The second weekend in August we went camping locally at Interlochen State Park, about 10 miles away. We picked out our spot the day of and were lucky enough to grab a lake view site on a bluff. Thankfully the kids were great about not getting too close to the drop off (!). The weekend was an emotional one since Saturday was the funeral of our Asst. Minister's 6 year old son, Zeke. Zeke was struck by a vehicle backing up at the Northwest Michigan Fair. Parents should never have to lose a child, and this family has lost two. Heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe it. We continue to pray for them, as well as the man who hit Zeke. Zeke will forever remain in our hearts as we remember to never take a moment for granted. It was a difficult funeral service, but our minister did a wonderful job and the amount of people who attended was really moving.
We returned to the campsite after the service to enjoy our boys and took them out on the water. (Nice thing about camping close is that it was easy to go get the boat). While we were out there, Austin began to complain that his penis hurt and continued to grab at his lower abdomen and groin. I tried various things to releive his pain (removing the life jacket strap that goes between his legs, changing his diaper, letting him go without a diaper) and nothing seemed to help. The pain came and went in waves and he was literally trying to crawl out of his skin when the pain came. After 3hrs of this pain coming and going, I called the nurses line who advised us to take him to the ER. We met my mom there and she was able to take the older boys back to the campsite while we waiting at the hospital. Austin had about 2 more incidents of pain (and 2 more on the way home) but otherwise acted COMPLETELY NORMAL. Aaron and I felt like idiot parents trying to waste the time of the doctors and nurses but we were thankful he was feeling better. The doctor diagnosed him with a bruised penis (seriously, wth?), but after some internet searching and thinking about things Aaron and I really suspect he might have had a kidney stone.
Thankfully our ER visit was quick (less than an hour!) and we were back to resuming a normal camping weekend before packing up to get ready for a big week of visitors!
They had a great little playground by the beach:
We returned to the campsite after the service to enjoy our boys and took them out on the water. (Nice thing about camping close is that it was easy to go get the boat). While we were out there, Austin began to complain that his penis hurt and continued to grab at his lower abdomen and groin. I tried various things to releive his pain (removing the life jacket strap that goes between his legs, changing his diaper, letting him go without a diaper) and nothing seemed to help. The pain came and went in waves and he was literally trying to crawl out of his skin when the pain came. After 3hrs of this pain coming and going, I called the nurses line who advised us to take him to the ER. We met my mom there and she was able to take the older boys back to the campsite while we waiting at the hospital. Austin had about 2 more incidents of pain (and 2 more on the way home) but otherwise acted COMPLETELY NORMAL. Aaron and I felt like idiot parents trying to waste the time of the doctors and nurses but we were thankful he was feeling better. The doctor diagnosed him with a bruised penis (seriously, wth?), but after some internet searching and thinking about things Aaron and I really suspect he might have had a kidney stone.
Thankfully our ER visit was quick (less than an hour!) and we were back to resuming a normal camping weekend before packing up to get ready for a big week of visitors!
They had a great little playground by the beach:
Austin does his best to keep up with Jacob!
Fishing!
Jacob reeled in a master angler rock bass!
Brody's turn!
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