Dave went to see his surgeon today! The doc was very pleased with Dave's progress. Surgery is scheduled for June 11 which means he should be well enough to travel with me to get our boys from China!!!
Keep those prayers coming!
Thanks!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Just a little update
Dave has been sick. On May 1st he did not feel very good. Said it felt like a bad case of the flu, I had to work Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday nights so Dave was home with the girls. He continued to feel bad so I would come home from work and get the girls up, dressed and fed and then wake Dave up about 10:30 so I could sleep for a few hours before going back to work. Then when I got up would have to feed the girls and get them ready for bed before going back to work.
On Monday the 5th of May I called his doctor because he was not any better and Dave looked like death warmed over. Well the doctor did some blood test and sent us home. Wednesday the the 7th the doctor's office called and said the doctor wanted to see Dave again so we went back in. He ran some more blood work and told Dave he wanted a CAT scan of his abdomen then gave us a referral and sent us home. I called and scheduled the CAT scan and the soonest they could get us in was the next afternoon.
Thursday afternoon on the 8th we went in at 2:30 for the CAT scan, the long and the short of the story is Dave did not have the flu but a partially ruptured gall bladder. They sent us straight to the Emergency Room in the Hospital. The surgeon was very surprised. He said he had never seen anyone that had gotten that far as they are usually in so much pain that the come in much sooner. He was admitted to the hospital and started on IV antibiotics. They were unsure how long Dave would have to stay but the surgeon said Dave's belly was so "hot" it was to dangerous to operate on and would do IV antibiotics to attempt to "calm it down" so they can operate and take the gall bladder out under better circumstances.
He ended up staying only 48 hours which the doctor was quite surprised about and then sent him home on oral antibiotics. He goes the 20th for a follow up appointment with the surgeon. He still does not feel very good and had more sick days than he can handle! We are just praying this all gets taken care of and Dave gets well and returns to his normal happy self.
On Monday the 5th of May I called his doctor because he was not any better and Dave looked like death warmed over. Well the doctor did some blood test and sent us home. Wednesday the the 7th the doctor's office called and said the doctor wanted to see Dave again so we went back in. He ran some more blood work and told Dave he wanted a CAT scan of his abdomen then gave us a referral and sent us home. I called and scheduled the CAT scan and the soonest they could get us in was the next afternoon.
Thursday afternoon on the 8th we went in at 2:30 for the CAT scan, the long and the short of the story is Dave did not have the flu but a partially ruptured gall bladder. They sent us straight to the Emergency Room in the Hospital. The surgeon was very surprised. He said he had never seen anyone that had gotten that far as they are usually in so much pain that the come in much sooner. He was admitted to the hospital and started on IV antibiotics. They were unsure how long Dave would have to stay but the surgeon said Dave's belly was so "hot" it was to dangerous to operate on and would do IV antibiotics to attempt to "calm it down" so they can operate and take the gall bladder out under better circumstances.
He ended up staying only 48 hours which the doctor was quite surprised about and then sent him home on oral antibiotics. He goes the 20th for a follow up appointment with the surgeon. He still does not feel very good and had more sick days than he can handle! We are just praying this all gets taken care of and Dave gets well and returns to his normal happy self.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
WE MOVED!!!
Easter weekend we moved to a new to us house that has a fenced back yard with a swing set and slide. The girls love it! I am sure the boys will also! Some friends kept the girls all day Friday while we did the bulk of the moving! That was such a blessing. We finished the cleaning of the apartment last night so now it is just down to organizing our new home!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Happy Birthday Kurtis!
I can't believe Kurtis is 20!
Look at all that smoke!
Kurtis, Kevin, Kaitlyn and Lexi
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lexi's First Haircut
Katy's first haircut sitting in the chair by herself!
She was a great example for her little sister!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's House.
We went to Grandma and Grandpa's House a couple days after Christmas to spend a few days with them. We had a great time and the girls love Grandma and Grandpa but what's not to LOVE!!!!!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas Eve was at our Home!
We had a lot of fun just playing games, eating and hanging out! It was difficult to get the girls to settle down and just go to sleep I think they thought they might miss out on something!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
A Thanksgiving Day to remember!
This is one Thanksgiving we will never forget!
First we we went to cook breakfast the two large burners on the stove quit working! Thanks goodness we are doing most of the cooking at my sons house!
We were running late getting out of the house to go to our sons house for dinner when Dave asks who spilled water in the hall? I said I didn't know anyone had. I went to look to see what he was talking about and the puddle was growing and getting bigger before our eyes! About that time someone was knocking loudly at our front door, it was the neighbor on the bottom floor (we are on the third floor) wanting to know if we have a leak as they have water coming into their apartment through their ceiling and out their fire sprayer nossels! We call maintenance and they call maintenance and we keep finding more water. We are mopping and mopping, and trying to get the yams off the stove before they are mush or burn. Then the neighbors from the second floor come up and ask if we have a leak? Well yes but we do not know what is causing it as we continue to mop and the water just keeps coming, at first I thought it was the washing machine but we did one load without any trouble and the second load was done already. About that time Dave decided he had better get his shower or it might not happen. When he is in the shower I got the bright idea that it might be the hot water heater, I asked him if the pressure or anything was off and he said no, just as he was getting out maintenance showed up and looked around and figured out it was our water heater and turned our water off, the water heater was broken! I cleaned out the closet it was in and we told them to have a great Thanksgiving and we left!!!
This was not the end to our adventure. Dinner ended up being a couple hours late which was no big deal, we always kinda of go with the flow on thanksgiving, but our main dish, a vegetarian casserole was not finished cooking until a couple hours after dinner was done. Oh well you always eat to much for thanksgiving anyway and now we have great left overs!
Next thing we find Katy with a jar of vasoline covering the fish tank in it, I mean covering with a nice thick layer of greasy vasoline! This is a small five gallon plastic tank but she is just fascinated with it.
After everything was cleaned up, including the fish tank, we decided to watch a movie with our sons. We got the girls in their pj''s and settled in to watch. About 20 minutes into the movie Katy managed pull the fish tank off the counter down onto a table! She had blood running down her arm and dripping off, she was fine until she saw the blood and then started screaming! I took her in the bathroom and cleaned her up trying to find where it was coming from, she had cut her pinky finger right in the crease, it did not look to bad so we decided to hold pressure on it and finish the movie. Well... an hour and a half later as soon as you let go it still kept bleeding! We decided to pack everything up and head home, the hospital is about two minutes from our house. I had to hold her in order to hold pressure on her finger, their was no way put her in her car seat and me be close enough to keep pressure on it. Katy's finger continued to bleed when you let go of it so we went to the Emergency room instead of home. She ended up with 2 stitches in her pinky, she had cut into the little artery in the finger so the doc said it would not quit bleeding without the sutures!
We finally ended up back at home at 2am to find a industrial blower in our hall trying to dry the carpet, a cold house and all the windows wet from all the moisture. On this Thanksgiving I AM THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A HOME AND A WONDERFUL FAMILY TO SPEND TIME WITH even though you have these little mishaps in life!!!!
First we we went to cook breakfast the two large burners on the stove quit working! Thanks goodness we are doing most of the cooking at my sons house!
We were running late getting out of the house to go to our sons house for dinner when Dave asks who spilled water in the hall? I said I didn't know anyone had. I went to look to see what he was talking about and the puddle was growing and getting bigger before our eyes! About that time someone was knocking loudly at our front door, it was the neighbor on the bottom floor (we are on the third floor) wanting to know if we have a leak as they have water coming into their apartment through their ceiling and out their fire sprayer nossels! We call maintenance and they call maintenance and we keep finding more water. We are mopping and mopping, and trying to get the yams off the stove before they are mush or burn. Then the neighbors from the second floor come up and ask if we have a leak? Well yes but we do not know what is causing it as we continue to mop and the water just keeps coming, at first I thought it was the washing machine but we did one load without any trouble and the second load was done already. About that time Dave decided he had better get his shower or it might not happen. When he is in the shower I got the bright idea that it might be the hot water heater, I asked him if the pressure or anything was off and he said no, just as he was getting out maintenance showed up and looked around and figured out it was our water heater and turned our water off, the water heater was broken! I cleaned out the closet it was in and we told them to have a great Thanksgiving and we left!!!
This was not the end to our adventure. Dinner ended up being a couple hours late which was no big deal, we always kinda of go with the flow on thanksgiving, but our main dish, a vegetarian casserole was not finished cooking until a couple hours after dinner was done. Oh well you always eat to much for thanksgiving anyway and now we have great left overs!
Next thing we find Katy with a jar of vasoline covering the fish tank in it, I mean covering with a nice thick layer of greasy vasoline! This is a small five gallon plastic tank but she is just fascinated with it.
After everything was cleaned up, including the fish tank, we decided to watch a movie with our sons. We got the girls in their pj''s and settled in to watch. About 20 minutes into the movie Katy managed pull the fish tank off the counter down onto a table! She had blood running down her arm and dripping off, she was fine until she saw the blood and then started screaming! I took her in the bathroom and cleaned her up trying to find where it was coming from, she had cut her pinky finger right in the crease, it did not look to bad so we decided to hold pressure on it and finish the movie. Well... an hour and a half later as soon as you let go it still kept bleeding! We decided to pack everything up and head home, the hospital is about two minutes from our house. I had to hold her in order to hold pressure on her finger, their was no way put her in her car seat and me be close enough to keep pressure on it. Katy's finger continued to bleed when you let go of it so we went to the Emergency room instead of home. She ended up with 2 stitches in her pinky, she had cut into the little artery in the finger so the doc said it would not quit bleeding without the sutures!
We finally ended up back at home at 2am to find a industrial blower in our hall trying to dry the carpet, a cold house and all the windows wet from all the moisture. On this Thanksgiving I AM THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A HOME AND A WONDERFUL FAMILY TO SPEND TIME WITH even though you have these little mishaps in life!!!!
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