The Zombie Years...

Oh boy, do I have these days, or weeks, sometimes... YES! It's been happening more and more in the past two or so weeks. K2, our 4-year-old, has some large tonsils. Something that we were unaware of until a recent school physical at a different office than our usual pediatrician.

I believe the doctor's words were "Holy cow! Her tonsils are HUGE! They're even bigger than most adults!"

Great. Of course my immediate questions were somewhere along the lines of "Is it something more serious like cancer?".

After being told that they were likely just large, and may or may not effect her, she moved on, with simple instructions that if they seemed to bother her, call and ENT and see about getting them taken out.

She's been fine until about two weeks ago, when the weather turned cold and her nose got stuffy. He snoring is out of control, we can hear her in our room down the hall. But, what's worse is she is struggling to breath at all. Because of this, she keeps waking up and making her way into our bed. After the first night of her flailing her arms and legs to fight for her breath, I called the ENT.

The first appointment was 10 days later. I took it. We're now 4 days away from that appointment, and still getting a visitor in our bed every night.

This is making for some very sleepless nights for The Hubs and me, but we understand that this is just what K2 needs right now. Because I stay at home during the days (and work part time in the evenings), I try to always make sure The Hubs gets a full night of sleep. This, however, has resulted in me stumbling around the house for the first 2-3 hours of the day, even after I've gotten K1 and K2 dressed, fed and dropped off at school. K1 has even been known to look at me as I hand her her school uniform and say "Mama, you'd better get some coffee."

Touche' kid, touche'