2+5=Family: October 2010

Bigger Bed + Bigger Room = More Comfort!

I went to visit Christy yesterday on my way home from running errands. Got to her room and wait... Her bed is made and there is NONE of her stuff in there...??? What the heck? So I went to the nurses station and asked "where is my sister?" They said "oh we moved her" wheww, I wasn't really worried but it was odd cause I hadn't heard anything about them changing her into a different room.

Her new room is BIG and it has a Queen size bed which is very comfortable! They said it is so she can be used to be in the home life. Which makes sense since will have been in the hospital for over 9 weeks by the time she gets home. They said they will even let her husband sleep in the bed with her. I hope he can control himself.... HAHA!

Her surgery is scheduled for Monday. This is the surgery that is going to put something in her skull to replace the piece they had to remove. Which means NO MORE ugly brown helmet. The bad thing is it's another surgery. It's not as dangerous as the first 3 but still it's in the head so there is always some risks. Our prayers have been answered so far so I believe she will be just fine. They said that when she has her surgery she will go back to the 4th floor to recover. ICU! Gah... I don't ever want to see ICU again. It may not be ICU but it will be that floor. After she recovers then they will send her home which sounds like only a few days after her surgery! YAY!!! I am so excited that she gets to go home. The only bad thing is that I will have a little farther to drive to see her :( Oh well at least she is going to be home!

It has been the longest almost 9 weeks ever! 9 weeks ago we didn't know if she was even going to survive and now she is walking 500 ft with her walker and someone on each side of her to keep her from falling. She is talking, which is a huge accomplishment, and she is laughing! It is so fun to hear her laugh. The only thing we really need to work on is her swallowing, she needs to get that back so we can get off the PEG line. She is eating a little now but not enough to have it removed. We are waiting for the day when she can have a Mint Chocolate Creamie her FAVORITE! We are going to have a Party when she can.

Our family has seen miracles in the last 9 weeks. If you don't believe that there is a god... You will after an experience like this.

We love you Christy!

Appendicitis?

SERIOUSLY?

A couple weeks ago Chad started to feel sick but we thought at first that it was the bug that everyone has been giving to each other. Except his would NOT go away! Plus with all the stuff that is going on right now Chad didn't want to worry me with something else so he didn't say anything for a few days.

September 22nd Chad called me from work and said he needed to go to the Dr. cause his side was hurting really bad. I said "Well if it is still hurting in the morning we will call" Well it was hurting in the morning really bad and he felt really sick plus could hardly walk. I dropped off Chad to the Dr's while I went to my parents house to help get things done for the fundraiser. A while later he called and said "you need to come get me and take me to the hospital, they want a CT scan ASAP, and said don't go anywhere other than the hospital DON"T LEAVE!" What the heck? I thought it was just the flu. We went over to Timpanogos Hospital. He had orders to get a CT scan "STAT" but I don't think they knew what STAT meant. Finally they did the CT scan and the nurse told us to wait for the results in the waiting room where the Dr would call us there. We waited what seemed like forever. Dr called and said its appendicitis he was calling the surgeon just stay there. What seemed like forever again the surgeon came to us and went in to look at the scan. He said that he thought there might be a micro rupture but won't know for sure until they get inside. They scheduled the surgery for 4 hours because he had had some sips of water. Luckily it wasn't ruptured but almost. Good thing we went when we did or it could be tons worse. And because he didn't "pass some tests" he had to stay in an extra night. The Dr. wanted to keep him another day again but let him leave anyways. He has been out of work from it for 1 1/2 weeks with NO sick leave, Vacation, NOTHING! I swear can my month get any worse *knock on wood*. I can not handle anything else I have had enough. People say God only gives you what you can handle. Well I think they lie! I am physically, and emotionally drained. If one more thing happens I may have to skip the country or something. I pray that things start going up from here cause I could use some good in my life right now.