Yet another fall

Jaime fell again on Thursday going up the stairs. She skinned her knee and caught herself with her arms.  Ouch.  Mike said he heard her screaming and ran to see what had happened.  We went back for a follow-up yesterday and her bone is in a worse location now.  She now has to wear a sling on her right arm and isn't supposed to use it.  The doctor is hoping that this will help the bone move back to where it can heal properly.  She still has to wear her shoulder brace.  If this doesn't work then we will have to go and see a surgeon.  We go back again on Monday and pray it is healing properly.  Please remember her in your prayers.  She was a bit discouraged last night and is sad she isn't able to play and have fun for a few more weeks.  Poor girl.  We took the gang to Get Air (an indoor trampoline place) for Ethan's b-day yesterday and she had to just sit.  Thank goodness she had her dad's iPhone to play games.  Alex was brave and had a blast jumping all over the place.  He was extremely sore by the time we left and I am sure he will be feeling it for the next few days.  We warned him, but who wants to listen to their parents.

Yesterday Ethan turned 4.  He was so excited to open presents and asked for them the second he woke up.  Of course I gave in and let him open one. 

Silly Adam and Ethan wearing mustaches they got out of a gumball machine.

Today Ethan had a field trip to the Syracuse Fire station.  He had a blast.

The injuries continue

Well,  last night Jaime fell off our swing in the back yard.  She came into the house covered in wood chips and hysterical.  Long story short, I took her to Instacare and it was confirmed she has a broken collar bone.  It had snapped right in half.  She has to wear a sort of sling thing to move the bone back into place.  We have weekly doctors visits for the next month to make sure it heals properly.  She is doing very well.  I kept her home from school today and she will most likely miss tomorrow.  She enjoys being pampered, watching TV and eating treats. 

Guess we are keeping all the doctors in Davis and Weber County driving their sports cars.  We apparently have super bad luck so we understand if no one wants to every hang out or come to our house again.  We have also been advised to keep Adam and Ethan in bubble wrap so nothing happens to them.  With my luck Ethan would have an allergic reaction to the bubble wrap.  I have also decided it is a good thing all the accidents are unrelated or I would be under investigation.  I am hoping my injury could be when I threw my back out about a month ago.  Luckily I healed very quickly.  Maybe I am out of the woods. 

The not so happy girl after putting on the sling.  It really hurt.

Once the meds kicked in with her "twin".

Lotts of fun this summer

Aug 24   Brigham City Temple open house

Adam and Ethan wearing the shoe covers from the temple open house.  Check out the tie Ethan is wearing.  I figured what the heck.  Christmas is only in 3 months.

 

Labor Day (cousin Eliza in pink)

     Sept 7   Ethan having fun at Chuck-E-Cheese for his early birthday party

Sept 7  all done swimming

Labor day   Me and my twin nephew Benjamin.  We are both born on February 29th.

 

   Sept 10th  bowling

   Sept 12th  4  month anniversary.  Check out the jerseys and Mike in a sling.

 Last night Mike and Alex were comparing surgeries and battle wounds.  It was funny to see them both moan and groan.  Mike was doing his shoulder exercises- rolling his shoulders and squeezing a ball and Alex was trying to do a sit up.  Alex managed to do a crunch because he moved his knee closer to his elbow.  Let's just say I got a good laugh.  Sorry Mike, I think Alex wins for hardest surgery. 

Sept 8  Swimming in the Layton Holiday Inn for a "stay"cation.

Took the kids mini golfing.  Offered them a dollar for a hole in one.  Who knew they would all  get one and Adam even got two.

 

 

We are trying to make new family memories and do fun things together to help us through our sorrow.  I tend to take a ton more pictures, because you can really never have to many.  We think of Ryan at all these fun times and wish he were there.  They aren't the same without him and sometimes we have to smile through the tears. 

 

I want to continue to thank those who keep remembering us and for sharing happy memories and thoughts they have of Ryan with us. 

 

Mike is doing very well.  He is so glad he won't have to wear his tights after tomorrow.  He wants to personally thank the one person who got a blood clot and ruined it for everyone.  I think he actually looks pretty cute in them and he reminds me of a male ballerina. 

 

Little Adam is doing much better with his anxiety and going to recess and lunch again at school.  Thank you for all the extra prayers on his behalf.

 

Words can't express our gratitude and love towards our Heavenly Father and Savior.  We still have so many blessings.  We are so thankful to still have 4 beautiful and healthy children and one waiting for us.  We are also so grateful we are not alone and are being carried when it just becomes to much to handle.   Don't give up in your trials and tribulations for someday we will all see that is was for our own good.   It is worth it and we just need to be patient and endure and show faith and all will work out for our good. 

Mike's surgery

As Mike was leaving all preped for surgery I thought, we are crazy to be doing this again.  Oh well, too late now to turn back.  Mike's shoulder has been hurting him for years and had gotten worse with time.  With our medical deductible met this year we figured what the heck.  Now he is in for 6 weeks of wearing a sling and then physical therapy on top of that.  Then hopefully he will be able to throw a ball with his boys again and do other crazy things dads do.

The surgery went well and took about 1 1/2 hours. He had the labrum put back in place in his shoulder and some cysts removed.  Because he can't tolerate pain meds, he was given a sort of spinal block in his arm.  He took a little longer to recover than most.  He was very sleepy and dizzy and felt like he wanted to throw up.  Poor guy.  He still can't feel his arm and he thinks that's very strange.  At least he is still in no pain.

 About seven hours after arriving, we finally made it home.  He is doing great now as he is asleep on the couch.  Once again I will get to play nurse for a few weeks.  Many memories have come back to me of caring for both Ryan and Alex in the hospital.  I have had to make myself think of something else.    The little kids have been concerned about their dad and I have tried to make them understand that he will be ok.  My poor confused children.  Thank you for all your prayers for them.  They are doing well but it is still so hard for them.

Mike and I , or at least I, had a few laughs before he went into surgery.  He looked so cute in his huge green hospital gown, blue hair net and super tight white stockings.  He has to wear these stockings to prevent blood clots.  I do have some pictures but I did promise not to post them.  Maybe I will change my mind tomorrow.  All he needed was some makeup and a wig and he'd be a drag queen.

He just woke up and is feeling so much better.  Yeah.  He is even eating a bowl of cereal all by himself.  He has the bowl resting on his bad arm and is then able to feed himself.  The kids will be so relieved to see him feeling better tomorrow.  Now I just have to convince Ethan not to jump on him.

Thank you for your continued prayers and thoughts.  Tomorrow is four months.  It has been brought to my attention that the student body at Ryan's school are wearing orange in Ryan's honor.  That brings me tears of joy.  Thank you for still remembering him.  Thank you so much.

We love you Ryan and miss you so much.  We will never be the same without you and look forward to being with you again someday.

Awesome Glow Stick Dance, Dedicated to Ryan Lott

This performance was dedicated by our friend Rock at Rocky Mountain Junior High for my nephew, Ryan Lott.  See his comment from the previous post, below.

Hi, this is Rock. Recently at Rocky Mountain Jr. High School we had our Opening Assembly. We enjoy preforming this for the School, and after the assembly we decided to post a video of our skit on YouTube, and we dedicated it to Ryan. We all dearly miss him and wish he was back at school with us. It just isn't the same with out him. Thank you for letting us be a part of his life, and him be a pert of ours.

Love,
Rock Mecham

P.S. Here is the link to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ichuSGnEc24

or "Awesome Glow Stick Dance, Dedicated to Ryan Lott"