What now???

It has been very hard for me.  

I will have to explain a little later in the next post but first thing first.

Rhett saw the Orthopedic surgeon the end of last month and he had some x-rays done.  We also went over all the things that happened health wise last month.  His knee is actually moving or should I say correcting itself and hopefully in 6 months they can take the pins our of his knee and his leg will be straight.  The doctor went over the pulmonary reports and has decided not to do a chest expansion this month.  It makes me wonder if he is nervous about what was going on with Rhett's heart.  It wouldn't surprise me since I am nervous but I doubt that I will get any answers anyways.  It has been hard on Rhett watching from the side line and having no control over his body.  He has told me once again how much he hate his oxygen, and I looked at him and said I am sorry too bad you have to have it.  I was helping him do his homework and he kept kicking my butt getting it done before I could even help him.  Why does he ask for help when he doesn't need it?  Maybe he just wants to see the look of shock on my face as he gets his work done?  LOL!  That wouldn't surprise me at all.  It is amazing how smart he really is.  It has to be hard on him with his health problems being what they are and having such a smart little head on your body.  We got the heart monitor that Dr. Day wanted to have Rhett use for a month he has had a few episodes where his heart is pounding but he forgets to push the button to record it.  ARGH!  That is frustrating to say the least.  And then to top it off when he wasn't having the issues he would push the button to test the monitor to make sure it is working.  WHAT?!?!  Seriously can't he just do what the doctors have asked him to do or does he need a babysitter?  I guess we will see what this week holds.  He got a stomach bug from Dylan that only lasts 24 hours and it was horrible for each of them, throwing up all night and then really tired during the day hours.  That can make for a long night but lucky for me he is better and so is Dylan and they are both sleeping.  Now all we need to do is pray that the other 2 kids do not get sick at all.

Nikole is going to be getting her grades next week and I cannot wait to see how she is doing.  She has a hard time staying focused and getting her work done.  She has started getting it done before she comes home but there has been a few times that she doesn't and it makes for a long night.  She has been bonding with Gavin and that has been a good thing for each of them.  They go to school together and come home together and I want that to stay that way for a couple of year but I have to think of schooling for Nikole for when she goes to jr high school.  Sad to be thinking about that at the beginning of 4th grade but the school I was thinking of putting her in you have to start in 5th grade and that just really sucks since I was hoping that she and Gavin could keep going to school together for a little longer.  So now I have to look for a good school to put her in for jr high since I would really want her to stay at the school where she is at a while longer.

Mr Gavin is also going to be getting his grades next week too.  I am almost giddy. LOL!  I know I shouldn't be but I really want to make sure he is getting good grades and see where I can help him improve.  He tells me every day that he was good and I sure hope he has been.  He has been doing great at getting his homework done.  There have been a few times I have to correct him on his homework by telling him that the "b" or the "d" is backwards and that it needs to be re-written.  He doesn't like that at all but he does it willingly.  He is ever so helpful if his reward is going to be video games.  LOL!!  It is amazing how much that little boy can get done in such a short period of time just to be able to play video games.  He is also very into Star Wars and last year dressed up as Darth Vader.  So on my cell phone I have his ring tone the Imperial March.  As I was playing a whole bunch of possible ring tomes for the kids his face lit up the most from the songs that they were.  I try to play them more just to get a small smile from that little handsome boy.  He also has 3 loose teeth.  Of course they are all in front.  I wonder how cute he is going to look after he loses his baby teeth.  I guess I will find out this school year.  It is nice to see the bond that he has been forming with Nikole.  Trying to get them to play together and be nice has always been hard until this year when they starting going to school together.  I hope that they get closer over the years.

Dylan is a cutie!  It is funny to see how happy that he is to go to school and after he walks out to the bus so happy he gets on and starts crying and doesn't want to go. LOL!!  Very funny to see the drastic change in his attitude.  But after a while on the bus he is fine and gets happy.  So weird!  He got sick this past week and had to be taken out of school at lunch time since he started throwing up.  He didn't stop until really late that night.  He stayed home the next day and then went back the day after just fine.  I am ever so glad that it ended.  I felt bad that he got sick at school.  I told them that if I had known he was sick I wouldn't have sent him.  They knew I would never do that.  He loves school and he loves signing and being able to communicate with other people.  He likes to try to be a big boy but sometimes doesn't realize that he is still a little boy.  He was doing something that was quite funny yesterday, he was drinking some milk and with his mouth full of milk he would knock on my head and when I would turn to look at him he would do everything that he could to keep his mouth closed but if he smiled he would leak milk out of his mouth.  I couldn't help but laugh at him doing it again and again.  But he is healthy and happy and I hope that he stays that way for a while.