Let’s Eat Ice Cream!
It’s been a crazy busy week! The summer just flew by and now Lauren goes back to school next week. She is super excited! Out of the 18 kids in Lauren’s 4 year old preschool class, 13 were in Lauren’s 3 year old class. She is all set with a purple outfit for the first day- purple butterfly shirt, purple skirt and fancy purple ponytail holder. I’ll make sure to post a picture!
Carmen is doing about the same. She continues to have daily diarrhea but everything the doctor tested came back negative. She had a couple of days with very little pee so we have cut down on Robinul (the medication to reduce saliva). Unfortunately, it looks like the bad seizures are starting up again. It truly is a never-ending cycle of getting things under control and then starting over when the medications no longer work.
We would greatly appreciate prayer about our night nursing situation. We are down to one night nurse, 3 nights per week. This past week, we let one go who was sleeping on her shift. Then a couple of days later, one of our very favorite nurses resigned due to her own child-care issues. Monday we have a new nurse orienting and I am just praying that she is wonderful! When we do not have a night nurse, Dave sleeps in Carmen’s room and I set my alarm to give Carmen medicine throughout the night. Dave and I are falling over tired after a couple of nights of this routine. Our insurance pays for 7 nights per week/12 hours per night nursing care through a nursing agency but the problem is finding good nurses and keeping them.
Last night we went to Jimmie Cone and got ice cream. Here are a few pictures.
Lana and Lauren eating ice cream.
Dave and Lauren eating ice cream.
Carmen at Jimmie Cone.
Hi, I love all the pictures you post. I will be praying for you to get good nurses and for Carman to be comfortable. God bless. In Christ, Joe