Good news
Last night I could not sleep. Was waiting for a phone call or a text message from my sister. Around midnight I texed her to ask if she had any news about our dad. She said that in an hour the doctors will take him in to do some tests, and they would know the results in an hour to see what was causing all this bleeding. I ended up staying on the internet so that the time would go by faster. Around 1:30 I went to bed but still could not fall asleep. After about an hour or so I fell asleep and in a few minutes my sister called me, and said that dad will be ok. That somewhere in the stomach there is a scar that was causing the bleeding, not sure where the scar came from. It could have been from having the stomach bug, diarrhea, lifting heavy stuff, or aspirin (he was taking it daily). My mom was at the hospital at the time, and when the doctor came out he told my mom “Thank God its not cancer”. What a relief! And they will be discharging him tomorrow with some medicine. Also my aunt (my dads sister) said that my granfather (dads dad) had the same thing happen to him a long time ago. So maybe it’s even hereditary. Who knows. The most important thing is, is that my dad will be ok. And thats all that matters.
Countdown begins
I finally ordered the tickets yesterday. Yay! I’m so excited! I can’t wait to go home and visit my family and friends, and also take my kids to the country that I grew up. Also my friend will be coming with us for a little, so that also should be fun! Now I can really start counting the days down.
Just worried
My Dad is in the hospital. Tomorrow he’ll be having some tests done to him to find out why he was bleeding when going to the bathroom. And not just a little, a LOT of blood. It was all blood.
Friday night I had a bad dream about my dad. He took somebody’s bike and was riding it down the hill and then into the street, and then fell in the middle of the street. I was running after him and screaming “Dad!”. It was a very busy street and I was just waiting for a car to hit him. But I made it there on time, helped him up and we walked home. And that was my dream. I woke up almost crying, and then realized it was just a dream.
Some people believe in dreams, some don’t. I don’t know if I do. Part of me does and part of me doesn’t. But that morning I decided to call my parents and to see if everything was ok. My niece answered the phone. I didn’t thin anything of it, because she does go there pretty often. And so she tells me that she can’t talk now, that I should call her back in 10 minutes, because there is ambulance and they’re taking grandpa (my dad) to the hospital. How freaking scary is this?! I call her back and she tells me that he was going to the bathroom a lot today, having diarrhea. In the evening while my niece, my mom and dad were watching TV, my mom asked him if there was any blood, and he said yes. She asked how much and he said a lot. Then next time he went, my mom told him that she needs to see it, and she said it was ALL blood. Bright, red blood. Then right away my mom called an ambulance. Then my dad went to wash his hands (the bathrooms are different there, in one little tiny ‘room’ there is only a toilet, and then right next to it there is a sink and a bathtub). Then when my mom walked in to the washing room, my dad was sitting on the floor. He has lost so much blood all day, and he wasn’t telling anyone. He thought it would go away. If you know my dad, you know how he is. He will never (well almost never) tell you that he is in pain, or that there is anything wrong with him. And going to the doctors is the worst thing ever. He also does not want to be a burden to other people, and bug them with his problems. Sometimes I feel like he is worst than a child.
They admitted him to the hospital right away, hooked him up to the iv’s. He stopped going to the bathroom and bleeding. Yesterday they did some test and it was ok. So now tomorrow, they will be doing more test to see what was causing the bleeding. I am so worried! I hope and pray that its nothing serious and can be treatable. First thing tomorrow in the morning I will be calling my mom for the results. Hopefully they will have it by then. So this will be a very long night for me.
What a great husband!
I have to say that I was wrong when I posted here about sick men vs. sick women. While me and the kids were sick, Viktor took care of us. And he did a good job!! he was making me chicken nudle soups, teas, bringing me water and anything else I wanted to drink or eat. And when he went to the store with Lukas he picked up some foods for my diet, so that when I get better I can continue my diet. (I was running low on foods for me to eat). He took care of both kids and did a great job! He even put them both for naps and night times. (which is very tricky, cause they go to sleep at different times, Ava goes down for naps and night time first, and then Lukas goes about an hour later. Their nap schedules are still at different times, because Ava still takes two, sometimes three naps, where Lukas will only nap one time for only an hour). And he managed to do it all by himself. He did ask me what I do first.
So we were well taken care of, but the house suffered. There were toys everywhere, and I mean everywhere! Kids clothes were everywhere. And a whole bunch of other stuff that I usually put away during the day, organize them. But that’s ok! Because when you’re sick, you really don’t care how the house looks. So as soon as I got better, I started working. And Viktor was even helping me. But he was keeping the kitchen clean, dishes and bottles washed and everything put away.
So yeah, I guess I can’t think that anymore, that men don’t do anything when their wife’s are sick. Or maybe it’s because of that one post, made him realize that he needs to step up. Whatever the reason was, he did a great job! Thank you!
Sick of being sick!
The sickness is still running this household. We must have a flu. And thats what I get for not getting the flu shots for the kids, myself, and hubby. And now we are all just yucky! Adn it all started with Ava getting fever last Sunday, over a week ago. Then last Tuesday, a week ago, Lukas and I got the fever. The fever was low, under a hundred. Then I got a sore throat, and then Thursday and Friday I spent in bed, thinking I was going to die. The fever got up to 103, all congested, lost my voice, huge headache, body acking all over the place….you get the picture. The kids were doing fine, except for that low fever that would not go away. And Viktor was so wonderful taking care of the three of us (but thats in another post). By Saturday I was feeling better, just felt weak.
Then Saturday night Lukas was sleeping with us. I woke up around 2:30 and touched his forhead and it was burning hot! I took his fever and it was almost 105! Undressed him to a diaper, gave Motrin, and called the doctor. The nurse that was on call said to give him cold fluids, and a luke warm bath. And if the fever does not go down in an hour, go to the ER. So there we were, at 3 o’clock in the morning taking a bath. Lukas did not want to go in byhimself, so Viktor joined him. He was acting all fine, playing with his bath toys, pouring water over his father, splashing and not wanting to leave. But I promissed him that if he gets out we can read some books, and that was the only thing that made him to get out. Almost an hour passed after we finished reading some books, and his fever did go down, a little, to 102. Still worried, but the fact that Lukas was alert, responding to us normally, and the fever going down, did help to settle me down and go to bed. Ava was asleep this whole time, thankfully. But then decided to get up at around 4:30, and after having her morning bottle, would not go to sleep. She seemed uncomfortable, so I ended up holding her in bed with me, having her lay on my chest and rubbing her back for 20 minutes, she finally fell asleep. Then would wake up for a few minutes every half an hour, cry a little, and go back to sleep. So on Sunday, not only I did not have energy, still recovering from my sickness, I was also with out sleep. All day Sunday both kids still had the fever, between 100-102. So Monday morning, first thing we did was go to the doctors. And what do you know, once we get there and the nurse takes their temperature, they both have no fever. I think she just didn’t do it right, was too in a hurry. Because before we left the house, both kids had a fever, a little under a hundred. And after we came home their fever was also a little under a hundred. So not sure what went wrong at the doctors office. But she listened to them, checked their ears, their throats, and everything looked good. Dr. told me that they don’t consider a fever fever when it’s 100.4 and below. So according to them, the kids only had a fever for 3 days, and in that case they still don’t need any antibiotics or anything. The whole thing just has to run it’s course. And so here we are today with both kids having a fever just under a hundred. Which I still don’t understand how it is ok to have a fever above 99, and for the doctors not to worry about it. But I guess I’ll just have to trust them.
When the doctor was checking Lukas’s ears, she could not see well one ear due to the amount of wax inside of it. So they had to clean it out. Two nurses came in, one was holding Lukas down and the other one put some water in his ear, massaged the air around it, then poured more water in it with a syrenge and then pulled this big thing out of his ear. And I mean the thing was big. And it was all the way back there. Then the doctor took a look at it again, and everything looked fine. The boy can probably hear better now, too.
And then guess who is sick today? Viktor!! I was really hoping he wouldn’t get it, but with us all being sick, he had very little chance of staying healthy.
New Year resolutions
New year comes with new resolutions. I think most people have a new years resolution. But after few months more and more people starting to drop out.
My new years resolution – losing the baby weight and then some, whatever I gained since the day I got married. I actually would’ve started earlier, but I was still nursing littla Ava, so didn’t really want to go on any diets. But now that I’m done, its time to get MY body back. I know it will be hard, very hard, and it already is. But I can do it!! Maybe it won’t be the same shape as before kids and it probably won’t, as long as I get the pounds off and tone up a little, I’ll be happy. I need to loose about 50 pounds. Since December 29th I had already lost almost 7 lbs, not bad huh? I think at first the pounds are just gonna be dropping one by one, and then towards the end will be challenging. But I can do it!! I just keep telling this to myself. I am also going to sign up with a gym. Would’ve done it today, but I’m sick. Wish me luck!
I will also be going on vacation this May, and so I want to surprise my whole family with a new me.
I’m also sick right now, so that is probably helping me to shred some pounds off right now. But I hate being sick! I am sick, kiddo’s are sick, and Viktor’s turn will probably will come soon. Sad, but true. When you’re in a house full of sick people, more than likely you will get sick. Sorry honey! 
Another new years resolution that I have is to potty train Lukas before May. It kind of sounds fuuny, but he has to be out of diapers before our vacation. I just DO NOT want to have two kids in diapers. So we started on Monday, and so far, not too bad. Could be better. But this sick thing is in the way. I’m asking him constantly if he has to go pee pee, alot of the times he’ll say no, and then sometimes yes. There are times where he asks to go potty, and other times he’ll start doing it in his underwear, then stop, and then tell me he has to go potty. And then there were a few times wehre he just peed in his undrwear. Thank God he was on the wood floor instead of the carpet. He does look interested in this potty training, and LOVES flushing the toilet, so we’ll continue this potty training thing. I just hope he gets it sooner than later.
Baby wipes — are Not just for babies
I never knew this or have ever heard of this that baby wipes are perfect for cleaning off your make up. Seriously, in a million years I would not have thought about it. But my girlfriend metioned it to me today. She said a while back she heard about it on The View (I think, I can’t remember which show). And since I have two little kids and have a ton of wipes laying all over the place, I decided to give it a try. And it actually worked very well! Who could’ve thought?!
Rosie vs. Trump
This is a fun game to play. Try it out when you get a chance.
More pickles, please & ketchup
That’s what Lukas has been living off lately. All day long, pickles, pickles, pickles and more pickles. He’ll take them off of our sandwiches, cheesburgers, or anything else that we eat that has pickles. Then he’ll walk up to the fridge, open it and ask for more pickles pointing to a jar. As long as he’s eating something!
I made chinese chicken salad for lunch today and Lukas requested some ketchup with it. Salad and ketchup?! I don’t know about that. But whatever makes him eat food, even if he takes two bites of chicken with ketcup on it, then thats fine by me. Two bites is better than none.
I’m still waiting for him to request ketchup with pickles. Yuck!
Since I’m already talking about kids and food, I will metion that Lukas also loves any kind of food that is spicy. And not just mild or medium spicy, but hot spicy. I eat spicy foods, but some things will make my mouth on fire and he will be eating them too. Like these Giuliano Garden Mix Hot (the 4th one down). His face would get all red, but then he would ask for more. Maybe it’s all the spicy food I ate when I was pregnant with him.
Yummy dinner
I’ve never eaten at Chipotle, but hear lots of good things about it. And well today we decided to try it out for dinner. I had a burrito bowl with barbacoa, rice, pinto beans, sour cream, cheese and some squeezed lemon on top, and boy was it yummy! I think it will become another one of my favorite places to eat. I’m drooling even just thinking about it now.
btw, Ava pulled herself up to a standing position today for the very first time! And she was holding up by a box of beer that Viktor bought today…lol…I guess its a good thing he bought it, it is the perfect height for her to pull herself up. lol
