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.
