Another bug.

There's a bug going around in our household! Caleb and I caught a cold...we had to take him in to the ER on Friday because he had a fever that was just not breaking and lots of secretions. They did blood work, tested his secretions, put an IV in, gave him some fluids and antibiotics. He did have a bacterial infection so they gave us antibiotics to put him on. They wanted to admit him and keep him overnight...mainly to keep an eye on him probably because of the last time he was admitted. But we convinced them that we would take good care of him at home and that he would be much better in his own room. The ER doctor was totally fine with letting us take him home but it was Caleb's pediatrician that needed some convincing. Well, we were discharged from the ER and Caleb has been getting better at home. He no longer has fever but is still on 1/2 liter of oxygen. He never needs to be on oxygen. Even when he gets sick, if anything he is only on it for a day. The reason why we had to put him on oxygen was because his heart rate was high and we are slowly weaning him down. I'm praying that by tomorrow he will be completely off...and quite hopeful that it will happen.
I've been sick too which has been a real drag since it prevented me from taking care of Caleb. But we have wonderful parents who have been helping us out this whole weekend so I could rest! I had myself checked out at the ER while we were there too. The nurse asked for my symptoms...I told her, and then she asked if I had fever also. I said, "no" and then she took my temperature and I did. I sure didn't feel like I did though. She kind of laughed at me.
I'm feeling much better now...not completely 100% but good enough. My cold started on Tuesday and was bad by Thursday. My head felt like it was going to explode!...and what perfect timing! My final for summer school was that day and I still needed to do much studying! Well, that didn't go so well...and my grade sure proved that. I was pretty depressed but I think it will be okay.
I got a wonderful surprise on Thursday when I came home from my depressing day! Caleb was "walking" around the house in his walker. (That sure put a smile on my face and totally flipped my day around) Patrick had him out in the living room in his walker and was helping him move his legs in a walking motion to move all around. That was different. I can't wait till the day I see him doing that all on his own in that walker...and then on his own without the walker! He was quite happy to surprise me and proud of himself. He wanted to do it again for Brandon when he came home from work...so he did.
Caleb has also been doing very well with his vital stim therapy. He was HEARD swallowing by Patrick, the vital stim therapist, and his speech therapist. His vital stim therapist says he's making a lot of progress quickly and was pleased with his last visit...he swallowed 3 times! Thank you all for your prayers...please continue to pray for him on that.
Caleb's EEG is scheduled for this Thursday at 10am. Please pray that he will be 100% well by then and that his EEG will show that he is not having any seizure activity! If we have to reschedule this again we probably won't be able to get an appointment till next month and it's been so long already!
We have plans to go camping this weekend too. We aren't taking Caleb because there is no electricity and we'd have to bring a generator and run it through the night...causing no one else to get rest. But we are planning to have him brought down to where we will be for the day on Saturday. He needs to be 100% for us to leave him though. So please pray that the Lord will heal him...NOW.
I've been having some difficulty lately with the way I have been feeling (emotionally). I can't explain how I feel but I know why I am feeling this way...I haven't been going to all of his therapy sessions because I don't want Micaiah to have to be at Caleb's appointments all day every day and have been doing more things with just Micaiah while the nurse is here during the day. I've always felt so bad doing things with Micaiah and leaving Caleb behind but I can't let Micaiah suffer either. A friend had told me that if Caleb's accident hadn't occurred he would be in school...so it would be the same thing! (Which I hadn't realized.) Plus Caleb gets to have fun with Patrick all the time...going swimming and doing all kinds of stuff. It's not like he's in bed...and we take him on fun events too. I don't know...I'm trying to get over these feelings and have been praying about it. I know God knows that I love and appreciate both of my boys and want to do whats best for the both of them but I just feel torn.
We just started Micaiah in swimming lessons today. He loves the water and loves to go surfing already. Brandon just took him surfing again this past Friday morning and Micaiah had so much fun! Everytime we drive by the ocean he always says he wants to go surfing and always says he wants to go to the beach. So, it's time he learns how to swim. The instructor comes to our house which makes life a lot easier! It's called ISR swim school and is quite popular now. After seeing how this works for Micaiah, I will probably put a link up for it.
Now my mom is feeling sick and Brandon called me from work today saying he felt like he was coming down with the bug too. Brandon's mom also felt a little ill. Please pray for us all that we will all be better! Micaiah hasn't caught it and I'm praying that he won't in the days to come either!
Please pray for us all...especially Caleb! Poor little guy. I always feel so bad for him when he's sick. He's already going through so much and is such a trooper about it all...and yet he has to endure this too! What a soldier! I want to have a heart like his when I grow up :)

P.S. I still don't have the pictures from Maui yet but promise to post some as soon as I get them!