Which way to go?!

The kids are almost 15 months already and we can't believe how much they've grown since they've turned one! Its been about 3 weeks now that Evan and Kayla have started to walk steadily and recently in the past week Noah too. I must admit though that we've had quite an eventful and hectic 3 weeks.

About 4 weeks ago, Evan came down with a chest infection which kept him been at home for a few days from school. It even meant a trip to the pulmonologist. There wasn't anything serious just the fact that whatever infection he had picked up had gone down to his chest. Also given the history of asthma in the family, chances are the kids would get it too. After much administering of medication to Evan, he recovered quite quickly. After a few days Noah got really sick. It basically just happened overnight. It was a horrible experience! He had a very high temperature and wasn't able to keep his food down and he was such a miserable guy, even a trip to our GP didn't do the trick.

The weekend finally came and we thought that he seemed a little better but still not his usual self. The Monday came and the school alerted us that his temperature was close to 39 and suggested we fetch him to take him home. Totally unaware of what would happen, we took the evening as any other evening. Since we fetched all of them early from school, we gave them an early bath with dinner to follow. It was a shocking feeling to hear my nanny shouting for me upstairs while she was dressing Noah, he had had a fever fit. Basically its where his temperatures have risen so high that his body can't handle it and he has a fit. It was one of the most scariest visions to have to see when you see your child laying limp with blue lips, eyes rolled back and not breathing. An experience a Mother would not want to ever experience. He managed to start breathing on his own eventually after a few minutes (seemed like forever but was just a few minutes), and we quickly made a dash to the Linksfield hospital. After waiting for about 45 min (which almost seemed like hours), the emergency GP on call finally came. He did the usual checks, chest xrays and blood tests, and came with the conclusion that he had an apnoea attack! We were quite sceptical with this diagnosis and decided to take him to our paeditrician for a second opinion two days later. We weren't expecting the reaction that we got from our paeds, only for him to tell us that he'd have to have Noah admitted into the hospital and have further chest xrays done. He had suspicions, which ultimately were correct - Noah had pneumonia! Just another heart breaking experience. I didn't know how to feel, there was probably 10 million thoughts going through my mind especially where I had Evan and Kayla to think about too. It was a tough nite! My heart would melt everytime I looked at Noah when tests were been done while he cried his heart out. At the same time, I tried to remain strong but at the end of the evening, just couldn't hold up. It was such an overwhelming experience, and it almost seemed as if Noah knew how we were feeling with him being sick as he would be such a good sport and tried to be brave and would still try to play, smile and laugh when there weren't any tests been done.
Darren was amazing and had the patience and strength during this difficult time. I've been through so much during my life and he has been such a great support. I must admit that he has been under a lot of stress himself and he took on a lot of duties at home and at work. But alas, the worst is over and we're all ok. I think its just a matter of trying to find time to catch up on some good rest which will be awhile again as we have all 3 kids walking! Its been from one milestone to another for them and we're so happy that's its all happening so quickly. We were told that they would be delayed with their milestones as they were born premature, but just this year they seemed to have "caught up" from walking, to using the pincer method of picking up things, to crawling backwards to been able to sort out shape blocks, etc. Its so amazing to watch! Yes it is busy just thinking about, but its triple rewarding! We just have to keep on watching them as they all walk in different directions! I've been told to invest in leashes, but really, they need to explore too and I just had to invest in really good running shoes!