Weekly Round-up

Weekly Round-up

This week has been very D.I.Y orientated and a lot of decision making.

Sunday: We got up early (because obviously that's what sane people do) and we headed to the car boot. I love a bargain, Dwaine got tools for his work, the boys got toys and general crap and I got exciting things like a Pina Colada Yankee Candle the large size for £10!! I also got a lovely cushion (see below).

Sorry not pictures of tools or toys because well they aren't that exciting!

After the car boot we had some D.I.Y to do because Dwaine had Saturday off work so got bored and decided to replace the manky disgusting carpet in the living room with laminate flooring! So Sunday afternoon was spent ripping that up and laying the new flooring. It looks amazing now, however I now need to decorate.

Monday: Spent on the phone to the hospital again to finally get a new date for Deacon's surgery (3rd November) which is the last day of his half term so he gets a month off school! Not bad for his first year hey!!

Tuesday: The dreaded top-up shop with the boys! We go once a week for fresh fruit and veg and bits we need. Food shopping in the holidays with 2 small children is a form of torture I am sure. Made even worse the fact there is a toy shop in the retail park!

Wednesday: Oh that day was THE LONGEST DAY EVER! Dwaine took his brother to pick up his new car all the way in Scarborough. So he didn't get back until late, today seemed like it was a week long.

Thursday: We made a den, that's a days entertainment in itself really. Who doesn't like a den? 

Friday: A trip to the shops with the boys Great Gran (G.G) followed by baking a cake total mess. That's what baths are made for right? 

Then before you know it, it is the weekend and bank holiday. And only one week left of the school holidays and I'm progressively feeling more and more sick as they days go by.

How was you week?!

Weekly round-up!

Weekly Round-up!

This week has been an exhausting one! I think I have spent half of it on a phone, TRYING to get answers! The other half has been cleaning, playing with the children and our wedding anniversary.

We decided to up date our pots and pans, and our plates and well basically a lot of the kitchen. However it meant the cupboards needed sorting and the contents moving.

Which has been great as it has created more spaces. However we got all the stuff on Sunday so most of the organising fell on my head, the Husband planned that one perfectly didn't he!

Obviously it is the summer holidays, so OBVIOUSLY the British summer time decided to go on holiday too and left us with rain and gloom. Which OBVIOUSLY makes entertaining two young children an doddle...NOT!

So I have played catching pretend Pokemon and had my hair ripped out about 654321 times.

Wednesday was our 3rd wedding anniversary. I truly got spoilt this year with a lovely Pandora bracelet . However Dwaine did say that he only did I so he no longer needs to thing of presents for me, he can just buy me a charm!

Then the rest of the week has been taken up with constant phone calls. Our eldest son Deacon who is 4 has to have his tonsils out because, he has Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. He had an ECG test done on the 2nd August. We heard back later that day that he needs referring to the Cardiologist. We haven't been told anything about his ECG results. So I had to chase them up, but we still got no answers, luckily we have been given an appointment for Monday 14th August. I will probably do another post all about is health.

So all in all it has been a very homely week, my phone took a hammering and my kids play the same game 654321 times a day.

How our seaside holiday turned in to a Hospital trip!

How our seaside holiday turned in to a Hospital trip.

We thought we would take the children away to Mablethorpe for a week.

Last time we went away was nearly three years ago to the same place for our Honeymoon (we took our eldest so we stayed in the UK)

We arrived on the Friday and had a little look around, we went across the road to the beach where Deacon managed to fall over face first in a massive puddle of salt water. He was drenched, but it was hilarious and also provided the first lesson that sand will get anywhere! We went for a little paddle and managed to get trapped by high tide which obviously Deacon found hilarious. (I guess me and Dwaine would of if it wasn't for the DEAD jelly fish on the beach.)

So after an eventful half an hour on the beach we went and grabbed some food and settled in the caravan for the night.

The boys loved having everything on one floor and the idea of two toilets made the eldest very happy.

Saturday morning we wake up and the clouds were grey and the rain came down. This was not going to deter us. (I mean it what British people are trained for to Holiday in the rain.)

Dexter woke with a bit off a runny nose and a cough, the cough suddenly developed in to a barking cough. You could of mistaken him for the seals across the road. We suddenly realised we had a case of croup. Of course we would of as we are on holiday and well the nearest urgent care unit is about one hour away. So we managed it ourselves with medicine.

Saturday night I was awake with him as he could only get comfortable sleeping while upright.

Sunday comes and Dexter's breathing is becoming more laboured and, as they say sea air helps with breathing problems we went out for a walk.

By Sunday night he went to sleep about 6pm, by 8pm we called 111.

His breathing had gotten worse and he was now breathing with his diaphragm.

The ambulance was called and turned up about an hour later.(it had to come from Skegness 1 hour away)

They gave him oxygen with Sulbutamol to help open his air ways. This didn't help him.

On our trip in to Hospital he was given more oxygen with Salbutamol this time it helped (after he let us give it him).

We arrived at hospital and after a 4 hour wait we saw the Pediatrician who gave him a dose of steroid to bring down the swelling in his larynx.

The steroid helped straight away and you could hear his breathing getting better.
Luckily we went on the be able to enjoy our holiday and has a few more days of arcades and fun times.


I do have to say though the Ambulance Crew and all the Nurses and Doctors at the Hospital were all amazing. They even made a poorly boy smile and feel comfortable, when he was a little scared.  Yet again proving how invaluable our NHS is.