It'll all eventually be okay.....

I say all the time how much I love my family. Well, I particularly love my family right now. ALL of them. Some families fall apart when things go wrong but I'm proud to be part of a family that draws strength from one another. There is nothing better on a bad day than being surrounded by people you love. Today I am thankful for my family. I am blessed to share my life with so many great people. It's easy to be related. It takes effort to be invested. I'm glad we are invested. :)

My new bling!

My wonderful, amazing, caring, giving husband gave me the best valentines day present ever. He gave me diamonds! I almost fell out of my chair. I am so excited and so proud of my new ring. I took it in today to get it sized and sautered together. They said it would take 2 weeks! TWO WEEKS! Don't they know that is forever in woman time? Seriously, they should speed that up. I really wanted to have it back before grandma's birthday dinner so I could show it off to all my family! Oh, well. I guess you will all see it sooner or later. It is exactly the ring I always wanted too. Well, except he added a little more to it. The main ring is 1 1/2 carats and there are two 1/3 carat diamond bands that go around it. One on top and the other on bottom. I took a picture off the jewelry website. It's almost exactly my ring. It's just missing the diamond band on top. I've never been so excited in my life! It is super sparkley. I love it!!!!

Well that was scary

Yesterday (Wednesday) Chris woke up about 5 am with bad stomach pains. He laid around awhile and went to work. He left work after an hour. He called me at 10:30 am and asked me to take him to the hospital. My husband does not ASK to go the hospital. The few times he's been I've forced him into it. When he tore all the ligaments in his hand it was 5 days before I convinced him to see a doctor. So I knew it had to be serious if he was asking to go. My boss wouldn't let me leave work. We were so busy. We were an hour behind schedule. My boss was already cranky about having to close one day last week for the ice storm adn then me missing an additional day for the weather. So I put Chris off. I thought maybe if he waited a little bit that he might feel better. He asked me several more times to come get him. We finally got our patients caught up enough to leave for lunch. I told him that it took me 20 minutes to get home and 20 to get back so I was going to run home and check on Chris. I finally convinced him that it was a serious issue and I needed to take care of my family. So I got home about 1:30. Chris looked horrible. So I took him to the ER. It took awhile to get back in a room and start running tests. After blood and urine tests and then drinking radio active dye stuff over an hour and half intervals he went back to cat scan. He had a bad appendix (sp?). So about 10 minutes after the cat scan they took him off to surgery. The surgery took less than an hour and they got it out before it ruptured. We spent the night there and they released him today shortly after lunch. I didn't realize how scared I was until it was all over! I figured he had a kidney stone or something. I have had 3 of those and his pain seemed pretty similar. But when they wheeled him off to surgery I got nervous. Luckily my father in law came up to keep me some company and watch Lost in the waiting room with me. Before he got there I was pacing around and calling/texting everyone I knew just to keep busy. Between Chris's knee surgery and thumb surgery and Caden's surgery and my 3 kidney stones and 2 c-sections we have had the "opportunity" to tour many hospitals. LOL. This was by far the nicest hospital I've ever been to! It felt like we were at a spa or resort more than a hospital. We were at Moore Medical Center. The building isn't very old. The staff was all super nice and very thorough. The care was quick and efficient. The surgeon was really nice and very informative. When they got him into a room they explained that there is a full menu and for a meal you should dial 3000 and tell them what you would like to eat. Basically room service. The menu was incredible. Usually at the hospital 15% of what you get on your tray is worth eating. They offered steak, hot wings, chicken fried steak, quesadillas, burritos, rueben sandwiches....all kinds of stuff. Chris was on a restricted diet though. I sampled some of his lunch and it was awesome. He had grilled chicked and green beans and a baked potato. The menu and the food reminded me of eating at coaches. LOL. It was probably the best grilled chicked I've ever tasted. Other than the pesky surgery part it was actually a really nice experience. I can't say much about my roll out bed that I slept on though. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I will return to that hospital for any future medical emergencies. I was really impressed. When he was released they asked him if he'd like a wheelchair or if he wanted to walk. He opted to walk. So they gave us our paperwork and that was it. We didn't have to be escorted downstairs and out of the building or anything. I have to give them an A+. I'm sure that their bill will reflect the phenomenal treatment we got but what can you do? I'm horrified to see the bills start rolling in.

Anyway, the crisis was averted and the whole thing went smoothly. They removed his appendix laproscopically so the recovery should be fairly simple. He has 2 small insicions on his belly and one on the belly button. We go in for a follow up visit with the surgeon next week. He should be able to return to work middle of next week.

So I'm glad that grandma's birthday dinner is being postponed for a little bit. I wouldn't want to miss it. I talked to grandma on her birthday and the kids sang her the bday song. She told me that everyone in the whole family had called her except for Thom. She said that even Dalton called her that morning. I think she was most excited about hearing from him. She was surprised and very happy about it. She said that Dalton was going to come visit after his sea trip and that we were going to throw him a party. I think I'm most surprised that he told her he'd like to have a party! Dalton used to come stay with my parents and I for a week or 2 in the summers. Poor guy had to put up with me. I followed him around and Dad tried to over educate him on math and computers. He must have been miserable. I don't remember how many years are between us but he was in high school when I was in elementary. I think. Anyhow, he never seemed like he would be that into a big family party but I'm glad that he has accepted. I'm excited to see him! See, good things happen to families that stick together. :)

That's most of the update from our house. Since the first of the year I've had a horrible sinus/cold. Macy had a virus. Caden had some rare form of strep that doesn't show up on regular strep tests and causes vomitting. Then there was an ice storm that almost destroyed me. I slid into a median and nearly hit a pole. Then Chris had his emergency. I sure hope that things calm down soon!