Day 13 After Katie's Surgery

Day 13 Katie is such a different child! She is finally able to use her nose. She can breathe as she eats and drinks, before she would have to hold her breath. She also can breathe during sleep--no more snoring or sleep apnea! Although it was a hard, fought-over decision to have her tonsils and adenoids removed, Katie is truly a different child! It is amazing! The only issues we are having is she still has pain and says the left side of her jaw hurts. She cries and cries at times but nothing we can't deal with!

Day 7 After Katie's Surgery

Day 7 each day is a step in the right direction it seems. Although it will take 2 weeks to heal, Katie's throat improves daily. For 2 days now we have only given Tylenol for pain. Each day we see more Katie. I can tell a HUGE difference in her breathing! Thanks for every thought and prayer!

Day 6 After Katie's Surgery

Day 6 so far so good. She has eaten strawberry oatmeal and now ramen noodles. She has cringed with pain so we are trying Tylenol today. I checked her temp. and it was normal. She is playing.

Day 5 After Katie's Surgery

Day 5 I went ahead and called the doctor since Katie ran a fever Monday and now this morning. The nurse is going to talk with the doctor to see our plan of action. She said the doctor would probably call in a general antibiotic. The nurse said a fever is not rare and along with the surgery the doctor can give antibiotics. Continue to pray for my sweet girl and a speedy recovery. Thanks!

Well we made it through day 5. The doctor decided as long as the fever was responding to Tylenol/lortab no antibiotic was needed. Although she still has pain she is sleeping good and eating okay, not drinking great but...hopefully fever will disappear.

Day 4 After Katie's Surgery

Day 4 Katie had a rough night (little did she know) with a tickle in her throat to make her cough CONSTANTLY. She slept til 9:30 this morning and has been feeling okay. She has seemed not to feel as good today. This afternoon I could tell she was in pain. Nothing could soothe her. I checked her temp. and it was 102.2. The post-op information states it is normal to run a low-grade fever but...? With a dose of lortab she seems better. I can see part of her throat is raw so...maybe we are near the light at the end!

Day 3 After Katie's Surgery

Day 3 Up bright and early before 8:00. Started off the day with tylenol for pain which worked for the first four hours. I continued with another dose of tylenol at 12:00. Katie decided she wanted to go outside for a few minutes with Chad, Lance, and Cayden but came in crying with pain. We got the lortab on board and after about 30 minutes she finally got some relief. She still wants her mommy with her in everything she does-which I love. I have to admit I am not used to letting everything go and just be a mom!

Day 2 After Katie's Surgery

Day 2 today started out great and Katie was a trooper. Even on the lortab she still does not want to sleep. She finally took a 3-4 hour nap this afternoon. At times she is extremely whiney but that is expected. No scabs yet, still to come. We spent the day at mom's for a change in scenery and to have help caring for Katie.

Thanks to my mom who is always such an angel. She helped ALL day long!

Katie's Surgery Friday, December 16, 2011

Katie had her tonsils and adenoids removed. Surgery took 20 minutes as planned. We went to see Katie about 15 minutes later. She was up on her knees, very agitated and crying. Once they got the iv out she was better. She calmed down as I held her and sang to her. We soon got our things and left. We got home at 12:00 and she was great! She ate applesauce, jello, swiss cake rolls, and chicken noodle soup. We waited on her hand and foot-our little princess!

Friday night was a little rough. Katie kept me and mom hopping. She was very emotional! But we made it through it. She finally went to sleep laying in between my legs with her head propped up on my leg.

Lance is 14! October 24, 2011

Lance celebrated his 14th birthday on October 24th, 2011! Wow it is hard to believe 14 years have already flown by. Seems like yesterday it was October 24th, 1997 at 1:38 p.m. when we were greatly blessed with a beautiful baby boy! We love every minute with you!!!

Lance in Washington D.C. October 6, 2011

Lance went on a school field trip over fall break to Washington D.C. They left out on charter buses after his Thursday football game and traveled all night long. They began touring on Friday morning non-stop until 10:00 when they arrived at their hotel. Saturday and Sunday they toured again all day long. They loaded the buses on Sunday night and traveled during the night, arriving at Blairsville about 6:30 a.m. Lance had an awesome time! He just wished he could have stayed longer!