We had a great time celebrating with family over the birthday weeks. These kids just don't stop growing. Check out this nerf gun...it's as big as he is!
The kids got their very first fidget spinners! Needless to say, we are now up to seven of those things somehow. They're popular trading items at school
Unfortunately during the time, Colin had several medical issues come up. A few days before his birthday, he came down with a UTI. He did so great at urgent care, and after getting some meds, we thought we were in the clear...
...until a week later when he came down with a fever and rash that lasted three days and never quit even with medication. We took him to the doctor who then transferred him to St. Mary's in Madison via ambulance for what ended up being Kawasaki Disease.
Poor kiddo was so lethargic the next day while doctors examined him and made the official diagnosis. Luckily we caught it in time and we started him on immunoglobulins. Had we been a few days later, his prognosis could have been a lot worse.
Colin ended up missing a week of school, but look at all these cards his classmates and friends made him! We were just so thankful to have so much support through all of this, it was just amazing. We read every single one to him and all of us (Colin too!) had happy tears.
Once the treatment was done, we noticed a complete change in Colin....for the better! He was up and playing almost all day long.
And after three days at the hospital, Colin was able to go home! He still had to take asprin for the next six weeks until our follow-up echo cardiogram, but was otherwise completely healthy. And thank goodness, the follow-up for his heart was 100% perfect. : )
The day we came home was also scheduled to be his birthday party which we ended up postponing till after vacation. However, that didn't stop Colin from wanting to set up our new bounce house to celebrate being home! And what an awesome big sister Kayla was during this whole ordeal. She was just great adjusting to our crazy schedule and helping Colin out when he needed it.
Kayla's artwork was selected to be at the Ernie Pope Art Show, and our local bank ended up buying it! In fact, we just went to their open house this past weekend and sure enough, it was hanging up on their local art wall.
We bought a new camper! Again, lol! It's an upgrade from our pop-up and luckily we ended up selling the pop-up to our friends, so we still get to see it when we go camping with them. Here's Colin towing the camper with his jeep.
Ah, that's much better.
Last day of school and last time I can call them my second grader and kindergartner!
