End of the school year for Reggie

What a whirlwind! We had something almost every night of the week last week of school. Reggie had his singing performance on Monday and did fabulous. Boy what a change from a few years ago. He was singing and doing the appropriate movements. He had a great year and came a long way with his reading and math. He was sent home with a science book for the summer and started working on it right away. That is by far his favorite subject.

Wed. was his baseball team party….we were all glad to finish out the year and be done with that. He had pizza for lunch and for dinner and had a bit of a rough night. He woke up on the last day of school and was complaining of a stomach ache…really??!! He didn’t eat breakfast, so I knew something wasn’t right, but I sent him to school anyway because it was Olympic day and the last chance to see all his friends at once. Ainsley and I went to watch the assembly and he looked a little pale. I was so worried he was going to throw up in the middle (I have vivid memories of throwing up on the school bus as a child). He said he was o.k., but we ended up leaving right after the assembly. He got a low grade fever later in the day, but was able to eat and seemed o.k.

Beginning of the day:
Reggie and his best bud Tyler:

Mid afternoon the same day:

We were supposed to go to the rodeo, but he wasn’t quite up for it, so I took Ainsley and we had a girls night out :o).

Friday he woke up with a stomach ache, but it went away after breakfast and we rode bikes to the park and had a great day. Reggie wanted to picnic, so I put them in charge of making the sandwiches and that went really well. Might happen more often! That evening we decorated the Cub Scout float for the Rodeo parade and ate way too much junk. That seemed to be what did him in. We cleansed and he didn’t eat much, but we stayed within the brat diet. That night he threw up so much Gatorade right at bedtime. He slept with us which is always a treat, such a treat that Ryan slept on the couch. Starting at about 1, he threw up every couple hours, until morning and was moaning and making noise all night. We were all tired the next day, but his stomach seemed to settle and he was soooo hungry. Every time he ate, he felt sick, so we gave him one of Ainsley’s leftover anti-nausea. Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to do much. We dosed him with Motrin and that seemed to help him turn the corner. He was much better the next day, but we laid low anyway. This has been such a bad year for illness in the Wade household. Let’s hope this is it! At least we made it through the week!!!