Fall

Every fall we head up to Snowbasin to see all the colors change and to go for a short hike. This year there was definitely more color than when we went last year mainly because we went way too early. I am thinking I want to go back up this week to see how much they have changed but who knows if we will find time to go.
If you can't tell 2 of the pictures look much better than the rest, well that is because my friend Patti was nice enough to enhance them for me. I think I might want her to do this to all my pictures. Thanks Patti, we were a bit disappointed because we got up there when the light wasn't good so the colors didn't show very well on our camera. So you fixed our issue.

You couldn't pay Jones to take a serious picture that day, 90% of the pictures we took either him or Jaimin were goofing around.

Our Prayers Were Answered

So after waiting almost 24 painful, anxious, fidgety, and nervous hours we finally got a call from the doctors office. The nurse informed me that his blood work came back looking excellent. WOO HOO!!! What a relief!!!
The past few months have been nerve wrecking for all of us, I am pretty sure I had a few ulcers from all the stress. So on the way home from my moms after we found out the great news I was telling Jones how happy I was that he was okay he responded by saying how happy he was too and that he was so glad that he didn't have cancer. I have no idea why he had thought that, we never mentioned to him what the possibilities could have been. It makes me so sad to think he had been worrying this whole time that he had cancer. You can definitely tell he is a ton less stressed, he has been skipping and dancing since, even at the store ( he usually just complains there). So thanks for all the prayers! I truly believe they made a difference.

Wish Us Luck

Well we are on our way back to go get more blood work done. I have been sick to my stomach all day. So please pray that things will be back to normal so he doesn't have to go through any more testing and so I don't have to keep forking out $500.00 for blood work. I just want my kids to be healthy!

Here is a short video of Jones' second goal on Saturday. He is number 6.

Update

So I wasn't planning on updating this for awhile since his next set of blood work wasn't scheduled until the 13th. Well there was a change in plans. Just when I started to feel a bit calm it all changed.
So yesterday Jones came home from school and told me that he had a bloody nose. Didn't really think much of it until he told me the story. He said after it started he ran to the bathroom, while he was in there one of the janitors came in and said wow this is bad I am going to get someone. So someone came and got him and took him into the office to help him. He said that it took awhile to get it to stop, that it would stop and start again. At this point I started to worry, I didn't know if it was something to worry about but of course I did. I decided to call the teacher to see if I could get any more details. Well she explained to me that she had never seen a nose bleed that bad. She said that it happened so fast and that it looked like blood was shooting out of his nose. She actually didn't believe it was his nose at first, that maybe he had cut himself really bad. Anyway I start to worry even more and so I called the doctor. After talking to the doctor we had an appointment for this morning to go over things and do some more blood work.
Well this morning Jones woke up not feeling well and kept complaining about his throat which I just assumed was his heartburn. So while we were at the doctor she checked his whole body for any random bruising and checked all of his lymph node to see if any were inflamed. Luckily he checked out fine but she told me she wanted me to check him often for a fever and a certain type of bruising, which of course scared the $#!* out of me because those are signs of Leukemia. After checking for the bruises she looked in his throat and well I was wrong his throat hurts not because of heartburn but because he now has strep. Anyway after talking with her for a bit we got some blood work done, and did the waiting game the rest of the day for the results. Finally around 3:30 the doctor called and said we have good news his blood platelet levels are good, his red blood cell count is good, and his white blood cells have gone back up to a 4.1. Still not where they need to be but at least they are going up instead of down. With the red blood cell and platelet count being good we are not so worried about the bloody nose. So now the plan is to get into an allergist to find out why the eosinophil level are high and then repeat blood work in one month. At that point if his level are still not where they need to be then we will go to the Hematologist.
I have to say the past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster for all of us and I am emotionally exhausted, but at least things are on the up. So thanks for the prayers, calls, and supportive emails just please keep on praying that the levels will continue to go up.

Send your prayers this way

So a few weeks ago Jones started to get heart burn really bad. We tried a few over the counter meds but none of them worked so we decided to take him to the Dr.. The Dr. was a bit concerned because of my medical history so she gave him a prescription and took some blood. The next morning I received call from the Dr. who had a weird tone to her voice. She said she needed to talk to me about some issues with his blood work. This is when I got a knot in my stomach. She informed me that his eosinophil level was too high, his white blood count was too low and one of his kidney levels were too high. She told me that the kidney level could have been due to a high protein meal the night before the test but she also wanted me to make an appointment with the Primary Children's GI clinic for a scope and then said to repeat the blood work in 5-7 days. So at this point I am freaking out not knowing what to do. I couldn't stand the thought of something being wrong with my little one and of course going online and looking at all the possibilities of what it could be didn't help.

So 6 days later we went back up to the hospital to get his blood taken again, this time making sure he didn't have a lot of protein the night before. Well once again the Dr. Called then next morning. The first thing she asks is "does he feel sick at all?" "Well other than the heart burn no" I replied. Then she kinda paused for a minute and then said "well the good news is his kidney levels are back to normal but I am a concerned with his white blood cell count". Once again the knot returns but even worse. She informed me that his white blood cell count should be above a 5 and the first blood test they came back at a 4.6 and this last test they came back at a 3.6. She seemed worried and told me that she now wanted me to take him to a Hematologist down at Primary Children's to see what is going on. She told me that she knows the first thing they would have us do is repeat the test in 2-3 weeks so she decided to just have me repeat the test up here and then as soon as the results are in she will call and get us in at Primary Children's.

It has only been 5 days since the last blood test was taken but it seems like it has taken forever, I just want it to be time for the next test. I want to know that he is okay.

For the most part I have been calm about the whole thing (not necessarily on the inside) but I have had a few break downs. The thought of something being wrong with him just kills me. So I am asking for all of you no matter what your beliefs to please pray that he will be okay and this is just some sort of random fluke.

Last Saturday we were pretty bored so we made a last minute decision to go fishing. We decided to go to a pond that is pretty close to our house that we had never been to. It was pretty small but perfect for a quick trip with the boys. Unfortunately (I was happy) all we caught was moss. Probably due to the fact we only had power bait. Next time we will have to bring worms.

more summer fun

Here are a few more pictures of some of the summer fun we have had. Can I just add that I am really upset that it is almost August. The summer has flown by way too fast and the thought of my boys starting school makes me a bit sad. I love having them home with me, they are a lot of fun to be around.

This was actually more towards the end of the school year but I never put any of the pictures up. Anyway I took the boys to the Flow rider at the Junction in Ogden. They were so excited! Jones loved it and got the hang of it pretty quick. Jaimin was really excited and didn't even hesitate getting on. He seemed to really enjoy it until he wiped out and then he was done. He refused to go again which is why I have no pictures of him doing it (I actually have a video but for some reason it won't upload). Oh well at least he was willing to try it.


Here are a few pictures of us at Lagoon. We try to go every year. The older the boys are getting the more fun it is for all of us. Jones is starting to go on the big rides and actually likes them which makes it more fun for me due to the fact that Mark isn't big on big rides. They both just love every minute of it. I took this picture of Mark and Jaimin while Jones and I were on the one in front of them. As if I didn't like that ride enough already Jones decided to make it worse. The whole ride he kept talking about what would happen if an earthquake happened while on the ride, he also kept pretending to slide/jump off and actually kept pretending to push me off. I am glad he thinks he is funny (okay I kinda thought he was funny too).

Bumper cars, one of their favorites.

Here they are at the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo. My dad is the Executive Director of the Pioneer Days so he gets us tickets every year. The boys look forward to going all summer. This year we were asked to have them dress like cowboys to have their picture taken. I haven't seen the pictures yet but I am glad that we got them dressed up, they thought they were pretty cool.

Notice they aren't wearing boots. Well if you know me at all you know I am not the cowboy type at all and I just couldn't bring myself to buy them cowboy boots. I couldn't spend the money on something they would only wear once so we went with the Pumas.

This one I had to throw in just to show how silly Jaimin is. Notice the flippers on his feet. Granted he had been playing in the pool but he has a tendency to wear them more out of the pool than in the pool. Oh well I guess whatever makes him happy.

Where did my baby go?

07/06/05
07/06/10

Last week Jaimin turned 5. I still can't believe my baby is 5! I think from the day my kids were born I have always said I didn't want them to grow up , I just wanted them to stay just the way they are. Even though I do miss my little baby I have absolutely loved every minute of his life. He is such a joy to have around, I have called him my Prozac many times. You can't find a happier kid! He greets everyone with a huge smile that just makes your day. Anytime I come home from going anywhere he comes running and yelling mommy like he hadn't seen me in a long time. I really couldn't asked for a better kid, well I should say kids, both my boys are the best!

I guess that's one way to cool off!