1st E.R. Visit

Last Friday, Cason was getting ready to spend the night with Grammy and Grampy.  It was his first time sleeping over somewhere without Paige along too.  Grammy picked him up at around lunch time.  He was nervous at first, but I could tell he got excited as soon as he saw her.  

 He'd been feeling better for a couple of days, and so had Paige.  Neely, Reed, and I were the only ones still a bit sick, but I was just thinking to myself that morning how this one had been really easy.  No fevers, nobody seemed to feel that bad, just coughs, and we even slept well.  Nobody's cough got worse at night or anything.  The only thing was that I had to clear out Reed's nose for him at night so he could breathe easily.  

Then Friday afternoon, a while after Reed woke up from a nap, his cough got a lot worse.  He had this coughing fit that lasted what felt like forever, and he could barely get his breath and was kind of choking.  It freaked me out and we took him to the E.R.  Of course, we sat there for three hours and he coughed maybe 4 or 5 little individual coughs.  No scary fits at all, so I looked like a crazy mom.  Jess didn't come in back with us, because Neely wanted to sit in every germ-ridden chair the E.R. waiting room had to offer, and wouldn't listen when we told her to sit still.  So he and Neely left, and Paige and I took Reed back.  

Paige was not that excited about it, because she was missing seeing Frozen at the movies, like she was supposed to.  Her night got better though, when she saw there was a Jessie Christmas episode on the tv that she wouldn't have been able to see at home.  Ha.

After a few hours they sent us home, and before we even got home he had another one so bad we had to stop the car and take him out of his seat so he could catch his breath and stop coughing.  

I expected a really rough night, but he surprised me and slept perfectly, except for a few coughs when he was up for a meal anyway. 

The next day he still had the cough, but was sweet and smiley as always.

The girls went on a date with daddy to see Frozen, since they'd planned to the night before, but our ER visit ruined their plans.

 

 Then Cason came home and told us all about his fun.  ATV rides, the hot tub, cookies, dominoes.  All kinds of fun stuff that must have been way better than our night.  Ha.

 Since it was clear Reed was fine, that evening I took Neely on a date.  

 

She needed some new shoes and a coat.  On the way I told her "I love to go on a date with my girl."  She goes "I love to go on a date with my girl too!"  First we went for shoes, and she picked a pair that she LOVES and runs way faster in.

 We failed on the coat hunt, but she was obsessing about finding some marbles.  Cason brought some home from his sleepover and Neely had to have some too.  We tried about three stores and never found marbles.  On our drive we saw a bus all decorated, on it's way to the parade.  That pleased my date.

My last attempt for marbles was Walmart, and Neely wanted to be held.  I picked her up, and a minute later realized she was completely limp.  She didn't even seem sleepy a minute before, but now she was OUT.  

I had to look for a few things, once I gave up on the marbles, and she was sleeping SO deeply she felt especially heavy.  I thought I wasn't going to make it out of there.  (Don't mind my bloodshot eyes-rough night the night before, ha!)

 Somehow I checked out and made it to the car and got her door open JUST as my arms went numb.  Guess we'll be buying marbles online.

Here's a picture I'd like to finish with, because it makes me happy.