Lab Work Almost Completed...

July 3, 2007

Today, we went to pick up Papi from the church and go to the hospital to get all the lab work for the necessary tests to complete the recommendations of the pediatrician. Diego sat on my lap as I registered each of the children with a hospital representative. He seemed to have some severe gas issues...Ben attributes that to the Tony's Red Beans & Rice we ate last nite...whatever it was, "It was kickin'!" Uck! Then we waited...at last, the urinalysis...how were we going to do this? How do we explain to them to "Chi-chi in the cup..." I have extreme difficulties dealing with ---ya know...feces and tee-tee, pee-pee, whatever you want to call it... I sure didn't want to get sprayed...I didn't have gloves or anything...Well, Ben gave me the cup and I took Tatiana in the bathroom, no problems...Praise the Lord! Ben took the boys... Ben was also given specimen cups or containers in brown bags...It is for a stool sample. I am gonna let him be in charge of that as well...it has to be done at home and then brought back to the hospital in three consecutive days...glad I decided to stay in the waiting room with the other children. Ick!

The bloodwork was next. Tatiana was first. She is very thin, and they had difficulty drawing enough blood in one arm. She was poked twice. She cried.

Next up, Andrew. Poked once, no tears.

And finally, Bebe...Diego. Poked once, no tears.

Ben was with the children when the blood was drawn. He said the staff told him they had already had 10 children in this morning and ours were the best! He said Diego made a funny noise like "Omph!" when they poked him, and then, just sat so still and watched as the blood was drawn to fill 2 differ tubes...

We took them to lunch to celebrate their bravery...when we go out to eat Andrew says, "Comer tienda!" They often break into a chant at a restaurant, "Comer, comer, comer..." It funny to see the different expressions on people's faces...

Earlier this evening, I rearranged the children's rooms. Washed linens. Kelly & Diamond C. gave Tatiana an adorable doll house. She played with it for an hour or so. Then we all ended up in the boys' room! It was fun. Ben played Jungle Gym with the children as I continued to rearrange items on and in dressers. Then we watched Papi and Ellie play. It was a nice time as the children giggled and played.

Tonight, the children were all put to bed right before 8:30. Ben and I laid in the bed with each of the boys...they have difficulty staying in bed...well, I told Diego that I was only going to be there "Dos Momentos..." Afterwards, I left Ben and the boys to do dishes. Ben later joined me in the den to watch some tv. Ben had left to go to the bathroom around 10:30. Guess what he found! Andrew & Diego were up with lights on, throwing boys around in the room!!! I thought, how funny...they were so quiet & sneaky...

The boys told Ben they were not going to bed; Ben turned off the light on the ceiling fan instead of the light switch. That made Andrew mad...he said, "No te amo, Papi..." Ben left. Before we went to bed, Ben called me to come into the boys room. Diego was lying next to Andrew asleep in Andrew's bed. It was so sweet. I wished I could have taken a picture. They are so precious. Moments like these, I don't want to forget. We just love them so much...