This has been what some would call “an interesting week” full of stuff we didn’t see coming.
On Thursday, we had our post-op follow-up appointment with Gabriel’s urologist to see how he was doing after the surgery. We were relieved to hear that everything was looking pretty good and very relieved that his catheter was removed. The catheter made diaper changes very difficult and it was almost impossible to do them alone, so going back to normal was very well received. On the downside, it looks like he may need some additional surgery to “touch up” some of the work that was done. This is at least 6 months away, so it’s not something we’ll be dealing with right away.
Additionally, Thursday night was the return of Gabriel’s throwing up. This time, he did it right after he ate and Robyn had just put him down for the night. I was at class, but luckily, Robyn’s mom was there to assist her in the cleanup and in getting Gabey back to sleep. The poor little guy sometimes gets so worked up that he gags and that triggers the whole puking thing.
Last night was one of the longest, most difficult nights we’ve had with the kids yet. Chloe and Gabriel both have colds that are causing them to be stuffy and a little cranky and made sleeping an ordeal for all four of us. Robyn and I were up most of the night holding one of the kids, trying to lull them asleep. We may have gotten three hours of sleep. On top of this, we altered our regular schedule to accomodate Hannah’s birthday party brunch today so after getting moving in the morning, I had to take the time to put Gabriel’s car seat back together after dismantling it for cleaning yesterday. He threw up in it as we were attempting to leave the house for a shopping trip yesterday, leaving a puddle of mixed-vegetable-smelling vomit at the bottom. Yuck!
The other day I noticed that our downstairs toilet had a little river of water running out of the bottom. I didn’t pay much attention to it, but then I nearly panicked when I left the house to teach class that night and all I could think about was coming home to our entire first floor covered in 3 inches of water. So, I’ve decided to turn off the water supply and watch for further developments before taking any action. Hopefully, it can be fixed by tightening the the nuts or at worst, the seal that needs to be replaced. Another thing to add to my list of stuff to do!
You know, after writing these things down…I’m trying to think of more stuff that took us by surprise and I just can’t think of anything else…I guess it wasn’t such a bad week after all! However, it was enough to get me sidetracked enough to not follow through on my Mom Stories. Watch in coming weeks for some more funny ones….