I'm Home

It's no secret that doctors can be very unpredictable and today was no exception. This morning the surgeon came in to see me and then a few minutes later my doctor came in. They both said that I was looking great and that I could go home. So by 9:30 I was home. I have to be on 2 different antibiotics for 10 days and follow up with the clinic in a week but other than that I'm good to go.

I want to thank all of my family and friends that came together to help me and my family. Thanks for watching my kids, washing my laundry, making me dinner, visiting me and bringing me snacks and things to keep me busy. And most of all thanks for all of the prayers!! I am so blessed!!

Now I finally feel good enough to play with the new camera Dave bought for me, he called it an early anniversary gift. I have to get comfortable with it before we head out to The Polar Express at the end of this week. I am so excited!!

I've got nothing but time...

I'm usually not one to air my dirty laundry or embarrassing secrets to everyone but today I've got nothing but time to do just that. The reason being, I am laying in a hospital bed with no where to go, no kids to chase, no dinner to make and no duties to fulfill. I might as well blog...thank goodness this hospital has internet!!

It all started last Sunday. My tush was a little sore and it hurt to sit in certain positions. I didn't give it a second thought until Monday morning arrived and it was worse, then Tuesday morning and still worse. Dave talked me into going to see the doctor. I was mortified!!! My only saving grace was that now my clinic has a female PA on staff. She was so sweet and sympathetic to me! She assured me it happens to lots of ladies and I was nothing "special". She put me on antibiotics and sent me on my way to sit on a heating pad.

Well...I followed her instructions to the 'T' and it still got worse. Thursday night I was tempted to call the on call dr but I knew I'd end up in the ER and there was no way I was going that route!! I toughed it out and went to the clinic the next morning. She took one look at my backside and immediately got on the phone with the surgeon. He suggested lancing the abscess and admitting me to the hospital. That's just what she did. So here I sit, feeling much better, getting pumped full of antibiotics.

They'll let me go when the infection is better and under control. They suggest I see the surgeon soon to see if the infection created a fistula in my colon (yeah).

That's the latest...I'll update if it changes. Thanks for letting me vent. Sorry to gross you out.

Halloween 2010

Halloween was pretty low key and easy this year. Adam decided at the last minute to be the same as last year...Harry Potter, Carson wanted to be a skeleton and I chose the costume for Brady, he was a train conductor. We enjoyed going to the church to Trunk-or-Treat and then to Grandmother's house.

Carving Jack-O-Lanterns

AZ State Fair

It's been a long time since we have gone to the state fair. We decided to take the kids a few weeks ago. Adam's friend, Amanda, got to come with us. It was really fun having a daughter for the weekend!!

We stayed overnight in a hotel near The Bass Pro Shop. We had never been so we decided to eat dinner there and explore. It is such a great place. I ordered alligator as an appetizer but the kids were not very impressed. At least we can say that we've eaten alligator. The kids loved all of the activities they have at the store. They got to pretend to be hunters, Uncle Scott would be so proud! They also got to drive in a race car simulator.

The next day we headed out to the state fair. We enojoyed looking at the animals and the petting zoo. There was a dinosaur exhibit and Carson went crazy! He ran through and looked at all of the dinosaurs and then ran back to the begining to read all of the signs. He compared their facts with the ones he had memorized from his books. It was too funny. Adam is my little dare devil, he wanted to go all of the BIG rides, Amanda and Carson were not as brave.

After we left the fair we drove over to the state capital and let the kids explore the park across the street. There are lots of memorials and statues. I love teaching them about our country and state histroy.