the news about our 5th child to her. \u00c2\u00a0 She looked even more amazed and just laughed. \u00c2\u00a0 That was a nice compliment. \u00c2\u00a0 There were three things that needed to be fixed in order “pass”. \u00c2\u00a0 We went that night and were only able to accomplish one of them. \u00c2\u00a0 We will return tomorrow morning and finish the rest. \u00c2\u00a0 After coming home I put the little ones down to nap and cleaned up a bit. \u00c2\u00a0 At 4 a little boy came over and I watched him for a couple of hours while his mom went to the dentist. \u00c2\u00a0 Since Alix was going to be having her last meal we asked her what she wanted. \u00c2\u00a0 She said she wanted three peices of peperoni pizza. \u00c2\u00a0 We had already decided to take the kids to chuckie-cheese as a thank you for being so wonderful during the move. \u00c2\u00a0 So we just combined the two. \u00c2\u00a0 We got there at 7:30 and left at 9 pm. \u00c2\u00a0 The kids had a ton of fun and were super exhausted. \u00c2\u00a0 We enjoyed watching them have so much fun and were grateful for the time spent as a family.<\/p>\n
Thursday was “the day”. \u00c2\u00a0 Alix had to drink the goo that cleans out her bowels. \u00c2\u00a0 I kept the day totally open with the anticipation that she would be mostly sitting on the toilet and watching movies. \u00c2\u00a0 Grandma Thompson called that morning and asked Alix what she would be doing that day. \u00c2\u00a0 Alix answered ‘sitting on the toilet and going poo!!’ \u00c2\u00a0 I was to give her her fist dose at 10 am. \u00c2\u00a0 She took it with no problem and went right on playing and laughing and running and having a great time. \u00c2\u00a0 By 1 pm I started to get worried. \u00c2\u00a0 What if it wasn’t working? \u00c2\u00a0 I called the doctor. \u00c2\u00a0 He said not to worry about it. \u00c2\u00a0 Give the second dose and see what happens. \u00c2\u00a0 If I have to, give her a third dose. \u00c2\u00a0 So at 3 pm I gave her the 2nd dose. \u00c2\u00a0 Within minutes she ran to the toilet. \u00c2\u00a0 She was in there a good 30 minutes. \u00c2\u00a0 We migrated upstairs so she could sit and watch a movie. \u00c2\u00a0 After we moved upstairs she threw up, poo’d another 30 minutes and then was done for the day. \u00c2\u00a0 She was happy go lucky, ran around, tormented her siblings and was just fine. \u00c2\u00a0 Scott and another brother from church gave her a blessing and she slipped off to slumber land with peace and contentment.<\/p>\n
Jaime had a busy Thursday. \u00c2\u00a0 She missed doing school most of this week so we did a catch up day. \u00c2\u00a0 Her friend Maranda wanted her to come play again so she had to get her stuff done before she could go (that was a huge motivating factor). \u00c2\u00a0 We did school from 10 till 3. \u00c2\u00a0 Maranda came at 3 and they were off. \u00c2\u00a0 They went to the mall to a place called Bounce-a-Rama. \u00c2\u00a0 It has tons of those blow up bounce houses and mazes and such. \u00c2\u00a0 Then they went window shopping. \u00c2\u00a0 Then they got ice cream. \u00c2\u00a0 Then they went and rented a movie and went back to Maranda’s house. \u00c2\u00a0 They played for a while, watched the movie, ate dinner and then played some more. \u00c2\u00a0 Jaime got home about 9 pm. \u00c2\u00a0 Jaime and Maranda get along really well, but Maranda is a very busy 8 year old and doesn’t get to have playdates during school time. \u00c2\u00a0 Since this is her spring break she wanted to spend everyday with Jaime. \u00c2\u00a0 Jaime has loved every minute of it!<\/p>\n
Today I was up at 6. \u00c2\u00a0 I got ready and was out the door with Alix by 6:35 am. \u00c2\u00a0 We arrived at the \u00c2\u00a0 hospital and did all the registration stuff and lots of waiting. \u00c2\u00a0 We talked with lots of doctors and nurses and things seemed to progress pretty good. \u00c2\u00a0 We talked with the anestheseologist (sp??) and he was concerned about my problems with anesthesia when I was a baby and so he decided to change his desired method of putting Alix out. \u00c2\u00a0 Instead of using the mask he thought it better to put all her medication through an IV. \u00c2\u00a0 That would mean Alix would be awake during the insertion of the needle. \u00c2\u00a0 That didn’t bother Alix one bit. \u00c2\u00a0 She has never cried when she has gotten a shot or her blood drawn. \u00c2\u00a0 We were about 1 1\/2 hours late getting called in but that was fine. \u00c2\u00a0 We got to read this book about dinosaurs that we were both enjoying quite a bit.<\/p>\n
The doctor reported that he found 5 polyps. \u00c2\u00a0 3 in the rectum \u00c2\u00a0 (each about 1-1 1\/2 cm), one at the base of the colon (about the same size) and one further up the colon on the right side (this one was big, about 3 1\/2 cm). \u00c2\u00a0 He was able to remove all of them and is going to get them biopsied. \u00c2\u00a0 He said the big one fell off his scope and he was not able to get it out of her. \u00c2\u00a0 He said that should not matter, they will all show the same results when biopsied. \u00c2\u00a0 So what does all this mean? \u00c2\u00a0 Nothing right now. \u00c2\u00a0 It just means she had some polyps, that caused bleeding and they may or may not reaccur. \u00c2\u00a0 He will have more accurate and concrete information next week when the lab results are in. \u00c2\u00a0 After talking with the doctor, I got to go back and see Alix. \u00c2\u00a0 She was alert and attentive and eating a popcicle. \u00c2\u00a0 She was smiling and asking when she could go home. \u00c2\u00a0 She said she felt fine. \u00c2\u00a0 After an hour they discharged us. \u00c2\u00a0 She slept all the way home and another two hours. \u00c2\u00a0 Then she was up and playing and eating dinner with us. \u00c2\u00a0 She is totally fine. \u00c2\u00a0 She has no stomach ache, no hurt bum and no gas. \u00c2\u00a0 She is an amazing girl that was watched over very carefully by a loving Heavenly Father. \u00c2\u00a0 We are truely blessed and thankful for that.<\/p>\n
The other kids had a fun day too. \u00c2\u00a0 Jaime had a skating party to go to today so my friend Jen (her boys were going to the party too) picked her up and took her. \u00c2\u00a0 They skated and had fun. \u00c2\u00a0 They went out to Mc Donald’s after skating and then back to Jen’s house till I came. \u00c2\u00a0 Milo, Niah and Afton stayed home with my friend Carrie and just played and had a good time. \u00c2\u00a0 I am thankful for such good friends that I can rely on and that are so good to my children. \u00c2\u00a0 It’s nice.<\/p>\n
I guess that is all for now. \u00c2\u00a0 We are grateful for good health and good doctors. \u00c2\u00a0 We love you all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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