Good and Bad.

[altarflame]

The Good in the form of many great pictures of my awesome kids.


Aaron has mastered climbing the tree in our front yard.


I think this is no small feat. I can't get up into that tree :x


Neither can Ananda :/


Isaac has so much character :D




Isn't it awesome that there are palm trees just their size?


They filled that cup with dirt.
















The Bad is about my mom.
I don't really understand what's going on with her. Her neck and shoulders started hurting very badly again yesterday. They did a CT scan that showed nothing of note. Today the whole painful area is very swollen and they ordered an MRI. They're going to do another spinal tap too, as well as, of all things, an HIV test.
Todd called me to say he's very worried and getting scared. He said the docs say now she's acting as if it is bacterial instead of viral now, and he said that she's no longer talking and acting as she normally would, but kind of tired and incoherent - which I noticed on the phone earlier. She's also having elevated white blood cells "sometimes" and has a potassium deficiency.
*big sigh*

Everything I read suggests that when adults get menengitis, which is usually a childhood disease, it's usually due to an underlying problem with the immune system - like cancer, or HIV. It scares the crap out of me. And I am absolutely losing my mind about not being there. Grant is supposed to be at Verifone tomorrow and has REALLY pushed it to the limit with them, and he's scheduled to be at the bank all day long Friday, and is on thin ice with them,too. And we desperately need the money from both. And menengitis is contagious and scary for kids.

I'm so tired, in every single way. I'm going to be trying hard to keep busy and do good things with the kids tomorrow, because if I stop and think I'll go crazy and if I just stop to rest, I'll fall asleep.

Comments

[julierocket.livejournal.com]

oh holy shit! a photo in which they are ALL looking at the camera!

all of those pictures are hilarious and awesome.

re: your mom... fingers crossed over here, for her and for you hanging in there not being able to be with her.

♥

[the-leh.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear about your mother. Sending you our thoughts and prayers.

The photos of your kids are really cute :)

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Not at all. I was playing peekaboo with Elise and they all looked. If I was pulling out all the stops in photoshop, Jake's face and Isaac's hand would be clean, and Ananda's whole head would be showing.

Also, thanks.

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

And Aaron's whole head. And Jake would be smiling. ;)

[lizziebennet.livejournal.com]

Those are great pics. Praying for your mom... I hope everything turns out well.

[medland.livejournal.com]

Praying hard for your mum.
You have such beautiful children.

[eiretamicha.livejournal.com]

Praying for your mom, and for you. I hope she gets better very soon!

I love the last picture! :)

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Prayers...

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

Sending prayers up for your mom (and you). And one again your children are adorable...what is the gap between Aaron and Isaac vs Isaac and Jake?

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Aaron and Isaac have the biggest gap between them of any of my kids - they are 2 years and 8 months apart/32 months apart. Isaac and Jake are 20 months apart.

I could be wrong but I feel as though this will spark more curiosity, so I'll just say...

Ananda and Aaron are 13 months apart
Aaron and Isaac are 32 months apart
Isaac and Jake are 20 months apart
Jake and Elise are 18 months apart

Jake and Elise feel like I have a pair of babies for the first time in a long time, even though Isaac and Jake were both nursing and in diapers together...Isaac was just so verbal, and in his own bed, and stuff like that when Jake came along, and the two of them didn't bond until recently. I haven't felt like I do now about the way my two youngest are since I had Ananda and Aaron.

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

Thanks for filling me in :)

I have been following you since Jake was born so I knew the gap for J&E and the space between A&A stuck in my head since the first time I heard it, but the other two I wasn't sure on. I do remember you talking about how you missed the pair aspect when Jake was born, but even if Aaron and Isaac were 20 months apart that would have felt like a big gap after A&A, so I wasn't sure.

[emchelle.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry that your mom is still sick. I will be praying for her and your family.

On a side note:

That last photo of Elise smiling may, in fact, have caused my ovaries to burst. She is just. too. cute. :-D

[florassecret.livejournal.com]

1st off I hope your mom is ok
and 2nd off how do you crochet longies? I basically can crochet hats.

[failstoexist.livejournal.com]

I hope your mom gets well soon. I'm sure it's terribly hard not to be there...perhaps you can find a way to get away for a few days and go see her, if there are people close by to babysit the kids while Grant works. perhaps some PATH friends can let Annie & Aaron come learn with their kids for a day while someone else watches the little boys...I'd say bring Elise but you wouldn't want to expose her to meningitis. :(

those pictures are absolutely adorable! especially the last one with them all looking...quite an achievement with 5 of them!