Two months

Yesterday was two months since our sweet Ryan’s passing.  We remembered him by wearing orange.  Thank you to those who joined in and did the same.  It really means so much to our family that he is still being remembered.  We even noticed perfect strangers joining in and wearing orange.  How sweet of them.  My new favorite color is orange.  I even caved and allowed Jaime to become the owner of a new little orange kitten, who happens to be named Ryan.  We didn’t want Ryan Kitty to be lonely so his little sister Texie came also.  Just for the record we do like orange things but I will draw the line.  I do not want any orange snakes, lizards, tarantulas or sharks… even if you name them Ryan.  Someday I do think it would be fun to have an orange car, hint hint.  In the evening we ate dinner as a family at Ryan’s grave and set off balloons.  A sweet little old man was there visiting his wife and was kind enough to take our picture.  Later at home, we tortured ourselves by watching the video of Ryan that was shown at the gathering.  At one point Ethan said, “Why is everyone crying?”  Later Adam stated, “This sucks.  This is crap.”  We are doing very well.  Our lives will never be the same but we continue to feel comforted.  Thank you again for all those who continue to love us and pray for us.  You truly are a blessing in our lives.

                                                          Jaime and Texie and Ryan Kitty

I received the most beautiful bouquet of flowers today.  I was surprised to see they were from our health insurance company.  I guess they are just being nice before they give us the boot.  Just kidding.  They have actually been very good to deal with.  I am sure they are really from the heart and I am very thankful.  Sorry Mike, they are the prettiest flowers I have ever gotten.

Alex is doing pretty good and hopes to be able to walk on his own soon.  Just kidding.  He was messing around at the medical suppy store.  He can’t wait to be able to do things other than sit on the couch and watch tv and play Xbox.  I will remind him of this in a few weeks when he is not happy I won’t let him play it more.  I took him for a checkup a few days ago.  The doctor poked all around him.  It was pretty hard to watch and it hurt him.  I had to look away a few times as the q-tip explored all around.  He drained quite a bit and bled.  It was gross.  Then the doctor proceeded to pack the little hole (about the size of a pencil eraser) with 8 inches of ¼ inch gauze.  I was then told I would have to remove it and then repack it myself.  What!!!!!!  Well, I am proud to say that I have become quite the nurse.  With the help of my parents I got 4 inches in my first time.  I am supposed to change it twice a day and put at least 3 inches in each time.   Alex is so brave.  Once again we have lots of video and pictures for those interested.  We are used to it now and it’s fun to gross everyone out.  Alex likes to stand up and then we just watch it drain and drain.  I still like to tease Alex by asking him, “On a scale of 1 to 10 what is your pain level?”  He was so sick of being asked that by all the nurses at the hospital.

We had a little more excitement here tonight.  We had a huge wind and rain storm.  Mike and I were watching Adam and Ethan running around in the rain on our driveway.  We saw a flash of light from a distance.  I thought it was a firework.  It then didn’t go away.  I told Mike I thought a power line had caught on fire.  We got in the car and drove a block and saw the power line on fire.  A transformer had blown.  I called 911 and a fire truck came and put out the blaze.  Ok, it wasn’t very big.   It was a little bit exciting though.  We got to chat with the firefighters for a moment.  They did say it was good we had called or it would have burned a little more and the line would have fallen.  Glad that didn’t happen.  Adam and Ethan thought it was pretty cool, and I admit Mike and I thought so as well.

                                             Thank you again to everyone.  We love you all.