ole schnikees: 2017

Monday was still a rough day for Trevor's recovery, he only napped an hour before waking up crying, still took a half hour to be able to open his eyes upon waking, and didn't sleep great that night. after putting him to bed, I kept thinking that there was something wrong and it dawned on me that the only other times I've not been able to calm his crying is when he had ear infections. sure enough, when I went to lay with him b/c he was crying again at 630 he grabbed both ears and said they hurt. so we tried to get in to his pediatrician but they were all full, so T and I went to urgent care. he had a double ear infection!! ugh!! we got his prescription and went home to Al. T and I both napped for an hour before he woke up crying and then would sleep a little then cry over and over again until I just got him up. he again had trouble even opening his eyes due to swelling and the brightness of the day. :(

we played lots of games and such that afternoon/night but he'd every once in a while cry and say he couldn't keep his eyes open. I felt bad pumping him with so much meds, but he just didn't feel good. so he had his antibiotic for the ear infections 2x/day, rotating ibuprofen and Tylenol, and his eye drops 2x/day; his poor tummy! still didn't eat well and what little I could see of his eyes are so red and kind of filmy. :(

Wednesday morning we went to play outside at Jodi's house for a bit and T did great; we played outside and he had his sunglasses on the whole time. his eyes were a bit tired, swollen and extra sensitive when we got home so we did a quick lunch, books and nap. then after nap we walked to the park to meet Jodi and the kids to play for a bit. once home, Al made BLT's that were delicious and we played games until bed time.

Thursday was a much better day! Trevor didn't need any ibuprofen or Tylenol until bedtime!!! and he's doing much better getting his drops in! it rained most of the day so we played lots of games in the morning, then Al and T went to menards while I finished up my sewing for quilting next weekend. then it was lunch and nap in which T didn't fall asleep until 230 which is much more normal for him! during nap time I ran to aldi; it's weird going grocery shopping with Trevor! :) after nap, we played inside for a bit and then went to hangar 54 for supper with the neighb's. our food took an hour to come out and T's eyes were about done. :( so we came home, did drops and meds, and then Jodi and I went to the mall for a bit. Thursday was Trevor's "best friend" Easton's last day at Jodi's house for daycare. :( and T's other friend, Luke's last day at Jodi's before he's gone at school most days. it's gonna be weird over there with much less kids!

Friday morning T woke right up and went out into the sunny living room right away! his eyes looked much less swollen and we can start to see white in his eyes again! the sun did get to his eyes eventually but then we just went into the dining room to play and eat. after while, Thaeden came over to play for a little bit while his mom went to a doctor's appt and then cam and chloe came over to play about 1030 so Jodi could go to the start of volleyball season. Thaeden was only here a little over an hour and matt picked up cam and chloe about 1. Friday night and Saturday trevor and I just hung out around our house, played outside, played games, etc. then once Jodi was done with volleyball, we went over to have supper and relax with her, cam and chloe.

sunday T and I drove up to mom's house for softball. it was our last night of summer ball so we had lots of the kids and spouses and grandparents there, and had a grill out/potluck afterwards. it was super hot and humid, and we lost (we ended up getting 3rd place after being towards the bottom at the beginning of the season) but the grillout was fun!

Monday morning Trevor and I went to the big park in woodbury to play and auntie Jodi, luke and Henrik came and played with us there. I ended up fainting at the park from my bad stomach ache so Jodi watched all 3 boys while I dealt with that and then they came back to mom's house with us until mom got there just before lunch. I eventually felt better so we packed up and drove home about 2, before the rain came. we took a short nap once home and then did nothing all night.

Tuesday was Al's Friday and he worked 9a-530p. cam and chloe came over about 645a and graham came over about 8 for me to watch all day while Jodi was at volleyball. it was pretty easy with all of them! we ate, played playdoh, went outside, had lunch then nap for graham and T.

Trevor's eyes are looking SO much better! they're mostly white with some yellow and a tiny bit of red left, and he seems to have no issues with them any more!!