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Wow, so I have the chance to post but I'm balking...where to even start! Maybe bullet points are my friend, or subject headings:
Alistair:
Did I mention he almost died? I still haven't fully processed that--we never even had a close scare with Royce--he's never even been to the doctor for more than some of his shots and a check up or two, but now Alistair has had the full workup. It was terrifying and heartbreaking and strange and we are so so lucky. There were kids on his floor who had been there for weeks and weeks and kids whose parents left them alone for hours, either because they had to or wanted to (sadly) and kids who weren't getting any better. As awful as it was to watch them spinal tap him or redo his IV or take his blood over and over, we knew he was getting better and we would be out within two weeks. Honestly, I don't think either of us realized how serious it was until we saw how relieved the doctors were that he was getting better and noticed how much they were checking on him those first few days---by the end, we barely saw anyone other than vitals checks a couple of times a day and rounds in the mornings.

But he's been home since Sun and it was lovely to hang out with him in the big bed (I hadn't slept laying down in over a week, so it was heavenly to get back to our bed and cosleep). He had a pediatrician appt on Tues which was just a followup and then he has some yucky testing tomorrow am (we have to get up super early, bleah)--he has an ultrasound of his kidneys and urinary system and then a VGUC which is a test that involves a catheter, dye and watching where urine goes in his system to see if it's flushing the wrong way. Once our medicaid gets approved (fingers crossed) he gets a urology appt and we'll see if they want to do anything else to prevent this from happening again--they may want to test Royce too since sometimes it runs in families. Oh, and have I said what it is? Can't remember. His ureters (sp?) are swollen and may be flushing urine back into his kidneys or something like that. Makes him super prone to urinary tract infections. As he gets older, the infections will be less dangerous than this one was, but they want to make sure that his kidneys aren't being damaged.

In non-illness related news, he was 12 lbs 4 oz on Tues and 7 weeks old, so he had gained an ounce a day for the last 18 days ( his last pediatrician appt). Perfect! He eats all the time, when he's not pooping or kicking. :) He's very happy and makes the cutest squirmiest faces when he's sleeping and when he's laughing. He's in 3-6 month clothes for a while anyway and we had to upsize his diapers and get new covers in a larger size--the little newborn cloth diapers barely fit on his enormous butt. I will post some more pics when I have a minute--my MIL brought us her digital camera since she got a new tiny one, so yay, I can take pictures again!

Acey:
Doing great! Accepting his new role at work, getting a much better schedule where he actually has days off every week (3!), and very happy with his two sons. :)

Royce:
Still adorable. Says the best stuff very day. Has gotten used to the fact that Alistair is here to stay and likes to kiss him. I barely saw him while Alistair was in the hospital and it was awful--was so glad to get home and be with all my guys. He's barely let me out of his sight since then. Can't believe he's about to be 4! Will be going to playdates this next week to try to start finding him some friends.

Me:
So glad to be home, sleeping in our bed, with a healthy family. Doing some major spring cleaning which is about as fun as you might imagine with the kids, but it's going pretty well--am just working on one section at a time. School is going ok--we're on spring break so I've got a chance to catch up on things, thankfully.

Whoops, he's up! off to snag him out of the swing!