SURGERY

It has been kinda a long week so far. We are not sick but we are not 100% yet. The boys are eating slowly (Nate passed up Ruby’s today and no soda or a milkshake!). He must be sick!!!

Well, I took Jax to the Orthopaedic Surgeon today to get his big cast taken off and to have a short cast put on in its place. We took the cast off and off to xray we went. The moment they removed the cast I knew something was up just by looking at his arm.

So, his arm is not healing correctly and tomorrow morning at 7:45 AM we check in to the Mission Surgery Center so that he can have surgery. The bone needs to be re-broken and pins placed in the arm. He will then have a sling for 10 days and then a full arm cast for 2 weeks and finally the short cast we have been waiting for!

Are you kidding me? Have we not spent enough time in doctors offices and hospitals? How many surgeries can one family go through in a year! Obviously we have not had our fill yet so we will brave yet another storm and forge through it!

Poor Jax. Tears as he shows me how he thinks they are going to put the pins in his arm. He uses his hand as a hammer and hits his cast HARD to show me why he is scared. I wiped away his alligator tears and then I explained everything to him – openly and honestly. I told him it was going to hurt but that I had pain meds to help. I got him calmed down and now he is not stressing. What’s a few pins anyway?

Matt, Jen, Trey and Dax have been staying with us. The boys love to play with our boys and Jen and I are the only chicks in the house! It takes both of us to keep all the boys in line.

Gary’s car is being looked at right now. Something is wrong with the transmission. I have mountains of paperwork and forms to fill out and phone calls to make and more and more and more and it keeps piling up and up and up. Soooooooo much.

Happy Birthday to my Dad. Zach’s birthday is coming up in February and so is my Mom’s. Gary and I would have celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary on February 16th. I think I am going to take the boys up to the Griffith Observatory that day and we can ask the observatory to locate Gary’s star so that we can finally see it. We miss him painstakingly.

Little League is in full swing and we had our 1st snack bar meeting the other night. Some of the girls pitched in and gave me a silver heart Tiffany necklace! So beautiful and I am taking it to get all of our initials engraved on the back! Nothing like something from Tiffany to cheer a girl up!! XOXO

Off to Big Bear right after surgery. Jen will stick around and Matt is going to help me with the boys. Chuck and Jeanne are keeping their eyes on our house and Hobie is going to be with Ace for a few days. Hobie is seriously depressed. He loved Gary so much.

God covers us and we continue to put our faith and trust in Him. He is the reason we are going to be okay!

All our love! Pray for no more broken bones while skiing and snowboarding!

Xoxoxo
L