Mom is still a bit unnerved about the bolts and pins going into Chyann, but is handling it quite well.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Another week done
Mom is still a bit unnerved about the bolts and pins going into Chyann, but is handling it quite well.
Monday, February 21, 2011
This and that...
Colton's band performance in Milwaukee on Saturday went well. The Hubby was very surprised to see a line of people outside waiting to get in.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
This is how much...
That is a horse in my house.
We moved a bed to the living room for Chyann to sleep on since it would be very difficult getting her up and down the stairs to her room.
She has been quite down since her recovery is going slower than originally planned.
Her Daddy decided to try and cheer her up by bringing her best friend to visit.
The Hubby planned this while I was in the shower, thinking I'd put the kabosh on his plan.
He got the boys to move all the furniture out of the way and pull up the rug in case Casper decided to poop in the house and brought him in through the sliding glass door.
Boy was she surprised!
As was I when I poked my head out of the bathroom to see what all the ruckus was.
Apparently Casper doesn't care for walking on hardwood floors much and was little freaked at first, but after he got about half way through the living room he calmed down and Chyann got to give him lots of love.
Other news of note...
Colton was crowned KING of the winter carnival at school!
And his band played to a very enthusiastic crowd during the winter carnival!
The band sold t-shirts and made a bundle of $$!
One more week till their big show in Milwaukee.
The weather is warming up and hopefully we'll get some of this snow melted this week.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
short Redneck story
Somehow I had forgotten to get a few little bottles of shampoo and conditioner to take with us and since we use the huge econo size 32oz bottles I was looking through the cupboards for a small jar/bowl or something with a lid to put some in.
The Hubby hollers to put them in a baggie -- I have no better idea on how to transport this liquid goo, so plastic biggies it is.
I am in the bathroom pouring the shampoo into a baggie when Chyann comes in and says "Oh man, how v-e-r-y Redneck!"
Monday, February 7, 2011
Home again
Flowers from Grandma. They smelled so good.
Physical therapy, learning how to maneuver with the crutches and move her leg. Which she is still having a very hard time doing.
Who knew you could see Seahorses at a hospital!
They were so amazing!
I bet you didn't know that when they get mad they turn black, so no tapping on the glass.
As far as hospital stays go, this one was relatively uneventful.
The room was only semi-private, with only a curtain between the two rooms and this irritated Chyann to no end! Almost every nurse would leave the curtain open, so I was continually having to shut it.
Interestingly enough though the girl in the other room and Chyann had the same birthday, same procedure done on the same leg by the same doctor, on the same day.
That girl was from St Paul and had a huge pack of family there every night. They always tried to be quiet, but when you pack a dozen or so folks in a small room with only a curtain between it is going to be noisy. Friday night another room opened up and they requested to move into it. Which made Chyann's last night in the hospital much more restful.
Currently Chyann's leg is being pushed out by a computer attached to her frame 1 and a quarter millimeter every day - continually throughout the day. Depending on how this progresses the doctors think she'll only have to wear the frame 20 - 40 days.
At this time she is one miserable kid.
In pain unless she is totally doped up.
No independence - which may just be the worst thing ever for her.
Also of note is there are NO PANTS anywhere to buy for her to wear!!
I'll be doing some serious sewing this week.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Snow fun
We followed packed snow machine trails for a few miles and finally turned around because the horses started falling through the snow crust. That was scary and I'll tell ya I did fall off once as Scotch was lurching through the snow. No big deal as he is pretty short and the snow was deep, but I had a hell of a time getting back on him - my damn legs were wobbly noodles! I haven't riden since November, so I should have expected that.
Chyann ended up riding all the other horses too. With special attention to Jenny, since she is afraid she will "forget" all she knows over the winter.
When the horse riding was done it was time to ride the snow machine.
Caden has recently learned to drive so that means I got to ride in the sled.
It was dark and I was freezing by the time we were done outside.
Caden was plum tuckered out. Shasta is his little buddy.