The Saga of the 5-Minute Fan

For Mother's Day Shawn bought me a ceiling fan for our bedroom. I always get hot when I sleep, especially in the summer so I was super excited about this gift. We went to Home Depot and picked out a fan together. We chose the fan we did because 1: I liked the way it looked and 2: it boasted about it's easy installation as you can see from this picture.


Well, 5 hours and 4 trips back to Home Depot later, the fan is finally up and running. I really won't bore you with the details of what we had to go through to get this fan up but let it be said that I am married to a saint of a man.
I came home from running errands in town and this is what my bed looked like:


Hooray! it works and Shawn didn't even say any bad words. If it had been me doing all that work it would have been a different story.
My fan. Pretty, huh?So even though it was 37 degrees outside last night we slept with that fan running, dang it!

Sick Baby

Claire had a slight cold on Saturday. When she woke up on Sunday though, her cough was much worse and her breathing a little weazy. A few times during the day she coughed enough to make herself sick. Her breathing continued to be labored and we worried about her all day. In the evening we called the doctor to see if there was anything we could do make her more comfortable. He said there probably nothing to worry about unless she was taking more than 40 breaths a minute. A quick count later we realized she was taking about 60 breaths a minute. Instead of heading to Grandma and Grandpas for mothers day, we went to drop off the older girls and headed to the Instacare. Dave and Leslie are our amazing helpers. Not the first time this weekend they saved our bacon.

The nurse measured her blood oxygen and found it low. So the on call physician started a nebulizer breathing treatment.

After the treatment they wanted to do a chest x-ray. Good news is - no sign of pneumonia.

The breathing treatment calmed her cough and eased her breathing a little. So they sent us home with a nebulizer of our own (for treatments every four hours), two prescriptions, and instructions to follow up with our pediatrician on Monday. They also gave us a list of symptoms to watch for- reasons why we might have to go back to the emergency room in the middle of the night.

On the way out the doctor wished Mindy a "Happy Mothers Day." She had forgotten all about that. Mindy is a great Mom! So worried and focused on the kids.

Ashley and Jon helped us out with a run to WalMart and a blessing. Thank you both.

Claire continued to have an upset stomach so between that and treatments she didn't go to sleep till about 2:30 A.M.

We all got a little rest and were lucky enough to get an appointment with our doctor first thing in the morning. She was good to wear a mask in the waiting room. Don't want to share those germs!

At the doctor she got a double dose breathing treatment. The medicine is a form of adrenaline and the nurse said it was about like drinking a gallon of Coke. We played some games while waiting for the Doctor to give her the all clear. Her breathing eased some more and we got to take our jittery, shaking, hyper baby home. We still get to give treatments every four hours for a day or two. All told she is doing fine and her Doctor expects she will be back to normal in a few days. Yay for Doctors and Medicine!!
Thank you so much to our wonderful friends and family. We have had many phone calls, texts, messages, and support. We love you all. We are so blessed to have so many people who love us and our kids!