Thursday, October 2, 2008

Oh boys...

Well, the men in my family are having a hard time right now. On Sunday we had to take Isaac to the ER. He was sitting at church and started having really bad chest pain. They took him right back and got him a shot of morphine but still don't really know why he was having so much pain. We think maybe the mass is irritating the lung for some reason. It took them 8 hours to figure that out by the way. He is on Vicodin to help with the pain and we are waiting for his pulmonologist to get back to us.


On to the next boy. Aaron had his appointment with the eye specialist yesterday. There is nothing wrong with his eyes, but for some reason he is only using his right eye most of the time. The bad part about that is that it could lead to permanate loss of sight. We are trying to treat him by putting an eye patch on his good eye for 3 hours a day. You can imagine how well this is going so far. I pretty much have to hold him the whole time so he won't take it off. The longest he has worn it is 45 minutes. We have a week to get him to wear the patch or I will have to dialate his good eye everyday which will make it blurry in the hope that he will compensate with the bad eye.

Good thing the girls are so tough. I don't know if I could handle anymore specialist appointments.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to hear about the health issues in your family. We think of you guys and hope that everything works out for the best. What a crazy few months for your family.

Michelle Connolly said...

Hey...you guys should move to Alaska. Being outdoors, in the cold, in nature, cures EVERYTHING!
Really though, we are praying for your family. Better days are sure to come!

Michelle

Sara said...

Oh no! Your poor boys. We will definitely keep them in our prayers. By the way, Aaron is so cute. I never imagined an eye patch could look so adorable. :)

Lucia said...

Hang in there laura! We need to get together, with the kids.

matthew wilmoth said...

wow, its been such a long time since Ive seen your guys. looks like you have a beautiful family. hope all is well. matt

andyandmeg@gmail.com said...

That's no fun, I'm sorry, but it is true, Aaron looks so cute even with the eye patch. Let us know how everything turns out!

The Reed Family said...

Sorry I have been such a slacker blogger lately...slow internet makes me mad and I just give up! Anyway, I hope you guys get everything figured out soon!!! sOMething good will come at the end of these trials!! We'll be thinking of you guys!!

~Merrill ~Millennial Preschool said...

Wow, this has been a wild month for you. He looks cute. He could be a pirate for Halloween. We're sure thinking about you.
Luv, Anna

Molly Malia said...

issac and laura... hi molly moffat here from efy... member me? saw you on sarahs blog and thought that i would say hi!

Jennifer said...

Oh my. I hope you're getting along alright. I can't even imagine. Hang in there!

Turleygirl said...

Hey, I found your blog. Looking forward to reading about your cute little family.