Recovering...

I have to give my readers a huge apology for my meltdown a few weeks ago.  I have been completely stressed about a multitude of things.  I refuse to count them all, but I will give you a highlight of the more important happenings around here.  My in-laws came and went.  In talking to me they were quite understanding of some of my problems.  My kids mentioned the car and my meltdown on the phone to hubby.  However, a complaint about the accommodations was made to my hubby.  Hubby plans on repairing the situation for his parents, but he made it quite clear that they were the only ones making the complaint.  So otherwise, they said they understood that I was under the weather.  They also got a taste of what it can be like around here.  Friday, the weekend they were here, was a day off from school and we were excited to be able to sleep in.  However, about 5 am that morning I hear Aidan coughing up a lung in the bathroom.  The boy could barely breathe!  Scary.  Truthfully, his color was good and it sounded like croup to me so I treated it as such and the cough did settle after steaming/cold air for about an hour and drinking warmed apple juice.  Needless to say, Aidan and I ended up at the doctors office.  He was much better at that point.  He was cleared to play football which was on Saturday.  She said numerous viruses can cause those types of symptoms and whatever it was settled in his voice box.  He felt better on Saturday so we went to his football game and the pumpkin patch.  After our trip to the pumpkin patch, the child was without a voice and stayed that way until Monday.  The doctor had warned that he might lose it completely as it was pretty raspy when we went to see her.  So, my in-laws got to spend a sick weekend with us.  Later in the week Ainsley started to exhibit similar symptoms, but she never completely lost her voice nor did she have the croupy episode.  I was however running the humidifier in her room and having her gargle as a preventative.  I think it helped.  We had some free tickets to the Browns game that Sunday, but with Aidan voiceless we did not him at the game for hours out in the rainy weather.  Hubby and his father went instead.  It happened to be the one game the Browns have won this season so I keep telling hubby that he needs to get those free tickets more often.  The Browns are depending on him!  So that is it for now.  I have more posts and pictures to follow.