Funny Thing...

happened while registering Will for his upper GI yesterday. It was the first time that we have had any procedures done at St. John's. The lady called our number and we walked over to her desk and sat down. She asked if this was William, I said yes and spelled our last name for her. She typed it all into the computer then got a really puzzled look on her face. She said "my computer says that William is in his seventies". I thought about it for a minute then it hit me, that's grandpa! Grandpa Bill Pillers is a patient at St. John's also! We have never had this happen before because Will usually only goes to Cardinal Glennon, and I don't think that Grandpa Bill would be a patient there!
After I explained to the women that the William Pillers that she has in her computer is Will's grandpa, she just smiled and asked for his middle initial. I guess she didn't think it was as cute as I did! Here is a picture of Grandpa Bill and Will at Will's birthday party in August.
Update on Will, he did the crying spell last night again. We gave him medicine for reflux but it didn't seem to help. He finally just fell asleep but it was a long night, again!
Josh left for CA today, he will be there for two nights for work. I hope that Will decides to sleep well tonight! :-)

Everything normal

The upper GI went well. Everything came back normal, no obstructions and only a small amount of reflux. So the doctor thinks that Will just can't handle the amount that we are giving him. He usually gets 24 ounces a day but we are going to cut him down to 20 ounces (one less bottle) a day. The doctor thinks that by the end of the day he just can't take anymore liquids in and therefore vomitting. We are adding extra calories to his formula (an extra half scoop of formula and one scoop of duocal) making his formula 30 calories per ounce verses regular formula which is 20 calories per ounce. So she doesn't think that there is going to be a problem with decreasing the amount per day. We will see what happens...
Oh, he also weighed 16 pounds 10 ounces today!

Not so good

The flu shots didn't go so well :-\ Caroline was screaming and kicking. It took me and two other nurses to hold her down, then after it was already done she said "I know it is going to hurt" When I told her it was already over, she just said "oh". Then she asked if she was brave and the nurse told her no! I told her that she can for sure be brave next time to which she gave me the look of "there is not going to be a next time!".
I called the GI doctor today because of all of the vomitting that Will has been doing the last few weeks. She wants him to have an upper GI again to make sure that everything is okay. We are scheduled to do that tomorrow at 9am. Then we will see the doctor after we have the test done and go over what it shows.
I will let everyone know what happens tomorrow.

Wanted to update you all on Will. He is doing better, I believe that we have turned the corner on this cold. He was up for about 3 hours last night crying from midnight to 3am. It was another night with crying and there being nothing that I could do to soothe him. But other than having a long night he is doing well today. Thanks for all of your prayers.
Tomorrow we are going to the pedi (Dr. Rahman) or as Caroline would call him Dr. ComeOn for the kids flu vaccines. I am going to be taking the kids by myself because Josh has to work. So please pray that Caroline does better with this vaccine than the last one she got in August. If you remember, she was kicking and screaming and I had to hold her down (it wasn't pretty). So lets pray that the poor little girl makes it through (and Mommy too!).
Teresa (Josh's little sister) got engaged this weekend!!! Congratulations Teresa and Todd!!! ((HUGS))

First Cold of the Season

Hi All-
It is official, Will has his first cold of the season! He is very conjested and just not feeling well. And thanks to all of the idiot parents in the world, they have taken all children's medicine off of the shelves so there is nothing that I can buy to help him get some relief. Idiots! Don't even get me started on that subject!
He has been having trouble eating because he can't breathe through his nose so as a result he has been getting most feedings through the tube. He has also been vomitting more than usual too. I just don't think that he can handle large quanities through the tube (large quanity being 4 ounces). So when I have to feed him I have to give him 2 ounces then wait 30 minutes and give him the other 2 ounces. But the vomitting can still happen, it just depends on what time of day it is, I think. He vomits more in the evening but not so much during the day. Weird! He has been EXTREMELY whiny and wants to be held all the time. Needless to say, I have about had it. But I hope that he will be getting better soon. We go to the doctor on Monday for flu shots (Lord help me with Caroline, she told me after her last shot that she would not be going to k-garten because she was never going to get a shot again!) so if he is not better by then at least he can see the doc.
On another note, Caroline had a great time trick or treating! She got so much candy that she asked if I could put some of her candy in my pockets so that her bag would not be so heavy! She was most excited about recieving two cans of soda and a bag of microwave popcorn as treats! She is my child!
Pray for Will's speedy recovery from this cold (my arms are getting tired from holding him all day and night and my house looks like something exploded in it!)

At the Dentist

I took Will to the dentist yesterday and well, she really couldn't tell me anything. They took x-rays to make sure that he had perminant teeth, which he does. We could also see the other baby teeth on the x-ray and they all looked to be in the right spot, so that is good. She just said that we would have to keep an eye on the tooth that is growing in funny. So nothing to really report other than we need to start brushing Will's 6 teeth. I told her to wish me luck on that one!
Last night we took the kids to the Pumpkin Prowl at the zoo. The zoo was open until 9pm for Halloween fun. Caroline wore her Tinkerbell costume. We didn't put Will in his Peter Pan costume because we didn't want him to get sick before Trick or Treat! We just dressed him really warm. Caroline had a great time. The zoo was decorated for halloween and their was a craft project for her to do. She just thought that it was neat that we got to eat dinner at the zoo!

Gaining weight!

Went to the dietician today. Will weighed 16 pounds 5 ounces. He had gained 5 ounces in one month, our goal was 8 ounces. We are now going to add something called duocal to his formula. Normal formula has 20 calories per ounce. We add a half of scoop more of formula to every four ounce bottle making each ounce 24 calories. By adding the duocal we are going to make each ounce 30 calories which should get him gaining. The dietician would like Will to be up to 18 pounds, that is our goal. By getting him up to 18 pounds he would be in the 50 percential for weight and height on the RTS growth chart (RTSweeties have their very own growth charts!). We go back in a month to check his weight again.