The Fallons

Sunday, August 24, 2008

We dog-sat the Stone's dog, Zuki, last week. Lollipop and Zuki will puppy play for hours. Lollipop is definitely the more aggressive of the two going for Zuki's legs, neck and ears. Zuki gets fed up with Lolly and will take the chew toys away and hide them from Lolly. At the end of the day, the two of them will end up napping on opposite ends of the room. It is a true lover's quarrel!

Here is a clip of the two of them in action plus a small cameo of Samantha:

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Update on Samantha

On Friday we ended up going back to the doctor because Samantha was still running a 104 degree temperature. The doctor decided to run a urinalysis and some blood tests. Poor little thing had to have a catheter inserted in order to get a urine sample. This was then followed by having blood drawn which was an awful experience because the technician at the lab ended up missing her vein several times before telling me she felt someone else better experienced with babies should do it!!!!

Her urinalysis came back "suspicious" and her blood test came back with a high white blood cell count. We are treating it as a urinary tract infection with antibiotics. On Monday we will get back the blood culture test which the doctor was confident would reveal a urinary tract infection.

She still is running a fever - 102 degrees this morning. The antibiotics should really start to kick in soon and we are thinking tomorrow the fever should subside and she will start to feel better. We are still working on trying to get her to eat. Unfortunately the medication she is taking requires food to prevent an upset stomach and she has no appetite. One of the worst parts of all of this is having to literally pin her down in order to get her to take the medication. Hopefully the fever is gone soon so we can stop giving her the Motrin/Tylenol and then we will only have to give the antibiotic twice a day.

The doctor has recommended doing some more testing this week including an ultrasound to make sure there are not any other problems with her urinary tract system.

Here are some pics of our little patient:

"Dad, don't expect me to smile after all I have been through"

"Mom, I am tired!!"

"Okay, I will give you one smile if you stop taking pictures"

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Under the Weather :(

Little Samantha has been running a fever since Sunday evening. It has gone as high as 104 degrees. She has vomited a couple times and is very uncomfortable.

I took her to the doctor on Monday and today when her fever soared to 104. The doctors have instructed us to alternate Tylenol and Motrin every 4 hours and keep her as hydrated as possible with clear liquids.

I feel so bad for her. This is really the first time she has been sick and its hard to see her this way. She is sleeping A LOT. She does have sporadic moments where she seems like she is on the mend but once the medicine wears off, the fever creeps back up. She has no appetite and weighed 17 lbs at the doctors today which is about what she weighed at her 6 month check-up a couple months ago.

We are crossing our fingers that tomorrow morning she wakes up happy and healthy. The doctors want to see us again on Friday morning if the fever persists.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Sunday Funday

Samantha and I went over to Holley's house today for a swim.

Samantha kicked around the pool all by herselfSamantha loves Auntie Holley
So darn cute!

Unfortunately Todd could not come because he was working on the house

And wearing this cool outfit! Doesn't he look thrilled?

Monday, August 4, 2008

Dinner with the Stones

We had a great evening with The Stone Family on Saturday night. They met us at our new house to take a look at the progress. It is great because our new house is only a couple blocks away from them.

Here is a quick house update:

The house has been completely gutted down to the studs. Electric is being roughed in. We are meeting with a heating company this week. Plumbing, insulation and dry wall will come after that. We have someone coming tomorrow to help us draw new plans that exclude the original plan of adding a half bath. We have decided to forgo that and enlarge the kitchen. The french doors have been ordered and we are sourcing out cabinets and appliances for the kitchen. The outside of the house has been pressure washed and is getting prepped for a new paint job.

Here are some photos I took a couple weeks ago:

After the house tour, we walked over to a pizza place a couple blocks away.

Connor and Samantha had another dinner date

It got a bit messy at dinner so we strolled back to the Stones and the kids took a bath (are they going to be mad one day when they see these pics???? )