Our Trip in a ....

AMBULANCE.

Yesterday we took Bradley into Urgent Care because he wasn't feeling well and knew the next day we where leaving for Cali and wanted to make sure he had some medicine to help him out. He had been running a fever off and on for about 4 days and he had been coughing for about a week. When we finally got into urgent care the nurse started yelling for the Dr. once the Dr came in she started yelling for someone to call 911 and get an ambulance. Apparently Bradley wasn't breathing like he should be and in came paramedics and a stretcher. I had Bradley there by myself because we thought he just had an earache and since we only have one car I was calling Bryan to keep him informed and trying to find him a ride to pick up the car. Well needless to say, Michelle came and saved the day. She went and picked up Bryan from the house and took him to urgent care to pick up our car so he was able to take meet us at Cook's Children's Hospital. While at Cook's they X-ray'd his stomach, lungs and throat because about a week and half ago he swallowed a penny. The penny was gone, but we did find out that he has two ear infections and RSV. Basically RSV was explained to me as the worst cold you could ever had. We were given and inhaler, a prescription to help with his lungs, and told to alternate Tylenol and Motrin every three hours. Cook's didn't find anything wrong with the oxygen he was getting and they said that the abuterol he got at urgent care probably took care of that. The Med-Star people were amazing. Bradley was pretty out of it, but the paramedics were really nice and explained everything. They worked really hard to help Bradley. We got home about 1 a.m. and are now in California. The plane trip went as expected and was fine.



Thanks again Michelle, you will never know how much we appreciate what you did for us.

Thanks Holly

Just wanted to give a shout out to Holly for being SUPER MOM! She is always willing to help, gives great kid advice and is goes above and beyond what is expected of her. Thanks again.

Grease

This is super cute.

http://members.shaw.ca/anabw/grease.htm

Cell Phone Rant #2 and Schools Out!!

So we drove 30 min to the Sprint store last night that has the repair center and as soon as I said what happened the gal said there was nothing we could do. She did offer to show us new phones, which the cheapest was $170 because I am only one year into my 2 year contract. I did ask what the cancellation fee was and she said $200 so I thought (out loud) that I might as well cancel and go to a different service for an extra $30 and just get a new phone for free considering the $170 phone is the very basic you can buy and the phones that people are giving away with the rebates right now are way better than the $170 one from sprint. The gal did tell us of a place we could get refurbished cell phones for a really good deal but we decided just to wait. My mom is sending me her old cell phone so I will have something to get by, but my cell is kind of working. It is touch screen, and the touch screen isn't working, so I can't check messages, or text or anything, but it will make calls if I know the number.

Today I took both my finals, so SCHOOL IS OUT until Jan. 24th. I have a couple weeks here to get things done before we go on vacation and it is nice to not have school work for a little bit. Now it is just time to study for my next big test.

Cell Phone Rant

Cell phones seem to be a necessary evil these days to me. I think they have taken some privacy out of your life. People can get a hold of you anytime. With that said, Bradley threw mine in the toilet today and I feel completely lost. I have a lot of important information in there and now the darn thing won't even turn on. I still had a year left on my contract so getting a new phone will be expensive and a huge pain in the butt. It is so frustrating to think that I have become dependent on a little piece of technology. Ok, so I am done ranting. Have a good day :)

Bryan got a ...

PROMOTION. Bryan found out a couple of nights ago that as of Jan 1st he will be a manager at his work and have a team of guys underneath him. If I understand it correctly he will be over the consultants in the Midwest. He is so excited and Bradley and I are so proud of him. Bryan works really hard and does a great job. He is great at his job, a good leader and always positive about his job and how things are going. I know we are lucky that with this economy he even has a job and now is getting promoted.

Back in Texas

Bryan and I decided it would be best to end our trip in Georgia early. We had such a good time and Bradley had so much fun playing with little Bryan and staying in the hotel. He keeps asking for little Bryan and the hotel. Bryan had to stay and worked so Bradley and I drove home. It makes me laugh to think that I have no problems making a 12 hour drive with a toddler but the thought of a 3 hour flight makes me want to vomit. I made the whole drive in one day and Bradley did great, I only had to stop 3 times and that was to get gas each time and food. I didn't take any pictures and I wish I would have, our car looked so funny all packed up and then Bradley just sat there and danced to the music. I do not know what I would do without satellite radio. Our Sirius has a Broadway station, so for the whole trip we listened to show tunes. It was so much fun.