ALEXA'S JOURNEY TO A NEW LIFE: Day 34 of recovery

8/3/14

Day 34 of recovery

We haven’t been doing as much the past couple of days except the activities around Ronald McDonald House. Fri we stayed here all day & cleaned the apartment & did laundry. I went to the office & talked to them about getting a bigger room or another one while Chels & Shayla are here but they don’t have any available so it looks like we will be rather cozy! We survived 3 weeks in our little camper with 6 kids on the church history tour one time so I guess we can make this work. They do have mattresses we can use so we’ll find a place to put them. That night was pizza night & we had some super heroes show up to serve it! These guys were awesome! We all spent lots of time down in the game room & also Tyson & Alexa played Ticket to Ride with Austin. We bought that at Mall of America when we went.

Sat we spent more time in the game room. Alexa wanted to go back to Dressbarn so I took advantage of that, anything to get her out & about, walking around!! Ann Clements wanted to go with us so Ty & Tyson decided to stay here with Austin & spent their time in the game room mostly. Alexa actually had enough energy to try on some pants & ended up buying some shorts & VERY skinny jeans. She’s so skinny that the size 4 clothes she bought are baggy on her. I didn’t want her to get smaller though cuz I figure she will be putting on some pounds once she starts to feel better. I had to buy some new shirts while we were there! I don’t know what I was thinking only bringing 7 shirts, I’m so tired of them already. After that we went to Famous Footwear since Alexa insisted on buying shoes to go with her skinny jeans. It was “buy one get one ½ off” so I HAD to get a pair too!! We got back to RMH & walked in & we were assaulted with a horrible smell!! The people that were cooking that night had burned the dinner. When they got it all laid out it looked really good, it was a taco bar. We figured they had thrown out the burned part so we decided to eat there. It would have been good except they hadn’t thrown out the burnt part & the meet tasted horrible. I ended up taking Tyson to Burger King so the poor boy wouldn’t starve to death! Tyson hasn’t been bored while he’s been here. He found out they have a piano in the school room & when he wants to play they let him in there. He also has been working out in the gym & spending lots of time in the game room & with Austin.

Alexa’s blood sugars have been pretty near perfect. She has been complaining that she doesn’t get enough sleep so I emailed Dr. Bellin, the endocrinologist, & she said since Alexa is doing so well we could skip one of the middle of the night blood sugar checks, yay!!! Today Alexa didn’t go to church with us. I believe she is having a very bad reaction to some meds she is taking. I spent part of the day researching the ones she is on & we have decided to take her off of 2 of them that make us rather nervous. I was finally able to get her out a bit at noon & then she fell asleep again. About 3 she finally got up to take a shower & then we went to the game room & to eat then took a walk around the park. Tyson is a big hit in the game room with all the little kids, they all love to play games with him.

Here's some videos on youtube:

http://youtu.be/bkUz5rCd7fc Alexa grooming horse

http://youtu.be/vKVX4L4BBdU Bingo at RMH

http://youtu.be/dOhRLMNeUdo Ty & Tyson in game room at RMH

Super Hero night at RMH

Ty & Tyson's new work buddy

Captain America asked to be in the pic

Tyson has developed Gma Rowley's talent & has gotten 5 stuffed animals out of here! Good thing we don't have to pay to use it, we would be out hundreds of dollars!!