Sickness, House & Parties

Boy it has it been a wild few days in the Bertram house. For starters, Riley is finishing up antibiotics for a double ear infection. She finally finished them on Friday, but then we had all 3 of the kids at the doctor Saturday morning. Riley was over the ear infection, but now had a virus. I thought for sure Emily had a sinus infection, but the doctor just says it is a virus. Collin actually had the croup. They gave Collin a dose of oral steroids and off we went.

The girls are finally feeling better, but Collin took a turn for the worse last night. He just had a horrible night and we knew something was wrong. My mom watched him all day, but kept giving me updates throughout the day. Finally about 1:00 she said he needed to go to the doctor. We finally got ahold of the doctor's office at 2:30 ( b/c of lunch) and they said to be in Batavia at 3:15. I frantically found someone to cover my class and left school. We made it to the appt just a few minutes late. The doctor said he definitely had some new issues than when we were there Saturday. He sent us over to Children's Outpatient in Eastgate for a chest xray and pulse ox. Of course, the pulse ox needed to be done by an RN and she had already left for the day. We then headed to the Children's Outpatient in Anderson. Luckily, that nurse hadn't left yet so we were able to get everything accomplished there without heading downtown. Boy what a night!! We were all over the place. Not to mention, I had my mom and girls with me as well. Collin was so sick that mom needed to sit in the back with him. I have never seen him so sick. He just moans and cries and it breaks my heart. The doctor called this evening and he does have pneumonia. I'm afraid we have a long night ahead of us! Here are a couple pics of him this evening....he won't hardly even open his eyes he feels so bad.....poor little guy!






As far as the house goes, our contract fell through. Of course we were disappointed, but we are ok with it because our house isn't finished and isn't anywhere near it. The house itself is just about complete, but the septic system is still standing in our way and we can't move in without one of those!! haha

Here is a picture of the Forman grandkids.....Spencers, Dunaways & Bertrams...what a crew!! It is always a good time when we all get together! We celebrated Papaw Mike's birthday last weekend. He was born on a leap year, so he really didn't have a 'birthday' this year, so I think he is still just 15 years old!! haha