It was another long day, mixed with fun and tantrums. Brendan is not making any progress on his illness. He is fairly active and wants to crawl and play and do everything he normally does, but his sats are low and he is still on 5L of oxygen. We are going to try to get him in to see his pediatrician in the morning to make sure that he is not brewing a secondary infection like in his ears again.

Bill and Granddaddy woke up super early this morning to go do some shooting and then they did some sightseeing at the mines. I tried to keep Brendan relaxing and Trevor occupied.
I initially wanted to have a “no sitting/climbing on the train table” rule, but all that was shot when there is one of me and two of them. Besides, they played so nicely together with the trains that way. They really enjoyed themselves.
I watched with an eagle eye for signs of Trevor hitting and Brendan biting and stopped it before it had a chance to happen. I wasn’t always successful but things were better today. I am just wiped out.

They let the train go around and around so many times, but the temptation to pull everything apart finally got the best of them

I pulled out a few more pieces and made a second giant loop on the floor so each boy could have his own set. I barely made a dent in the pile of pieces we have to work with.

Brendanzilla strikes the bridge

All through the day, if we had a spare moment we went in to the soon-to-be-playroom room and took things out of bins and put it into sorted piles. I printed the parts lists for the big sets that I could identify. It is a deep pile!

I have to say, this has been a lot more exciting that just buying a new playset. It is fun to sort and search and discover what all we got. We pulled out two complete large sets so far, a Pixar Cars Grand Prix and the Grand Central Station. Once we had all the parts, we took them outside to wash them up. Trevor loves to have that job.

Brendan could not bear for everyone else to be outside without him. He pitched a fit until he could come play in the hose too.

Poor Brendan just wants to play, he really should be taking it easy. Trevor had a rough night and was up several times crying, but today he seemed to be back to Trevor-spazz.

Brendan finished the freshly washed Grand Central Station kit. It is only missing two trivial pieces, they won’t affect the functionality.

We did have some fun today. Bill has already had to take apart several of the engines to clean and tune them to work or work better. He fixed a non-functional Tow Mater and is looking for spare parts for some other cars.

All of that is under a shadow as we wait for Brendan’s health to return. I just hate not knowing what we could be doing to help him.