Sick Kids

Typical 'mommy' post here folks. My baby's are sick. Miss A for over a week now and C'man for a couple days. I'm SO glad we didn't go to MN this past weekend, sister is cross with me tho. Both kids were running pretty good temps by Saturday evening. Needless to say we didn't go out to eat either. I went and got take out. I'm waiting for the doc office to call me back. Hate to rush in there only to find out it has to run it's course. I'm not a big fan of antibiotics either, I'd like to avoid them if at all possible. My friend Shannan is taking her kids to Dr Miller. I'd do that but when!?



Oh and Miss A will NOT take any form of medicine. She screams 'no mommy, no mommy'. It's just lovely around here i tell ya. BUT the weather is like Spring. It's raining out! AND its @ 60.



Cow's are loving it. They frolic around the field. Kicking there heels, running, just really fun to watch them. Although a couple hours ago one was standing in our yard. I yelled at it and it went back to the field. Dirty little bugger. Oh and the pigs!! They are still around. DH was very cross with them yesterday and they just about became pork chops today. He went to feed the cows and the pigs are in with them. Well the pigs got out and he had to chase them thru mud, snow, water, you get the idea.



Speaking of that all, did i mention that a couple weeks ago i got my first chicken egg. I've always been scared of chickens ( i don't like birds). No amount of convincing from my sister or niece would led me in to the coupe. Well C'man had brought me an egg one day when i was at the farm helping with cows. I thought that was so darn cute. SO i followed him back to the coupe. I imagined him talking to the chickens, and being all cute. In the coupe he went. I cautiouslly followed. It wasn't to bad. BUT i had him to distract them while i looked for eggs in the nests. It also helped that none of them were sitting in the nest. For sure then, i wouldn't have attempted. They peck you then. One of them ever pecks me, i'll break there neck. We only got 2 eggs b/c they'd been picked alread that day, but none the less, in the 10+ years i've been on the farm i finally did it. I'm not even 30% sure i want chickens at our place yet, we're still working on that. (the poop, and cleanliness of it all, freaks me out)



In other news:

A young family came and looked at the van yesterday. We're 75% sure it's sold. Will know when we have the cash in hand, which should be Thursday evening. What a relief it would be to have that sold.



Armstrong update:

Well it is not even Noon yet and we are wrestling with what might be some really bad news.
They have taken Armstrong off of his chemo and stopped his radiation. Hopefully only for a short period while they figure out what type of infection he has. :(
The doctor also signed the order for Army to get his wheel chair. This all just feels really bad. We are trying to keep our hopes up the best we can. It hasn't even been 3 months since he was diagnosed.
We just feel like we want to at least have a chance to fight this thing. And when they take away the chemo and radiation we are so helpless to this horrible illness.



I really have nothing more to say after that. I'm feeling very scared, helpless, for them all.