Now on the mend and back in the swing of things

Yesterday (Monday, May 4) was the Bangtail Muster Parade (May Day
celebration). We met up with friends and watched the parade. Afterwards
we went to Araluen playground for a while. At the end of our time
there, I had to get Elora home for a nap (we stayed until 1pm). Logan
told me, "Mommy, I can't breathe." I checked with him several times and
was concerned enough that we stopped into the base clinic to see the
doctor. His oyxgen levels were low (90-93% if that means anything to
you; kids are almost always 99-100%). Anyway, the clinic doctor wasn't
happy with that and sent us to the emergency room since it was a public
holiday and the pediatric ward was closed. Off we went (after dropping
the girls off with Melissa). They weren't all that helpful at the
emergency ward (I didn't have great faith in the doctor as he kept
trying to insist that Logan's oxygen levels couldn't really be that low
and that we should have yet another machine to verify (Logan had already
had 3 different machines that showed his oxygen levels between
89-94%). They sent us home with antibiotics (though his chest x-ray
was clear???). They never did address the low oxygen (when last time
they wouldn't let us leave the hospital until levels had improved. And
when I told them Logan was feeling very sick like he was going to vomit
I was told "Oh, he's probably nervous about being in the hospital.
You're free to leave now." When we got home Logan promptly started
vomiting for the next 6 hours. Poor thing. (I don't think the
breathing issue was related to the vomiting.) Anyway, I was in touch
with our doctor again who gave us a couple other meds. to help with his
breathing/tightness and the wheezing. The next day, Tuesday, Logan was
feeling better.

Elora has had a cold (and a very runny, yucky nose) but is holding up
pretty well. Delenn's had a good week and enjoyed her dance class. We
didn't have Kindermusik as our kids and Tina's kids were sick.

...

Days have now passed by. It's Saturday evening. We had a full day of
sports today. Delenn had her soccer game (a drop in session for 3-4
year olds). She seems to have had fun. Logan scored another goal --
and what was even more precious was his victory dance upon scoring the
goal. SOOOooo cute!! Wish we had had the video camera for that! I
(Liesl) had a hockey game... we lost 8-nil, though I personally enjoyed
the game. I sure enjoy having a run-around with good sporting people.

Dog training continues with Boomer. We had a dog behaviorist come and
to help us last weekend (as Boomer had taken to jumping the fence at any
free moment). We couldn't handle the stress of that and the dog trainer
said Boomer has dominance issues. From things he pointed out to us, we
agree. So, we're working hard with Boomer and she seems to be complying
with some of the new rules and routines... mostly (? or are we just
fooling ourselves?) At any rate, Boomer hasn't jumped the fence this
week and keeps pretty close by.

On a happy note, I placed a nice large order with Amazon... I'm looking
forward to some good books in my future (yes, ALL homeschooling related
in one way or another). Nerdy me!

Hope all is well. We're now doing well here!!