Her Tonsils are Huge!

Bentley has been told basically by every doctor at every appointment she has been to that her tonsils are huge.  In fact, it is like a running joke or a SNL skit..."say ahhhh, Oh my, her tonsils are HUGE!"  When she had her tubes and adenoids done, I asked the ENT if he could remove her tonsils at the same time and he acted like I was crazy for asking and told me it was a much more involved procedure.  From that time until now, Bentley has been known as Darth Vader and she also suffered from sleep apnea, snoring and sinus trouble.  Since her first doctor kinda irritated me, I asked Melissa who did Anna's last year and decided to visit with him.  He is a very good doctor and upon examining Bentley (which took 3 people to hold her down by the way), guess what he said...."Her tonsils are huge!"  She had kissing tonsils (meaning they touch all the time) and were a 4 plus on a scale of 1 to4,  he recommended that they be removed.  Since she is 2 and has such large tonsils, that landed us a night in the "hotel" (aka hospital).  I built up this surgical vacation and got her as excited as I could.  Upon our arrival at hotel, she was immediately very leary of everyone and only wanted me.  We made it back to our preop bed and she chose to lay on the floor in a corner and snarled at all of the staff who we spoke too.  They told us we could give her some verset, if we could get her to take it.  Verset is a drug that helps to make you not care and not remember anything.  It took Casey and myself and a nurse to hold her down and she still did not take most of it, but she got some.  The anesthesiologist told us it will still work....and boy did it???  She actually laid in the bed by herself and was happy and slurring her words.  Casey and I were cracking up!!!  She did well during surgery and the dr said once again "her tonsils were huge!!"  We went over to our hotel room (and we got to ride in an ambulance from Professional Bldg 2 to the hospital - our tax dollars hard at work) and she was great!  She ate a popsicle and ice cream and was smiling and thought this was fun.  Then the drugs wore off.....and it all went downhill.  She refused to take pain medicine or her antibiotic.  It took 3 of us to hold her down and it was still not working.  Her pain increased and so did her will.   Long story short, we got a veteran nurse who really helped us out.  She also noticed signs of dehydration and put Bentley on a different iv drip and a steroid.  The combination really helped us out and she finally started drinking mid-morning the next morning.  Melissa saved the day and brought her favorite juice!!  She is resting at home, still fighting her medicine, but each day we are getting better.

Thanks to everyone for the prayers!  Thanks to Miss Lori and Nana and Melissa who came to see her.   Thanks also to Miss Sharry (her preschool teacher) for the wonderful care package she put together for Bentley.   During all of this chaos, Riley was with Memaw and was very sick.  She took him to the dr while we were in surgery and he had a nasty double ear infection and strep.  I don't have any clue what I would do without Memaw.....she saves the day all the time.  She took the best care of Riley and nursed him back to health.  I am very blessed with all of the friends and family that I have.  God is good!!!

Her sheep from her gift from Miss Sharry

I LOVE VERSET

Look mom, I am a big girl in the hospital bed

The verset ROCKS!

The drugs are wearing off....not so fun

Miss Lori brought gifts!!!

Lil' Putt Putt Fun

We didn't do too much over spring break, but we did take the kiddos to Mountasia.  I think Bentley is still a wee bit young, but she managed to have fun.  Her source of entertainment was some $3 popcorn, but nonetheless, she had fun.  Riley had fun too, but a round of 18 holes took us abut an hour and 45 min (YIKES!).  We also bought some tokens to use on the games inside, but we didn't even make it to that!  We will have to do that another day.

This is Bentley's putting skills hard at work

Riley is doing some kung fu with his club.  Notice Casey waiting in the background.  That is what he gets for being  a little Tiger Woods.  Casey actually got a hole in one on this hole.  Riley and I also left the course with a hole in one!!!

Rodeo Dances

Riley got well just in time for rodeo dances at school.  Every year, they have the 3 and 4 year old kiddos dance and sing for the parents during their music time at school.  Riley had a hard time this year just because he just had gotten over the flu.  He had to sit out and get some water, but he still did good.  He is such a handsome little buckaroo.  Here are some pics!

Allergies, Flu and Fun in a Box

I went to the allergist on Monday for round 2 of testing....after 34 needles pokes under my skin, I am allergic to humidity!  Ha!  Really I am really allergic to dust, dust mites, and mold.  I am also allergic to weeds, grass and cedar, so I will be starting allergy shots.  They will be for once a week, then once every other week and so on until I build up to once a month.  I will be on this therapy for a few years, but the goal is to eventually not need any medicine.  I am really pumped about not having the same allergy troubles that result in many, many sinus infections. :)

Riley just suddenly started running a high fever and coughing and his fever just kept climbing on Wednesday.  I took him to the dr on Wed afternoon and she diagnosed him with the flu.  It has been a rough 24 hours....vomitting, reaction to tamiflu, and no sleep.  This is the sickest he has been.  He has been running between 102 and 103 and has just been lifeless.  Needless to say, I hope and pray this ends really soon.

Bentley has had a hard time entertaining herself as I have been really wrapped up with Riley.  I got some new patio furniture (YAY!) and I assembled it this morning.  She took one of my boxes and went and got her pillow pet and her blanket and her owl and her baby (yes, we sleep with all of that!) and made her a little "bed."  Every time I looked at her in that thing, I just kept thinking she was a pet in a pet bed.  She watched both Snow White and Alice in Wonderland in that box today.  It clearly is the little things in life!!!

Pajama Day at School

I have been the worst blogger lately.  I swear, it feels like we have not stopped since Christmas and the times we have stopped, one of us (or all of us) was sick.  I am gonna try to play catch up!!

This was the first year that Copperfield Church Preschool had pajama day (at least since we have been going) and Riley and Bentley were sooooo excited.  I got them new pjs for Valentine's Day so they would be all outfitted for this occasion.  Bentley wore her new nightgown with no questions asked (thank goodness) and looked adorable.  Riley, on the other hand, picked out the smallest, most faded, not cute pajamas that he owns to wear to school.  You pick and choose your battles these days, so I just rolled with it.  They had a blast and loved sporting their pjs to school.  Here are some pics: