Wednesday & Thursday

Wow, these last 2 days have just gone way to quickly. Valentine's Day started out with Maddie not wanting to go to school because of the problems with her eyes and also because her stomach hurt. We caved and let her stay home. She spent the day in her bedroom without TV, video games, or computer. She actually did better than I thought she would. I went over to Algona for a doctor appointment and then ran to K-Mart to pick up a few things. When I got back home both boys were ready for naps so that gave me about 2 hours to get some typing done for the elderly man that I type for. When Adam got home from the bodyshop we grilled steaks and had mixed veggies with them for supper. When we finished eating the elderly man called and told me not to type what he had given me because he had changed his mind and was going to re-do the letter. WONDERFUL! After we got done with supper we gave Carter and Kinnick a bath. Carter said his tummy hurt and wanted to take his "ralph bucket" to the bath with him. We called the bowl he puked in last week his ralph bucket. As they were taking their bath I was talking to Adam who was hanging up shelves in Maddie's bedroom right across the hall from the bathroom. I turned around to find Carter standing up and peeing in the ralph bucket. Talk about trying to keep a straight face. It was hard to do. When it was time to get Maddie off to bed it was not fun! She was very difficult and did not want to go to bed. She said that her eyes were bothering her when she shut them. After about 2 hours of going back and forth with her she finally went to sleep. But she was up several times during the night having the vision problem and came into our room just screaming and terrified. This morning Maddie did not want to go to school again. We put our foot down and told her she had to go. She was not happy about it but she went. I emailed her teacher at lunchtime to see how Maddie was doing and she told me that Maddie was having a good day. That made me feel better. We also talked to the principal and she said that when she saw Maddie at mass this morning that she seemed happy and okay also. After school Maddie went to the YMCA and hung out until her game at 4:45. She played but Adam did say that she kept telling him that her eyes were bothering her some. When they got home we had supper and then Maddie did her homework. She seemed okay, not in the best mood, but not terrible either. When it was time for bed tonight she was awful again. We put her to bed at 8 and I think it was 10 before she went to sleep. She sees her therapist in Algona tomorrow after school so hopefully we can get some ideas on what to do to help her until we get to see the doctor in Mason City. I will keep you updated on what happens next. Oh, one more thing, to top it all off, Kinnick has the diarreha part of the flu now. FUN!