The Times They Are a-Changin....

There are a lot of things that I have not yet blogged about, so here is the late night short cut version of it. I accepted a position as the Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel - Corporate & Securities at Dean Foods Company in Dallas. I start on May 12th. I told my firm last week, but then had to be out of the office for previously scheduled vacation. To be honest, it was the first time I have taken vacation in ten years that I didn't feel guilty about it - I just enjoyed having the time with the kids (Hayley was out of town and Matt had work commitments). Apparently, the key is to take all vacation immediately after quitting.  I had a meeting with the head of my section on Saturday morning to discuss the decision and to ask me to reconsider. It brought me back down to reality and how hard it is going to be to leave .... more to come on that. And some of the pictures from the awesome two days I got with the kiddos.

During the time that all the interviews, meetings and decision making conversations that went into making the above decision happen coincided with Spring Break,  David getting sick immediately after our trip to CO, and then the crazy hospital stay a few weeks later.  In addition, we have had three T-ball games, Matt and David participated in an Amazing Race competition at SJES, we celebrated Easter with my family in Wortham and we had a visit from Granny D and Papa Bruce. Its been busy...  I'll do separate posts on the Easter festivities.

First, the hospital stay. I previously posted about David getting pneumonia the week after we got back from Spring Break. He was very sick for an entire week and was really having a hard time breathing. But he got lots of meds and got better after a week in bed and lots of breathing treatments. He was fine for a week, then got sick again. I took him into the pediatrician office's on a Thursday night to get him checked out (honestly thinking it was not a big deal). By the time we got in to see the doctor, his condition has rapidly deteriorated and he was not getting enough oxygen. The doctor called 911 to get emergency care to the hospital. It was quite a terrifying experience, although David was a super-patient. He asked every single EMT/paramedic whether he would was going to get a shot. He told them all that he needed to know what to expect. Leave it to David to be in control through all circumstances....  We ended up staying 5 days in Children's Hospital at Medical City. They discovered that the pneumonia came back, but that it triggered an asthmatic reaction - meaning his lungs had a lot of inflammation. We now know that he has asthma and how to control and treat. So hopefully, we won't have anymore of these scares.

 

 

 

 

My vacation days with the kids: