The Im Family

shortly after Mimi came back from the hospital, Ozzy gets a headache and a fever.  Friday July 3, afternoon, as we were driving to gymnastics, he says his head really hurts.  He says he can still do gymnastics.  later that night, 11pm in bed, he feels warm. Temp 101.4 12pm wakes crying. Says everything hurts. 2tsp Motrin. Temp 100.7. Feels chills. Saturday 7/4- wait to see if this is the same thing Mimi had or just a run of the mill cold.  am temp 100.7 ; 12:40pm motrin temp 101.8; 7pm tylenol 103.0; 11pm Motrin 101 Sunday 7/5- going on three days of fever, figure this is the same thing, schedule a sick appt for Monday 11am Tylenol 101.1; 4pm 102.7 motrin; 7pm 101.9  tylenol; 10:15pm Motrin 102 Monday 7/6 - ped checks him out and says he seems fine.  CBC, strep all come up normal/neg.  but decide to make sure with Xray.  run to get xrays down the street, and they find pneumonia in lower left lung and it all reminds me of the same thing Mi...

  Thursday, June 4th , Mimi came home from school complaining of a bad headache.  i took her temp and she had a 101 fever.  she didnt have much of a cough, just a small, dry, little cough here and then and it sounded like maybe some post nasal drip.  i assumed it was a sinus headache so plied her with fluids and gave her Motrin if her fever made her feel bad.  while she had a fever, i kept her home from school and had her drink lots and lots of clear fluids, fully expecting her fever to blow over in 2-3 days.  after the 3rd day the symptoms continued.  i knew if i went to the ped they would say to check in after 5 days of fever, so i decided to give it two more days, still thinking this will blow over any day now.  after 5 days of continued symptoms i took her to see the pediatrician on day 6.  they tested her for flu and strep, both came up negative.  they did a complete blood count and her white count was normal.  her lungs sounde...

around xmas 2014, a modernized version of the musical Annie came out.  The kids wanted to see it so i took them.  they loved the songs and enjoyed the movie.  i told them back in the 80's, the first Annie musical movie was released, so they asked if they could see it.  i found it streaming for free on amazon instant video.  so they watched it and loved it.  ozzy asked me to buy it for him so he could watch it more often.  i found the dvd at target for $5 and it comes with so many great extras that it was totally worth the purchase and more.  there's singalongs, act alongs, background about the time of Annie, the actress that played Annie gives her account...really great stuff.  the kids watch a bit of it every day while in the car and havent asked me to change the dvd, going thru all the special features over and again and watching the movie more times than i can count.  i have heard the songs so many times now, that i find myself singin...