To catch ya up...

Wow...what can I say...life is rolling hard and fast and it is a bumpy ride...I am just trying to hang on. Since my last post...Josh came out of ICU and his CO2 levels came down which helped his severe headaches...and eventually OKed being put on the list for transplant...turned 26 yrs old...and then got back out of the hospital. We started doing fundraising for Josh...

We went to a Magnet schools fair for Sarah for kindergarten...hopefully she will get in...crossing our fingers...

Then we found out Heather...my wife...is pregnant! Number 5 for me and 2 for her. Sarah our 4 year old will have a little sister or brother...due in September. Wow! Two sonograms later and we can see a sack...but no baby inside....welp...it is still early...we just can't see it yet says the Doc and the sonogram nurse...ManOman! Yikes...what is going on here? Finally...the 3rd sonogram...there they are (they meaning 1 baby....but not an "it")...the little peanut...and a flashing little heartbeat...this is real!

Then...the call came. Exactly 1 month after Josh's birthday he is on the table having his double lung transplant. He gets through the surgery...including having the surgeon stitch a whole in his heart closed....in his words....since he was in the neighborhood LOL...only took about 15 minutes he says....WOW!

Two days later my eldest son turned 28...but we were all too distracted...(for good reason)...to celebrate Jacob...we still need to do this...he was a major trooper in helping Joshua and Breanna (Josh's wife) post-op. Same day I also find out that I have had my hours accepted by the Board of Behavioral Sciences...so I am ready to start the testing faze...

The day after Josh's surgery...Sarah starts a little cough. Holy crap! She is sick and she can't be around him...and we can't avoid being around her...so we can't be around him either! Damn! She has a cold...she is sick for a week and as she is getting better...Heather gets sick. AAHHH!...double damn! As Heather starts getting better after a week...I get sick! AAAAHHHHHH!!! Aww Comeon!! This is killing me...

We call and find out Sarah didn't get into the Magnet schools we were hoping for...bummer....what are we gonna do for her because she starts kindergarten this summer...

We get a letter in the mail....Heather's OBGYN...the same we just saw with the little flashing heartbeat...talking about when he plans on taking the baby...the same Doc that delivered Sarah...Dr. E's last day at this practice is the 5th...the end of that week. What?!?

Find out Sarah did get into a charter school...we have to research it...this is after already getting her set up to attend the local public school...not the greatest of choices but at least she will be in somewhere.

I am at work and I hear a voice over the intercom describing a car that sounds just like mine and they say, "go to your car immediately"! I know this is bad...nothing good comes from these words LOL...sure enough...the passenger window is smashed...glass everywhere...I cut myself and get glass slivers trying to clean the glass out of the car...and almost $200 out of pocket to replace it...have a bad experience with making the police report...that sucked...the people stole our registration and insurance information...

Next up...Heather starts getting sick....again....as I am getting better...shaking head...MAN!

Josh...is still in Stanford....still draining from the surgery...still there...in a lot of pain...and having his pain meds reduced...and now...they want to do a second surgery on him...to remove the sack one of his lungs is in and scrape the inside of his chest to make the lung attach to the chest wall....so he will stop the drain. You have GOT to be kidding!?!?! Hasn't this kid been through enough?

Just to catch anyone up who might be interested LOL...I am tired. Next up? More medical adventures and fund raising...the hockey game with the Stockton Thunder...

And tomorrow...Heather goes to see the new Dr...the one we don't know...alone...because I can't go...this is the first time she has had to go to a Dr. appointment in 2 pregnancies where I will not be there....argh!

Babe...I love you...crazy life...never boring...whew....welp...breathe....there we are :)