A few years older and wiser too

It's been a long time since I've blogged about anything. Life catches up and things have gotten hectic as we've added to our family. Dax was just a baby when I last posted. Now he's coming up on his 3rd birthday in a few weeks! And Liala has started Kindergarten!! Hard to believe we have a child old enough for school. Where does the time go?! Here's a little update with no pictures. I have to figure out how to find some more memory on this old laptop of ours before we can post any new photos. Kye Haven Berg was born into our family on February 23 of this year after a crazy pregnancy which included bedrest and a lot of hormonal roller coaster rides. Bedrest doesn't sound so bad at first but after about a week of laying on the couch or in bed, your mind does funny things to you and it's hard to stay positive. I was laid up for close to 4 months. Thank heavens for a wonderful family and a "SuperDad" husband or I wouldn't have made it through. I went into labor on my own around 2:30 in the AM 2 1/2 weeks early and he was born around 1:30 in the afternoon, I think. My brain cells aren't all functioning as they once were so I may be off a little :) He came through the birth canal so quickly that he was bruised pretty badly and was purple for about a week and a half after we brought him home. Because of this, we spent everyday for 7 days going to have his heel pricked to check his belirubin count. Eventually, his little body recovered from the rocket ride he took and we settled into life at home with 2 energetic kids and a baby! Thank heavens for family being close by because I forgot to mention that Ryan had to travel on business sometimes 3 days out of the week right after we brought Kye home. Anyhow, Kye has a story to tell and I'll get to all of that. He's kind of the reason I decided to start blogging again. I've been thinking about journaling and this seems like the best way to do just that so my family and friends can have the latest updates without my faulty memory getting in the way. Fact: pregnancy causes lots of brain cells to mysteriously disappear. When I get to the other side I'm gonna ask God why this was so! The best way to tell Kye's story is to start back in August when we took a family vacation to California. Ryan had a few business meetings lined up so we worked our vacation around this. We slept in hotels, ate out a lot, played at the pool, went to the beach, did Santa Monica Pier, visited friends, and finally made our way to DISNEYLAND!!! The day before Disneyland we were visiting with the Blank's at their house and it was after lunchtime when the kids went out to play in the sprinkler. Dax, being the curious 2 year old he is was on the cement slab and decided to see what would happen if he threw a ceramic pot. After the pot shattered, he went to step over it and the sharp edge sliced open the top of his foot. Hannah and I weren't sure what to do at first but then we looked at his cut and decided the ER was our best option. So I left Liala and sleeping Kye with her and took Dax to the ER to get an X-ray and 8 stitches. I'll post those pictures later. We were there for about 4 hours and Dax was such a brave little boy. He seemed so grown up and mature about the whole thing. After a few tears when they put him in the blue straight jacket thing, they stitched him up and he fell asleep right there on the table! After we got back to VA, Dax's stitches got infected so they put him on an antibiotic. He was scheduled to have his stitches removed on Friday the 17th. Ryan was out of town for a business trip on Thursday night of the 16th I had put Liala and Dax to bed. I had a few precious, quiet moments with just myself and Kye before we went to bed too. He was laying on a pillow on my bed facing me and we were just talking when I noticed that his left pupil was dialated almost as big as his eye while his right eye was normal. It threw me off a little bit and I spoke to Ryan, my mom and my mother in law that night after I put him to bed and they all said to mention at the doctor visit the following day for Dax's stitches. So while Dr. Nguyen was taking Dax's stitches out I mentioned this weird happening and told her that his left eye wasn't as dialated as the previous night but the pupils were different sizes. And do you know what she asked me?!! She asked if I had dropped him on his head!! Hello!! I would have told you if I had dropped him on his head! We'd be in here not only for stitches but for a head injury!! As Liala would say, "DUH!" So she looked Kye over and asked a bunch of questions. Then she referred us to a pediatric optomologist and said we needed to be seen as soon as they could get us in. That made me a little nervous. So I called and they fit us in on Tuesday the 21st. Dr Chaudri dialated his eyes, did a few tests, measured a few things, asked a handful of questions, measured again and then asked to see some recent photos. She and I then looked at older pictures on my phone and we realized that he's had this weird eye thing for some time. When I say "some time" it really doesn't mean much since he's only been alive for 6 months! We decided that he's had this noticeable difference since around 3 months of age. The Dr then told me she suspected Kye has something called Horner's Syndrome but to be sure she needed to do a Cocaine Eye Drop Test. Yes, you read that right! Cocaine! In my babies eyes?! What!???