Erik doing good

I'm happy to report that Erik is doing good. Liam is also feeling well, although he's chronically stuffy and has a cough. We went to see a specialist yesterday and the doc thought that it's a lingering sinus infection. Apparently, kids can have them for months without much other symptoms. He also said it could be the adenoids or possibly allergies, so we're going to to a blood test to find out.

My current weight is 153 (69kg)

We need to get a camera soon, since Erik is developing so much and we need to document the changes. Kids grow up too fast...

sunday at the ER

We had a lovely relaxing sunday at the emergency room. This morning I called Erik's doctor again and she said I needed to go to the ER since he's so little. I'm kind of mad at the nurse whom I spoke to yesterday over the phone. She made it sound like I could just give Erik tylenol for his fever and he'd be alright. Anyway, we spent 7 hrs at the ER and they took all kinds of tests and even x-rays. It looks to be a viral infection but we have to return tomorrow for another shot of antibiotics (my tired brain doesn't remember why). He seems to be doing a lot better now and the fever is gone, which I'm extremely grateful for. Luckily, he didn't get sick two weeks ago because if that were the case they would have had to admit him to the hospital.

The reason it took so long at the ER is that they're shipping in plane-loads of badly injured kids from Haiti for treatment.

fever

Unfortunately, both boys are sick today. I'm a bit worried for Erik, who's not even 3 mos. Luckily he's a big, healthy boy and I think he can fight whatever he has. Both Liam and Erik are stuffy, cough, and run fevers. Erik had a temp of 101.5 rectally this morning. I'll wait and see what happens with his temp this afternoon. If need be, we're going to see the doc. Jason and I had a fun night with both boys being up about once an hour. Now we're both starting to feel sick too. Jason is just heading out for an 11 hour shift. It's looking to be a fun day.

new pics

claire took some pics when we had a playdate before christmas. My weight today was 155lbs (70kg).

Butterfly world

check out the Anna's blog, link "livet i boca" on the right, for some pictures of liam and philip from butterfly world

update weight-loss

Still no new pictures, only an update to my weight loss. This morning I weighed 157lbs (71kg).

weight loss

thin in 2006
not so thin but beautiful kids
Unfortunately, we don't have a camera at the moment, so there are no new pictures. However, I have decided that it's time to do something about those pregnancy pounds which seem like they won't come off as easily as the last time around. So I was thinking that if I have to post my weight here I'll be motivated to stay away from the sweets. My goal weight is about 142lbs (64kg) and this morning I weighed 162lbs (73.5kg). After a week of backache I'm running again.