As I have stated before, I am not sure why people still come here to visit. I get so far behind and then I try to catch up. It is a never ending cycle. The other big thing is I feel that I need to post pictures, but I know that is not true. It is all about how I feel I guess.
While Merrill and I were able to get away for a few days in February, I did not really take the time blog about what all has really been going on. We have been through some really trying times to say the least. On Super Bowl Sunday, Merrill tripped over a garden cart and broke his kneecap. Now mind you, leave it to Merrill to really do it right, he not only broke it, he punctured it from underneath and ended up in surgery that required a bone graph to fix it all. Sadly he has had a rather long recovery, in part due to his sheer size and has had to be on catastrophic leave until around June 1. He has not been able to drive, bend his leg or even dress himself. He is now getting better and has the brace totally off. He is well on his way to a full recovery....Praise the Lord.
The fun did not stop there. Right after our little getaway, Montana went into the hospital for his soft palate repair. While he did in fact stay for two days, he did really well with it all. Now we are waiting for hard palate repair. I think that will be in about two more months.
Before we could take a break, it was pretty much decided that seven of our boys would need surgery...lets just say.."boy" surgery. So because we do things in a big way, Merrill and I just said "let's do it all at once". It was all falling into place when Micah was sent to the hospital with an infection in his neck glands. He was there for three days and then sent home. He was home two days and went back in for three more. How can this be happening? So many hospital stays at once. Wait, there is more!!
So the boys did in fact have their surgeries and for the most part it all went really well. We had a few that had mild complications, but nothing that was not handled at home. Even when we were busy doing all of the above, we had to deal with negative interactions with the twins social worker. The bottom line for us is she did not do her job so she has tried to turn it on Merrill and I. The good news is that we have had an outpouring of support from the social workers that know us and deal with us in an ongoing capacity. It has all been okay.
Montana was referred to a pediatric Neurologist who determined that he needed to sleep. If you follow us at all on facebook, then you know that he never sleeps....LOL. He was put on a compounded medication. The first time we gave it to him, he was rushed to the hospital the next morning. It was a very hard time for us. It was determined that he had a fast moving infection and was put on high powered antibiotics. He was in the hospital for four days.
During that time he was put on the medication to make sure that he was okay with it and that it did not hurt him at all. The only thing we needed to do was to increase the dose as it was not strong enough for him. So we came home on Monday and that night gave him double the dose. The next thing we knew he was being rushed back to the hospital and then sent to a Reno hospital due to and OVERDOSE of the medicine. Again, we were there for four days. The medicine was not compounded correctly and he was getting way to much. That has to be every parents nightmare. Again we give God the Glory that he is okay and we are back home.
The funny thing, the afternoon we came home, I ended up with Micah in ER with a complication from his surgery. I was able to laugh and to see the humor in the situation. Good news, we came back home the same day. I am not sure why the road we are traveling right now is rather hard, but in each and every day there is always a bright spot. It is nice we can laugh at a lot of it, but we have also cried more than our fair share of tears.
The road ahead is still long. Merrill is not back at work and I am so far behind it is not funny, but one day at a time, one hour at a time if need be and it will all get back to where it needs to be.
Thanks for checking in on us. I will try to get back here more often. Who knows...maybe pictures will follow soon. Hugs to each of you.
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While Merrill and I were able to get away for a few days in February, I did not really take the time blog about what all has really been going on. We have been through some really trying times to say the least. On Super Bowl Sunday, Merrill tripped over a garden cart and broke his kneecap. Now mind you, leave it to Merrill to really do it right, he not only broke it, he punctured it from underneath and ended up in surgery that required a bone graph to fix it all. Sadly he has had a rather long recovery, in part due to his sheer size and has had to be on catastrophic leave until around June 1. He has not been able to drive, bend his leg or even dress himself. He is now getting better and has the brace totally off. He is well on his way to a full recovery....Praise the Lord.
The fun did not stop there. Right after our little getaway, Montana went into the hospital for his soft palate repair. While he did in fact stay for two days, he did really well with it all. Now we are waiting for hard palate repair. I think that will be in about two more months.
Before we could take a break, it was pretty much decided that seven of our boys would need surgery...lets just say.."boy" surgery. So because we do things in a big way, Merrill and I just said "let's do it all at once". It was all falling into place when Micah was sent to the hospital with an infection in his neck glands. He was there for three days and then sent home. He was home two days and went back in for three more. How can this be happening? So many hospital stays at once. Wait, there is more!!
So the boys did in fact have their surgeries and for the most part it all went really well. We had a few that had mild complications, but nothing that was not handled at home. Even when we were busy doing all of the above, we had to deal with negative interactions with the twins social worker. The bottom line for us is she did not do her job so she has tried to turn it on Merrill and I. The good news is that we have had an outpouring of support from the social workers that know us and deal with us in an ongoing capacity. It has all been okay.
Montana was referred to a pediatric Neurologist who determined that he needed to sleep. If you follow us at all on facebook, then you know that he never sleeps....LOL. He was put on a compounded medication. The first time we gave it to him, he was rushed to the hospital the next morning. It was a very hard time for us. It was determined that he had a fast moving infection and was put on high powered antibiotics. He was in the hospital for four days.
During that time he was put on the medication to make sure that he was okay with it and that it did not hurt him at all. The only thing we needed to do was to increase the dose as it was not strong enough for him. So we came home on Monday and that night gave him double the dose. The next thing we knew he was being rushed back to the hospital and then sent to a Reno hospital due to and OVERDOSE of the medicine. Again, we were there for four days. The medicine was not compounded correctly and he was getting way to much. That has to be every parents nightmare. Again we give God the Glory that he is okay and we are back home.
The funny thing, the afternoon we came home, I ended up with Micah in ER with a complication from his surgery. I was able to laugh and to see the humor in the situation. Good news, we came back home the same day. I am not sure why the road we are traveling right now is rather hard, but in each and every day there is always a bright spot. It is nice we can laugh at a lot of it, but we have also cried more than our fair share of tears.
The road ahead is still long. Merrill is not back at work and I am so far behind it is not funny, but one day at a time, one hour at a time if need be and it will all get back to where it needs to be.
Thanks for checking in on us. I will try to get back here more often. Who knows...maybe pictures will follow soon. Hugs to each of you.
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