Tuesday... a dip in the road

Today started off with both Mark and I driving to Great Falls so that I would be able to have a vehicle there. No more taxi drivers! Well of course why would it not be snowing in the middle of April... and a major snow storm! There were power outages already by noon. Mark dropped the dogs off at the kennel and Dakota did his normal thing... all excited and as soon as the door opened he jumped into the big bag of dog food and started chowing down... kind of funny but this is the dog food that gives him REALLY bad gas! And then there was Kiara clinging to Mark's leg and not wanting to be left. She has been like this since the day we got her but we just feel so bad lately because we are having to use the kennel more than we ever would like to.

So I went to the hospital while Mark was at the kennel. The nurse started to tell me how Ethan was doing. It was not good. One bad thing after another. He was anemic so they needed to give him blood... kind of makes sense because they keep taking blood from him to check things. Then they found that he had an infection and also a yeast infection. So they started him on antibiotics right away for that. They turned off the humidity in his bed because his skin is doing fine and yeast grows in moist areas so they wanted to eliminate that. I have to say that having him intubated is SOOOO extremely hard! He can't cry or make any noises. It is so sad. I never thought I would say that all I want is to hear my baby cry but I do!

After all the emotions flowing we decided to go out for dinner at a local restaurant we hadn't tried yet. It was really nice... the looks and the service anyway... the food, well not so much. I did have a glass of wine though that helped me take a nap when we got home ;) (Don't worry, I check with the dr about EVERYTHING I do these days!... so no judging please... let me have a glass of wine in peace.. jk ;)

Mark told me that once he comes home he doesn't want me to corrupt our little boy. I looked at him a little puzzled. He said that he didn't want to come home and ask Ethan if he wanted to go fishing and he respond with "no, mom and I are going to have a tea party today and then we are going to bake." I was thinking maybe I could teach him to crochet instead, I've never been a big fan of tea parties anyway ;)