Owee !!!!

Mia and Wes have started chatting in their own little language. Even though it may be hard to believe, Wes' favorite saying is owee. He will say this usually four times in a row. It is really cute to listen to him and actually fun to say yourself. Go ahead and give it a try....say it outloud four times in a row...'owee owee owee owee'. Wasn't that fun. It has recently become the Colorado Tepen's new motto!!!!

Unfortunately, it is also our new way of life. After Wes' long stay in the NICU right after birth, he has decided that he likes the hospital and doctors office more than home. Five weeks ago he started with an episode where he stopped breathing. Diane was able to bring him around and start breathing again, but ten minutes later he did it again. Once again, he came back around. That was the beginning of his episodes. We brought him into the doctor and they decided it was acid reflux disease and put him on medication. The second episode, he stopped breathing and was taken to the emergency room where he spent three nights in the hospital with RSV. They attributed his breathing problem to the RSV and was allowed home on oxygen. While he was at the hospital, both me and diane got sick where we were both home for an entire week. He came home on a Sunday about noon. That afternoon Mia started getting a lot worse with her breathing, a fever and color. So, it was back to the hospital for a one night stay about four hours after he got home. It was one of the hardest weeks of our lives, trying to care for both of them on oxygen while we were both sick.

This morning came another surprise for the both of us. Around ten this morning, he started acting weird while laying on the floor playing with one of his toys. We picked him up and he was really lathargic. A short while later his eyes dilated and rolled into the back of his head. Then he turned really rigid and stopped breathing. He started breathing again, but was still groggy and out of it. A few minutes later, the same thing happened. We called our doctor where they told us to take him to the hospital. Unfortunately, he didnt want us to drive him because he had a third seizure in half an hour. We called 911 and he got his first ambulance ride. They put him on seizure medicine and sent him home. He is supposed to see a neurologist sometime next week to get evaluated. We are hoping for the best.

Believe it or not, Wes isn't the only one playing the doctor game. On this past Monday, while Mia was at daycare, her attendant was holding her and tripped over another baby on the floor. On the way to the floor, Mia hit her head on one of the hard plastic toys laying on the floor. She was very unconsolable and she had to be picked up from daycare and taken to the doctors. She checked out ok but was very fussy the rest of the day. Fortunately, she was back to her old cheery self the next morning.

I was hoping to add pictures and talk about fun stuff, but will leave it for the next update.