Nothing Much New

Anders has been sleeping through the night the past few evenings. It seemed to coincide with the halting of the nebulizer treatments. However, we needed to start them again as he is getting really congested. Let's just hope he sleeps through the night tonight and then we will know that it is not the nebulizer and just something else. We switched him to a number 2 nipple and he seems to be eating more so maybe that is what will help him sleep. That's all for now...

Kara's Home

Kara was gone for 26 hours and 22 minutes in Alexandria visiting Amy. I survived, A2 survived, however, I think Anika was getting a little frustrated at home much time I was spending with Anders; feeding, holding, changing diapers, his crying, etc. She'll get over it. Other than that, everything is good. I am golfing tomorrow in the Friendship Fundraiser at Oxbow. Should be a good time...

Not Doing Well At This

Well, I'm not doing very well at this. I don't expect others to read this but I do need a place to keep track of thoughts and make it available for those who care. Anders had his second echo cardiogram on Thursday as there was a concern from his primary care physician that he may have a "hole" in his heart. I had already resigned myself to the fact that he would need the relatively routine surgery. I guess I was wrong, not about the routine nature, but about Anders having the defect. All clear on the heart. We are now waiting to find out why his oxygen levels are not normal and we have tried using oxygen on him the past few evenings but he really doesn't appreciate having tubes jammed up his nose with air blowing into him. We are going to have to come up with another method to ensure that he is getting enough oxygen.

Kara is in Alexandria this weekend, so A2 (that is what I call Anika and Anders) and I went to the mall to pick up my wedding ring that needed to be resized 2 sizes larger; one of Anika's birthday presents and make sure I got my coffee. We also played in the playland and got McD's. Anders was ok, but we did have about a 10 minute meltdown in JcP that I thought would require us to head home, but he seemed to resolve it himself and we continued on.

We are going to participate in the MN Buddy Walk on September 21 in St. Paul at Como Park. I set up his first donation page (www.firstgiving.com/andersjones) to raise money for Friendship, an organization that provides opportunities for the developmentally disabled. Not your normal way of raising money, participating in one event and raise money for another organization. But at the end of the day, it really does all end up in the same place.

So, when is the next time I'm going to post?