on the couch now...

On Thursday the 22nd I finally had my hysterectomy done. I ran around crazy the week before trying to get things set up for my recovery. The day of surgery I woke up cramping a always and made my way to the hospital. Stella was brave enough to babysit the two little ones for us and our great neighbor's helped get the older ones to school. We sat in pre-op forever, but finally the anesthesiologist gave me the rlaxing drugs and they started wheeling me to theoperating room. Last ting I remember was seeing multiple exit signs where there was only one. Next thing I knew I was in post op. I had no idea I had been in surgery for nearly 5 hours!

During my surgery Dr.Lim discovered my uterus had fused with my bladder. Result of 2 c-sections. As he was trying to separte them he pierced my bladder leaving 1/2 inch inscision. He called in Dr. Brusky, a bladder specialist, to fix the damage. While there he noticed I have a 12 mm kidney stone on my left side. He thinks there are more smaller stones that he couldn't see as well. He placed a stint in that area, sewed shut my bladder and says I have to keep my catheter until June 4th. On the 4th we will deal with all my stone issues.

I came home on the 23rd. Nate has been great about having to do everything. Ammon caught a cold so he has been high maitenance. Such is life though. There have been a few visitors, church people have been bringing great food, and I feel better already than I have in roughly a year! I have to stay on the couch for another week, but after that can start being semi-helpful. Won't be back to normal for another 6-8 weeks after that though.

So... Did you want pancakes?

Okay. Nate came home for lunch today and all of a sudden Ammon got really quiet.



We got up and he had destroyed the snack shelf and dumped half a box of pancake mix on the floor.



He was having a great time, but unfortunatley I didn't have near as much fun cleaning it up.



Good thing I love my steamer!

Howdy Ya'll

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to Houston to see Kristin and her family. Seems like forever since I have seen her, and has been well over a year since seeing her kids!

Ammon and I boarded our plane just before 6am our time. Ammon had a great flight there... sleeping until the last 20 minutes. We packed light and met up with Kristin and Jr. at the baggage claim and then we were off to start our adventure!

We went to Old Town Spring first thing. It is a quaint little part of town with boutiques everywhere. Fantastic shops with a very "down home" quality. While there I realized they fry everything! Even candy is not safe! We had a nice lunch with plenty of entertainment supplied by the boys. Then it was off to pick up Derek and Shayla and time to set up sleeping arrangements.

Kristin's kids are a kick! They are full of energy, and so good with the babies. Great little swimmers too!

Derek is quite the baseball player! I was lucky enough to sit in on one of his play off games. He was a great 3rd baseman, but when the end of the game came he was the close out pitcher. I hope I got that right. His team did win though! He has skills with the light saber too! The babies followed his lead and played star wars with him.

Shayla was kind enough to let Ammon and I sleep in her princess domain! She and Ressa would be two peas in a pod. The both love baby dolls and pink! Mondays she has gymnastics. I was happy to go to her practice. She is a natural!

Jr. and Ammon spent the vacation squawking at each other. They enjoyed throwing balls up and down the stairs, chasing each other, and invading all the kitchen cabinets. Quick friends!

We enjoyed the swimming and relaxing! Also enjoyed the fantastic food! We paid a visit to my favorite ever mexican food LUPE'S (too bad it is only in Texas), had great Texas BBQ at the Rib Tickler, and of course Kristin is a great cook. Nothing like her homemade jam and bread... YUMMY! It was a fantastic vacation, and although we just left, we miss them all!