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Monday, March 28, 2011

oh... so sad. All my little girls are sick. :( Fainting spells, what next?


Last night I was up with our two youngest as they just couldn't seem to fing relief. Tylenol to the rescue and vics-vapor rub on their little feet. Sounds funny, but seems to penetrate into their system and help. This morning things are better, but now Becca has a slight fever and says her ear hurts. I think the hardest part of Mommy-hood is watching my little ones hurt. Hopefully they'll get over it soon. Yesterday, given that Sunday morning can be abit difficult just because well, church is at 9:00 and Har has meetings so I'm on my own getting everyone ready. The kids are actually really good and responsible to get ready but the little girls hair seems to be the thing. I love doing their hair, but you know.... time is precious when the goal is to get to church on time. Well, anyway so I'm standing over Melissa and she says, "Mom, I don't feel right." Next thing I know she drops. Her body lay there, eyes still open. I knew immediatly she must be abit dehydrated and not enough oxygen to the brain. Her head was tilted up abit from getting her hair done. Poor thing. I took her right down gave her "poridge" (it's really malt-o-meal, but the kids think it's cool to eat what Goldilocks ate) and gave her a big drink of water. She was fine after that. About a month and a half ago Mike was out running his daily 8 miles and fainted from probably the same thing...dehydrated. Gave his friends such a scare they called the ambulance and made a marker memorial on the trail where he fell. Well, to make a long story short of running every test possible to make sure the problem was not heart, blood, or any other serious problem...Mike now knows alot about heart monitors and has been to five different doctors. Poor kid. Hilary and Ashley fainted when they were each about 16 too. It was from dehydration or possible low on sugar. Not any life threatening problem, just enough to cause them to faint and take better care of themselves. Soooo... last night when Hilary and Alex came to visit Melissa couldn't wait to tell them the news of her fainting spell. I just replyed, "It's tradition."

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