A family day

Since Kimberly has been so sick and unable to do much this summer, we decided to take a trip to Diamond Lake, Crater Lake and a few waterfalls. Jason and I have never been to Diamond Lake so we stopped there first. It was a busy place and full of mosquito's! We ate lunch at the lodge and headed to Crater Lake. The last time Jason and I went there was before we had kids. The kids loved it and the whole history behind it fascinated them. We then went on and headed home stopping by a few waterfalls ~Clearwater Falls, Whitehorse Falls, Toketee Falls~. We had a nice relaxing day and Kimberly was able to participate in ALL of the activities. Besides all mosquito bites, we had a blast and hopefully will do it again soon. I am ending with a few pictures of our trip. LOVE TO ALL

Kimberly's stay in the hospital

As previously blogged, Kimberly has been really sick. She has been battling mono. We are 3 1/2 weeks since her first fever. With mono you need to let it just run its course. Well on Wednesday July 2 when we woke up she was worse than ever! She hadn't eaten in a week and a half and she had stopped basically stopped drinking. So I took her to the doctor. On the way to the doctor I noticed that she was so yellow. The doctor sent us to hospital to be admitted. After we finally got to the floor, we were in room 234, she had already received 2 bags of fluid and started perking up a little it but her urine still looked like PEPSI! So we spent to agonizing nights in the hospital. She did very well with all that was happening. Even the THREE times they had to poke her to get the IV started. She progressed greatly and we were released on the 4th of July! Thank god! Her liver numbers are still not normal so she is still yellow but that will take time. We will follow up wit Dr. Segal and have a ultrasound in a few weeks just to make sure that her spleen and liver are returning to normal size. As for her she is still limited to activity and she is still prone to infection because mono screws with your immune system. But we will be able to enjoy fireworks as a family and hope fully continue on the road to recovery! Thanks to all who prayed for her and to all who took time from their busy schedules to stop by and visit her. It means so much to all of us!

Kimberly is sooo sick....

So our summer has been pretty boring so far. The weather is getting hotter by he day and we still our confined to our house because Kimberly is so sick. She has been battling Mono now for almost 3 weeks. She has done nothing but sleep and run HIGH fevers. Now that we are in our 3rd week she has become sick to her tummy and extremely lethargic. We spent the day receiving IV fluids on Monday and she was a trooper. I just wish that she would start feeling better so she could enjoy her summer break.
Pretty much her home has been on the couch. She sleeps so much. I just wish that I could take all her pain and sickness away. Its gonna be a long, boring summer for her!