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Emma Grace developed a fever last Thursday night. She had been fussy all day, but didn't feel warm. I thought maybe she was cutting a tooth. We checked her temp. that night, and she had 101.8. We called the dr's office, and they said that there was a virus going around with just fever. The next morning we took her to the dr, and that what it was. He gave us a prescription for an antibiotic, but said to only get it filled if she got a cough or stuffy/running nose. He said that most of the time they run fever then a few days later break out in a rash, have a cough or a stuffy/runny nose. We were suppose to take Lizzie to Shreveport that afternoon, so we asked him about going. He advised us to not take her to the hospital. She was a danger of giving anything to anybody, but she was in danger of getting something from the hospital. We keep her away from the hospital, and her fever was gone by Saturday. On Monday night, she started coughing, and by Tuesday morning she was really coughing and had a runny nose. I called the dr and they called in a cough medicine and said to give her the antibiotics. Lizzie had a cough before the wreck happened. It started getting worse last week. While we were at the hospital this weekend, she started having a little fever and a runny nose. Wes took her to the dr on Monday, which was an EXPERIENCE for him. She DOES NOT like going to the dr. She kept asking us, “are they just going to give me medicine.” The dr wanted to give her a shot, but Wes said we had a hard enough time getting her finger poked for blood. They gave her medicine, and she seems to be getting better. She just still has the bad cough. Wes said it was someone else's turn to take her next time. Once they got her finger poked, she was fine. She also doesn't like taking medicine, so mama has to encourage her to take it. The first day all she would do was worry about taking that medicine, but she is getting better though. The first wasn't easy. She spit it everywhere.
Emma Grace is still trying to get the walking down. She walks for a little bit, but then realize she can get there faster crawling. We taught her to do touchdown, and she will do her arm up when she see a big truck for them to honk. She learned both of those so quick. It is amazing how fast she learns things. She still only has six teeth, but we think we see another one. Wes put up her Halloween globe Tuesday night while we were in Monroe at the funeral home. When she saw it, she started going ooooooooooooooo. She is so funny when she sees it. Her biggest thing now is saying what's that. She will point at it and say what's that. This afternoon we took her out to watch blow up, and she was so excited. Aunt Delayne pulled up about that time too. She saw her vehicle and started waving.

Wes went to the dr on Monday. The dr showed us the kidney stones on the CT scan done in Houston. One of them had scar tissue around it, so he said it had probably been there a while. The dr said it was on the verge of a sneeze of coming out. He said if it did and Wes noticed it to get it out. He said your hands will wash. The dr is very funny. He has a very dry sense of humor. He looks like he is mad at the world, but he is really a nice man. He said that if Wes continued to have trouble in the next two weeks to call him back and they would do a scope to see what was going on. He said he was young and it was really not a problem, so he didn't want to go exploring. He said to let nature take it's course. At first, he said wait two months, but when Wes told him he was still having problems he said two weeks.

Back to why we went to the funeral home, my mother's father's only living brother died on Monday. He was 89. He was working on a shop or shed, and fell. He broke his hip or did something to his knee, and had to have surgery. He died while in surgery.

Lizzie's birthday is Sunday, so tomorrow I am going to pick up her cake from Wal-Mart. Mama and I took her last night to pick it out. She wanted a princess cake with flowers. Well, she got a Brat cake. I think it has flowers. It took her a while to pick it out, but not as long as it does for her to pick out a toy. She is so funny. She is in pre-school, so I will take the cake to her class. We are also going to give the kids treat bags. We will take her over on Saturday to see her mom and dad. We would leave tomorrow, but mama has a workshop on Saturday morning. She is still having a hard time being away from her mom and dad, but she LOVES going to school. I don't think I have ever known a kid to like school so much. She was upset Monday when she woke up because she didn't go to school. She said I am not sick.

Amber had leg surgery on Tuesday, and face surgery on Wednesday. She made it through both surgeries fine. She still hasn't woken up. They are hoping she will in the next few days. You can see updates on her by clicking her name under links or by going to www.monceaux.org/Amber. She is a strong little girl, but she still has a way to go. Please continue to pray for her and her family.

Well, I better go.