Bulk Club Membership

So, Trav & I are in agreement... Lucy is going to give us ulcers.  She is definitely entering her 'terrible 2s' a few months early.  You know that look in their eyes that says 'oh, go get your Zantac, this is going to be one of those days'? Well,  she now possesses it and uses it at will.  Don't get me wrong, she's a blast and we love having her in our family.  Just the other night I was rocking her at 1:30 in the morning and was looking at her little feet.  They are adorable.  They reminded me how many hours we prayed for her to come home.  How many hours we did paperwork, how many hours we longed for her & in the end how extremely blessed we are to have those little feet in our house.  But none the less, when she looks at us defiantly as she dumps her plate of food all over herself & the floor I thank God for my Costco membership and the ability to buy my antacids in bulk.

Thank you for all of your concern about Tyson.  He's doing fabulously.  I am so impressed with his attitude about being down an arm.  He never complains!  This week marked the first week of Kindergarten homework.  He tried his best and  wrote his name and completed the assignments with his left hand and with the minimal assistance of his very heavily casted right arm.  

He will get the pins taken out in 2 more weeks and then get casted for 2 more weeks.  I think that he's just happy that it will be off before Halloween.  

Just a few pics from the Air Show and Mid Autumn Moon Festival.  

He Can’t Catch a Break….

Or, maybe he did catch one.  Right in the arm! I was going to blog about Tyson’s first day of Kindergarten but things have gone a little awry.  Tyson started school on the Tuesday after Labor Day.  He really didn’t have too much to say at the end of Tuesday and Wednesday except he told me all the rules of the playground both days.  So, on Thursday afternoon, I looked at the caller ID (yes, I screen my calls) about 30 minutes before Tyson was supposed to get off of the bus.  It was his school & I had the sinking feeling that it was the nurse.  Apparently Tyson fell off of a low balance beam & injured his arm above his elbow.   He was following the rules but still got hurt, just his luck.  The ER nurse in me was thinking  ‘supracondylar fracture… oooh, that’s not good’.  Unfortunately, I was right.  We stopped at the Miller’s house and Steve checked him out, confirmed my suspicions of the need for a trip to the ER.  (On a side note I was planning on taking Lucy up to meet the gals in the ER this week but this is not what I had in mind.)  I can’t say how thankful I am to the staff and docs at CHKD’s ER.  They quickly checked him in, triaged him, put an IV in, x-rayed him & gave him some pain relief.  All the while Tyson’s arm was swelling more and more.  His nurses, Debbie and Denise, did notice that his pulse was no longer palpable on the affected side but were able to pick it up with the Doppler ultrasound.  Tyson was a trooper.  I think that he felt more comfortable since he knew his nurse, child life therapist and few of the other people in the room.  Everyone was great.  Jill took Lucy out of the room for a while Tyson got his IV and got they got him settled in.  Three friends sincerely offered to take Lucy home with them!  Maureen picked up Lucy and stayed with her until we got home.   All right, I’m going on too long--- thank you all!!!!!! 

Tyson’s break was pretty severe as it was all the way across the bone and the two pieces of bone were displaced.  At about 6:45 that night Tyson went to surgery to have the bones put together with a few pins.  He came out with a bi-valved cast and sling.  Travis and I really held it together until we left him with the anesthesiologist and surgical nurse.  Then we broke down.  This was Tyson’s 5^th surgery in just 2 years.  It really is too much for one little boy! 

When we were discharged we were so happy to take him home.  But…. The door to the van wouldn’t open!  We mashed buttons on the fob, pulled it… nothing.  Some how in our haste to get him treated we got the buckle of the seatbelt jammed in the door.  The dealership had to take the whole door off to get it out.  Now we need a new seatbelt (not cheap BTW) on that side.  Ughhh. 

Tyson was pretty quiet for a few days but really seems to be feeling good today.  So, football and golf are off the books for the next few months.  Bummer.   He broke his right arm but isn’t complaining about having to use his non-dominant hand.  I’m hoping he is able to learn to write with his left hand so he doesn’t get too far behind. 

On a more fun note, we’ve had lots of out-of-town guests recently.  We loved every moment with our friends and family. A few of the pics from the last two weeks are here.