week ending nov 25, 2007

Week ending Nov 25, 2007: This week we got an appointment to see Chloe’s gastroenterologist on Dec 10 and in the mean time we were supposed to be giving her Maalox 4 times a day. Well, the magnesium in the Maalox is a laxative and on just 3 doses a day, Chloe’s bowels were out of control. The doctor also said for us to take a stool sample to Labcorp and have it tested for Pylori bacteria which cause peptic ulcers. I’ll leave it to your imagination how we collected said sample without getting it contaminated with urine or toilet water, but I can tell you that waiting in line at Labcorp for an hour with a package of poo and two 4 year olds is not fun.

Alex’s humidifier gave up the ghost this week and we got a new one. Target has humidifiers shaped like various animals and even the cartoon character Sponge Bob, so Alex picked Sponge Bob. Chloe said she wanted a Sponge Bob one too, but her humidifier works just fine so she and Alex decided that they could take turns with Sponge Bob. The compromise wasn’t in any way my idea because switching humidifiers every night is more work than I’d like to do, but I’m proud that Alex was so unselfish with his new prize.

And of course this week was Thanksgiving. We went to Grammy Carole and Granddad’s house and had dinner with them and my brother’s family. The kids took turns turning the hand crank on Grammy’s apple peeler/corer/slicer to make the apple pie, they used fabric markers to decorate their own smocks each with their own photo ironed on, and they all worked together to decorate a gingerbread house. We had a wonderful meal and wonderful company and got to see Granddad’s photos from his trip to a dive resort in Bonaire. Click here for the thanksgvining pictures