A stressful Holiday :(

It started Christmas Eve... After getting home from doing hair for a girl in my ward we were all chilling on the couches watching TV. Kiel asked me what I wanted to do for the rest of the day... I dunno I responded.... one hour later... Connor was playing like normal on the couch goofing around then all of a sudden he starts to look up at the ceiling kinda dazed and then slowly lays down and then started convulsing. We freak out.. My son was having a seizure. He was out of it for a good 2-3 minutes.. Foaming all over my shirt but still breathing thank goodness.. Just completely out of it. We rushed to get things together and get the stupid dogs in their crates. I jumped in the back seat holding Connor still and trying to talk to him. All I said to Kiel was get in and Drive to Banner Desert NOW! I called 911 and just asked what I could do for Him. It was weird that I was the one that was calm, assertive and focused while.. Tough Kiel was driving while crying and freaking out. The ER was helpful.. they did blood work and a CAT scan, a blessing from Uncle Sean and Dad... and 3 hours later we were sent home. We were told that this was a freak attack that rarely but sometimes happens. We counted our blessings, Thanked our Heavenly Father and went home. Right after we ate Dinner Kiel was washing dishes and Connor sat in a corner and went into another Seizure... I grabbed him, got my cell and got into the back seat yet again. They finally admitted Connor and decided he needed a EEG and an MRI. One Long night in an uncomfortable "lounger" later Connor and I found each other Christmas morning in a hospital room with beeping and nurses coming in and out. Unfortunately though no tests were able to be done on Christmas.. Of Course... What were we thinking having seizures on Christmas Eve..?!? Entertaining a 17month old boy in a hospital hooked up to an IV all day isn't very fun!!! Poor guy. But Santa and Mrs. Clause came and made a special appearance and brought a Huge bag of toys and books for Connor. As well and Fox 10 news… I didn’t catch the news that night but I signed a waiver.. so maybe he was on there! Connor got so many stuffed animals and blankets from the hospital and awesome people that just love serving. It was a really nice surprise. That night Kiel convinced me to come home and get some good sleep and Connor would be fine for the night (which he was.. he's a GREAT sleeper!!). Ah. I love my bed! So this morning all the tests were done (which TOtally sucks by the way!!) It's hard on the parents. I had to get him to sleep, then wake him up and then 10 minutes later put him back to sleep and then 20 minutes later wake him up again for the stupid EEG. I need a MasSage!! Thank goodness the MRI they sedated him.. he finally got a good nap. Drug induced but... still counts. The results............drum roll... He had a Nasty inner ear infection that lowered his "threshold" which caused the seizures. He had 3 rounds of Antibiotics and we were released at 5 tonight!!! That's not what I was expecting for Christmas this year but I've really counted my blessings. I am so grateful for so many things. Presents don't matter. I was just so grateful that Kiel was there with me through the entire thing! Any other Wednesday night I would have been on my own. I love my boys so much and I would do and have done these past 2 days anything for them! I hope everyone had a Very Normal and Merry Christmas. Thank you for the love and support! Connor is doing great. We're going to keep his isolated for a little while, make sure he gets healthy again!!

*Merry Christmas*

I was really bad this year about everything but I do feel bad about not sending out a Christmas card... I guess I was just going to let my Mom speak for me in her's.. sad but I haven't felt up to doing much lately. This pregnancy and a 2 week old Cold is just kicking me in the butt. I'm very excited for Christmas though.. can't wait to see Connor come down the stairs and see all his presents (that he can actually open now). And plus I'm so ExCiTeD about getting down the Christmas tree.. it doesn't smell to strong thank goodness but... It's messy and the dogs use it as a "back scratcher"!!! So needles are everywhere. Oh well. Thanks to wood flooring it's not that bad. I guess I'm just excited for things to slow down again. I've been going, going, going so much lately.. I think I'm going to use my vacation to Utah next week as a long "nap". Sorry guys. Connor's all yours!! loveya~ Sorry for not being in Utah for Christmas this year parents. We wish we were there... Kiel hates that his job takes over all aspects of his life most of the time but we sure are grateful for it! We love you and miss you so much!!! To EVeryone elSe Have a SAFE and Merry Christmas!!!!
-The Crazy WenDelSchAfeR clan!

Update....

The latest news.....
I'm pregnant!!! We found out December 6th... which means.. I'm probably due early August which doesn' t make this very exciting but Heavenly Father is blessing us with another little Monster!! We didn't know how long it was going to take to get pregnant again so we just left it in Heavenly Father's hands. Kiel's not to excited about finding out the sex of the baby this time but I persuaded him to go with it this time around. He's a good guy. Anyways.. So I've been feeling nausious (very exciting stuff) and all of us have been fighting a cold in our house.. It's taken me the longest to get better, thanks baby!! But we're all just looking forward to Christmas next week!!

I'm Back!!!

We were having some issues with my old computer so a Great guy in our Ward was looking at it and tried to fix it but there were to many viruses and it was old so he was gracious enough to clean off his old computer (due to their getting a new one for Christmas) and give it to us!!! So we're back online and everything minus all our old music and Documents.. Boo... but at least we have our pictures still! Anyways.. so I'm back. Finally! I felt alienated not having a computer and the Internet!

Poor Buddy and Petey

I took our dogs into the vet today for a couple of reasons but It turns out that Petey is 5-6 pounds over weight (Thanks for feeding him your scraps Connor!!), Petey has an ear infection due to Allergies..... Buddy on the other hand is a OBSESSIVE licker so his belly and Petey's is red and rashy from that so now we have a Steriod Spray for that... Buddy also tore is ACL on his back right leg and he'll need to have surgery! Nice. He might also have Hipdisplacia due to being part Pit/Lab. So after x-rays we'll know for sure... so right now he's on Anti-inflammatory meds to help with the pain. Poor doggies!!! I set up a calendar to keep track on when to give them their meds and sprays!!! I love them so much! Connor would hate not having his dogs! Fun day:( (This is an older picture... Petey's a little heavier but he's now 24.5 pounds and Buddy is 64.8 pounds)