Quick Updates

Sadly, I don't have any photos to go with this post.  Just wanted to give everyone a quick update from the last week.  The worst of Emma's croup seems to be over.  YEA!!  It made a huge difference to put two humidifiers in her room.  She still coughs here and there, and has a little runny nose, but she is sleeping through the night, and no more fevers!
Not only were we stuck at home all last week, but so was Robert.  When he woke up on Tuesday, he couldn't put any weight on one of his feet.  So he headed to the doctor expecting to hear that he had torn a tendon or something.  (Ankle was not swollen or discolored) It turns out that he actually has some kind of really rare disease!  It is called Henoch Purpura.  There is no cure or treatment for it, but I PROMISE it sounds MUCH worse then it really is.  It is actually a childhood disease, and the Doctor thinks that Robert has had it is whole life.  Robert played a lot of sports growing up, the the Doctor is figuring that when he was feeling pain from this disease, Robert probably just figured that the pain was from sports. 
Ok.  So simply, what happens, is that when Robert gets sick or has a cold, his body is mad that it has to fight something foreign, so it starts fighting itself.  The top 3 places for the pain to pop up is the feet, knees, and back.  There is no rhyme or reason to the type of pain Robert will get with each illness.  He could get sick, and then not get any pain, or it could be just a little annoying pain, or go all the way up to what happened this time and make it to wear he can't walk for a handful of days.  Robert has some pain pills as well as an anti-inflammatory.  That is really all that can be done.  If it is looking like that from here on out, after every time he gets sick, he is in pain, then when he gets sick, he will start taking the anti-inflammatory hoping to get rid of it before it starts.  But like I said, it sounds much worse then it really is.  I promise!!
We also had a great visit with my Grandma on Saturday.  It took a lot out of her, but she was able to play with Emma, and enjoy herself.
I am happy to be able to go out and about this week.  We will head back to the library tomorrow, girls night, and maybe even head to Schnepf Farms at the end of the week to let Emma pick some fresh veggies.  Hope everyone has a great week!