We are coasting right now. Nobody is better or worse, just not fully well. Brendan had a bad spell when he woke up from his nap, he was just miserable and we couldn’t identify why. He recovered though and had a pretty good day. He still sounds terrible, but hopefully he will get through this without getting worse.

We gave him a grapefruit this morning

“You mean people eat this?”

The boys are starting to get used to their new space

Trevor couldn’t decide which flavor he wanted, so he tried a blend 🙂

He thinks these mini popsicles are pretty yum. He would have eaten the whole box if I let him.

Brendan got lots of shaking time. Trevor will get very upset if he doesn’t get to help wheel the case to the end of the hall when Brendan is all done with his treatment. He loves to push “the suitcase”

Silly Brendan time in the tub – he was in a good mood tonight

I absolutely love his bathtub eyebrows

Brendan tricked Bill in to starting “Brendan lifts”. He LOVES these.

He signs “again again again again again”

Bill says “Just one more time” and ends up lifting up for about 10 sets of 10 reps. I bet Bill feels that tomorrow!

If you try to stop doing Brendan Lifts, he will get up on your lap, turn around, grab your hands and try to position them on his hips, then he will sign “again again again” until you lift him up! He is hilarious and relentless. He’s a great little personal trainer!

Here’s a bunch of randomness from today in video clips.

This day could have been much worse. Brendan is still junky sounding but has no other symptoms or impact to his numbers. Trevor only sounds hoarse and wheezy when he gets really upset or when he wakes up from sleep. I think the humidifier is helping there and I have kept up with ibuprofen. I have the wet feeling lungs tonight with that tickly irritating cough but otherwise I feel fine… for now. Bill is doing better today.

This morning, I had a ton of stuff I was trying to cross off of the to-do list, so Bill took Trevor with him on an errand and to visit Max & Tammy’s house.
Trevor really liked their quads.

I am surprised he wasn’t trying to get in the swimming pool!

He brought home a big bag of fresh picked oranges and grapefruits! He was very excited to tell me about picking BIG oranges.

He was happy to rearrange the sprinkler system.

He’s going to move firewood.

I think he was just so happy to be running around outside. He met a new cute dog too.

I think this looks so much like Bill’s childhood photos!

I did a lot of fast sewing this morning. I fixed the curtain in the window dividing the playroom from the living room. It now has planets and stars instead of monkeys! 🙂 I also made covers for some storage bins for in that room. I let Brendan be free and he walked all over the house. I think he was thrilled to have the freedom of no-Trevor time. Then he chased me up and down the halls and in and out of all the rooms. He was tired! We did several vest sessions too. I really hope we can sail past this and not get any worse.
I was too busy for pictures, but I snapped one of Brendan and his favorite thing.

I hope the east coast crew made it safely to Gramma’s house and that all goes well this weekend!

I am nervous about this weekend. Bill is sick today with a tight chest, bad cough, body aches and cold sweats. Brendan has coarse lung sounds and extra secretions too. He has been in a good mood and doesn’t act sick yet, and his numbers are very good. Still, there is something not right.
Other than being super tired, I am OK and so far Trevor is fine.

This morning, Trevor helped put together his step stool. Bill is going to do a little modification to add some side walls for safety, and then Trevor will be able to help in the kitchen without standing on the edge of a chair.

Brendan was clowning around.

This is a Brendan tackle about to strike me.

He really wanted to know what Trevor was doing in the other room.

Brendan got extra vest treatments today. We want to do everything we can to mobilize the mucus and keep him healthy.

I hope both B’s can shake this off quickly and that both T’s stay well!!

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1:20AM EDIT: So much for that idea. Trevor just woke up with that dreadfully distinct wheezing sound. I just scrubbed out and turned on his cool mist humidifier and gave him some ibuprofen. Here we go again. 🙁 So far Brendan is sleeping well with good numbers.