Health Updates

Gavin is sick with a sore throat. It started with a fever Wednesday that went up and down but didn't go away, so I took him to the pediatrician yesterday afternoon. I was thankful it was not another ear infection! Gavin has an antibiotic, which we filled last night after his fever went up to 103.3. He is very tired, listless, and just wants to be held 24/7.

Evie is scheduled to have a diagnostic angiogram (cardiac catheterization) on Monday. The good news is she will be the first case of the day. The bad news is that we'll have to take her for bloodwork sometime this weekend, at Hope/Christ Hospital. Also, the cath doctor will have to access her heart through a vein in her liver, which means she will have to stay overnight because there is a slight risk of bleeding into the abdominal cavity. Evie had this done during her last cath, in May 2009, and she was fine. She did stay for three days though, so we hope this time will be only one or two days! The results of this cath will help determine what the next steps will be.

{ Update, 9:00am: When we went to get Evie this morning, she'd had a massive diaper blowout in her bed. Then Gavin threw up all over our couch. Luckily he had only had water to drink. Looks like this will be a day we just stay home and watch Disney DVDs!}



I have a few cute pictures from last week - here are Daddy and the twins reading early in the morning:




Gavin fixing my hair:




Getting ready to go out:




Gavin and I read a story at bedtime:




Evie and Nana Cermak: