LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

It all started last Saturday morning when E awakened not feeling too well with a sore throat and fever. He quietly lay around the house that day not really eating, not wanting to do much of anything. We had his birthday dinner planned for that evening with several of his friends that I needed to postpone for the next Saturday. E felt a bit better on Sunday and on Monday I let him go to school as he hadn't had a fever for 24 hours....( I follow the 24 hour rule). By Tuesday morning the poor boy was so sick, feverish, achy ( is that spelled correctly), and feeling just plain crummy. From that Tuesday morning until yesterday morning, he had a temperature usually above 101 and had even spiked to 104.6 at one point. I felt so bad for him. The doctors thought he was brewing a sinus infection on Tuesday, little did they know...when I called again a day or two later, I was told..."well, it could be the flu."
Poor E was the only person in our house that did not receive the flu shot this year. At the time we had taken the kids for their appt, he had a fever and they wouldn't give it to him. The next time,,,,we were told they had run out! What? Who is running out of the flu shot this year???
ON Friday I got a call from the pediatrician's office saying that they received more flu shots in and would we like to bring E in???? I laughed sarcastically and gently told the (incompetent) flu shot orderers, that it would do little good now as he is strickened with what we believe to be the FLU!
His 2nd birthday dinner has been postponed again until next Saturday provided everyone is healthy. I've notified the parents again and this time we are all keeping our fingers crossed that we can eventually celebrate E's double digit birthday with his friends next week.

ON another note, I spent my first week home from work ( going stir crazy). ON Tuesday afternoon when Big B went to pick up E's prescription at the pharmacy we so luckily found out that our health insurance had been dropped! WHAT! As of January 6th, someone dropped us...The employment agency that I was working through informed me that it was United Healthcare's fault and of course UH informed us that it was the agency's fault. On that day, Big B had fasted all day and was about to begin the "so looked forward to" prep for his test that was scheduled the following day. Needless to say I was livid. The test had to be cancelled until the mess was cleared up...I spent a sleepless night wondering and praying that nothing huge would happen to anyone in my family while we were "insurance less."
I have been told that it was a big mix up...still don't know whose fault it was and I do not really care as long as we are all covered.

I was offered a part-time position to go back to the company with which I had just resigned... They want to know what hours I would like to work and when I can start....(UGH) about that one. Not sure that I want to do this....I've only been home for one week and I still haven't had a chance to work on http://katieeliselambert.org/ (The Katie Elise Lambert Foundation). However, it does make me feel kind of good that I was liked and the job would like to have me back.

Big B did come home early on Friday so I could meet a friend for lunch with S. My friend, A, is excitedly preparing for her family's journey to China to meet her youngest daughter. Her daughter is about 16 months old, incredibly cute and is waiting for her forever family to come take her home. They will be travelling in about 3 weeks and if okay with my friend, I will post updates as they make their journey of a lifetime half way around the world.

The pictures are from the one day that E felt good enough to eat his cake (the big cake that we had ordered and still had to buy even though his party was posponed).









Until the next time,
J