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Sam is home and feeling much better today. He is on antibotics for another week. No recess or gym in school. Then another xray @the end of the week. As long as his fever stays below 101 we will hopefully stay out of the doctors for the next few days. Which my wallet really needs! Thanks for the prayers- I'll keep you posted.

Sam

This is turning into my medical alert blog. Sam got sick Monday night. He went to dr. Tuesday thought it was just viral. Temp went to 103.8 Tues. afternoon. Back in on Wednesday- white count 22000( 2-12000 normal) xray showed pneumonia. Got iv fluids & antiobotics@ office. Got worse that night so was admitted to Childrens. Not much better today - probably staying tonight as well. He doesn't have a cough so the pneumonia isn't breaking up. Pray my baby gets better soon. I will try to keep you updated. Jamie is in Canada so it's diffcult to get time @ home to post.

Another Eli update

Of course nothing is simple @ the Johnson house. Eli was still not feeling well. Monday & Tuesday he was still spending his days on the couch. Wednesday(9 days post-op) the surgeon sent us for another xray & worked us in for a visit. We compared that film w/ the one from last Sunday. In a foggy mess of a belly was our answer-Eli was F.O.S.( full of stool). To such an extent his spine was curved from the pressure. So back to the ER we went. After an extremely long couple of hours & an enema the problem was solved. This was highly invasive & violating for the poor child. That evening Eli was TOTALLY back to normal. After 2 weeks of being sick I forgot how hyper my child is!!! Very Thankful all is finally well. Sorry everybodys been sick. Hope you all get well soon . Thanks for your prayers.

Eli Update

Just a quick update on Eli. He got sick Thursday night. I thought it was the same stomach virus Sam and I had so I didn't worry too much. By Saturday night Jamie had to carry him to bed because his cramps were so bad. He looked @ me with tears & said PLEASE make this go away. So I called the doctor Sunday morning & took him in. She said this is not good, go to the ER. So off we went- after 7 hours (and some much needed IV fluids & morphine) we were admitted for an appedctomy Monday morning. The surgery went well- minor reaction to the anthesia. We were released that night. He is still in pain today but moving around better - thanks to pain pills. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Hope everyone is doing well.

ONLY FOR THE BRAVE

No matter how many times we tell him not to play with his food.............

Christmas

After Sammy got his DS he zoned out for the nite.

When buying sleepers ( with feet) for my 10 year old I was seeing A Christmas Story moment when Ralphie had to put on the pink bunny suit. Of course our kiddos LOVED them!

Ella w/ Grandmother Giles.

Sam insisted on getting Chief a Barbie .

Our master chef frying the turkey.


Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Camping Trip