Travis Sick

Travis woke up this morning with his croupy cough. Robert was in town so he took him to the Doctor and of course he has a sinus infection. Not surprised. Trey has been complaining of hip pain. UGH. He is leaving to go out of town to pine cove all weekend am a little concerned but he wants to go. Continue to pray for pain relief for him and for Travis as this is the season of yucky germs for him.

rangers fever

Gotta love this

This made me laugh outloud and of course I had to take a picture for the boys. This was at a sandwich shop in Norman.

Delta Gamma

On Friday night, I headed to NORMAN, OK to attend the Delta Gamma initiation. My friend's daughter was getting initiated and I was there to surprise her. She had no clue I was there and when she turned around to get her pin I was there. She was shocked and excited all in one, it was quite special. She is such a joy and I am so proud of her. Of course, with my Texas Tech roots it was weird to be in OU country.

Poison Control??? Really

On Thursday night Trey took his medication as planned and it was two 75 mgs of Lyrica. He had been taking one 75 mg of lyrica in the morning and one at night but the Dr wanted him to take 150 in the morning and 150 in the evening. Well, then our story begins. I went to dinner with a friend and came home to Trey completely drunk. He was laying on the chair not too responsive and dizzy, hot and out of it. I called the pharmacy and he said call the Dr immediately. I called the Dr on call and after he looked everything up he said I think he will be fine but call me back if he throws up or anything else changes. Right after I hung up Trey threw up. So.... I called the Dr back and his comment was "I'm not comfortable with this, I'm going to call poison control." Not the words you want to hear from the Dr. Poison Control said he should be fine but he should be woken up every 30 minutes. This of course makes for a long night. He was fine in the night, very hard to wake up and slept VERY hard. Friday he stayed home from school. We didn't give him 150 on Friday although the Dr wants us to go back to 75 mg. UGH Praying we can find a better medication.

Rangers Baseball

Who would have thought that Rangers post season baseball could cause so much chaos in our household. Robert is in town this week and he let the boys stay up both nights to watch the rangers. I know doesn't seem like a bad thing but BOY when I have to wake the boys up at 6:00 am to leave the house by 6:45 ugh it makes for a bad morning. Was hoping that the rangers would have finished off the yankees yesterday but at least the next game is on a Friday night and no 6:00 am wake up call.

Another reason to LOVE kindergarten

Do you remember when losing a tooth was a BIG deal. Well in kindergarten it is HUGE and you get to sign the tooth chart when you lose a tooth. I have pulled too many teeth to count and it still makes me smile to see what Joy it brings to a little one. Do you remember losing your first tooth? How much money did the tooth fairy bring you?

Medication

Yikes!!! Trey's medication is 75 mg and he is scheduled to take two of these twice a day. Seems like a lot for a little guy. Ankles are hurting more today. Hope and pray we are not headed for a long week. I am always waiting for the other foot to fall when he starts complaining.

Tough Cookie

Travis had a football game today and was lit up by a kid that outweighed him by tons and was in sixth grade Ha Ha. He cried a little when it happened but after we left the game we came home and started his treatment. It reminds me how TOUGH he really is. God has made him amazingly strong in many ways. SO thankful for that.

member of the MOB

Mother Of Boys.... another sports filled weekend. Last weekend our Saturday consisted of 11 am the texas tech game, then switching to radio as we headed to Travis' baseball game at 1, then home for a few mins to begin watching the rangers at 4 then off to Trey's 5pm baseball game, switching to radio broadcast of the rangers, to finishing the rangers game at home and a football game on Sunday and of course listening to the rangers game via radio again. What else does a mother of boys do?
So this weekend, Tech game vs OSU, 2 baseball games, Travis is starting pitcher this week, and then a football game on Sunday where travis is the QB. Sprinkle in FBA homecoming game tonight and of course the Texas Rangers!!! so what are you doing this weekend.

Go Rangers

Gotta love kindergarten, these little ones said I have the same shirt as you WOW!!!! go rangers

New Pain Medication

Trying some new pain medication with Trey to see if we can get some relief. Praying that it works. Yesterday his hips and knees were hurting as well.

Kindergarten

You never know what might happen in kindergarten.

50%

Trey has done pretty well the last few days. I guess these are our 50% days with minimal pain and complaining. I will take them. Praise the LORD for these days.

Wildflowers finally

This post is for my family of doubters... I planted this wildflower mix earlier in the summer. All summer long I have been waiting for the flowers to bloom with no such luck. The plants are tall and green and healthy and NO flowers. Trey has been making fun of me saying that it was a dud and that they are not flowers just weeds. However, last night as we were pulling out of the driveway look what I saw... I got out and took a picture. Of course it looks like the whole weed section is about to bloom. YEAH

More football

Travis' whole motivation in QB is to get rid of the ball before anyone get to him. It would motivate me as well.

No news today

No news is good news in the shoemake house. Trey is still struggling with pain in his hip and right knee but his ankles have been a little bit better. Travis is acting like he is getting sick which is not good but we'll somehow manage. Continue to pray for pain and for Travis to be protected from all the cold and flu germs.

Kindergarten Cold

Every year I catch a cold from my kids. I'm sure you're wondering how in the world does a kindergarten teacher catch a cold. Ha.... Every kid in kindergarten has a unique way of picking their nose and touching me with their fingers. Ugh I know. This is how I catch a cold. I try to remind them over and over and over again to NOT pick their nose and hopefully, they will learn this lesson soon, but for now I have a kindergarten cold.

Finally A call

The dr finally called yesterday afternoon and all she could offer at this point is pain medication. Not really fixing anything but at least might offer some relief. She said she was looking into other diagnosis and of course she didn't offer any other information. Sooooo, all I can do is speculate and worry. Not sure when we might hear back from her again.

So Frustrated

I called Houston today and spoke with the nurse and she said the Doctor would call sometime, she didn't know when or if it would even be this week. Remember I called Last Tuesday yes Sept 28th and am still waiting for a call back. Not sure how this is going to work. soooooo frustrated beyond words. Trey wants to try to go to baseball practice tonight. Not sure how that will work out.

Still Waiting

UGH.... Still waiting for the doctor in Houston to return my call about Trey. His ankles are still hurting... waiting for the 50%days.... Pray for pain to subside and for Trey to deal with his new normal. Hoping to hear from the doctor today and for some new medications.

Eye Doctor Visit

Because Trey has been diagnosed with arthritis, he had to have an eye appointment to make sure there was no inflamation in the eye. OUCH. Actually the Dr said most kids don't even notice which is part of the problem. I am happy to report no eye issues. Yeah!!!

My sweet class at Lower school night at FBA

Don't you WISH you taught kindergarten? Love those precious faces!!!!

taking a break from the medical front

Sunday afternoon Travis had a football game and played quarterback. As I heard the other team yelling, "hit the quarterback!" I just prayed that Travis' feet would carry him away from them. THE Saints played well even though they lost by 2.

Waiting and more Waiting

Still waiting to hear back from the Dr. about Trey's ankles. Last week was miserable and this weekend he couldn't finish his baseball game. The dr was scheduled to meet with the radiologists and other dr's today to discuss Trey's case. Am praying for some answers. Will let you know as soon as we hear something. Pray for pain to subside.

Welcome to Holland

When you are going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip – to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum, Michelangelo’s David, a gondola ride in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland.”

“Holland?!?” you say. “What do you mean, Holland? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.”

But there has been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine, and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go out and buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It is just a different place. It’s slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around, and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills; Holland has tulips; Holland even has Rembrandts.

Everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life you will say, “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned.”

The pain of that will never ever go away, because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely, things about Holland.

Every time I read that story I am reminded that I am not enjoying Holland as much as I should. What is your Holland?

A Good Verse to think about

He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.

He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings.

His faithful promises are your armor and protection...

If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague come near your home.

For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.

They will hold you up with their hands so you wont even hurt your foot on a stone...

The Lord says, 'I will rescue those who love me.

I will protect those who trust in my name.'" Psalm91 vs. 3-4, 9, 12

Still hurting

These are the pictures of trey's ankles and fingers that I sent to the dr last night. He is still complaining about fire in his ankles and he can't bend his fingers all the way. He tried to play baseball today but without any luck.