Kyler's first hospital stay

Kyler had his tonsils out last night. This is the first time either Zach or Kyler have been hospitalized for anything. Kyler sure did it right. We went to the dr.'s office just because he had been fighting a fever for 5 days and he wasn't getting better and the doctor saw some sort of abcess on the right side of his throat behind his tonsil so she order a CT scan of his neck and throat. Well my poor little trooper (because he was a brave little boy) let them put an IV in his arm shoot contrast into his blood stream and then they took images of his neck. He was obviously scared but he did so well it went pretty fast. Once they had the images they needed we had to go back to the dr.'s office and they decided that they needed to admit him to the hospital for dehydration (did I mention that he hadn't eaten or drank anything for 4 days) and they were going to have the on call ear, nose and throat dr. take a look at him and he said that instead of feeding him antibiotics to see if the absess went down he wanted to go in and relieve the pressure and drain it. Then he came back a few minutes later and said were going to remove the tonsils as well. I was a little stunned and shocked, but he was so sick that I just wanted him to start feeling better. Anyway they did the surgery and he came through it really well and we are now home and he is recovering. We had a really eventful night. I am just so proud of my little boy for being so brave and such a little trooper, he could have made things so much more difficult. I love him so much. Here are some pictures of him after surgery in his hospital room. I am so happy that I have the opportunity to raise such an amazing little boy.

California 2008

Disneyland

Tad got here on the 8th of June and we spent 3 great weeks together, but our big trip was to Disneyland. It was actually a lot of fun, if you can believe that. We definetly needed more than 2 days in the park, but it was great. The first day was crazy busy at the park, we found out that there were about 90,000 people there that day. The lines were long, but the kids were mesmerized by all there was to see. Kyler was just tall enough to go on the all the rides, so he braved Splash mountain, Space mountain and some other roller coasters. The poor kid had no expression on his face the entire time he was on the ride, whether it be happy or sad. By the end of the day they were so tired we were sitting at dinner and both of them collapsed on the table before the food even arrived. It was cute and just a little sad. The second day we discovered how to use the fast pass. If you are going or have gone you understand what this is and take full advantage. It made waiting in line bearable (on the major rides). It was really slick and got us to the front of the line on a lot of rides. It was great. We also learned that we needed to give the kids a break halfway through the day or they were grumps by the end of the day, so we went back to our hotel and they took a nap. We had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of the trip...