So after 5 days in the hospital and two weeks off of work, life seemed to be getting back to normal.
February was a sick free, no hospital visit month.... until Jared called me to come get him from work b/c he was having horrible stomach cramps, fever and throwing up! I have to say it was almost unbearable to see him in so much pain. They never really got to the bottom of it. They ruled it as a stomach virus. He did do a stress test which turned out great. He did blood work which showed his diabetes is under control. All of his levels came back fair or good. They've always been fair or poor. I'm so proud of my husband. From the time he was diagnosed 3 years ago, he's lost almost 60 pounds (15 most recently since we've been using advocare products and going to the gym). So he seems to be back to normal (well as normal as he can be) for now.
Then a few weeks after his hospital visit, I came down with the flu! I've always thought my immune system was rock solid. I never get sick yet I'm around sick kids all the time. So I took one day off of work, Jared was Mr. Mommy that weekend. I recovered from that and now, two weeks later, I am home with strep throat. WHAT!? I've never had strep either. What is going on? I've missed so much school this year.
Between my flu and strep we did go through an awefull storm. The tornadoes that hit our area was way too close to home. I was at school and had no idea anything was going on. Our principal made an announcement for everyone to get into the hallways. What?! They must be overreacting right? We've never had to do that. Some of the kids were scared but most of them didn't really understand what was really going on. Little did I know, a tornado actually destroyed a building 1/2 from where we were! After that scare was over, I talked to Jared and he told me to stay at school because another one was on it's way. I hung around as long as I could until my dad called in a panic telling me there was a tornado in Forney that did a lot of damage. He didn't know where. So I start to panic because my kids were there at their daycare. So I left in the pouring rain and hail to go get my babies. Thank God, they were fine. A tornado touched down and tore up a neighborhood and a school only a mile from my kids daycare. Later I found out that the owner at their daycare was praying while having all the kids in the hallway. I'm so fortunate that my kids are under the care of such sweet Christian people. So that was a very scary day. But God was definitely watching over all of us!
Here's a few pictures from the past few months.
Easter Day at my parents
With memaw and pepaw
hunting for eggs at Uncle Jaime's and Uncle Joe's
'Don't I look pretty in my Easter dress?
Cousins ready to go get some eggs
Wonder if they'll always look like they love each other so much?!
Glow in the Dark Easter egg hunt with Lex and Luke. So much fun!
Go RAngers!!!
The devastation from the tornado that came too close to our house
This one is 1/2 mile from my school which is where I was trying to keep my 24 first graders safe
She absolutely would not look at the camera. Stubborn little girl!
My compliant child!
One of her Vital Stem therapies. She only has 6 left! These are stimulators on her neck attached with tape. They are shocking her muscle as she swallows. It's crazy what they have to help these weird situations!
She loves her memaws spaghetti!
Mama wanted to try on her new swimsuit. (which clearly is a bit too small!)
She wasn't too happy about me interrupting her bath time!
