We started the day running late for school, hopped in the car, got Owen buckled in, his oxygen and feeding pump hooked up and did the backpack/waterbottle/lunchbox check. Started the car and nothing. Tried again. Nothing. Darn battery.
Carson just happened to be home this morning getting ready to chaperone Kamryn's class fieldtrip. Whew. Carson jumped
The jump didn't last and my battery died another slow death. My dad came to my rescue and we went to walmart to find out my battery was under warranty by a month. Saved myself $70!
Not so fast. My battery cable was corroded so I had to get my car to the dealership for another cable. The guy said 'thetotalis$400dollarssignhere". Whoa, whoa what? To which he replied "thecableisonly$20butthelaborand80000milecheckupwillbeincludedintheprice". Again, dad to the rescue. He got it down to $94 for an overall service, new cable and they were fixing the front grill that fell off when the hood slammed shut on my dad's head. Sorry dad. For those of you that don't know my dad, he's a sales manager for a car dealership, he knows every trick in the book.
Back home, our internet stopped working. I called Cox to which they replied "our systems are down here, but we can have a tech out in the next week "ohandthereisa$50chargetosendatechout". Um, no thanks. Turns out it was an outage in the area and internet started working a few hours later on it's own.
Did I mention Owen yanked out his NG tube when we went back to the dealership to pick up the car? It was on accident and he was devestated. When I put it back in I think I missed his stomach and it went into his lungs because he turned blue... really blue. Then I pulled it out and blood came with it. Awesome, does this day get any better?
YES IT DOES. Because at the end of the day, I get to relax at home with these two and what could be better than that?
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Ouch! My minivan (The Zoo-Mobile) is in the shop right now, to the tune of nearly $300, but I hear ya, at the end of the day, when we snuggle with the kiddos, it all melts away.
I'm so thankful your dad was available to help you today, what a Godsend! Yay Dad!!
Whew! Sounds like a day!! At least you get to start all over tomorrow. :)
I hate days like that, but looking at the picture at the bottom, sure makes it all worth it!!
Oh man Andrea! I have had the NG placed wrong once too- scared the crap out of me, but I never did it again!
It was SO good talking to you yesterday, I hope I was helpful. Honestly call me if you need to know anything else!
My goodness a day. Pretty lame. I agree with your last statement about the kids...the other day when we got rear-ended it was a horrible day all the way around. Jon pitched a tent for the kids in the living room that night & they were skipping around it saying it was the best day of their lives. It is great they are so uneffected by the crap we deal with & always have a smile! Oh, to be a kid again!
By the way the NG tube drove me INSANE & Josh only had his for 5 months...I don't know how you do it! You are amazing!
Andrea,
I can't imagine what it is like to walk in your shoes every day. But you are right--at the end of the day, everything that matters is right there waiting for you. I hope that tomorrow will be a nice, regular day.
Oh wow. What a day. I hope that you got in a bubble bath, some candlelight, and some good laughs about the absurdity of it all!
I love Owen's shirt, it's so cute!
Sorry to hear it was one of "those" days... but glad to hear things worked out ok for you!
I have put Ky's ng tube down the wrong way.. more than once! Good news is... she lived to tell the story and is no worse for the wear!
Thank goodness for Dad's coming to the rescue! You are lucky to have that connection - I hate dealing with dealerships! And you would think Cox would be able to tell you that it was just an outage in the area.
But, don't you just love having kids? They can seriously turn any bad day into a happy one - we are so lucky to be moms!!
OH sorry, I hate those days. Glad things got fixed for cheaper than you thought. I missed Kylie's stomach once, NG came crawling out her mouth. OOOPS, Oh it was misserable. You really should have your nursing degree by now. Glad the day ended well!
sorry to hear you had such a rough day but the good news is tomorrow is a new day right so it must get better. and your right your kids are beautiful!! just look at them and you'll smile!
i have not had a chance to hop on here and see how this lil toot is doing. i am so glad that your car got fixed and everyone saved some money in the process. i am so happy to read that ya'll have an appt in Cali. have a safe trip there and i hope that you guys gets ANSWERS. i am sad to hear that TX Childrens isn't probalby an option! i hope today gets better. go owen!
Don't you hate how they try to take advantage of women at the car dealership when we're by ourselves..thank goodness you had your dad there!
The pic of the two of them is just adorable...hope your days ends better than it started and you all have a wonderful weekend!
So sorry you had 'one of those days'! They just stink! Owen is such cutie...I would just love to pick him up and hug and squeeze on him every time I see another picture you've posted. I definitely loved the last picture of your two kiddos together--those smiles are priceless!
I am praying for Owen daily! Thanks for sharing your family story with us in blog land.
Andrea, I love your posts! They are a reflection of my life, my chaos, and my happiness. Who would have thought that we could always find joy in all of our craziness? I'll admit that some days are really hard, but always worth it.
Just a sad note....probably not what you wanted to here...but, the plasmapheresis was unsuccessful on Beckham. I am really bummed about his because I really hoped that it would work, especially since it was such a pain and super hard on Beckham. I hope that if Owen has it he has better results!
-Kim
I'm sorry your day was so full of drama!
Hey!! Just wanted to say THANKS for all of your WONDERFUL, supportive, awesome comments you are so faithful to leave on my blog!! I am blessed to keep up with Owen through your comments and had to come back over and see him again. He is a DOLL BABY!!! Sounds like you have made a decision about where to go to wait for his new heart?
Much love,
MckMama;)
Just found your blog and wanted to tell you that I am praying for your beautiful son.
I was hoping you could answer my question, why doesn't he have a G-tube instead of the NG tube for feeds? Seems it would be more comfortable for him rather than always having the tube in his nose.
I have been visiting your blog from another blog.
Your children are beautiful.
You have a beautiful daughter who is seriously creative and talented, and you have a beautiful son who is so filled with big smiles in all the cute, precious photos of him.
I can relate to your PCOS, secondary infertility because I went through the same as you, and it was like reading my story...except the age gap is 13 and 15 yrs between my oldest and the 2 youngest!
I was also 20 when I had my first.
I also am familiar with what you are going through with your precious "Mr. Owen." That's adorable and a perfectly fitting name for him by the way!
I will be thinking of you, your family, and your precious cutie "Mr. Owen."
His smiles are so bright and beautiful! The sun shines all around him.
Thanks for sharing him and your family journey.
Just wanted to stop by and let you know I was thinking of ya'll today! Haven't seen a new post so I wanted to check on you!!!
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