Weigh In Results (Week 6), Benjamin update and other stuff

I had a pretty good day today. The center where I weigh in was not seeing clients today but there was a note on their door that said clients could go to the north Knoxville center to be seen. At first I thought "how inconvenient", but then quickly realized that my sister lives over on that side of town.........so off I went. I called my sister and she came and met up with us and went running around with us. When I say "us", I am talking about me and Jacob. Yes, Jacob buddied up with me today and I loved it. He was extremely well behaved and caused me no problems (which is usually the case with Jacob). Benjamin on the other hand, bless his little heart, is another story. LOL!
Anyway, I lost .6 pounds today. Not a whopping amount, but I'll take it after the week I've had. I didn't lose much weight because I didn't eat much food......(No Brandi, I never had a cheeseburger!....LOL!). I know that sounds so weird, but that's the way their plan works. You have to eat ALL of the food they say to eat in order for the metabolic burn to happen. Anyway, with all of the stress I have been under, it's a wonder I ate anything. So, I am at a grand total now of 11.2 pounds lost. I'll take it!
As for Benjamin, he has been very weak for most of the day. All he wants to do is lay down. He won't play at all. He won't even smile. If I try and make him laugh, he gets very agitated and mad and tells me to STOP! He vomited in the middle of the night last night one time and so far that was his last episode. He has eaten more food today than he has for the past couple of days and he has kept it down. Yeah! He has also had alot of pee pee diapers which is a good thing because it tells me that we are not dealing with dehydration. Poor thing, speaking of dehydration, his little lips are peeling from when he was dehydrated on Tuesday and he is constantly picking at them. I hope we don't develop any issues from him picking at his lips. We are already dealing with a raw, sore butt from diarreah (yes, he still has diarreah at least two or three times a day). I gave him a baking soda bath tonight to soothe the burning and I am keeping Vaseline on him at every diaper change. He screams when I change his diaper.......so, all I need now is for his lips to start bleeding and get real sore from picking. There goes my anxiety.....worrying about everything that could happen. Anyway, to add to the drama........ I noticed this morning that he had a persistent cough. Since this whole virus started, the one sure way I knew that he was getting ready to vomit was he would start coughing first and then here he went......but today's cough was different. Yes, it made me nervous a few times this morning when he coughed thinking he was going to vomit, but he never did and his cough just kept getting worse. Well, as the day went on, his cough got worse and wetter sounding and he started sneezing and then his nose started running and here we are with a full blown cold!!!! I KNOW!!! Poor thing can't even get well from a stomach virus without something else hitting him on top of it! I am upset about it, but I can't do anything about nature's course and I hate it! I can say though, that getting out and running around with Jacob and Melissa really picked me up. I also went and visited my Mom after I got back from Knoxville and that helped alot too. My Mom made me laugh alot today (and you know what I'm talking about Mom.....LOL!) and that really helped my attitude. I was able to go back home and face life as it was being dealt to me with a positive attitude. The whole way home I kept reminding myself of the scripture in the Bible that says: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth". Psalm 121:1........ So refreshing. Anyway, I put the boys to bed tonight at 8:45 and they went right to sleep. I pray that Benjamin sleeps all night tonight as his little body needs sleep so badly in order to recover. Please Lord, no more vomiting.
On a positive note......... my darling, wonderful, and awesome husband has agreed to stay home with the boys tomorrow and let me go to church. I am so looking forward to that. That will really, really help me too. My husband is so awesome and I thank God for him everyday. Here on earth, he is my rock and my shelter. I depend on him for so much and I tell him often how much I love him and need him. I hope he realizes that. Thank you sweetie!
Please continue to pray for me and my family as I am praying for you and yours. Love you all!