SCARY DAY!

WE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A SCARY DAY HERE TODAY. IT STARTED OFF THIS MORNING WITH JOSHUA. HE WAS FINE WHEN HE GOT UP AND THEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER HE WENT DOWN HILL AND FAST. HE WENT AND GOT BACK IN HIS BED AND COVERED UP BY THE TIME I GOT IN THERE TO ASK HIM WHAT WAS WRONG HE WAS VERY PALE AND WASN'T HIMSELF. HE TOLD ME IT HURTS RIGHT HERE, WHERE HE WAS POINTING WAS HIS HEART, AND THEN A COUPLE MINUTES LATER IT WAS HIS HEART AND NECK, AND THEN ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER IT WAS HIS HEART HIS NECK AND HIS STOMACH. I LISTENED TO HIS HEART AND IT WOULD BEAT REAL FAST AND THE MISS A FEW BEATS AND THEN BEAT A REALLY SLOW BEAT FOLLOWED BY A FEW MORE SLOW BEATS AND THEN IT WOULD PICK BACK UP AGAIN. I TOOK HIS PULSE SEVERAL TIMES AND DURING THE FIRST EPISODE THEY WERE RUNNING AT ABOUT 52 BPM, NORMAL RANGE FOR HIM IS BETWEEN 110-115 SO THAT NUMBER SCARED ME. I CALLED AND MADE A DOCTOR'S APPT FOR HIM EVEN THOUGH HIS DADDY WANTED ME TO JUST RUSH HIM OUT TO THE E.R.. THE EPISODE LASTED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES AND THEN HE FINALLY STARTED TO BECOME HIMSELF AGAIN. HE WAS FINE UNTIL ABOUT 2:30 WHEN HE DID IT AGAIN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. HIS HEART WAS DOING THE SAME THING, AND HIS PULSE WAS AT 55 BPM. WHAT IS SCARY IS DURING IT HE CAN BARELY OPEN HIS EYES, AND WILL JUST TALK TO YOU WITH HIS EYES SHUT. HE ALSO BECOMES VERY LATHARGIC, AND PALE.
SO WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND OF COURSE HIS HEART WAS BACK TO NORMAL BY THAT TIME, BUT SHE COULD STILL HEAR HIS MURMUR THAT HE HAS ALWAYS HAD. SHE TOLD US IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN JUST TO RUSH HIM OUT TO THE E.R. SO THEY CAN DOCUMENT WHAT IT IS HAPPENING. SHE ALSO SET US UP WITH A PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGIST TO SEE IF HE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND ALSO TO HAVE HIS MURMUR WORKED UP.

AS IF JOSHUA SCARING US WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THE DAY, ZACHARY DECIDED TO TRY AND EAT A QUARTER! HE OF COURSE CHOKED ON IT, WHICH WAS CAUSING HIM TO THROW-UP ALL OVER THE FLOOR. BARRY TRIED GETTING IT OUT AND COULDN'T REACH IT. SO MOMMY HAD TO STICK HER POINTER FINGER ALL THE WAY DOWN HIS THROAT TO GET IT OUT! I ENDED UP HAVING TO PUSH ONE SIDE OF THE QUARTER DOWN SO THAT I COULD GET MY FINGER UNDER IT AND GRAB IT AND GET IT OUT. AFTER HE HAD A DRINK HE WAS FINE, BACK TO HIS ORNERY SELF TRYING TO FIND MORE STUFF TO STICK IN HIS MOUTH.

AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED THIS MOMMY IS READY FOR THE DAY TO BE OVER WITH!!! HOW ABOUT AN EARLY BEDTIME TONIGHT KIDS.