I am sorry in advance to family that didn't get a call first before reading this. But last night our little Clint gave us a big scare. We have all been sick with colds the last few weeks, and Clint was showing lots of the regular signs. Slight ear infection, pink eye, runny nose, cough, etc. The Dr put him on antibiotics to help the infections in the ear, eye, and to relieve the cough. He had had some blood in his
poopy diaper that came with some constipation. So we associated it with the constipation itself. Then yesterday when I changed a diaper in the morning and there was blood and no constipation. So I took him to the Dr and he thought it was likely from the medication, so we stopped it, and began to watch and see if the blood stopped.
Last night around 6 I changed a diaper that was full of blood. Scary full. Katie was picked up
immediately by my babysitter and I rushed Clint to the ER. How awful it was to watch them try to get an IV in him, and take blood. They couldn't get the IV in as it was too hard to find a vein in his chubby little arm. But they took x-rays to see if the culprit was a twisted intestine (it wasn't). Clint spent most of the night charming the nurses, who fell in love with him! Poor Rick in the mean time had been hunting and didn't get phone reception until
Kemmerer, and it wasn't until around 8 that he got the message from me to get to the ER. Thank goodness he didn't get a ticket. He made it from
Kemmerer to the hospital in Rock Springs in 59 minutes. It is normally an hour and a half drive!
They released us from the hospital around midnight, after finding all the test results to be in good shape, his intestines all normal, and he kept down 2 oz of
pedialyte. I must say that the look he gave me after not eating for about 6 hours and then being given only 2 oz to drink, was like "what the Hell??? Where's the rest?!?!?!?!" And then he promptly fell asleep.
Today he is resting, we are attempting to collect a clean poop sample (I won't tell you how that's done, except to say it involves a
Ziploc bag.), and we are holding our children a little closer. Clint's infection is supposed to clear itself up. It doesn't respond well to medication. We don't know how he got it, but the Dr said that the infection is a common one here in
Sweetwater Co, and Clint's was relatively minor.
I will try to call people today and over the weekend to update you on his progress and fill you in with anything I left out.
This year Halloween was especially fun in our house. Katie is finally at an age where she is excited, and understands what happens on Halloween. Clint our little bumble bee was clueless but got in on the fun anyway.
This is Katie's Rosetta costume. Grammie made it for her and it was perfect. It has been worn at least 4 times this Halloween season and needed a washing each time. It came out of the wash perfectly and she was ready for the next event.
Clint and Mommy. Or tonight, the bee and his honey hive.
Daddy with the little trick or treaters. 
Getting Clint ready for Halloween. He was talking the whole time. His new sound is "dadadadada."
I remember being a child trick or treating each year. My dad always took us out, and walked a long way so we could get a lot of loot! I recall him saying many a times "did you say thank you?" "Yes" we would reply. This year I felt a sense of nostalgia as I took Katie around the block (Thank goodness she still doesn't want to go very far!!!) and asking her at every house "did you say thank you?" "Yes" she'd reply as she ran giggling for the next house. After we got home she was the candy passer outer. Rick asked her what she liked more; trick or treating, or passing out candy. Katie liked trick or treating better. I wonder how far we'll be walking next year??? 
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