Our Trip to California

We left Sunday at 2:40 pm to get over the Sierra Nevada Mountains before it was dark. We drove about 15 miles up into the mountains and traffic stopped! For the next 4 hours we drove between 0-4 miles per hour. For a total of 20 miles! When we got to Truckee, CA we took the first exit and drove thru town and got back on the freeway 5 miles later. We saved ourselves an hour! It was CRAZY! We drove 30 mph thru town and when we first started Daniel said, "WOW! Fast!" It was funny! But it was the fastest we'd driven in 2 1/2 hours! The higher we got into the mountains, the snow started and got harder. So we figured it must be pretty bad. The backed up traffic was every one putting on chains and then the check point to make sure you had chains on. So, we then drove 30 mph for 20 minutes and took the chains off! We could have driven with out them. I think they were just being precautious or something. Maybe it got worse thru the night. Some of our 4 hour highlights included Daniel peeing in an empty water bottle, pulling off at an exit with about 4-5 other cars and everyone taking potty breaks, almost getting hit by semis that weren't going to let us back in, etc. It was a fun drive up the mountain! But WAIT! It doesn't end there! We stopped at Colfax, CA McDonald's to use the bathroom and when we went to start the car back up....it was DEAD! So Kevin asked a guy to jump us. He had a jump pack. Didn't work. So he pulled his truck over.....Kevin hooked up his cables....didn't work. Daniel, at this point had fallen asleep because it was after 10 pm. We should have arrived in Palo Alto 1 1/2 hours ago! And we were still 2 hours from there. Anyhow, we called mom and dad and they looked up a local Bishop for us who we called. He gave us the name and number of a Brother D. Beckett. He was very friendly and extremely happy! I was worried about it being so late, but he was the cute man. He use to fix broken down semis on the highway. He is retired, now. He pulls out these HUGE jumper cables, hooks us up and our car starts right up! We think it was the jumper cables. Ours were kindof weeny ones! But we still can't figure out why it died in teh first place. No problems after that! So we were on our way, again! We arrived at the hotel at 1:23 am! 11 hours later. It's normally a 5 1/2 hour drive....it took us twice as long! Luckily we didnt' have any appointments until 10:30 on Monday so we could sleep alittle bit. Daniel's appointment went pretty good. He weighed 30.8 lbs! We finally broke 30 pounds! YEAH! He didnt' get the green light for the biopsy. But we did have his last breathing treatment and infusion done! So at 5:30 we were done for the day. We went and ate some dinner and crashed in the hotel room. Going to bed early! They opted not to do his biopsy because he has an upper respiratory infection and a HUGE tonsils. He is not an anesthesiologist's poster child for a good candidate for putting under. Since he has been having really good labs and this levels ahve been really good, they said we can do it next month. So we will go back March 16th & 17th for biopsy and to meet with an ENT there. They ahve to take Daniel's tonsils out over there because of him needing a higher blood pressure to keep the kidney profused. I prefer they do it, too! They know all about him. So we came back yesterday, instead of today. Daniel sleeps really bad at night....congested and apnea, so we are hoping things move fast on this whole tonsilectomy!
Sammy and Comptyn are doing pretty good with their tonsilectomies. It's been a week ago today they had it done. Comptyn might go back to school tomorrow, but we will see. Sammy never took his Tylenol with Codeine well. So we thought we'd get some suppositories. We thought once he had one inserted he'd prefer the meds going down instead of up!. WRONG! He likes the meds going up! Strange child! :-) Anyhow, they are both in our room, too, with humidifiers on them. We can really tell a difference in Comptyn's sleeping. We can't hear him at all. I think most of his mellowness is from not feeling too well, but he has been less senstitive to things. I think a good nights rest has helped that! I know it does me! Sammy, is just Sammy! We are glad he isn't the one who has to have labs done very week adn had a transplant. He would be a nightmare patient! But he is doing better. Ate some waffles this morning. I would never suggest tonsilectomy with a stubborn 3 year old! NEVER AGAIN!