“Without a noise, without my pride, I reach out from the inside…”

Posted Oct 15, 2009 8:50pm
So, it’s mid-October… and it’s SNOWING!! I can’t believe it! I’m not ready for this!

Poor Princess Sarai has had a couple rough days with doctor’s appointments. On Tuesday, she had a couple shots. (She’s on a spread out schedule, so she goes each month gets 2 shots at a time, 3 at the MOST.) She had a couple shots last month and didn’t have a hard time, so I didn’t think much of this appointment. When we got into the office, there was a little girl across the hall from us, probably about 2 years old. She was crying, saying over and over, “Mom… mom… mom.” Then the doctor walks into the room and closes the door behind him and the girl starts shouting, “No.. no,… NO! NO! NO!” It was heartbreaking! I don’t know how I’ll handle this when Sarai is talking and can protest like that.

Actually getting the shots wasn’t too bad, but a few hours later she woke up from a nap SCREAMING. She didn’t have a fever or anything, and the injection site wasn’t red or swollen. We tried to make donuts together, no dice. That never happens! But after some Tylenol, she was much better and slept well that night. We’ll know to give the Tylenol before the appointment next month.

THEN, on Wednesday she had an ophthalmology appointment. This appointment was nasty! They stuck this medieval torture device in Sarai’s eye to hold it wide open. Then they have me put her on my lap so I can restrain her arms and body while she kicks and screams. Aye, my heart was aching! They were checking her for retinopathy of prematurity – where the retinal blood vessels are disorganized. In most cases this can fix itself, and in extreme cases can lead to blindness. The doctor said her vessels are all formed and totally fine! We’ll just have to follow up in a year because she’s at risk for nearsightedness. No problem!

Sarai hasn’t been weighed in a few weeks, but I’m sure she’s well over 8 lbs. now. We borrowed a carseat insert from Beth that we’ve been using since she came home from the hospital, it gave her a lot of extra support, and she’s finally outgrown that and now uses the regular insert for newborns. I think she’s more comfortable in her seat.

Last night Sarai only woke up ONCE to eat! We both basically slept from 10-8am! But for some reason, the extra sleep only makes me sleepier today. We had a nice nap this afternoon too. What will I do with all this sleep?!

Adam is home tonight. It’s so nice when he’s here. And he’s SO good! He works all the time, comes home, sleeps for 3, 4 hours at the most, then wakes up to give me a “break”! What a doll he is! I try to get him to sleep more, but he just won’t. He’s bouncing Sarai right now trying to get her to sleep. I’m so lucky to have my little family!

We had a play-date with all the Loftus kids this morning! Kate’s got 3 kids under 3, is looking fabulous and doing a wonderful job! She’s like super-mom!

Has anyone else tried to pumpkin latte from Dunkin Donuts? It’s fabulous!