I just can't help doing another month update of the little guy because it seems like he is always doing new things now-a-days, and I use this blog for journaling about my kids. So here it goes!
Friday, July 10, 2009
7 Months
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
4th of July
We had a great 4th of July yesterday! We started out with a super yummy ward waffle breakfast at the church in the morning. Then all the kids did a cute parade around the church. Jackson isn't quite big enough to ride a bike around the building, and we don't have a wagon, though I want to get one soon now, so he just walked near the end of the parade with a few other kids without rides and waved his flags. It was pretty cute.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Doing Much Better
So John pointed out that I need to update everyone because I am doing much better than the last time I posted. I am able to walk on my knee pretty well as long as I am still wearing the big bulky brace the Dr. said I had to wear anyways while walking or sleeping. It is really hard to sleep all night with a straight achy leg, but a little something called vicodin helps with that :). My mom had to fly home this morning and we were all very sad to see her go. We miss all her help and attention tons (and our kitchen, washer & dryer, our bellies, and the oven and our cheerio covered floors also miss her attention too!). But some of my laurels are set to come over in the mornings to play with the kids so I can rest until my mother-in-law comes up Wednesday to help out. One thing that this whole experience has given me is the knowledge that we sure have a lot of people who love us and care about us. There have been so many people offering to help out and make sure we are taken care of. Plus it seems like everyone we know has offered prayers on my behalf, so thank you, thank you, thank you if you are one of them! It really means a lot! I have a Dr. appointment Thursday and am hoping to get the stitches out and perhaps be given instructions to not wear the knee brace quite so often... preferably at night :) I will update more then! In the meantime, here's a couple pictures of my knee without all the gauze and the sleeve on that I just took today:
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Surgery Update
As many of you already know, yesterday I had surgery on my knee, and since I know there are a lot of you asking and wanting to know how it went, I figured the easiest way would be to post an update on here since I am not really up to calling everyone.... (I am a little bit groggy and in A LOT of pain). So, from what the Dr. told John (apparently he came and talked to me too, but I was still so out of it that I don't even remember him stopping by!), the surgery went really well! He said there was a lot of scar tissue on the left side of my left knee and even some on the tendon, but once they cleared all that out they said the rest of it all looked nice and healthy! So it looks like that was the problem and hopefully this means that I will be able to gain full ability of my knee again.... after recovery of course. Speaking of that, so far it's been ruff. Yesterday my knee wasn't actually hurting too bad, but I was extremely nauseous and dizzy from the anesthesia, which was frustrating because I hadn't eaten since the night before. That combined with the fact that I am already hypoglycemic made for a ruff night. I kept throwing up and couldn't keep down anything including applesauce and gatorade, which made me pretty shaky and dizzy. Luckily, I finally was able to keep down some coke and toast and eventually was able to add more food which happened to be just in time since my knee was starting to hurt and I can't take the meds without food. Anyways, when I got home at first yesterday like I said earlier, my knee was doing fine and I was even able to walk on it a little, with the brace, but then as the meds started wearing off it started to get really painful, which is probably because the Dr. not only gave me heavy pain meds at the surgery center, but also he gave me some localized anesthesia at the incision site that really helped block pain there. Now that all that is worn off, I can barely put any pressure on it at all, even while taking the vicodin the dr. prescribed. So I am in a lot of pain now, but am hanging in there. I wish I could just fast forward through these next couple of weeks, but I am extremely grateful to have my mom here who has been SO wonderful and helpful taking care of both me and the boys. So that's about it for an update so far. Thanks to everyone for all of your fasting, prayers, and concern on my behalf. It really helps to have so much love and support from everyone! I feel very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends to look after me! Here are just a few post surgery pictures so far:
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Happy Father's Day... a little late :)
I know father's day has already come and gone, but I wanted to make sure that my dad knew that I think he is the best! I have so many wonderful memories with my Dad growing up. And I have so many of those mostly because he made sure he was there and put his kids first. Whether it was him cheering for us or actually being our coach at all our sports games, playing roller hockey with him in the street, riding our bikes to Irvine Park, eating little smokies at the river, or having spiritual discussions with him during FHE that helped spark that testimony within me of the gospel, he was always there. Thanks to him I learned early on what a real father should be. Thanks for everything Dad! We love and miss you tons!
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
6 Months for Baby Bear!
Just couldn't resist doing another quick update on our little Tank.... He is 6 months old now and can now army crawls the right way, which means he is into everything already! He still eats a ton and just loves food, and he still has the cutest smile and giggle you've ever seen. Also, just today he learned how to clap! It is so cute! I will have to try to get it on camera sometime. Here's his stats from his 6 month appointment:
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