The first SC Thanksgiving (part one)

The week of Thanksgiving has arrived! We welcomed our first guests on Saturday when Caity and Mike arrived after a long drive from JMU. Jack and I were at a birthday party for one of his new school friends when they arrived. Jack was so excited as we drove home from the party. He said-"I can't wait to see Mike's face when I walk in the door." Once he and Mike were reunited and that nervous/excited energy subsided, they were off on their first adventure-some pirate related fun! I am so happy to be off from work until Wednesday. Time for some last minute shopping and preparing and time to welcome our guests as they arrive. This time off also came at an opportune time for our family. Unfortunately, we have another bug circling around our house. Jack was sick last week with a bad cough and wheezing that left him getting nebulizer treatments throughout the day as well as some antibiotics and oral steroids. I thought we were through it when Will came home with a cough on Friday. It progressed to a rapid increase in his respiratory rate and some wheezes. We saw the doctor on Saturday morning and started him on an Albuterol inhaler. He seemed to get much worse over the course of the day and Tom and I ended up bringing him into the ER on Saturday night for an additional treatment, steroid dose and a chest xray. Thankfully he does not have pneumonia. He improved while we were at the hospital and we went home in the early hours of Sunday morning. We were very thankful to have been able to leave Jack sleeping at home with Caity and Mike. Jack did wake up while we were gone and Caity found him crying in our room, wondering where we were. She consoled him and he fell asleep with her until we returned. Monday, at our follow up appointment, Will was diagnosed with RSV after his symptoms didn't seem to be responding well to our treatments. We are currently in a watch and wait game as his little body fights off the virus. We have transitioned to nebulizer treatments every 4 hours and watching him closely. I hate this respiratory stuff. It makes me so nervous. Thankfully, our medical team of doctors and nurses are readily available and supportive. Tomorrow my parents arrive and I will be happy to have some more extra hands to help out!

Here are a few pictures I took with my phone over the past 2 days....

Street hockey time

Forts and TV!

More to come later this week.....