no secrets anymore :~)

Chris' appointment was kind of lengthy today.  I ended up having to leave to go home and make supper for the boys.  The Dr. did a lot of testing and an x-ray or two.  The tests showed he has no asthma, nor did the x-ray show anything.  The Dr. said he could do a chest CT.  Chris asked him if it would be worth it to be exposed to 2 1/2 years worth of radiation from one procedure and if he would recommend it.  Doc said he wouldn't, but would do the CT to "make Chris feel better" (obviously he meant mentally feel better).  His explanation for the "feeling" of congestion to only be on one side could be this:  sometimes when you have a cold, the lung cavity? tissue? something! can be "fused" (that's my word to make it understandable) to the inside of the ribs, thus making them not be able to expand completely.  This would go back to October when Chris first got the nasty cold and the symptoms showed up.  So, the recommendation is to just wait and see if it gets worse.  Not quite what we were looking for, but nothing bad either.  I wonder if they could see anything with an ultrasound. . .

Chris got home in time to change clothes, grab a quick bite to eat and then head out to Brayton's game.  His game and Taite's were at different schools tonight and the times slightly overlapped so we had to drive separately and the roads were S-L-I-P-P-E-R-Y!  It was raining when Taite and I left home and the temp was 29 and dropping.  We didn't see any accidents, but everyone was driving very cautiously.  Bray's game was a killer.  The other team is the best of two other teams.  So disappointing.  At least the other coaches backed off at 1/2 time and had their kids work on running their offensive plays and defense WITHOUT stealing the ball and making the fast break.  Bray got very upset during the game and had to sit the bench to regain his composure when the ref thought he'd said a bad word when wrestling for the ball.  He obviously wasn't wrestling by himself, so we aren't sure how that ref would know WHO said it, but Bray said he didn't say a thing.  In fact, I've never seen Brayton say anything out on the court.  Oh well. 

Chris had to leave Bray's game a little early to get Taite to the other school for his game, which we knew would be a much easier game.  That game was an easy win, especially since the other teams top two players were benched for some reason.  We know since Taite's new friend, Nick, his mom works at the school that we played tonight, so we get the inside scoop.  Taite's new found love is blocking shots and he's gotten quite good at it!  He got called once for a foul on the arm, but otherwise, he probably had 5-6 blocked shots.  This excites both him and his dad since Chris said that's exactly how he played ~ with that intensity.

I have to say that tonight when Brayton casually mentioned that his friend, Keaton (brother to Tanner ~ Taite's friend, and grandson to Joan & Barry ~ our neighbors) told him today that he's glad the 4th grade basketball players are split up onto 'A' and 'B' teams because he likes winning all their games (despite having lost all the games they played in the tournament last weekend).  I can't tell you how angry and disappointed this makes me.  I'm sure it was brought up by Keat because Chris had asked (really in his head, was begging) Keaton's step-dad to allow Keat to play in a tournament one time with some of the 'B' team players just so they could have a ball-handler and MAYBE could win a game.  We've asked this same thing before of his parents and got the same reaction along with the statement "well, once you are labeled a 'B' team player. . . ." (I probably don't have to tell you that both of their boys are on the 'A' teams.  And with that, I'll try to go fall asleep with tears in my eyes. :*-/