Hello Blog World! Yes that's right I know you, all, missed me (however many "You" may be if any by now...). So here's our update:
Roarke is out of the hospital but sometimes it doesn't seem that way to him with all the doctors (cardiologists, GI docs, nutritionists, home nurses, pediatricians, just to name a few) and tests they have run and/or they are planning on running. It's been kind of exhausting and the only way I stay in touch most of the time with the outside world is through the iPod touch (which if any of you have tried mobile blogging yet, it's kind of a nightmare, or at least I have a hard time dealing with the limited set-up). But he has gained almost 3 pounds in 3 weeks and the GI docs are not too into the feeding tube and we are working to slowly get rid of it. He is only using it while he sleeps but his appetite is atrocious and so we are slowing down the amount of time he gets fed through the tube and how much he gets at that time as well. He is kind of hyped up on the sugar from the Pediasure (in his tube) and has been a bit of a handful! Other than all of that he is doing well and following his big sister around everywhere, and now even Ada says she wants a brother next so Roarke can play with him too!
Ada is doing as well as can be expected with all that's been going on. She was nearly potty trained a few months ago and then this all started and we almost had to start from scratch again. But she really wants to go to school when we move and we told her she HAS to be potty trained by then...so prayers are welcome for that too!
Josh is working hard and applied for an FMLA leave from Wal-Mart which he can take whenever he needs to and they can apply his massive amounts of sick time available for that so we don't have to lose out on pay! He may be getting a "weekend" aka two consecutive days off which should be nice for the next month and a half or so of work left before he leaves for Basic.
I am doing reasonably well and trying not to stress out too much, which I apparently do even in my sleep as I woke up this morning feeling much like the first few days of training for the heptathlon in college (the running and jumping parts were easy but learning how to throw things with my spindly arms...yeah it hurt). So thank goodness for Therma-Care!!
And in other news, thank goodness for the fact that we bought our car with a warranty as the front differential had to be replaced and it took 4 days, a rental and over $2,000! Luckily, almost everything was covered so we only had to pay $200 plus pay for the rental up front (it was a ford focus so after driving around our huge Expedition, it was awful!!) and we just had to wait a few weeks to be re-imbursed. But we are giving serious thought to a minivan...there I said it, a MINIVAN. My mom had one of these for almost my whole life and I am not a fan. But we should no longer need the ability to go 4X4 anymore as we don't live in Rexburg as minivans there spelled disaster as they were always the first to be the cars stuck off the side of the road in a snow bank or a ditch. Now however, with gas prices getting more and more scary...we are thinking minivan so stay posted.
So, hope you all have been doing well during my hiatus and hope that the impending Spring season is as welcome to you as it is to us! Thank you so much for your support and help these past few weeks/months. You really don't know how much you really did just by a quick phone call or FaceBook post!! Especially to those who watched Ada or brought stuff by for us. You're all AWESOME!!
