In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lion

The weather stinks!  We can see a few blades of grass around our house but there's still a lot of snow out there.  I vividly remember my first spring break teaching in Invermere (1997).  March 14th to be exact.  That morning I met a friend at Panorama and we skied for a few hours.  Later that afternoon we went for a round of golf at Windermere Valley Golf Club.  It was the best spring break day, EVER!  I could have skied during this spring break, but an afternoon golf game would not have been possible within 500 km radius!

While I was bitter about all the travel that everyone else was doing (Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii, Vegas, Europe and on and on) we did have a nice little trip to Edmonton.  We took our international student and her friend to the 'zoo' at the Bass Pro Shop and then spent three days shopping, visiting, and swimming at West Ed.  The boys adored the aquarium and seeing the 'sea life'.

Hikari & Yuko with the moose

Watching the live fish at Bass Pro

Swimming at West Ed Mall

Watching the penguins at West Ed

Today is the last day of spring break and the first time in all my spring breaks of teaching that it is snowing the night before going back to school.  Ugh!!!

Carter

Charlie

On the T1D front, Carter has done quite well over the holidays.  His blood glucose numbers have been pretty steady and we haven't didn't have any lows (whew).  I should have knocked on some wood before typing this, however, as this afternoon I could hear both boys crying not long after we had put them down for a nap.  Charlie came waddling out in his sleep sac with puke all over him.  Once I went in the bedroom I understood why Carter was crying - Charlie had thrown up on his own bed, all over his brother on his way to getting off his bed (Carter's is right beside Charlie's) and then all over the bedroom.  My first thought...God, please don't let Carter get this bug.  When a child with T1 is sick, it requires testing his glucose levels every 2 hours for the duration of his illness.  My prayers were answered for exactly one hour and a half.  Soon, both boys were taking turns throwing up, crying, wanting mama snuggles.  A call to the endocrinologist was in order as it was our first illness since diagnosis.  Carter's blood glucose was 4.4 so the doctor said we needed to check his levels every 1/2 hour to ensure that he didn't go too low.  His poor little finger tips are blood stained and as I type this he just had another bout of vomiting (daddy has this one covered).  Syringe fulls of apple juice and finger pricks are my plans for the rest of the night.  

We have our next appointment at Alberta Children's Hospital on Tuesday...fingers crossed he'll be feeling better by then.

On the positive side, it gives me two more days before I have to return to work so maybe spring will actually arrive!!!