April 12, 2006

A semi serious one.....

Well it has been a rough week here in the Jones house. As I stated before Tyler had been sick and then this last weekend he got really sick. So sick we took him to the ER on Sunday night. He was so badly dehydrated that they needed to check him in for a couple days. He came home yesterday and he is on a restricted diet they call a BRAT diet. Which means he can only have bananas, rice,applesauce,and tea or toast(that fits the acronym so I guess that must be right). He hates the diet I think that's because it is called a diet and well everyone in my family hates diets. It has been very hard to keep him on it (I have very little experience with staying on a diet), but hey were trying. He goes back to the doctor tomorrow and we are hoping that the Dr. will allow us to start feeding him some other things. Wifey Pooh told me that today he walked out of the pantry caring a bag of potatoe(will use the Quail spelling) chips. It was so sad and he cried when we told him no. He has begging for fruit snacks. He keeps asking for snacks and when Kristena does not follow him right away he comes over and graps her hand and tries to drag her off of the couch and to the pantry.

During the last couple days we have had to watch as our son was poked and prodded. He had to get an IV and we had to hold him down as they drew out his blood from his little arms. All the time he would cry and we would say just a little longer and he would look up and through his tears and say in his little voice "okay". We wanted to take all of that pain and that sickness away and we could not. No matter how much I wanted to there was nothing I could do for him. I wanted to lash out and make the nurses and doctors stop. But all we could do was hold him and cry with him. Then as I sat with him in his hospital room as he was sleeping on my lap I wonder what God must have thought as his Son was hanging there. Did he go through the thoughts of wanting to end His Son's suffering. Did he want to lash out and hurt the guards who were whipping his Son. Did he want to do the same things I wanted to do the nurses to the guards that pounded the nails. I don't think so but if I were God I know I could not have just watched it happen. I guess that since I have had Kaitlyn and Tyler, I understand the sacrifice a little more and what it must have taken to let all of that happen for a bunch of people who had turned their backs on Him. He loved us so much that He permitted all of that to happen and his Son just hung there and wept for us and did not try and move and just simply said "Okay". I guess I never appreciated as much as I do now.

Sorry that was a pretty serious rant there. For those of you who tune in for a laugh that may not get the work done but this is my journal so I thought I needed to share that.

Hey something great happened in the midst of all of this....WE GOT A TIVO!!!!!! For free..... really we did. It is the greatest thing unless you are on the computer in the other room and it runs on about a 1 second delay so if you have it on the same channel then makes you a little nutty. But is great because if you miss a line of dialogue or have to go tinkel then you can pause the TV. That is right you can pause it!!!! It is great when you have to have that bowl of ice cream or nab those chips or your mom calls at the most critical part of your favorite show. You can talk and never miss a beat. I highly recommend it.

In case I don't get the chance to post before Easter everyone have a great Easter!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OK John, You just made my make-up run all over my face and here I am at work, Not Fair!! You are now offically a father. You feel the pain!! I am glad that Tyler is feeling better. We have been praying for him and your family! Take care!
Love,
Marsha

Anonymous said...

Hello, I just listened to the new cd of the vocal band. It is a great cd and I have played over and over, I thought I could hear you singing on some of the songs, I was humming did you hear me?

I have thought about you all day and guess i should have tried to call but this works too. Hope you had a good Easter and that your day will be good at work.

I will talk to you later.

Love your mom