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My friend, Greg, over at "I'm Just Sayin" is raising money for an important cause - ending Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is a terrible disease that I know first hand about. My maternal grandmother died of Alzheimer's. If you never have to go through that disease it would be a blessing. It robbed her of her memory and left her with a blank stare and she ended up spending her last days
Big Announcement From I'm Just Sayin'
There were a lot of rumors and stories circulating about another baby in the Carter household but I could not confirm or deny them until I was certain and if you've been reading this blog since its inception with Baby 1 - Aubrey, you know that I am not real confident in the pregnancy tests and the doctors office seems to take you on your word and hand you a bag of stuff and congratulate you. It becomes the real deal at 10 weeks when you have your first ultrasound (more on that later). When their was a possibility of LA being pregnant, I started shopping the story with the news media and after a couple of weeks of negotiations, I signed a deal with I'm Just Sayin' for exclusive rights to the biggest story from Our Life in 2011. You can read the 1st official announcement of Baby 3 here on our favorite blog I'm Just Sayin'.
I knew we shouldn't have organized/hosted the preparty/gone to the Babypoloza 2011/Hootie and The Blowfish concert...(actually LA found out that morning that she was el prego and I want to go on the record as saying that should explain a lot of the nights events...I'm Just Sayin')
The number 3...
*The Beatles said One was the loneliest number...You know two is company and three is a crowd (or is it Three's Company).
*I am going to give a shout out to Jeremy for predicting this pretty early in 2011 after a post titled 3 (check out the first comment from WinthropEagleFan and it's probably the funniest comment on Our Life to date).
*To be honest were not trying to keep up with the Jones but we are trying to keep up with the Horreses (we couldn't let them travel down this road alone...well we could have but we like Jenn and Greg too much and they made it look so easy)
*It probably was the peer pressure in Sunday School that caused us to cave.
*It really was a financial decision. I have talked about economies of scale with kids and the cost of having kids continues to decrease the more you have...since after having a boy and girl, we can finally now realize even more savings than when Wyatt was born.
*It pretty funny how quickly the talk went from "when are you having another" to "do you want a boy or a girl". I can honestly say that "I didn't care with the first two and I don't care this time". We want a healthy baby - boy or girl. We have been blessed with one of each and they both are different but I wouldn't trade either one for a different model.
*The second most asked question is "Are you find out what your having?" LA and I are in negotiations about finding out what we are having. I am all for finding out on number 3 and LA is still on the keep it a mystery. The first two I was fine not finding out but our house isn't exactly built for 3 and some room sharing is going to have to take place. I think it would be nice to know so we can begin preparing for whatever changes are going to have to take place (even if we don't start them until after the baby is born). We have about 8 weeks to debate this topic. I will keep you posted.
*After the Horreses took our record "You Do Know Where Babies Come From Don't You" and created a new category "Try Going To A Movie Every Now and Then". I am pretty sure that is a Providence record - taking two titles at one time. But I am pretty sure we will smash that record. The projected record will stand at 3 years, 7 months, 17 days. For now I hope the Horreses enjoy their dual titles.
*I agree with Greg and I think a few more movies are in our future and we would like to watch more movies but we never know what to watch. We are looking forward to I'm Just Sayin's movie list countdown (If you want to postpone it for about 14 months that would be fine with us, we will be out of commission until then anyway).
We have had our 1st ultrasound and I am now a believer that baby 3 is officially on the way. Greg and I think that the pictures from the first ultrasound are stock photos that all doctors use. You would think that after two of these I would be better at it but I struggle when the ultrasound tech is pointing out hands, head, feet etc...I usually just say "Oh, yea, I see it" so I don't look so stupid...maybe I have to "unfocus" my eyes to be able to see everything. Here's the pictures...maybe someone can point everything out to me.
Clemson Vs Florida State Recap
This was a big game for Clemson.
- 1st Title Belt Defense - When you have the belt you get everyone's best shot.
- 2nd ranked opponent to visit Death Valley
- Game 2 of Murder's Row (1-0) - Auburn, Florida St, Virginia Tech
- DEATH VALLEY was ROCKIN
- The Deuce - Sammy Watkins
- Dwayne Allen - Quality Tight End
- Rennie Moore - Sack of QB on last drive to seal victory
- Defense answering the bell
- 9/17 on 3rd down
- 2-0 of 3 game stretch
- Defense - still giving up the big plays; 336 yards to a freshman quarterback
- Secondary - let's call Sensabaugh "toast"
- Virgina Tech on the road in Blacksburg...where teams go to die and where we were slaughtered on our last visit
( I would recommend muting the sound)
Summary
I road tripped to Clemson with my friend Travis. I owe him a big thank you for the Beaufort Boil/Frogmore Stew. It was delicious and was the perfect pre game meal for champions and a title belt defense against FSU. We pretty much stood up the entire game and cheered/yelled the Tigers to victory. It was a BIG win for the schizophrenic Tigers of the past who would beat a Goliath opponent and then lose a game to an inferior team. I am not convinced it's behind us (and won't be until we beat BC, Maryland, Wake Forest and Duke (when we play them). Death Valley was electric and it was awesome to be there. There is nothing like Death Valley when the entire stadium is creating a hostile environment for the opponent. It's how Death Valley is meant to be every week and I give Dabo credit for putting some life back in the Death Valley and for putting a little swagger back in the Tigers football program (were not all the way back but could be on the way). A tough test is still before us...a trip to Blacksburg, VA. Hopefully, Dabo has some magic up his sleeve.
I am fast becoming a Chad Morris fan. On challenging and pushing the offensive players he said (paraphrasing)...I don't care if they don't like me. I don't need them to like me. I don't need any friends that are 18 years old.
The defense has to find a way to play and entire 60 minutes and not continue to give up the big plays.
By the way, we defended the Title Belt on our 1st week. bring on Virginia Tech and as Nature Boy says
Everyone has been asking about last weeks Our Life football pole so here it is:
Our Life College Football Poll
1. Clemson (Title Belt Holder)
2. Who Cares
3. Doesn't Matter
4. Irrelevant
5. Unimportant
6. Your Team
Just Another Ordinary Saturday
LA went out of town for the evening last Friday night with the girls to celebrate with Meg her upcoming wedding with Stuart. I am fully capable of taking care of the kids and decided that unless the house was burning down, we were involved in a horrific accident or I was going to the emergency room with one of the kids, I wasn't calling LA and if I was going to the emergency room for me, I wasn't calling her either because Aubrey knows the number to 911:
Me: What's the number you call in case of an emergency?
Aubrey: 9-1-1-1-1
Me: Close, it's 9-1-1
Aubrey: Right, 9-9-1-1-1
Me: Close, it just one 9 and two 1's
Aubrey: Huh, 1-9-2-1-1
Me: No, just 9-1-1
Aubrey: Right, 9-1-1 long pause 1
Me: God, I hope I never need her to call 9-1-1
Anyway, it was me and kids for the evening and Saturday morning and afternoon. We ate dinner, went grocery shopping (so mommy wouldn't have to go during the week since daddy was going to be in Nashville for work - Monday evening - Friday afternoon), made an awesome tent and generally had a great evening. I even remembered to give Wyatt his medicine (amoxicillin) that I had forgot earlier in the morning. He was on day 9 and only had two more doses left (Friday night and Saturday morning). Around 7:30/8:00 the kids were in bed and I was on the sofa relaxing watching college football. We still have the monitor in Wyatt's room hooked up. I don't know why, we just do. Around midnight, I woke up on the sofa and went to bed. I noticed Wyatt was fussy and I went in his room and made sure he had his pacifier. He didn't so I gave it to him. Over the next 4 hours, I was awoken about every other hour by Wyatt fussing. I checked on him around 2 and give him his pacifier back and at 4 when he woke me up, I decided that his teeth must be hurting him (he currently has four teeth and is getting the rest of them all at one time) so I went downstairs and got some Motrin and give him a dose to make him feel better. I didn't turn the light on in his room because that would be too bright and wake him up (and honestly 4am is even a little early for me any day, especially on Sat). The Motrin did the trick and I didn't hear from him again until around 7:30/8 when Aubrey was also waking up. After getting Aubrey situated, we went to wake up Wyatt. I picked up Wyatt from the crib and looked and him and he has a rash all over him, checked his temp (normal) and I wondered what was going on. I immediately think he is having a reaction to the shots he got at his 18 month appointment - Hep A and/or Flu vaccine shot that he got on Thursday. We go downstairs and I find the info sheets about possible reactions and it doesn't fit what's going on with him and I called the doctor's office answering service (AS)
AS: Plantation Pediatrics Answering Service, How can I help you?
Me: I need to speak to the on call doctor
AS: Peds Plus opens up at 11:00
Me: If I wanted to take my son to Peds Plus at 11, I wouldn't have called you. It's 8:00am and need to speak to the on call doctor
AS: I will have the on call doctor call you
I talked to the on call doctor and his initial diagnosis was something viral. The reaction took too long for start for it to be the shots from Thursday. The rash bumps would blanch out when pressed (turn white, then return red...I assume this is a good thing) and told me watch it and if it got worse to call him back or go to Peds Plus. Nana Von had CJ and Everett and they were going to see The Lion King in 3D and I took Aubrey to theater to meet up with them and asked Nana to look at Wyatt and what she thought. She said he had measles...I was a little skeptical but agreed with her that he needed to go see a doctor. I stopped by the house and loaded up with milk, cheerios, and toys to pass the time by for what I assumed would be a quick trip to West Ashley and home in time for the Clemson game at 3:30....Wyatt had another plan.
I started the blow by blow description of the rest of the weekend but have now decided that a condensed bullet point version will be much quick and to the point...her we go
- Peds Plus is a service that St. Francis Hospital in West Ashley offers for after hours and weekends when you need/want to see a pediatrician about your child and not an ER doctor (nothing against an ER doctor but they aren't pediatricians, obviously). LA and I have taken Aubrey there once and was pleased with the service. Our doctors at Plantation Pediatrics (I have not been paid to say this - I wouldn't take my kids anywhere else - Dr Traynham and Vasko are top notch and the other doctors in the practice are excellent also) also rotate shifts at Peds Plus and Dr. Kornegay was working. He took a look at Wyatt and wasn't sure what to think except that he was having some sort of allergic reaction/covered in hives from his thighs to his head and his ears were the color of a fire truck (but he still didn't have a fever) or had something viral and wasn't sure if this was the first step of anaphylactic shock and the next step was some important organ shutting down. He noticed some wheezing and Wyatt pulling deep for his breaths. He wanted to get some treatment for Wyatt fast so he transferred us to the ER (we bypassed the completely full ER waiting room) so we could get some meds started to treat the symptoms and monitor his status to make sure it doesn't worsen and he indicated that they would probably transfer Wyatt to MUSC for observation once they felt the reaction was over.
- In the ER I answered countless questions about what was causing the outbreak...new soap at the house, new detergent, new sheets....blah, blah, blah, the answer is no, no, no - we don't like change and for the last 3 years everything has been the same - soap, diapers, wipes, shampoo, clothes...etc. I am thinking you are going to have come up with a better source because you are barking up the wrong tree
- Here's why I like Peds Plus - Dr K heard wheezing (mild not severe) and the ER nurse listens to Wyatt and says"I don't hear any wheezing, the doctor must have good ears" (and that's why you specialize in ER care and not peds...just my opinion)
- Wyatt got Benadryl and a steriod orally
- After about 30 minutes the fun began. Wyatt was laying on my chest and I was reclined on the bed when he fired a warning shot - a burp. It was followed by a cough and him throwing up (on my shoulder) and somehow I forgot he golden rule of kids throwing up...It come it twos. I sat him forward and put him on the bed between my legs evidently, so I could catch the second one in my lap (remember, I forgot this one was coming) which I did to perfection - my lap and shirt. Of course the 20 people in the room, when we arrived are now no where to be found when you need some help.
- Bad news for Wyatt throwing up was a good idea because now they are coming back with same medicine but this time with needles and remember what I said about this ER vs Peds - It's all business in the ER. "Dad hold your arm across his pelvis and keep his hands away".
- Another 30 minutes passes and nothing has changed (except that I am wearing throw-up shorts that smell terrible...terrible I said) still has the hives. The nurse did give me a paper hospital shirt which was nice a way of saying "you stink". The ER doctor doesn't like the progress and decides to take the next step a shot of epinephrine.
- LA arrives about 3.5 hours into this ordeal and walks in the door and says "Oh, my goodness, it smells terrible in here." I had talked to her on the way down to Peds Plus and brought her up to speed on what was happening. She had called when she got the house and I asked her to bring some additional clothes for me and Wyatt.
- LA also has a rash that she woke up with Saturday morning. We don't know what caused hers...but Adrian was a little nervous after sleeping in the same bed as LA. I am calling it a sympathetic rash.
- The hives are not raised as much when LA arrives and the ER doctor has decided to transfer us to the big house - Children's Hospital at MUSC
- As soon as I thought there was a chance of going to MUSC, I texted Danny and Jenn to request the Providence Presidential Suite and the good looking nurses (just kidding about the nurses). We even did better than the Providence Presidential Suite and got the corner Providence Presidential Suite...almost double the size of most of the rooms on the hall which turned out to be just what we needed. It had Wyatt's bed/crib and two sofas (they were a little dated and not the most uncomfortable but they got the job done and I didn't have to sleep in a chair or the infamous chair/bed like when Aubrey and Wyatt were born.)
- If your going to MUSC Children's Hospital, make sure your on floor 7 and the 7A wing. You are in good hands from that point forward. Jenn manages a top notch group of nurses and they took exceptionally good care of us (it didn't hurt telling them that I had Jenn number on speed dial and I was calling Jenn if anything got screwed up).
- Wyatt hives/rash over the next 2 days (Sat night and Sun/Mon) appear for 15 to 30 minutes and then disappear. The nurses are baffled and each new nurse says the same thing "Never seen this before".
- So it's the weekend on Saturday evening we see a resident and a Dr and they both think it an allergic reaction to something - see list above that I had already answered no to each question. The course of action is treat the symptoms and monitor Wyatt's breathing to make sure it doesn't worsen during a reaction.
- After a breakout at 12:30am on Sunday morning and another one after waking up on Sunday morning, the resident is now thinking it is viral because of the length of time it has lasted and he has been in contact with anything to cause an allergic reaction - good job Shurlock. Stay the course treat the symptoms and monitor him...no need for blood work or checking his mucus - it's viral and there are over 3000 viral infections and there are only tests for a handful.
- On Sunday morning, Wyatt has a breakout and starts to wheeze mildly and respiratory therapy checks him out and decides he needs a breathing treatment. LA needs to go home to get us some stuff and we figure this would be a good time. I was wrong. I now have kid hopped up on meds - steroids, albuterol and benadryl and he is climbing all over me and generally can't sit still. I tried getting him to take a nap and he was like a caged animal in that crib. It reminded me of the scene in Talladega Nights - i'm gonna come at you like a spider money...I'm all jacked up on mountain dew...that was Wyatt a spider all jacked up on meds. When LA returned about 2.5 hours later, she observed Wyatt for a few minutes and asked if he had been like this the whole time she was gone...Yep. It lasted for about 4 hours.
- A big thank you to Danny and Jenn for the toys for Wyatt and the care bag with lots of nice treats that came in handy. Danny tempted fate and even played and touched Wyatt even when we weren't sure what he had. That's what I like about Danny, he jumps in feet first.
- The floor and hospital came to life Monday at 7am. People were everywhere, elevators were crowded and people seemed busy. Greg I would recommend getting a job somewhere in the hospital and not offsite like you are now. I am pretty sure there are a number of people that have just been lost in the system and they get paid to just roam the halls.
- We saw a different attending Dr on Monday morning with the rest of the team of residents and students and after about 3 minutes of looking at Wyatt and his rash and the remains of the rash from Saturday that had gone from red on Sat, to purple on Sun, to brown on Monday morning - she said we need to get dermatology to look at the rash and she if a biopsy is necessary and what they think; have a nasal swap taken to rule out any of those possibilities; and standard blood work plus any blood work dermatology might want. It appeared to us that the course of action was to stabilize and treat symptoms as long as he doesn't get worse until Monday when everyone came back to work...I might be wrong but that's what it seemed.
- So dermatology makes a visit and within 5 minutes they diagnosis Wyatt with serum sickness like reaction to amoxicillin. Evidently, it had built up in his system since this was at least the 3rd time he had taken it and something triggered the reaction. So no more penicillin type drugs for Wyatt.
- Before we can leave the hospital, we have to instructed on how to use an epi pen because had a reaction, we now get to carry one with us where ever we go - just as a precaution. I went and got the meds (steroid, benadryl, and epi pen jr two pack with practice epi pen). The resident pharm and pharm student walks in the room after what was forever waiting and says "I understand that you had some questions about some meds." My response was "no, we can read the bottles on the meds and find 5ml on the syringe. We can't leave until YOU show us how to use the epi pen...mainly when and where". We tell him we have figured out the epi pen with the directions and the practice pen. He replies with a deer in the headlights look "I am going to need to make sure this is the right medicine and dose and I will be right back." as he takes the epi pens, the instructions and practice pen. He walk out and LA and I look at each other and both say "He doesn't have a clue and probably has never seen an epi pen". After another hour passes (I am about to spider monkey on someone. We are not splitting an atom. It's just and epi pen) he reappears with the phar MD, and reads the instructions he had printed off the internet on how to use the pen to us...LA and I were both like "we can read, dummy". How about when to administer and where? After finding when and where in the instructions, reading it to us and highlighting it for us we could finally leave the hospital. We new as much before he walked in the door as when we left.
- We followed up with our Dr on Tuesday and he agreed with the diagnosis and said Wyatt was only the second case of serum sickness like reaction he had ever scene. After about a week, we will follow up with an allergist to do some additional testing to see if we need to be on the lookout for anything else...we are praying it is just penicillin based drugs.
- It was a long couple of days but our care by Jenn's team of nurses was exceptional and fortunately his reaction was never life threatening. It was more perplexing than anything. It is good to know the cause because for awhile it didn't look like we were going to find out.
- I am anxiously awaiting the cost of this little episode. I am probably going to break open Wyatt's piggy bank to help pay for our mini vacation downtown Charleston in the Providence Presidential Suite. I am pretty sure we didn't get a free night for staying one night....excuse me Michael, I need to get a small loan.
- Pretty sure girls weekends are officially over.
- Need to give a shout out to everyone for their prayers, texts and calls. It was appreciated more than you know. Thanks to Nanny for spoiling Aubrey for a couple of days. Pretty sure she missed but not a whole lot - Aubrey as we are leaving Nanny's house "Why can't I sleep at Nanny's house tonight" (Me - "Because you have your own bed at your house"). Jenn W you rock! However, I hope I never have to see you at work again or call for the Providence Presidential Suite.
With everything going on with Wyatt I missed the game. So my recap will be short. Impressive victory in Blacksburg. It wasn't perfect but the defense stepped up and limited the big plays and the longest run was only 18 yards. The offense does what it does best - score points.
We still have the belt. 2nd Title Defense....Wooooo! "The bottom line is you walk down the isle and you win! Woooo!"
Our Life College Football Poll
1. Clemson (Title Belt Holder)
2. Who Cares
3. Doesn't Matter
4. Irrelevant
5. Unimportant
6. Your Team
We ran the gauntlet and emerged with our head, arms and legs still intact which I wouldn't have thought possible at the beginning of the season. Now is the challenge for this year's Clemson team - beat the teams you are supposed to beat and show no mercy.
Paraphrase of the week from The Chad: If you not going to work at practice, I've got a size 12 that will go up your backside.
Misc Thoughts
*NEVER, NEVER let you kids go to any public bathroom without shoes. I am the least germophobic person I know and I think that is disgusting. I have watched it happen at Little Gym on multiple occasions when a child needs to go to the bathroom during the session. I even watched an adult go in one time without shoes. Think People!!!
*Summerville lost to West Ashley last weekend on a field goal by a girl. Congrats to her...I was surprised there wasn't a roughing the kicker by Summerville...and more surprised the Coach McKissick didn't 1) die on the field or 2)retire immediately. This proves my theory that he will die on the sidelines and immediately be buried beneath the S on the 50 yard line and the game will continue.
*Greg from I'm Just Sayin will be sitting on the 50 yard line tonight at Memorial Stadium pulling for the JI Trojans - I have instructed him to cheer internally and to sent a picture of his attire before going. He is going into the belly of the beast and I don't want him to get hurt. Have fun tonight and Go Greenwave! Oh and as a special treat it is homecoming.
*You need to read this post from I'm Just Sayin'...it could be the funniest thing I have ever read, about 1/2 way down about the center and quarterback - I decided to copy it into this post.
From I'm Just Sayin' - Greg Horres
Did you know that McKissick never used the Shotgun formation until my good friend Danny made the team as a Center? Legend has it that one year at Sertoma after Danny got into the game, the Green Wave had 5 straight false starts by the young Center. McKissick called timeout and had young Danny come over to the sidelines for a chat. While there is no formal record of what was said that fateful night, I believe it went something like this:
Coach: “Son, what seems to be the problem out there?”
Danny (in a wavering, slightly high voice): “Coach, the QB keeps touching me”.
Coach: “Now Danny, that’s how you play the game. The QB puts his hands under the Center”.
Danny: “I know Coach… but he’s got his top hand turned the wrong way! Can’t he just stand a few yards behind me?”
Coach: “Alright, son… I guess that’s probably a good idea”.
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