A Mothers Love Is The Stongest Medicine

Well I have to say there is no worse pain than seeing your own little one sick and needing their mommy! These past two days have been rough and sad all in one!
It started when we went to the livestock auction with some great friends Melissa Wells, Sabrina Love, and Heather R. Reygan looked at me and said mommy I don't feel good. So I felt her head and she felt warm. Well after grabbing a bite to eat I took her temperature and it was 102. So I gave her some Tylenol and she said she was feeling better. Well after the eventful night we got the girls home, showered, and in bed. Not long after did Reygan say mommy I don't feel good my belly and my head hurts. I checked her temperature and it was a whiling 103. I gave her Tylenol put a cold rag on her head and decided it was emergency room time. After getting to urgent care they got her in and her temperature was 103.6. Well I was asked what mess I gave her and I told them 2 tsp of Tylenol and they went on to tell me that I was not suppose to giver her Tylenol cause it sits in the liver and lets the fever fester ( FYI ALL MOMS) so then they told me that I wasn't suppose to go by the amount on the box because it wasn't enough to do anything. That they put those amounts on there so that you cant sue them. (weird I know) so then they wanted her to give a urine sample. Well after her drinking a pedialyte juice and pedialyte Popsicles and water she ended up throwing up everything. So there went our urine sample. Well then they needed blood and if you have ever gotten blood from a five year old u know what I'm talking about! The put her in this papoose thing that wrapped her up so she couldn't fight them. Just the papoose thing alone scared me. They got her blood after she screamed that dramatic horror film scream. Then finally after convincing her to pee for nana we got a urine sample. Well test results came back and everything was good except her white blood cells were up :(. Then the doctor said it's a viral thing it has to be cause everything looks fine. So gave me Motrin and sent us home. We were there for 5 hours.
Well 25 hours later she still can't keep anything down but water. It kills me because my poor baby doesn't feel good and the only thing I can do is hold her and love one her :(. Everyone pray she gets better. Off to cuddle with her right now ! <3

DaDDy's Girl

A Fathers Love

What can be more precious than a father wanting to spend time with his bundle of joy or better yet "Daddy's Girl".  There are so many moments in our lives that we wish we could go back to visit. Unfortunetly for a father that serves in the United States Army they do not have a chance to make as many memories.  This is why they have to go in overdrive when they are with their families.  When the military is not sending them on TDY's and Schools.  Today I am fortunate that my husband is in the Warrior Transition Unit of Fort Campbell.  They have given him the opportunities to do things that many do not have the chance to do.  At 0830 this morning my daughter said to me, "Mommy me and my Daddy are going to catch fishys and I am going to catch a rainbow one". I asked her if I could come and she said "No mommy this is just for Daddy and Big Girls".  I am so grateful to have the time that I have to spend with my daughters and my husband.  We must always remember to take every moment as if it was our last because you never know when it might be your last.  Also remember that when your spending time with your families there is always a soldier that is spending his time in another country talking to his family through a computer! Take these times to treasure your Soldier and other family members because they care for you most!

How to handle! Soldiers in the Army!

What is the army doing to our soldiers? There is this big saying that we hear all the time and it is "the Army issued you a uniform it didn't issue you a family" in my opinion it's the families that issue the army a soldier so it should come first ! From the time our soldiers enter in the army they are yelled at like dogs! They are made to do things that they might not want to do! But does the army teach soldiers how to leave their work at work and not bring it home?
It seems that in a lot of situations induing mine our soldiers sometimes treat us as If we were there soldiers! They yell and talk to us as if we are their dogs! But what can we do about the situation? You yell back and you stand the chance of them coming at you blacking out and blaming it on the army or war! Our soldiers are seeing thing most will never see in their life time ! So shouldn't the army go out of their way to make sure their soldiers are being properly seen medically to keep from hearing "soldier stabs wife to death" or soldiers kills wife using combative moves taught to him by the military! So wives speak up if your afraid! Don't be afraid to talk to someone cause it could possibly save your life!

Not Just Another Army Wife

I'm sure everyone hears army wife and they automatically compare us to the television show. In all reality we are nothing like that. Our life is so much more complicated. You will never see us bust into special forces demanding to see our husband or you'll never see us, " buddy buddy" with the Generals Wife. Our life is so much more complex than that.  We are what they are called the Silent Rank. Our husbands are our rocks, but it takes a great wife for our husbands to be able to leave knowing that everything is taking care of at home.  It drives me crazy to see people who have no clue about our style of living to judge so strongly.  We as army wives stick together. We have our clicks just like any other person, but we always help each other in need.  It kills me to see my husband leave for a year at a time but the joy of reconnecting when he's comes back it out of this world.  They say that distance makes the heart grow fonder.  Deployments are SO hard on a marriage as well as the rest of the family.  We just have to suck it up and make the best of it. It's ok to cry and its ok to get mad as long as you know in the end everything is going to be ok.   Life of an army wife is not easy, but who said life was?