Katie's 30th Birthday

Well, Big Katie's 30th Birthday was a success! Dave and I met her and Chris at Buca di Beppo in Southlake. We had a nice dinner and got to catch up. Katie was my roommate my sophomore and senior years in college. We had some great times together, and we still do. There's just something about the bond between college roomies. I was just lucky that mine turned 30 before I did. :)

Another trip on the boat

We ALL headed out to Benbrook Lake for one last trip on the boat before it got too cold. Mom, Dad, Brett, Katie, Dave and I went to meet Grandma, Grandpa, Pat and Syrilda at their campsite. We had a nice day at the lake. When we returned to land, we had a nice cookout followed with S'mores.

Katie's 3rd Trip to the ER

When the rain blew in on Thursday evening, Katie started wheezing a little. No biggie-we cured it with a breathing treatment of Xopenex. Friday morning before school she was a little wheezy so Dave gave her a treatment at 7:30 AM. At 5 PM, my mom called me and told me to get Katie ASAP as she had gotten terribly worse over a 3 hour period. So, I got her home and I gave her a breathing treatment at 5:30, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30. At 2 AM she threw up cough syrup on her floor. Then, she continued to cough and was so miserable she was hysterical. I cleaned everything up and woke Dave up at 2:30 and said I wanted to take her to the ER since we hadn't gotten any sleep and she wasn't getting any better. I called the Dr. on call, and he said a trip to the ER sounded like a good idea.

We arrived at Cooks at 3:15 AM. They sent us immediately to triage to check her vitals, where she threw up all over my pants. They gave me a pair of scrub pants. We got transfered to a room, and we saw a Dr. immediately. They almost put her on oxygen because her oxygen level was 89%. They gave her a treatment at 4:15, and it took 45 minutes. They said it was enough albuterol for 3 treatments. She stopped coughing instantly and passed out for the majority of the treatment. They noticed improvement and wanted to give her some oral steroids. The minute she took them, they came back up again. We had to wait for her heart rate to slow down and her oxygen level to raise again. We waited an hour then went to radiology for an x-ray. About 1 hour after that, she got another treatment. After that treatment (2 vials of albuterol), she was talking to anybody and everybody at 7:30 AM. She was my normal kid all over again. Cooks Children's Hospital was the best. God truly blessed us this morning.

As soon as Katie finishes the donuts she requested on the drive home, I'm going to bed. :) I'm also going to get Dave to post the pics I took. Call me awful, but I will remember this forever.

It's Game Day, Baby!

Football season officially started at the Martin household. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the first Longhorn game because of a feud between DirecTV and Versus. We found out early in the 3rd quarter that we could watch the remainder of the game at my parents...so we went over to see the end. We all had fun! Yes, Katie is sporting a cheer dress and the "Hook 'em!"