TOGETHER DAY

Together Day is a day in honor of sibling rivalry and fighting. We've tried numerous things to get our kids to play nice with one another. They do fairly well at times but there are times when they just can't keep from picking on one another.

Tonight Suzanna and Haydn begged to do something before bedtime and I said that they could do it for five minutes as long as they did it together. From almost minute one they kept arguing and when I told them to stop and just get into their beds they just kept fighting about it and blaming the other.

As I'm talking to them, probably a little too loudly, it occurred to me what I was going to do. I told them that on Saturday, they are going to have to spend the day and they couldn't do anything without the other person. Suzanna started crying because she said that all Haydn will want to do is play video games.

So here's the plan that I came up with and I have told them this. For six hours on Saturday they will have to do everything together. They each will come up with six activities each that last a half hour. They are not allowed to do anything more than an hours worth. I will take the total of 12 activities and divide up their day. If it's reading, they have to be in the same room. Whatever it is, they have to do it together at the same time.

One thing that I have not told them but I will. Each time I have to tell them to get along, it adds 15 minutes to their six hours of togetherness.

It's going to be an interesting day on Saturday.

Frustration

I'll be honest. I'm very frustrated over the health of our daughter, Aria. I don't mind taking care of her or paying for the hospital and doctor visits, medication, and everything else that goes along with it. I even help her with her medicine almost every night. It's a lot of work, time, effort, and money, but she's worth every penny and more.

What frustrates me is that no matter what we do she can't seem to get better. She just had surgery a couple weeks ago. She's been on antibiotics already a lot this year and she's on lots of medications to help her lungs but she's still having trouble breathing. Her lung function is down to 43% today and so her Advair prescription dosage has been upped and now she's back on antibiotics and regular breathing treatments.

I know God's in control but it's hard not to see the medication work. It's hard to keep seeing her struggle with her health. She takes it in great stride and she does really well. I pray that as she gets older she'll keep getting stronger and her health improve. We'll see what God has in store for her and our family.

HEALTH – It’s been rough this past week

Last week started well with my birthday on Feb. 4^th but went down from there, health wise. Aria’s surgery to remove the puss pocket from her sinuses was scheduled for Friday morning. I took the day off so that I could take Haydn and Suzanna to school. I ended up taken Haydn to the doctor instead because he’d been complaining of not feeling well for a day or two. It turned out that he had an ear infection, possible strep throat, and pimple near his mouth that turned out to be MRSA. Later that day we took in Suzanna to the doctor because she’s had a persistent cough that the antibiotics that she had been on a week earlier had not cured.

So, by Friday night, all three of our kids were on medication for one thing or another. Aria was on pain meds from the surgery. Haydn and Suzanna went on antibiotics. We also had to deal with Haydn’s MRSA and that was not fun, especially for him. It’s a very painful process of removing the infection.

We decided that everyone was staying home for the weekend and so the kids we stuck watching TV, playing video and board games, and reading. They did pretty well for being cooped up for almost 48 hours straight. 

We sent Suzanna and Haydn to school Monday morning but Aria developed a bad cough and so we kept her home and now she’s on another round of steroids to help her increase her lung function. Hopefully she’ll feel well enough for school today.


UPDATE (TUES. NIGHT) - And now Tina is coming down with something. She's running a fever, can't seem to get warm, & went to bed early. We'll see what happens tomorrow. 

ANOTHER UPDATE - It turned out that Tina has Bronchitis and a sinus infection. So, she's on medication also.


We'd appreciate your prayers for the health of our family and the ability to pay the doctor bills. Thank you!!