Barfing and Hospitals (who needs 'em!)

What a month!  The night of the twins' birthday Joshua threw up.  We thought it was the cake and excitement, but the next day he was still throwing up and his diapers were, well, sick.  Joseph started in on it 2 days later, and for the next 2 weeks, I was cleaning up a lot of barf, and changing "sick" diapers, and I learned to never, ever, leave a diaper off a sick baby for even the tiniest of moments.  Very gross. Thankfully, Isaac was the only other one to get it, and it lasted only 2 days for him.  Joseph ended up being dehydrated enough that he was admitted to the hospital for IV fluids, only they couldn't get the IV in and we just gave him 1 tsp of pedialyte every ten minutes.  All day and night.  At the hospital.  With no nurses showing up except to take vitals every 4 hours.  Not sure why we had to be at the hospital for that one!  Anyway, a week after they stopped ralphing all over they had their 1 year well baby appointment where the doctor decided it was time to further investigate the sore on Joshua's bum that has been there for at least 9 months, maybe 10.  2 days later they did an ultrasound on it and 4 hours later Isaac was in the car headed for Denver Children's Hospital with Joshua so they could do an emergency surgery on his little hiney. He had a fistula that had abscessed ( it was an infection that went directly from his rectum out to his skin).  Anyway, the fix is to cut it all open and let it heal itself.  Without stitches.  It's almost healed and I am excited for him to have pain free diaper changes for the first time since he can remember.  I wonder if that's why he's been so fussy.  With all that going on, it is time for the end of school year activities, programs, projects, field trips, etc. and Lucas is getting tested and signed up for kindergarten in the fall.  I'm not sure which way is up or down or sideways right now, but at least we all seem to be fairly healthy again which I don't actually want to say too loud for fear of the germs hearing me and showing up again!  I'm pretty sure we'll all survive though.  If it doesn't kill you it only makes you stronger.  I think.