What a week and an Easy Recipe

Have you ever felt like you failed as a mom?  Well I had one of those moments this weekend.  My oldest, Addy has Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) which is asthma of the esophagus.  If she gets something that she is allergic to it makes the throat act up (simple way the doctor explained it to me) so it can cause her to not be able to breath, cough, and other things that we have not experienced yet.  Well we went to the big city on Saturday and we had to bargain with her to behave at all the places we needed to stop that if she did we would stop and get her a milkshake which is one of her favorite treats.  So we stopped at Mcdonald’s since it was close to where we were.  Almost immediately of finishing the shake she started to cough and said her throat itched really bad inside.  Okay common signs of an attack.  I got scared since we just moved here and her doctor here has told me that he has heard of it but not way familiar with it.  So after a very hard night on Saturday of her coughing most of the night and me not getting very much sleep due to this we decided on Sunday to give her a Benadryl to see if we could counteract the reaction.  Still bad Sunday night but she wanted to go to school on Monday so we gave her some meds and sent her on her way.  I called the doctor in Utah to ask him what he thought we should do.  He told me to double her meds for 10 days and to start breathing treatments on her at least 3 times a day and if she was not better by day 8 to call him and we would need an oral steroid.  I feel horrible like I should have known but she has never reacted to a shake before.  So we started to research it.  We think we narrowed it down to one of the food dyes that they added or carmel coloring since she also had a rootbeer that day (another thing she has never reacted to) but we are wondering if too much of something made her react.  She is finally starting to sound better and we have been trying to keep up on all her meds.  Such a mommy fail moment and I still feel guilty about it. 

 

On a happy note we celebrated my youngest birthday on Saturday.  He turned 3 years old and he loved getting spoiled and keeps telling me that until his cake is gone it is still his birthday.  I told my husband that he needed to start to eat more of the cake fast.  We are starting to potty train again and I am not enjoying it.  First my baby is growing up and second he is so smart and he knows but he will do it and then tell me that he needs to be changed.  Oh so frustrating.

 

My 6 ½ year old has had a tramatic week too and so have I.  She had to get  a molar pulled the other day and I am not pleased with the new dentist.  I will be looking for a new one very quickly.  He sent me out of the room to get her tooth pulled since she started to cry and asked me for a hug while it was being done.  He said that he doesn’t put up with screaming or crying because it scares other patients.  Really?  I think she is going to cry and scream as you numb her up and then pull a tooth that is not ready to come out yet but is infected.  I was in tears when he sent me out of the room and not happy when he would not let me back to see her or be there for her. 

 

Okay so enough of my stressful week.  Here is another recipe for you to enjoy.

 

Crockpot sloppy joes

1 pound of hamburger meat

½ med onion diced

1 small green pepper seeded and diced (I leave this part out so my kids will eat it)

¾ cup ketchup

¼ cup regular bbq sauce

¼ teaspoon of garlic powder

¼ to ½ cup of brown sugar (depends on how sweet you want it)

1 teaspoon of mustard

1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce

**brown meat, onion, and green pepper.  Add to crockpot and then add all the other ingredients.  Stir and cook on low for 3 hours.  Serve on hamburger rolls and enjoy.