Croup Crap

There's Easton in the emergency room again.   The last time he was in was October of 2011 so we thought he had grown out of this croup crap!

I came home from work last night and we put the boys to bed.  We sat on the bean bag and watched our shows as usual.  We were hungry so Tyson made us some popcorn and just as we were digging in I heard the weirdest noise.  I told Tyson to mute the TV but before he could do that I realized it was Easton trying to scream.  He couldn't scream because he was barely breathing and it was so freaky.  Tyson went tearing through the house looking for Easton's inhaler, but it didn't help.  Lot's of times when Easton has had croup we have wondered, "eh should we take him in or not?"  This time the question was whether we should call 911 or not.  

We decided because of the huge snow storm that we could get to the hospital just as fast as an ambulance driving on snow and ice.  (Looking back, the ambulance would have had the medicine in it so he would have gotten it a lot sooner had we called.)  We threw everyone in the car and took off. (I'm sure we seriously looked like crazy people).  Easton struggled to breath the whole time.  He couldn't talk, he was just wheezing and screaming here and there when he could get enough air.  Callan decided to join in the chorus and scream the whole way to the hospital.  I have taken for granted in the past, living so close to a hospital!  We are 20 minutes away from a hospital in either direction of our house and it's NOT a fun drive when you are making sure your child is still conscious the whole time!  He was white as a ghost when we got to the hospital although his breathing had improved slightly from the cold air.  

The staff at the hospital was awesome.  They got us back there so fast and had a team of 5 or 6 people getting him all hooked up and getting an epinephrine treatment going.  His oxygen saturation was at 92% when we got there, but quickly improved with the epinephrine.  Grandpa Cook came to get Callan .  They gave Easton some dexamethasone and said we would need to stay and be monitored for 3 hours.  It was a long night and we were glad to get home to our beds at 4:00 this morning!  Easton woke up just like nothing ever happened.  He's currently jumping around the house telling me I am so mean and so wrong about him not being allowed to play with friends today.  

I am feeling so grateful.  I can't imagine living in a time when there was no medicine available and you just had to sit and watch your child go through that!  Thankful for good hospitals, doctors, medicine, insurance, a good car to get us there in the snow, our helpful families, loving visiting teachers, and everyone's nice comments and concern.  We are so lucky!

California Adventure

Ok I'm finally ready to blog again.  There's something about Tyson being home that makes me turn into a lazy butt!  He went back to school today and I have finally been able to accomplish things today!

I forgot some things about our first day at California adventure.  All the days are blurring together in my brain.  We went on Soarin' Over California and did the Bugs Life show.  The boys weren't too sure about that one!  Easton didn't enjoy being sprayed in the face by "acid" or having "termites" crawl under his bum.

Easton met Jake!

On Saturday we had a plan to get there 30 minutes before the park opened and get in line for a fast pass for the ride in Cars Land.  Before the park even opened, the fast pass line was at least a mile long.  No joke.  So Kate & Trace stayed in the fast pass line while the rest of us went to the actual line.  By the time we got to the front, we found out that they weren't going to open the ride because they were having problems with it!  We took advantage of it and ran to the Toy Story ride while all the other suckers were standing in the Cars line.  We LOVED the toy story ride!  It was so fun!  Glad we were able to get on it quick!

It pretty much poured rain the whole time, but we did do a few fun things.

Fish Carousel

 We did the Turtle Talk with Crush show since it was inside.  That was also really cool!  Crush the turtle was animated on the screen but he was talking and interacting with the kids.  He said that turtles are green because they eat so much algae.  He called on Easton, named him Electric Eel Easton and asked him what his favorite food was.  After a lot of thought, Easton said, "Ramen Noodles."  Crush told him to be careful or else he'll turn Ramen Noodle color. Tyson and I went with the big kids on California Screamin' and loved it.  Then we all pretty much made a mad dash to the bus in the pouring rain!  

We went home and had naps and dinner and kind of went separate ways.  Some of the family went to the Les Mis movie.  We decided to drive the the Los Angeles Temple which was a little further away than I thought:)  We thought the Christmas lights were so weird!  I know they have them at Temple Square, but they looked so different on palm trees.  They had a really nice visitors center with interactive computer things for the kids.  We stopped at McDonald's for sundaes and headed back to the hotel.

The drive home was long but it went pretty well.  We hit a big snow storm around Beaver and were glad to make it through that safely.  Callan got one of his 2 year molars during the trip and got a bad case of croup.  He tolerated it pretty well, but the day after we got home he was so sick!  Poor baby.  They gave him a steroid at the instacare and he got better in a couple days.  I hate croup!  Hope we're done with it for the season!

Our Disneyland trip was so much fun and the boys will always remember it.  Thanks mom and dad for the great Christmas present!

Disneyland!

So we left for Disneyland on Christmas day.  It was so much fun, but it's all kind of a blur!  We spent the night at a beautiful condo in St. George.  We watched Brave in the theater room that night and it was surprisingly good.  We hit the road the next morning and arrived at our hotel in Anaheim that afternoon.  The new car DVD players were a lifesaver!  The kids sat through the ride really well!  When we got to the hotel, all Easton wanted to do was get in the hot tub!  And that's pretty much all he wanted to do every day we were there.

Thursday morning we woke up bright and early to get to Disneyland before it opened.

 We used our Disney PhotoPass to get some family pics, but there were really only 4 pictures so we didn't want to spend the $100 to buy the disc.  You can see them online, but they made sure they are really low resolution!

The first ride we went on was Buzz Lightyear.  We all loved it and Easton was really into it.  

We went on the Nemo submarine and some other rides before lunch.

Callan had such a hard time staying awake!

Easton and the sword in the stone.

 We ate lunch on Main Street USA and decided to save spots along the curb for the parade.  Which was in 3 hours.

 We took turns going on rides and saving spots and then watched the Christmas parade.  The same song played over and over again and we still can't get it out of our heads!  

Safe to say our bums were SO sore after 3 hours.  We wanted to squeeze in a few more rides so we all kind of went separate ways.  I really wanted to take the boys to Toon Town, but we kind of got lost in the parade traffic.  By the time we got there the boys were out like lights.

 The next day we got smart and decided to take them home for naps in the afternoon. We started out at California Adventure.  We tried to get into Cars land, but even before the park opened there was an hour wait just for a FastPass for 8:00 that night! We met Mr. Incredible, some went on Tower of Terror while others went on the Monster's Inc ride, and we went to the Disney Junior show which was one of the boys favorite parts of the trip!

We went home for lunch and naps and it was a great idea.  The afternoon was much more enjoyable!  We went back to Disneyland, did lots of rides and finally got to Toon Town.

   Tea cups.  Tyson wouldn't go on it - baby:)

 Jungle Cruise

 It's a Small World (Christmas style)

That night we went out to dinner at a yummy restaurant with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins who live in San Clemente.  It was fun to see them!

More California Adventure tomorrow!