What a weekend.

Where do I even begin? Friday was nice. We (Josh, me and Emme) ran to Home Depot to get a few things for the house. (We're starting to winterize.) Then we ran to DQ to get some ice cream to eat while we carved our pumpkins. Emme was up super late but I think she had a good time. I'll try and post some pictures of pumpkin carving later today.

Saturday the girls went to LeAnn's so Josh and I could get some stuff done around the house. We changed the hardware in the kitchen, insulated the front picture window, dusted everything, blah blah blah. I also had a highlight and haircut to do so it was nice the girls were gone for that and I could just get it done without being interrupted. While the girls were at LeAnn's, she called and said that Emme was running a fever. She's an aggressive fever runner and it usually doesn't go right away with Tylenol every 4 hours (and I didn't have any Motrin). So when she got home I just snuggled her and we rocked. I'll admit that I secretly love when they get sick- I can put everything on hold and just cuddle my babies! Around 6 Matt and Amber came over and we just enjoyed some pizza and catching up. There was a Boston game on so we were watching that in the background. (Josh is obsessed with the Red Sox if you didn't know.) It's always nice to have a relaxing day at home, especially after the chaos that comes with trying to do stuff around the house. Why does it never go as planned?

When Emme woke up Sunday she still had a fever. I had tried to take her Saturday evening to the Walgreen's clinic that they have but they were closed. So the girls and I stayed home from church and I decided I'd take her as soon as they opened on Sunday (1oam). (Forgot to mention this whole time we thought she had a UTI because she was having to push to go pee, unexplained fever, saying her tummy and potty hurt for a few weeks, etc.) Right before we head up there to the clinic, I had her try and go to the bathroom. She somehow managed to trip in the bathroom and fell flat on her face this time busting her top lip and nose so good I thought her nose was broken. Poor thing! Of course she was gushing blood and Ellie was screaming because she wanted to finally eat (our newest battle is bottle refusal) and Daddy was at church on call for their IT dept. I called him and told him I needed his help and he came right home. As soon as he got home and I got Emme semi-calmed down, we headed up to the clinic. We get there and she tells me that they can't treat a UTI in a child her age. Ugh. So off to Children's Mercy Urgent Care we go. We get there and they get us right back (which is you've ever been you know it's a rarity). They give me a cup for her to try and pee in. Ok great. She just chugged a juice box on the way there so I thought it would be a breeze...Not so much. She had a total of 4 juice boxes and 1 cup of water, hadn't peed in over 4 hours and still couldn't go. We tried 3 different times, 20 minutes each time, and she couldn't go. We tried a bowl that she could pee in (looked like a toddler potty), me holding the cup, turning on water. Nothing. The doctor came in to talk and finally said they were going to have to use a cathedar to get a urine sample and then send her for a tummy x-ray. I, of course, had to leave the room. I couldn't watch my baby go through that pain! I was standing in the hallway and she was screaming, "Mommy! Help me! Mommy! Mommy!". Talk about gut wrenching. They get the sample, I come in and save the day and calm her down, and we head off for the x-ray. It just takes a quick minute and we're back in our room. Then she says she has to pee! Ok, great! We run to the bathroom (since she hasn't gone in 5 hours at this point) and she gets a drop out and starts screaming bloody murder. That was the end of that! The doctor comes back to the room after a bit and says that the problem is she's so constipated that she had nowhere else for her poo to go. He showed me the x-ray and was giggling when he was talking to me. Her whole colon was filled and she had gigantic gas bubbles. It was amazing. I couldn't believe the picture! Anyways, the reason we thought she had a UTI (which she didn't) was becuase she was so constipated and it had nowhere else to go but push on her bladder. I didn't really understand what he was saying when it came to why she was having pain while going pee but it's something about the colon and her tummy being so filled that it was causing pain when she had to go...I dunno...? He wanted to do an enema right then but I just asked if it was totally necessary at this point as she had already had a cath. He said it wasn't right this minute, I could try and give her MiraLax for 3 days and if that didn't/doesn't help, we'll go back. She had a full cap yesterday, a cup of pear nectar today, and she'll get another dose in a minute- still nothing though. When we got home (4:00) we both collapsed and then I went to dinner with some girlfriends. I was a muccchhh needed dinner!

Ellie goes back to GI today. We'll see what she weighs and possibly adjust meds accordingly. She's really been refusing the bottle (about 4 of the 6) and so we'll talk about that. Probably get a feeding specialist to come to the house or something. I'll keep you updated!

So that was our crazy busy weekend. It's kinda refreshing to be back in the swing of the week now! Maybe we'll get some rest. Haha