Rough Week (Part I, the rough stuff)

So yet another week that didn't go as planned. I'm very ready for this cycle to break for us! It's been hell at work. Late nights are more and more common which means less and less time with Tom and Jack. I saw Jack for a total of 45 minutes on Tuesday. Enough to see him start breakfast and then eat dinner, get a bath and I put him to bed. This is not how I planned on being a mom!
We also had Jack's 2nd follow up appointment about his ears on Wednesday. He still had fluid in both of his ears but it wasn't puss, and they weren't red. No ear infections, therefore we moved to another plan. I refused to put him on another round of anti-biotics. The pediatrician really doesn't think he needs ear tubes so we're going with seasonal allergies. After a long chat and talk about symptoms, it kinda made sense. We're on a prescription for Clarinex and believe it or not, it's working. YEAH! He hasn't had a fever and hasn't been playing with his ears at all. I'm hoping this is it. We of course have another follow up in a week. We're keeping our fingers crossed. Tuesday was a rough day. It started with Bruno going after Sadie. We really watched him all week. You can tell he's young. He was very possessive of Tom. Thursday came along and he went after Jack. Jack was fine, Bruno just took him to the ground. It happened before I got home. When I walked in the door I could tell something bad happened. Tom jumped in right away. It's just after that how do you trust the dog again? What if he had another 3 seconds, or Jack had food in his hand or it was the new baby? So afer a night of thinking the situation to death and a few tears we took Bruno back to the SPCA on Friday. It was definitley NOT what we had planned. It was a sad day. He really is a good dog, it's just that he made us so nervous around Jack we couldn't relax. I really hope there's a home out there for him, maybe a young couple with out kids. They'd be perfect. We feel horrible but we had to think about Jack and the baby. We miss Bruno and hope he's doing ok!!
Another rough part to this week was that a childhood friend of mine passed away. I grew up with her, our parents are good friends. She was 27. She was sick for a little while, battled an eating disorder and was in the ICU for the last 6 weeks of her life. Her funeral was on Thursday. I hate that I wasn't there for her family. We got to see her while I was home, when Tom was at Ft. Lee. She got to meet Jack and we had the chance to catch up. I'll always remember hanging out at the PSU football games and our goofy short haircuts. Kristin, You are missed!!!
We're also trying to send good thoughts to Tom's Gram. She's been in the hospital for almost 2 weeks now. Tom's thinking about flying home this coming weekend to see her. I don't think Jack and I will be joining him on the trip. We hope that Gramme is feeling better soon and can get back home and out of the hospital!
I actually took off on Friday. Basically just for a mental health day. With everything building up I felt like breaking down. Of course that came back to bite me....I've been sick all weekend. I now have NO voice, what so ever, and have been sneezing and coughing for 3 days. Going back to work tomorrow is the grey cloud looming over me right now. The work load didn't go away with my day off, it just got bigger. I'm trying to remember why working was such a good idea. Does anyone have a plan on staying home with your kids and making millions???
Rough week! I'm hoping next week is better. We did have a fun weekend considering everything....that's the next blog. I need to finish on a happy note!