Allergies and Basketball

First off this was a great day because we didn't have to get up at 445am to take Joshua to Basketball practice because the JV and Varsity have games tonight.

Jackson and Cassie had Dr appts so I drove them to Canby to see our family Dr. Dr Edmonds is an amazing Dr to me. He treats our whole family, was the one to diagnose me with the Rare Disease Cushings and is so nice to our kids and really listens to them. I love having him as our country community Dr.

Jackson had to see him because when he was coming back from his mothers on Christmas break back to our house he had a headache and took some of her over the counter Migraine medicine. Well needless to say we (all three parents) were all worried when he boarded the plane starting to get hives and his lips blew up to four times the size they are. Thankfully he had Benadryl and all ended up okay. I made an appt that day to get allergy testing. It wasn't something we ever wanted to repeat again. This is Jacks Shoulder and lips. (he said of course I can use this).

Jacks hived shoulder

Jacks lips...no its not duck face

After seeing the Dr we found out that he is highly allergic to Aspirin. So we are all going to be VERY diligent on that. He said the next time his throat could close because he has such a bad reaction. We always give him Tylenol based stuff at our house so we never knew he had this problem. The Dr talked to him a lot about reading the labels on everything. Being contentious of taking meds from anyone or if they are mixed with others that could be aspirin. A lot of cold and flu medicines have that in them and migraine medicines also so we will have to worry about that. Once I got home after taking them back to school I went through any meds we have to make sure. I am glad we found out though. We know that it is in the top 5 for allergies. It cannot go away by taking small doses like some allergy places will do. He said its as serious as a peanut allergy so to be very careful.

Jack dressed up for BBall at Drs

Cassie was able to go in after wearing her back brace (from her cart accident) and finally get it off. We had to do an Xray and exam but she is able to now not have it. She still has very limited activity for 3 more weeks. She was so happy to have her brace off and be able to bend finally. We will be starting physical therapy this next week for a couple months to strengthen her back again. I am just glad that her fracture has been healing properly. We also got medication for her because she has ovarian cysts. Those are so painful and I feel bad she gets them. Its hereditary and I got them at her age also. PAINFUL....not a good thing to have pain in the stomach all the time. All in all we ended up getting everything done.

Cassie happy her brace is off

After taking the kids back to school I came home to bake brownies and deal with some school things so I could  be back at the school by 330 to watch Josh and Jacksons basketball games. Ryan was to meet me there at 330 as he was working.

The games I was happy with. We won both games. Cardinal pride was at its finest as usual. Bake sale went off great for the Junior Class. Once again I swear we had our kids coming and asking for money every two seconds to eat. All four kids were there. Jason only got to see the last game as he has basketball practice after school daily. I was proud of my kids. Josh and Jack both played well when they were in. I love being able to cheer on everyone! yelling for all the kids along with mine. Its an exciting time in the kids lives and I am happy we can be there to watch it. Cassie was hanging with her friends. Jason after getting bunch of food was sitting with his and the other two were playing. Next year will be great because all four kids will be playing on the same day. That will make things so much easier and hey...money saving because they wont have to pay to get in the game haha!

Josh shooting

Josh JV basketball

Jackson happy playing

Jack practicing his shot

Running Fast to get shot (Jack)

All in all it was a good day. I am glad that we have a good Dr., a good school, a good life. I love sitting with our friends on game days and all of us cheering on each other kids. This community may be small but its definitely a strong one.

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And the whole town comes....

 

 

Big Valley is made up of a couple of small towns. One of them is my town that only has 267 ppl in it (or so the sign says). Our Elementary and High school have roughly 200 kids from K-12 grade. The one thing I love about Big Valley is that the whole town surrounds our kids with love and support.

Yesterday we had a home basketball game. JV Boys, Varsity girls and then Varsity boys playing. The cool thing is you can enjoy them all at one night because everyone has to travel far to get here or we travel far to get to their school. Our teams are full and yes we have some kids actually sitting waiting to go into the game.

These nights I know I wont be cooking YEAH lol. We will be eating hamburgers or nachos from the Booster Club trailer. Our whole family goes to the games. One because Josh plays JV and Jackson plays Varsity but two because its what the town does. So many ppl are there supporting our kids. Couples who don't have children in the school, High schoolers that have come back to watch, Siblings, Parents, Grandparents, Teachers, Store owners, etc. Its just a night of fun and we pack the bleachers full with Cardinal Pride.

This night we played Redding Christian... who are a very competitive team with twice as many kids as we have. All three games we won by a margin..but they were all good games. The kids that got to play did great. The only regret I and many have is not all the kids got to play:(

Its fun sitting in the stands with our popcorn or nachos and watching our Big Valley kids soar through the air to make baskets. Its super cute at half times when our little kids come out in their cheerleader outfits and do their dances, cheers to get the crowd going. You can tell they have worked hard.

I love basketball games. Sitting with our friends razzing each other. Talking about how our butts hurt for sitting there for so many hours. Seeing ppl from our church. Seeing ppl that are back for a visit. Its nice. Laughing or messing with our friends all while watching the game. Not having to worry about our other children who are all sitting with their friends cheering on the teams instead of asking to go home. Watching Cassie drawing but looking up every few seconds to cheer on the team. Jason laughing with all his buddies sitting around him cheering them on and our other two playing.

 Even this guy who was sitting on the other side of me from the opposing team asked me if the lady in front of us had a kid playing. I said nope...she is just one of our community members. He was amazed because he said he sees her at every game. She turned around and said I cheer on all the kids:) This guy was also video taping his granddaughter playing so we talked on and off throughout the three games. He did laugh at me numerous times as each of our kids and one of their friends came up and asked for money for food at different times. Finally he asked how many children I have and if I had any money left for him HA!

Its an event....a fun event.....just wish that ALL the ppl who came to the game who cheer on every single student because they all played. That's the good thing about living in a small town with small teams we have the capability to do that. Making it more of a team. I love Big Valley.

sidenote.....with three boys in basketball. An 8th grader...9th and 11th grader we have a crazy schedule. Josh starts practice at 6am (he likes to be there by 530am now). Jason has practice after school and Jackson has to come back to school from 6pm to 8pm for his practice which he loves. We are driving from 515am to 815pm it seems everyday. That's the love of sports and wanting our kids to learn how to be apart of a team. Cassie usually plays too but because of her back injury this year she wont be playing till next year. By then all four of the kids will be in high school. I appreciate all the kids, parents, coaches and staff go through to make having teams possible.

Josh concentrating you can tell because his tongues out

Jackson practicing

Jacksons Game Face :)