pneumonia

Yikes it's been a long time since I've posted. I'll work backwards. Lars was diagnosed this afternoon with pneumonia. He's pretty spunky for a guy with pneumonia, and both Dr. Richie Cunningham and Lars' wonderful PT Alice said they heard the rattle, but it's not too extensive at this point. He's on amoxicillin 3x/day for 10 days. He's never had pneumonia before & it's a bit freaky for me because I get so dreadfully sick with pneumonia. Hopefully he didn't inherit that from me. He threw up four times this morning, so he stayed home from school. Little Richie is thinking the stomach stuff is because of the pneumonia. He's getting pedialyte via g-tube instead of pediasure now.

He's been sick off & on for a couple weeks now, little munchkin, and his gagging has radically increased. We were running his g-tube feedings at 200 ml/hr when he was awake, and now we're running between 50 & 70 when he's awake, otherwise he'll gag & throw up. Big difference. I'm really hoping the antibiotics just clear things up & we can move on. He'll be home from school again tomorrow.

I'll get around to photos later, but we had fun this past Sunday going apple...searching. We didn't get to pick them because we arrived a few minutes after they stopped selling the bag to purchase them, but we sought them out & felt the leaves & rolled down the hill (Joa with his body & Lars in his jogging stroller) & had a bunch of fun.

What have the other highlights been from the past few weeks? Hmmm... Definitely kayaking the night before and the night of the full Harvest Moon- that was totally amazing.

Well, and the major reason I haven't posted is that Andey has told me she wants a separation/divorce, and I've been having a LOT of feelings that aren't necessarily appropriate for me to post here. We are currently working with a mediator who is very skilled, and trying to work out arrangements. I am doing everything I can to make sure the kids can stay in one house (Ash Street) and have us trade off. Everyone I've ever talked to who is an adult whose parents divorced said the worst part is going from place to place and not feeling like you fully belong in either place, or that either place is really yours. Some of your stuff is one place, and other stuff isn't & the kids experience this as very stressful. Besides, it's the adults who can handle inconvenience better, and who are the cause of the inconvenience, so we should be the ones who take it on. My opinion.

We don't have any answers yet, but are in the process. It's very sad.