a day at the park

we had a fun family day at the park on Saturday. Here are some pictures.( Read more... )

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Connor has either mild pneumonia or a sinus infection. The doctor couldn't be sure which, but I believe it is a sinus infection. He did get a chest x-ray but it wasn't clear enough for the Dr. to be positive if he had pneumonia or not. While we were in the radiology dept., the technician let the older two boys come into the room with us. She did a great job of including them so that they weren't bored. She had them push a button to turn on a light and then stand behind the partition. She even gave them a stool so that they could watch Connor and I through the window. While she and I were getting Connor positioned, Petey pushed the button and X-rayed all three of us. I was slightly embarrassed, but the tech was really cool about it. She put Zack in charge of making sure Pete didn't push anymore buttons. Connor looked like a little man standing tall in front of the x-ray screen. He is so good at the doctors, very unlike the older two. I believe it is because he's so precautious by nature. He'd rather sit and study what is going on then scream and throw a fit. I've given him his first dose of antibiotics and he seems to feel much better already. He hasn't 'played' in two days, instead preferring for me to just hold him and rock him.

I'm so thankful to live in this day and age, where something like a sinus infection or mild pneumonia is so easily treated. Just think, 100 years ago a mother could lose a child to something like this.