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The nurses gave me my antibiotic this morning and a few minutes later, it felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest. They called in the rapid response team to do a quick EKG. The EKG was normal but … Continue reading
I only made it 6 days at home and ended up back in the ER this afternoon. I was having horrible sweats/chills yet no fever, heart rate of 126 and pretty high blood pressure. Something is obviously wrong and I … Continue reading
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Prissy’s mom couldn’t take her to her new home because they don’t allow pets so we opened our home to Prissy. She about 8 years old and is sweet as apple pie. The kids just adore her!
I was released from the hospital today and I have to admit that I feel worse today than when I went to the hospital back in March. Again, I was shocked that the doctors didn’t want to send me home … Continue reading
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I can’t believe it’s only been 3 months since my first back surgery and today I had my 2nd back surgery. Nothing makes you feel older than back surgery. The surgery went well and as my spine surgeon suspected, the … Continue reading
After speaking with my spine surgeon, the doctors agreed that it would be best to move me to ORMC so my spine surgeon could coordinate my care. They transported me by ambulance to ORMC which was quite an experience! The … Continue reading
I have been feeling worse and worse since being released from the hospital so I went back to the emergency room. They readmitted me and started running a battery of tests including blood cultures. They also ran a CT scan … Continue reading
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Emily has been wanting Trinity to come over for a while now and we were finally able to coordinate a playdate. It was so great seeing Emily have another girl in the house!
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I was finally released from the hospital today but I have to admit that I’m not feeling 100%. I asked about going home on antibiotics and they said it wasn’t necessary. Since Emily is out numbered 3 to 1, she … Continue reading
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Carter and Nathan were invited to Universal Studios to celebrate Tony’s 12th birthday and they had a wonderful time.
I have been feeling ill every since CW went in the hospital, partly because of stress and partly because of lack of sleep. I even teased that it would soon be my turn to go to the hospital . . … Continue reading
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with fatigue lately and today at work I started feeling really sick. Around 1:00 I felt like I was going to pass out so I left and headed over to the walk-in clinic. … Continue reading
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Our wonderful after school director sent me these great photos of Andrew and Emily.
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Aunt Carol, Uncle Lance, Ben, Helen, Myer and Sal came for a visit and John met them at their hotel where they swam and ate to their heart’s content! It’s hard to believe how big Myer and Sal are getting! … Continue reading
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CW is expected to come home from the hospital soon so as a surprise, Carter cleaned the kitchen and dining room so he could come home to a clean house!
CW had surgery on this leg today. The doctor’s removed a large hematoma and left the incision open so that any infection would drain out. He will have to have daily packings and wound washes (ouch)!
It turns out the bruise on CW’s leg from the ATV accident was worse than we thought. His leg has gotten a lot worse and his doctor decided to admit him into the hospital tonight. We went to ORMC but … Continue reading
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We went to a county fair today and had a lot of fun. Emily, Andrew and Collin won some great posters throwing darts at balloons. They also had a ton of fun in these gigantic balls that floated on water. … Continue reading
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Although Andrew’s birthday was yesterday, he chose to celebrate tonight so his friend Damarre could join us. He chose Friday’s for dinner and we all pigged out on flat iron steaks! Yummy!
CW and I went to Hog Valley this weekend to visit with Sandy and Michael. We had a blast! We spent the weekend ATV’ing through the Ocala National Forest. We did have one mishap when CW flipped the ATV onto … Continue reading
I’ve been fighting a bug for a LONG time and today I hit a wall around 1:30 and ended up coming home and passing out. Andrew has a bug too because he’s been home for two days. I slept until … Continue reading
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One of the many gifts that Emily got for her birthday was a Playdough ice cream set. She had a blast making us all ice cream sundaes.
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Emily decided that she wanted to go to Sweet Tomatoes for her birthday celebration and she asked that her friend Trinity be able to come along. Miss Gerry joined us too and it was a great celebration!
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We scaled down birthday celebrations this year and just let the kids choose where they wanted to go for dinner. Carter and Nathan chose Olive Garden and it was delicious!
CW and I went to Lake Dorr for the weekend and did nothing but relax! There’s nothing quite like sitting by the fire doing nothing while listening to the birds and crickets play a symphony!
Emily was so excited to loose another tooth. She couldn’t wait to put her tooth under her pillow for the toothfairy!
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What a wonderful night! We sat around the campfire eating marshmallows and telling ghost stories. I have to say that it was really hard staying up until midnight when you’re in the woods. When you go camping, you get up … Continue reading
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We decided to buck tradition and start a new tradition …. ring in the new year under the stars. The weather was perfect so we headed to Lake Dorr in Ocala for the long weekend. The children tried starting a … Continue reading
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The Buccaneers played the Seattle Seahawks today and Andrew was there for the win. John was able to get 2 tickets to the game and Andrew is as big a fan as his dad so they went and had a … Continue reading
