Time Off

Hi guys. I just wanted to drop a quick note about my blogging absence. I have been going crazy with the end of the school year for both my work but also for the boys. All of the end of the year events coupled with hockey and my work and the average of 6 meetings a day I am involved in-- phew-- it is really wearing me out!! I have not even gone online at all when I get home simply because I am so worn out from work and cant imagine spending time on the computer. The end is in sight and I cant wait for a long relaxing summer-- it is a full 3 months this year since the boys are going to private school next year--yaaa!!!

One thing I wanted to mention was an accident that happened this weekend with Owen. They were playing in the pool and stupidly I didn't even pay attention that they were playing with empty 2 liter bottles. All of a sudden I head a horrible scream from Owen and he was holding his eye and blood was puring off his arm. I freaked and held a towel on him till Kevin could examine the damage. Turned out he got a pretty good cut under his eye (no stitches needed) but Kevin noticed that the green part in his eye had blood pooling at the bottom-- just in the green area. My sister in laws mom Pam is an opthamologist (eye surgeon) and she said it sounded like a hythema but that she would come by once she was home from Santa Barbara (they were there for the weekend) to check his eye out. By the time she got there Owen was asleep in the reclining chair as Pam gave us strict instructions to still and to stay upright. She looked at his eye and his pupil was non reactive because of the trauma and sure enough he had a hythema which is a tear or cut in the green part of his eye. She told us as a Doctor she would say go to ER but as a mom she knows we will sit there all night and wont be seen until the morning therefore if we got to the eye doctor first thing in the morning it would essentially be the same thing. So, 8am we were heading to the opthamologist. Finally by 12pm he was dilated and by 2:30pm he had been totally checked out by the eye doctor. Yes, he had a hythema which is a very serious situation. I guess there is a really good chance that the tear in the eye will re bleed and that can cause serious vision type side effects. Because of this, he had to be kept very quiet and still and in an upright position for 5 days-- until the risk of re bleeding is down. They wanted to hospitalize him, to insure he was still, but I begged the Doctor to let him be at home as being in the hospital would be too much right now. He was OK with that but said that Owen had to stay quiet and still and sleep in an upright position AND he had to be off school for at least a week-- I guess this hythema thing is a pretty big deal! Anyway, Owen has been a wonderful patient and more that my mother in law Mary has been the best babysitter ever!!! Monday I had to spend the day off work with Owen at the doctor but Mary has been able to keep Owen (and Mia) entertained Tuesday and Wednesday. They did crafts and art and fun stuff. She also brought the Harry Potter movies for Owen to watch since Owen has been reading the books. He has totally entertained every day with fun things to do with grandma. Tomorrow he has a fun day planned with aunt Cassie and in the afternoon we have a doctor appointment to check on his eye and then we will see when he gets to return to school-- Monday hopefully-- at that point he will only have 3 days left of school for the year-- crazy!!!

Anyway, things around here have just been crazy and I am literally exhausted as I have had to sleep on the couch downstairs next to Owen while he is sleeping upright in the chair-- so I have been getting very little good sleep. I miss all my bloggy friends and will checking up on you all soon. Please forgive my absence but I will be back to the land of the living soon-- I hope!!!!

Christy :)