I should have worn green...

The luck of the Irish did not seem to be with us yesterday. Hyrum has been sick since Saturday (fever, cough, not eating or drinking much). I took him to the doctor's office Monday where they ruled out strep, the flu, and pneumonia (after a traumatizing chest x-ray). The doctor wanted to see him again Wednesday. His fever left Tuesday, so I left a message with the nurse asking if we really needed to come in Wednesday, or if we could see how he was doing over the next few days. She called me back and said to come in because his oxygen levels were low on Monday. I made an appointment for 2:20pm. Leah and Kaitlyn get home from school about 3:15, so I thought I would either get home before them or very soon after they arrived home. I left the door unlocked and left a note telling them where I was, to come in, lock the door, get a snack and I would be home very soon. When I got to the doctor's office I found out that Hyrum's oxygen levels still weren't good and he would need a nebulizer treatment. I knew then I probably wouldn't be home in time, so I decided to call Jared to come home early, and I was going to also call my neighbor. I quickly found out I could get no cell phone reception in the office or in the lobby. I used an office phone to leave a message for Jared, and I called the girls to make sure they were okay. Then, I had to stay at the doctor's office until about 4:30 while Hyrum was crying/screaming/whimpering for a lot of the visit. We found out he has an ear infection and RSV. He does not like the nebulizer at all. When we were finally done, I checked my cell messages in the parking lot. I had 3 messages from Leah and Kaitlyn. I need to interject a side issue here...before Leah and Kaitlyn had gone to school I had gone over stranger danger again because there is an alleged kidnapper cruising around nearby neighborhoods right now and everyone is on alert. So, the first message was Leah assuring me that they got home safely and she knew I would be worried because of the kidnapper. Second message was Leah saying that someone rang the doorbell and she opened the door a crack and no one was there. She wanted to know if she should be worried about that. Kaitlyn was crying hysterically in the background. Third message was Kaitlyn trying to talk to me but I couldn't understand anything she said because of all the crying. I quickly called home and found out that Leah and Kaitlyn had talked with Daddy on the phone (who still hadn't been able to come home) and they felt fine now.

So, I came right home and found the girls on the couch watching tv with steak knives in their hands pointed at the ceiling. I said, "let's put away the steak knives carefully" and they replied, "Daddy said we could". I asked, "Daddy said you could sit on the couch with steak knives?" Leah responded, "Daddy said it would be okay to defend ourselves if we needed to". Ay, ay, ay!

On a more positive note, I also saw that we have spring flowers up now! We hope you had a better St. Patrick's Day!