Good times, bad times

We've had quite an interesting month in regards to health. I guess when it rains, it pours :) Thankfully, nothing is extremely serious, but we would rather have nothing!

Scott:
Scott was just diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET) and to be honest, we were thrilled with this diagnosis. The doctor discovered that he had abnormally high platelets and they have been testing his blood (and ultimately his bone marrow) to determine why. After his blood test came back negative for everything but high platelets, they decided they needed to take bone marrow for an answer. We just found out today that is it ET, and since the alternative were much worse, we were thankful for this diagnosis. They are still waiting on one more test and if that comes back negative, the only change to his daily life will be to add a baby aspirin a day and annual blood check-ups. He is at a little higher risk for other things with this disease, so we'll be sure to watch him closely.
Scott is now battling a nasty cold--well, cold symptoms, but seems to be more than that as he is just feeling quite crappy.

Betty:
I spilled boiling tea water on my foot, which had a sock on it. The sock helped to keep the water close to my skin for just a little bit longer, scalding the first layer of skin right off and giving me a second degree burn. Man. That. Hurt. I wasn't sure how I was going to sleep that night, but thankfully, I did. It took a week and a day for it to slightly scab over so it was no longer an open wound, and two weeks for it to look like crisp Thanksgiving day turkey skin. It is doing great now, but I'm hoping for minimal scarring :)

Blake:
Blake had a bad cold with a cough that kept him for sleeping well. He was whiny and uncomfortable. Thankfully, he is feeling better now, although he just fell out of his crib for the first time today. I guess it is time to take out the toddler bed!! Good-bye confinement (frown face for Mommy & Daddy). :)

Sadie:
Sadie was the first victim to Blake's cold (Scott was the second) and got it through the toddler's willingness to share everything but his toys and sweets :)
Sadie had not been sleeping as well either since she was coughing, congested, and miserable. Thus, not much sleep for Mommy as she was getting up frequently. Sadie is now feeling much better, but decided she liked the company in the night, and has adjusted her schedule to spend more time with her Mommy. We are working on breaking that!
Sadie is also going to be having some appointments regarding the hemangioma on her eyelid. We will meet with her pediatric doctor to discuss an oral medication and the side-effects and we'll meet with a surgeon to discuss the pros and cons of surgery. We are still hoping the topical medication will start working, but it was a long shot, according to the doctor. Her's is a little too deep. Also, Sadie got a hair wrapped extremely tightly around her pinkie toe that we had to go to urgent care to get it removed. See the story in my update to this post at "Part II"

And for the good times...:)

Sadie and I went for a day to visit some of my college roommates in Rochester, MN. Both my roommates, Karin & Jenny, had girls. Karin has 2 and Jenny has 3. Since I only had my girl with me, we had to get a girls photo. :)  Love spending time with these friends!!

The girls!!!

 Since it was then a mere 1.5 hours extra to go to Mankato, MN, my parent's met Sadie and I there for breakfast. We got a couple photos that were keepers:

My Dad and Sadie

Nose kisses

Watching her Grandpa

I see a smile there!!

SELFIE!!! Ok,  maybe not, but it sure looks like it!! :) 

She looks thrilled to be with Grandma as well...I think...:)

Just...a....little....closer....and then I can suck on my shirt.

See? I told you she was thrilled :) 

Mi padres

Grandpa Miles came to watch Blake and Sadie so I could accompany Scott to get his bone marrow biopsy, which he wasn't excited about considering they stuck a needle in his hip to extract the bone marrow. Thank goodness for anesthesia!!

There he goes!!!!!!!!!!