ramblings of a very tired mommy

Funny how inspiration comes in the midnight hours. I have been up with Ian mostly all night. Poor baby has had a fever and with it comes the talking in his sleep, sleep walking and worried mama. I have been sitting on the couch for nearly 5 hours now afraid to move because he keeps getting out of bed. I have given him Motrin and Tylenol so hopefully that will bring his fever down and he's make it through the night. My throat is finally feeling a little better so that makes me think we're coming to the end of this long rough patch of week. I cannot wait till spring is here and mother nature makes up her mind, seriously.

So we took Aevan to the eye specialist and found out he has to have a procedure done to open his tear ducts. It is done through outpatient surgery and is fairly simple and the doctor thinks that will clear up a lot of this trouble he's been having with infections, etc. I pray it works. I have been nursing the poor kids eyes practically since birth it seems. They are always watering, always sensitive to light and he rubs them constantly.

I have an appointment coming up in a couple of weeks with the oncology and hematology department of West Penn here in Butler. They are going to go over my hemochromatosis diagnosis with me and develop an ongoing treatment and management plan. I'm not looking forward to this new lifestyle but I'm just thankful that I can live a somewhat normal life aside of giving blood for 2 hours every few weeks. That part I'm not so happy about but I can live with it. Eventually we all have to do things in life that are uncomfortable or inconvenient but we shouldn't complain when there are so many others out there who deal with way more than we could ever imagine.

I have been feeling wonderfully blessed and very satisfied with my new found attitude. I have been trying hard to be more positive and to keep my temper under control lately. My triggers are still there but I'm recognizing them more now and can manage them just knowing what they are. John hasn't been bad lately either. In fact he wrote me a very sweet message on Facebook yesterday. He is a wonderful husband and father and I'm proud of him. Well this has been my generic weekly post. I have rambled, no doubt so I apologize. I'm mostly just taking up space with this one.... oh well