Now that I have some time.....

The drama of the week: 
Monday, we go to the doctor's for pre op stuff...   Chest xrays at Danna's office, Labwork at Lab Corp.  Xrays weren't fun.  DJ didn't like the big machine that Mama couldn't hold him in front of.  But they were clear so we were good to go there.   Lab work started fun.  The boys were having a ball looking at the fish in the tank.  hermit crabs, fish, snails, a shrimp, and lots of TINY starfish.  Many ooos and ahhhhs later, DJ is called back.... Let the fun begin.  he did fine until they went to put the needle in his arm.  It took me holding one arm and his body on my lap.  One nurse had hold of the arm they were pulling blood from.  And by hold I mean that she was struggling to hold his arm still so he didn't hurt himself.  Its amazing how strong a little boy can be when he strongly dislikes what someone is doing to him!  The other nurse busied herself with filling vial after vial with blood.  You would have thought they had enough after the fourth vial, but nope.  DJ's arm refused to give anymore.  I think probably because they were having to hold so tight to his upper arm his arm was turning blue.... So they stopped taht and for the last tube (for the platelet test) she pricked his finger.  End Day one of Surgery fun here.....

Tuesday:  we have Early Steps come to the house.  These are the speech therapy people.  I fill out more stuff, answer more questions we find out DJ does qualify for therapy in speech.  She also said that he qualified in fine motor skills too.  I told her i didn't see how.  He seemed fine in that department to me!  She agreed since he "barely qualified".  So he isn't doing that therapy.  So Tunjia leaves.... and I get a phone call from Dr. Danna's office.  They called to say DJ was going to have to go get more labs done because his platelet test came back with a low count.......   It kinda was bad news... If they weren't up on Tuesday, he couldn't have surgery on Wed.....   We race to the lab place and have another finger stick done, not bad at all.  I worry for like 5 hours and then give up and call them.... It was fine.  Count up!  So we take Benny to spend the night at Nonna's house.

Wed.:  4:45 am, I get up to eat so DJ doesn't see me eating and want some....  5:10 i GET joey up.   WE get dressed and ready then get DJ up.  Leave house at 5:30am.  We had to be at the hospital at 6 am.  We had a good time playing with DJ until they took him back.  The best was DRUNK DJ..  They gave him something to relax him.  They  told me to make sure I held him the whole time till they came back.... Its a good thing too!  He was sitting on my lap struggling to get down and read and everything like he normally does..... Then he loooked like a drunk kiddo.  His body relaxed and he couldn't sit up.  He kept attempting to, but it wasn't working.  He couldn't hold his head up even... And Joey and I couldn't stop laughing.  So they came and took him back.... he didn't even attempt to hold on to me.  We sat out in the lobby for about 35 or 40 min and Dr. Danna came and told us he was doing well.  they had to let him wake up first so we waited another 30 min or so and got to go back.... to hear DJ SCREAMING..... he was very unhappy.  As soon as his Momma was holding him, he was semi okay.  He stopped screaming as much.  He sounded horrible.  The adnoid procedure made him congested.  he still sounds bad when he goes to sleep, but its not nearly as bad as it was!  

All in all, the week wasn't so bad.  It was just a long week of fussy kids.  DJ's speech will start week after next and he will have one hour a week for a while.  It shouldn't take long for him to catch up.  we will see!