Someone pointed out to me today that I have not blogged since the new year (yes, Mom, I'm talking about you :) ). I'm afraid I have been busy, but I can't complain -- better to be busy at work than idle.
Other things that have been keeping us busy:
1. More snow days than I have ever seen before in our town. By sundown tomorrow, my kids will have spent all of five hours in school this week (heck, who am I kidding? They'd met that goal by 3:30 today. School is already canceled for tomorrow.)
2. Our house hunt. This is is supposed to be a buyer's market -- too bad we have a house to sell as well. We found a house we liked, but the kids were resistant. Finally, after lots of meltdowns, we were able to persuade them that the new house would be better.
We made an offer, and are playing the waiting game. We've been waiting about two weeks, actually, and the real estate agent called last night and gave us the dope: the seller was already selling the house at a loss, and since we asked less than his asking price, he doesn't know where he can come up with the additional money. At the same time, he is so desperate to sell this house, he's afraid to negotiate for fear we will walk away. Now the kids are having meltdowns because they are afraid we WON'T get the house.
3. Gwen's sleep apnea. We noticed she was gasping a lot in her sleep last fall, and finally got her in to see her doctor in November, who said, "I'm sending you to an ear, nose, and throat specialist." After waiting a month to see him, he said, "I'm sending you for X-rays and an appointment with the sleep therapist." A month after that (after the X-rays and sleep study were done) we finally got back together with the ENT specialist. Her nasal passages are almost completely blocked by her adenoids, and her oxygen levels are dropping significantly at night (not low enough that they tried to schedule us in earlier, though.) Looking in her mouth, he said, "I was going to recommend just the adenoidectomy, but seeing that she has an active case of tonsillitis today, I think we should take those, too." So, if you were wondering what we will be doing for spring break, well ... now you know.
The funny part is, after we left the ENT's office, Gwen started flipping out. "I have to get my tonsils and adenoids taken out! It isn't fair!" she cried.
Xavier -- the kid who has been violently opposed to having some skin tags removed around his ears -- also flipped out. "Gwen gets to eat all the ice cream she wants! It isn't fair!"
The grass is always greener, I guess. On the flip side, if I ever decide we really do need to take action on those skin tags, well, I'll know how to motivate him. In the meantime, I think Gwen has taken solace in the fact that her friends think it is cool that she'll be going under the knife.
Kids are weird.
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This could backfire, but if she gives you more trouble about the tonsils you could always show Gwen the alternative! I have sleep apnea and I have to wear THIS when I sleep.
I wonder if that would be cool at sleep overs? :)
Wow, that doesn't look comfortable. Is it too late for you to get your tonsils out?
I had my T&A in 7th grade. When I was 19 I had my septum undeviated and most of my turbanates removed. Apparently everything in my nasal passage was way OVERSIZED. I recommend getting the surgeries as young as possible :) Spring Break is better than Christmas Break when I had mine done!
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