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Ok she had her tonsils out. Yep that’s it. I know it sounds so simple and everyone says oh that’s nothing they do that all the time.  But my poor little baby (she’s 2 1/2), to see her laying on that hospital bed. It was pathetic. Although she did wonderfuly and did not cry at all.  My tough little warrior. It’s hard,as a parent, to watch your kid be rolled off into a sterile room by masked people. Then we waited and waited and waited some more.  Just waiting for the nurse or someone to come out and say ok she did great and is doing fine.  But no we waited. Then they sent us to a little room to wait and talk to the doctor. And we waited some more.  Then he shows up and everything is fine. Ok good.. Where’s my baby? she will be sent to a room on the pediatric floor when she wakes up and they have a room available.  Ok great. Finally they send us to the room and there she is laying in the little crib, sound asleep with an IV.  So I kiss her and …..she swats me away and says “leave me alone”. Great another day in my life! 

Ok so Saturday night My family and I go to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Which we do frequently as we are 1/2 of the family Hispanic.  And we order our food I go up to get some soda and I come back and the hubby is checking our food and around the table. I ask what’s up? He says nothing. Ok I eat because I’m hungry and it looks wonderful. Steak burrito gigantic and smells good. My daughter (2 1/2 yr old) had a steak taco and the hubby had a burrito also). So we finish up and my husband pick up my daughters lil plate to find a bllody finger print on the bottom.  We both were so sick immediately at the thought of this.  Everything runs through your mid, HIV, Hepatitis Virus’ etc etc etc. And of course it’s Saturday night our doctor isn’t in and her answering machine says to contact the ER. Ok I call them and ask should I do something, They tell me they cannot give advice over the phone! Great. Well my husband talked to the restaurant and they gave us our dinner free. Ok yeah great, is the blood pathogens that we may or may not have ingested free also or will we pay for them the rest of our lives?  aAt the time I was a little more calm thinking ok probably nothing got on our food or our daughters.  But after calling the health dept yesterday and them advising me to contact my doctors immediately I got alittle freaked. ok alot. I call my doctor and my husband and they want to do a whole blood work up, HIV, Hepatitis and a couple other panels.  So then I called my daughter’s pediatrician and they called me back late in the day, “oh don’t worry about it. It’s probably nothing. She doesn’t need blood work”. Ok the blood was on her plate and her doc isn’t worried about it.  But my hubby’s and mine doctor’s are very concerned about it. What the heck?!?!? So needless to say we are gong back to the old pediatrician that we had even though he is 30 minutes away, this one is like 5 minutes away.  UGH!  I know if you are reading htis and thinking it’s probably nothing and I hope like hell you are right. But think about it eating one meal and possibly becoming infected with a horrible virus.  It’s that easy. I checked with the CDC and the chance of becoming infected was 1 in 97.9 percent. Ok not bad. But I got pregnant with both my children while taking the pill and that is 1 in 99%.  I get worried about percentages and odds. Just one more day in my life.

Watching your child make mistake after mistake is the hardest thing. I know they have to make mistakes to learn from them but how about just taking advice once from your mom. She has seen a thing or two and made a few mistakes along the way.  But I suppose we never listen to our parents until we are like 30 something and wish we had listened.  I guess I will have to wait at least another 10 years before you realize I do know a thing or two. My 19 year old (almost 20) has the listening skills of my two 1/2 year old.  that or he has become an expert at ignoring me.  His freshman year of high school I told him repeatedly to go to school, don’t fight, do your homework, and other unreasonable demands. And what happened, he got expelled.  Then whined about getting his GED at 16 and being unable to attend his high school graduation.  I advised him to wear condoms and what happens I’m going to be a grandma in december. And now he whines because he has to go to work everyday and not lose this job like the countless others. My advice now, grow up.  He has told me for 4 years he is “grown”. Well now he is. Now he complains I don’t care.  Well I do care but if you don’t listen to the advice aand then “it” happens well tough luck pal.  That’s life and part of being “grown”.  Still l love ya though.

Hello. I have a 19, soon to be 20 year old, and a two and a half year old.  Yep big age difference and no not planned. Both children were conceived while I was taking the bcp. And no I never forgot a pill and I was not on antibiotics. Just pure luck and the best blessings alive. Both children changed my life. My son, the 19 yr old was an awesome baby and came at a time where I was drinking and partying and well was out of control. The second I found I was pregnant that life style stopped. Well for me it did his father, well he is still partying and drinking.  My daughter, the two and a half year old, was the product of my true love of 12 years. That, at the time I had moved out of his house with my son, who was being the teenager from hell. So I could set my son straight. Biggest mistake of my life.   But I learned the hard way and many nights of sitting on the couch at 4 am waiting for the police to come and tell me my son was injured or dead.  WEll thank you for letting me give you this intro and I have so much more to yap about!

This is my first time blogging usually I lurk and read everyone else’s blogs.  I have 2 children my son, whose is 20 and my daughter who is 2 1/2. Both are unique individuals and I love them dearly. However they keep my life hoping and I hope to write about them and my many many experiences.  I hope the readers will follow my journey and share many comments!!