Carmen update: Carmen continues to have diarrhea. She is on her 6th week of antibiotics to try to get rid of C-diff but nothing is working. Tomorrow I will call Carmen’s pediatrician and Carmen may be referred to an infectious disease specialist. I bet you will all be happy when I stop updating about poop. I know I’ll be happy to stop talking about it! I’ll be REALLY happy to stop cleaning up poop! Carmen’s seizure activity has increased over the past few days. She is maxed out on Keppra and Phenobarbital and also gets Ativan four times per day. We may have to start another seizure medication if the seizures become more distressing to her.

We survived Dave being away! My face broke out like a teenager but we survived. Big thanks to everyone who took Lauren to school and brought her home. Every week I am so thankful for all of you and this week I was extra thankful!

On Monday Monica the Magnificent brought over Chick-Fil-A. Yummy! Monica also brought puzzle books for Lauren. Does she know Lauren or what!?

Thank you Monica!

Tuesday I took Lauren to school while the nurse stayed with Carmen for the morning. I then went to the gym for a nice elliptical work out. I hurried to the grocery store and got milk, bread, etc. Then, I drank the calories I had burned off at the gym with a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte! (Hey, they are going to stop making them soon, right? I have to hurry and drink them before there are no more!) My friend Lori came over with fruit for lunch, which was good considering the latte. Thanks Lori!

Wednesday a friend took Lauren to school and then to lunch. While Lauren was gone I got some stuff done around the house. One fun thing I had to deal with- crossed Verizon phone lines. Every time someone called us, the line crossed with another Verizon customer. The phone calls were being routed into both our house and the other Verizon customer’s house, at the same time. I had a three-way conversation with the Verizon customer and a friend of mine. Confusing enough for you?! It seems to be fixed now, which is good!

Thursday Dave arrived home just in the nick of time to go to Lauren’s class singing. She was sooooo excited! I ran some errands on Thursday and my neighbor, who had locked herself out of her house, came along with me!

Friday we had several friends over and then I took the girls for their flu shots. Let’s hope they work better this year than last. Last year was the first time we got flu shots and the first time we all got the flu! Well, all except Carmen who miraculously did not catch the flu from us! I can’t imagine how hard the flu would be on Carmen so we are praying she gets through the winter without colds, pneumonia or the flu. Or anything else bad!

Well, that’s our week in a nutshell. Always an adventure around here!