Wednesday, February 06, 2008

A MUCH needed vacation!

We leave tomorrow for New York. We'll probably leave around 11:30 for our afternoon flight from Detroit. That's dependant on the weather of course. It does look like we are almost done with the snow and a lot of it's north of Detroit, so that's good! Hopefully the drive out there is smooth. New York is also looking decent as far as weather goes. Too bad we weren't there today...it was 63 degrees! It is going to be in the mid-upper 40s when we are there though and that's just fine with me!

We need this vacation...it's been a week. Colin is still sick...a good six days now with the respiratory flu and is miserable. We need him to turn a corner and it just isn't happening yet. He may go into the doctor tomorrow morning before we go, but I kind of doubt it. He is weak, coughing, tired and just needs to feel better! Hopefully our get-away will help!

Abigail had pink eye this weekend and I kept her home from school on Monday. Her eyes look terrible still, but the pink eye is gone. They are all red underneath from all her rubbing. Ugh.

Henry went to the ENT this morning for a 4-month check on his ears. His tubes fell out around his second birthday and since then he has had a couple of ear infections. Today there was fluid in his ears, not an infection, but still fluid. His doctor wants to put tubes back in, so he will have those on February 28th. He also had a hearing test done and did not pass with flying colors. His hearing is "a little lower" that we want. Hopefully this is just due to the fluid in his ears and will improve after the tubes. He'll have another hearing test in March, a week after the tubes, so the prayer now is that he clearly passes at that time.

Whew! So, that's the family update. Luckily I have been able to stay healthy through everything (knock on wood!) and am ready to leave tomorrow. We have hardly ever left our kids so I do have some anxiety about that, but it will be so nice to get away and they will have a blast with everyone!

Maybe I'll get a post up from New York...we'll see!

2 comments:

Amanda said...

Have fun Bethany!!! I'll pray a minute for safe travels for you guys and for Collin to start feeling better - how miserable! Thanks for your prayers too for Gracyn and our fam - totally appreaciate it!

Anonymous said...

Have a blast in New York! Can't wait to see the pics.