Jakob update....last Tuesday I took him to get an xray of his chest to see if his lungs were clear and also an xray of his throat to see if his adenoids were swollen which could cause his mouth breathing. Wednesday, nurse calls and said doc reviewed the xrays and that Jakob's adenoids were large and we needed to take him to ENT doc.I had an appt. already made with ENT but I couldn't get in until 2/8 :/ I called on the chance that maybe I could get in earlier, they just happened to have one the next afternoon. So I am scrambling to get a copy of the xray to take with me. I finally feel some relief because I feel like we are on the right track and have an answer. Jakob and I go to the ENT on Thursday. The ENT doc asked why we are there. I explain that he has been breathing through his mouth since mid-september and coughing for the past 2 months. Jakob sounds like he is on the verge of an asthma attack after running around for 15 minutes and can't catch his breath. Also that his right tube has fallen out and he has had two ear infections in his right ear since then. The doc says to me that Jakob's adenoids are NOT swollen. wth?! He showed me the xray and walked me through it. He said that on the xray his adenoids look normal. That is not to say that they are not irritated and could be causing his mouth breathing but that would not show up on an xray. He suggested we get the right tube replaced ( I am calling tomorrow to hopefully schedule that). He said he could take the adenoids out while Jakob is under for the tube replacement but the surgery is a little more envasive than the ear tube. He wasn't 100% that it is the adenoids causing our issues. He also suggested we make an appt. with a pulmonologist at A.I.. I told him that I had already planned on it and that we also had an appointment with an asthmas/allergy specialist in a couple of weeks. He agreed with me that it sounded like a good plan since he can't say that it is absolutely the adenoids. *sigh* So on 1/23 we see the pulmonologist and 1/30 the asthmas/allergist. I really hope they can give us some sort of answer. We just don't think that this is normal for him to have such trouble breathing all the time. It doesn't slow him down much...he keeps up with Gavin and Kaleb just fine!
Marcin took off work Friday so we could all go to the Please Touch Museum in Philly. We had never been but we got a great deal off Living Social for 4 tickets so we figured why not :-) While I was waiting in line to purchase one more ticket, the family behind me asked if I needed an extra ticket. I said yes. She replied that they had one. They had also purchased the 4 tickets from Living Social and only needed 3. So we checked in together and they gave us their extra ticket. :-D How nice was that?! I retract my previous statement that I don't find many nice people in the North East. In the past month or so, it seems I have only run into nice, friendly people...I love it! Marcin and I were prepared for a crazy morning at the museum. Three kids....two of us, need I say more? It was eh hem....challenging but fun :-) We seemed to get in our mode and kept up with everyone. I had a few mild anxiety attacks when I couldn't see someone right away but it was ok. The boys seemed to have a lot of fun. It will be even more fun in a couple of years when J&K are better listeners and will stay by us instead of running in opposite directions :-P
Saturday we got a lot of cleaning done around the house and I feel SO MUCH BETTER!!!! Marcin and I cleaned and got all of the laundry washed/dried/folded and almost all of it put away! this is huge!!! Hopefully I won't have to do another load of laundry for two whole days, VACATION! lol Then I got to take a nap after all my hard work and we went on a double date with some friends of ours. They suggested a Cuban restaurant we hadn't been to and was only 10-15 minutes from our house! It was delicious!!! I have seen signs for it and everytime I saw the signs, I always thought of this place that Marcin took me to when I first moved here. I had no idea how to get back there though!! I knew it was somewhere around Lums Pond State Park and it was a random restaurant overlooking a marina with million dollar yachts and huge boats. I remember thinking what a strange state Delaware was....I am out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by million dollar yachts. Trust me...it does not appear to be a place where these types of boat are kept. I saw similiar yachts in Nice, France and Monte Carlo...now there, I expected to see yachts with helipads :-P It was fun to have an adult night out with our friends! We get together with the kids but well.....5 kids running around doesn't leave much time for adult talk :-)
Sunday we finished our cleaning and putting away laundry. Gavin was in a really good mood today which always makes for a pleasant day. The boys played with play doh for at least 30 minutes...maybe more. And they were quiet...this was really odd for me lol It was fun to watch them though, so cute playing together!
It makes me so happy to have a clean house!!!! It really needed a good cleaning. The office is still a disaster...thank goodness it has doors LOL Maybe we will get around to it tomorrow while Marcin is home. We are planning to go shopping for a full size mattress set for Gavin BIG boy bed :-) He says he needs one as he is too big for his toddler bed.
It is late and I have to get up at 5:30 a.m. for my early morning work out! I managed to get up all last week! It is the getting up that is the tough part...once I am up, I am good! lol Wish me luck!
Marcin took off work Friday so we could all go to the Please Touch Museum in Philly. We had never been but we got a great deal off Living Social for 4 tickets so we figured why not :-) While I was waiting in line to purchase one more ticket, the family behind me asked if I needed an extra ticket. I said yes. She replied that they had one. They had also purchased the 4 tickets from Living Social and only needed 3. So we checked in together and they gave us their extra ticket. :-D How nice was that?! I retract my previous statement that I don't find many nice people in the North East. In the past month or so, it seems I have only run into nice, friendly people...I love it! Marcin and I were prepared for a crazy morning at the museum. Three kids....two of us, need I say more? It was eh hem....challenging but fun :-) We seemed to get in our mode and kept up with everyone. I had a few mild anxiety attacks when I couldn't see someone right away but it was ok. The boys seemed to have a lot of fun. It will be even more fun in a couple of years when J&K are better listeners and will stay by us instead of running in opposite directions :-P
Saturday we got a lot of cleaning done around the house and I feel SO MUCH BETTER!!!! Marcin and I cleaned and got all of the laundry washed/dried/folded and almost all of it put away! this is huge!!! Hopefully I won't have to do another load of laundry for two whole days, VACATION! lol Then I got to take a nap after all my hard work and we went on a double date with some friends of ours. They suggested a Cuban restaurant we hadn't been to and was only 10-15 minutes from our house! It was delicious!!! I have seen signs for it and everytime I saw the signs, I always thought of this place that Marcin took me to when I first moved here. I had no idea how to get back there though!! I knew it was somewhere around Lums Pond State Park and it was a random restaurant overlooking a marina with million dollar yachts and huge boats. I remember thinking what a strange state Delaware was....I am out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by million dollar yachts. Trust me...it does not appear to be a place where these types of boat are kept. I saw similiar yachts in Nice, France and Monte Carlo...now there, I expected to see yachts with helipads :-P It was fun to have an adult night out with our friends! We get together with the kids but well.....5 kids running around doesn't leave much time for adult talk :-)
Sunday we finished our cleaning and putting away laundry. Gavin was in a really good mood today which always makes for a pleasant day. The boys played with play doh for at least 30 minutes...maybe more. And they were quiet...this was really odd for me lol It was fun to watch them though, so cute playing together!
It is late and I have to get up at 5:30 a.m. for my early morning work out! I managed to get up all last week! It is the getting up that is the tough part...once I am up, I am good! lol Wish me luck!
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