Sea World Summer 2010

My first real "vacation" with Maci was very fun! We went with my parents, and cousins Daniel and Christy and their spouses and kids. In all we had 6 kids under the age of 6 with us...so I am not really sure you could call it a vacation. We left excited to show Maci shamu!! The first night we ventured out the the river walk and has some great Mexican food, we ended up having to sit outside due to the size of our group. Wow, it sure was hot! By the end of the meal, Maci was wearing her diaper only. The next day was our Sea World adventure... Surprisingly, it was not packed at all but the weather was insanely HOT! We had a great time and enjoyed a couple of shows, including Shamu ( not the same as when I was a kid) and Maci LOVED it! She loves water and fish so that was right up her alley! She was (as always) great the whole trip. She would get so excited when the kids would join us in our room and found a fascination for my parents suite case. She would climb in and out of it and then just sit on top of it and babble....that was so very cute ;-). Although somewhat chaotic at times, the trip was so much fun! It was sad that Patrick didn't get to join us, due to his work schedule....we'll definitely vacation with Daddy our next trip.

Maci's Hosptial Stay

Maci started running fever and having the typical flu like symptoms, Sunday of last week. By Wednesday, I just knew she was dehydrated, as she had only one urine diaper all day Wednesday. I knew I would have to taker her in to the ER. As soon as I got her there, they took her back and immediately ran blood work. That was so traumatizing for she and I both. I hate seeing her in pain. She barley had any strength to even cry. As soon as the blood work came back the DR ordered an IV because her range was very low ( lower than the DR thought they would be). They could barley find a vein to begin the IV on. About 30 minutes after they ran blood/ IV she was out cold. The next day she felt and looked about 10% better. She actually, wanted to eat a little something and drank too. That was a great sign, because she hadn't wanted to eat or drink all week. We are so blessed that our baby is out of the hospital and feeling 75% better. Dr said it would lake about 2 weeks for her to be "herself". We are so very blessed that God kept his hand upon Maci during this time.