The Puddles

They are all finally in bed.  It has been a rather long day for everyone.  We had so many adventures and the day started so early in the morning that it almost feels like we tried to cram a week’s worth of adventures into one day.

Ben, Chris and I left for the hospital this morning at 6:15am.  We had to turn around once because we forgot Ben’s shoes (when you carry the boy out to the car because he is still sleeping it is easy to forget the shoes) but we still managed to get there by 7:30am.  The doppler took over an hour to complete.  Ben asked at one point why it was taking so long.  I told him that he only had one heart but two kidneys so it takes twice as long to look at your kidneys.  He did really awesome and kept really still until the bitter end.  Every time we have ever had a doppler/ultrasound done, the tech always has to go to the back to check with the doctor to see if he/she got all of the pictures that the doctor wants.  Then they either come back and take some more or they tell us that Ben’s done.  This time she came back to get more pictures, went and checked with the doc again and this time she brought back the doc with her and took even more images. We actually got to see the “man behind the curtain.”  Like on the Wizard of Oz, we actually got to the see the wizard today.  But just like Dorothy we didn’t learn anything from him today.  We will have to wait to talk to our cardiologist.  I don’t like waiting.  Chris says that he already knows that something is wrong (six year old boys should not have high blood pressure and require betablockers and ace-inhibitors), so now he is just waiting to hear what it is.  True.  But hearing only bad news does get old sometimes.  I could go for some good.

The girls had the time of their lives this morning.  Let’s just say it had something to do with meeting the sheriff and learning about taking fingerprints.  Call and ask Madie or Ainsley (for the really dramatic version) for the rest of the story.  They have been telling it all day to everyone they meet.

So we all had adventures.  And to top the day off Chris and the puddles headed to Brenham to spend time with the grandparents while I cleaned the house and then received a tutoring session on a new software program for work.  We are all exhausted from the day.  Everyone has gone to sleep already and with good reasons.  I am going to go lock the car (Madie reminded to do that tonight.  All part of her story for the day.) and go to bed.  Tomorrow will come soon enough.