Croup and the Flu

It is another wonderful flu season. Little did I know that I would also be on the watch for Croup. Thankfully my oldest two "biological" father had enough sense not to take them knowing that his niece had croup. From the research that I did, potentialy fatal to infants and heart patents....the other two kiddos in my house! The Flu season is also in full swing, and I'm tankful that the kids haven't gotten what's going around right now. They did have the flue some months back. Praying that they don't bring any sickness home with them.
It amazes me that parents will send their kids to school knowing that they just threw up or have had a fever for days. That they are contagious but would rather spend their day to themselfs. I understand that working parents and even single parents are put in a tight spot by a unexpected sick child. Believe me I GET IT. I was there once before and got let go cuz my kids kept getting sick from their day care. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR SICK KIDS TO SCHOOL! I'm saying this for the families that are single parents that have to work, I'm saying this TO the mom who gets to stay at home and go out without any little people running in tow. I'm saying this FOR the families that have more then 2 kids, the families with disabled children of any age. KEEP YOUR SICK KIDS HOME.  It's a burden on EVERYONE to have to take care of sick children, managing your job, and your "free time" lol I don't know what free time is but I know there are tons of you that do. I get that but if we all make the effort to teach our kids to wash their hands, sneeze in their coat sleeve not their hands, just saying, maybe we could cut down the bugs and germs. I'd also like to say to the schools, SANITIZE!! I know they don't clean off the kids desks at the end of the day, the door handles or the bathrooms correctly. All schools need to be bleached at the end of the day...again just saying lol
Read a post on FB last night that a 5year old HLHS child lost his battle. I'm feeling better now, but it made me cry. It's horrible to hear that a baby lost their life to something they were born with, also it makes me realize that we don't know how much time we have with Raiden. I was in such a funk yesterday.
Last week flew by! Finally got to go in to see the specialist for Wyatt's eye! He has a bacterial infection in his left eye that's lasted 5 stinkin months! I have ointment and drops for his eye. Dr said its a 6 week treatment!! Hopefully it will clear his eye up and stop the infection!
Hoping for a good week, but it's looking dim.

Hello 2013!

Resolutions, no I'm not doing resolutions. I am however going to be healthier for my kids, I'm going to teach them to be healthy too. I'm going to do a family project with the kids once a month. I'm going to be a better mom, more attentive to their needs, more organized.
I must learn to wrangle my anxioty, people probly think I can't handle the kids. It's the world I can't handle, I can't stand leaving the house with all the kids alone. Not because I'm ashamed of my kids but of the fear that something might happen. Yes I know that anything can happen at anytime, but I'm learning to deal.
Anxioty is not fun, I over think everything, and when it comes to ray I'm crying once a week because I'm looking at old pictures of him and thinking of his upcoming surgery, I have to stop doing that. I'm trying to live in the moment. I'm loving every minute that I have with my kids, and with my husband.
So far iv gotten Wyatt to nurse at night only, and he is down to twice a night, very excited about that. Ray sleeps all night in his toddler bed, yes in our room but in HIS bed!!
Trying to stay strong for my dad, this last trip they were down really got to me. He is fading fast. I HATE that he has not only parkensins but also cancer. WHY did HE have to get sick? It runs in his family, but still. This past week the big kids stayed with them in the hotel. I'm glad that they know him and love him the way that they do. I hope that I'm strong enough to help them threw the rough times ahead.
2013 please be kind...