MIss Me???

It's been a little while since I've updated our blog. I've been sick with a sinus infection, which then led to a tooth infection and root canal. Needless to say I have spent more time on the couch in the last two weeks than I have anywhere else. Things should be better in the next couple of days. I'll post pictures of Halie's First communion when I get a chance.

Sorry...Cody's First Communion...can you tell how awful I feel? lol....

Excitement For My Friend

My very dear, sweet and awesome friend is in an article in First magazine this month. Congrats Ashlei!!! She writes a blog called "Coupons Deals and Steal" http://coupondealsandsteals.blogspot.com/. Go check it out and become one of her followers. It's well worth your time. Congrats again Ash! Now onto the next publication. =)

Sadie's Hospital Visit

6:30 a.m. Yes, 6:30 a.m. This is the time this morning that we checked into Wesley Hospital to have a scheduled CT scan and bronchoscope done on Ms. Sadie. After being checked in we ventured to building 4 and went up to the Pediatric Sedation Unit on the 6th floor. She was pretty tired from getting up so early and was pretty laid back. The first IV that they tried to put in went well....until the nurse blew it. The next attempt was not as pleasant, but worked. IV in---check. The CT scan was scheduled for 8. We got there around 8:30 or so. The original plan was to sedate Sadie for both procedures. The radiology techs had a different idea. They wanted to try to have her lay very still on a table while she was put in and out of the CT machine. That lasted all of 10 seconds. Then came the sedative. She slept like a rock and had the scan like a pro! :) After her scan we went back up to her room on the 6th floor and waited for Dr. Riva to do the bronchoscope. Around 9:30 she came in and said that we would not be doing the bronchoscope. The CT scan showed that Sadie has a Pulmonary Serquestion. WHAT??? Pulmonary Sequestion. It is not hereditary. It just happens. It is tissue that formed outside of the lung. The tissue has blood vessels attached to it. Large blood vessels. This tissue is the cause of her constant infections. The bad news....it has to be removed. Surgery. The hardest part of the surgery is removing these large blood vessels. There is no option with the surgery. She has to have it. If we didn't do anything about this tissue it will continue to cause infection and could also cause cancer. We have two pediatric pulmonary surgeons that we are conferring with now. The next step is to have an office visit with them...consult...and decide when to have the surgery. Hopefully we can wait a little while until she gets older. She's doing fine now. A little sleepy, but all in all she's doing well. What a trooper she is. :)

Sadie's x-ray results

We heard back from Dr. Riva this morning. Sadie's chest x-ray came back with some good news. Her infection (pheumonia) seems to be completely gone. In the lower region on her right lung there appears to be an enlarged blood vessel. The doctor would like us to go ahead and schedule the CT scan. It should give her a better look at the blood vessel and determine what needs to be done about it. If we do the CT scan they will more than likely go ahead and do the bronchoscope at the same time. We will be knocked out for both procedures. Craig and I are still up in the air about what to do. We want as little risk to Sadie as possible. But we also want her better. Pray that we are able to come to the right decision for her.

What to do....

We went back to Dr. Riva yesterday for Sadie’s check up. We discussed our options based on the results of her chest x-ray. We had the x-ray done after our appointment, and should get the results today or tomorrow. If the chest x-ray comes back with the spot still there then we will be done a “sweat test”. For the sweat test we go to St. Francis, put a patch on her arm for a couple of hours to make it sweat, check the salt content in her sweat and that will determine whether or not she has cystic fibrosis. They are checking for it because of her frequent infections in her lungs. There are two other tests that Dr. Riva wants to perform, but Craig & I aren’t quite on board. She would like to do a CT scan and a bronchoscope. For both of these procedures Sadie would be put under. We are worried about the amount of radiation that she would receive from the CT scan and just the risks alone of being put out with the medication. If we do decide to have these procedures done and Dr. Riva finds that something didn’t form right in Sadie’s lung, then she would have to remove the imperfection. That’s a little scary too. So we have some decisions to think about and make. No fun…. I’ll keep you all posted when we get the results of her x-ray.

Cheer Tryouts

**UPDATE: She made it!!!!!**

Today Hanah has cheer tryouts for junior high. She is so nervous!!! They meet at 8 this morning and tryout at 11:30. Crazy!!! We have gone over jumps and "approaching the crowd", but she's still just nervous about the whole process. We will see what happens. I'll post an update when it's all over. Good luck sweetie!!! :)

A Glimpse of the Pudding Monster!!

I don't know whether or not you have heard of the pudding monster. I had forgotten all about it until yesterday. At approximately 11:50 a.m. I walked in my kitchen and found it sitting right on top of my table!! I hadn't seen a pudding monsted in 8 years. But there she was in all of her glory. With CHOCOLATE pudding of course. :)



At first she appread so sweet and cute.



But then she decided the "paint" herself with pudding. And of course, if she painted herself she just couldn't leave the table out.



Here is the deceptive part. The monster makes you think that she will be cleaning up her own mess. But oh no.....she has other plans in store.



After about 10 minutes worth of mess making she was done. And headed for a bath!!!