Hospital and Christmas Pics!

Here are the pictures I meant to blog forever ago and some new ones from Christmas. These pictures span from the beginning of Dec. to Christmas Eve. Most of which are from the hosptial stays. Hope you all enjoy! Happy New Year!
The whole fam!

Christmas pictures!

Daddy and Landon picking out the tree

Three weeks before Christmas with our first ever live Christmas tree!

Here comes Sanat Claus- last day at Mckay, before transnfered down to Primary Childrens

Visit from the Grizzlys!

Hockey stick from the Grizzlys, signed by the whole team!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Daddy and Kyle come to visit!

Are those marshmallows? YUM!

Look I am Spiderman! Napping in the wagon

Soon to go home

Going home the first time

Beep! Beep! We are back again!

Going for a ride

Walking around the hospital

Landon's second time in the hospital with Rufus the bear with diabetes

The wagon daddy made for the boys for Christmas (Finally home)

Batman

The Nativity Scene

Home and back again!

Well, isnce the last time I wrote we have gone home and back to the hospital again. Although, right now we are home. We went home Sat. night (Dec. 20) but still needed to keep track of glucose levels at home. That night it was in the 400s which was what was keeping at the hospital longer anyway. We called the doctor and he said to check in the morning and if either the one before breakfast or the one two hours after was over 200 we should call back. His first one was fine but the second one was 210. So we called and they wanted us back. We left and got the hospital again, after dropping Kyle off at my sisters first, at 3:30pm. Well, they told us tha Landon has diabetes. Actually he has a 5% chance of not having it but all things considered he basically has it and Dirk and I underwent diabetes teaching for two days before they would send us home. Not quite two days becasue we went in on Sunday afternoon and got to go home Monday night, we left at about 7:30pm. Normally it takes a little while longer to learn everything but because Landon is too young to teach we were able to go at a faster pace. So they basically taught us the survival skills of diabetes so we would be fine at home with Landon. We will be pricking his finger 4-5 times a day and giving him insulin 4-5 times a day. Before we left the hospital Dirk and I had to be able to give him the shots, and give each other one as well; just to know what they felt like. So basically Landons pancreas (sp) isn't working too well. The cells that are supposed to be making insulin are not or most of them have been destroyed. We knoe that not all of them are because he doesn't need too much insulin, in fact he needs very little just frequently. The doctor said that diabetes is a gradual disease and usually is just turned on to actually needed insulin by something. So in Landons case, apendasitis (sp). He also said, which is a comfort to Dirk and I, that is nothing we did or could have prevented. Even if his apendix did not burst it would have been turned on by a cold or the flu or something else like it. Right now at home his is on insulin for diabetes and antibiotics for hi apendasitis (sp). I think the major challenge right now is remembering all of his insulin and medicine times. Landon is doing well, though not enjoying being pricked and poked 4-5 times a day. Soon he will get used it and it will just be a daily occurance. He is doing well with his antibiotics and we have an appointment next week to get out his PICC line if everything is going well and we will set up the surgery date. We only have to antibiotics until next Tuesday, soon no more 3am doses. YAY! I know I said I would post picture, and I will, but it is 4:30 in the morning so I will do it later. LAndon's antibiotic has to run for thirty minutes so we are up for a little bit in the night. I just decided to take that opportunity and give everyone an update. Well, I will continue with updates and hopefully my next post will have pictures. Love to you all and thank you for your prayers and love and support!

No Fun! Hospitals, Yuck!

Okay, I will try and post pictures when I get home, but right now I am at Primary Children's medical Center with Landon. We took him to McKay Dee ER Friday night for dehydration. Basically he had been throwing up and not keeping anything down, he hadn't gone to the bathroom for about 24 hours. And he was complaining of his stomach hurting-all of which started on Wed. they admitted him that night to the hosptial where they started doing all kinds of tests. they thought he may have rota virus, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, appendisitis (sp), it could be a series of things. All the tests came back negative more than once. They did x-rays, a CT scan, and still nothing was determined. His stomach was very and stil is, didened (sp) basically really swollen, in fact you can barely make out his bellybutton. Well, Monday morning he was transfered down to Primary Children's. They did another scan and saw that his apendix had burst, thus the swelling. His stomach is full of infection and gunk, so they are going to try all heal as much as they can first, and then remove it in a month or two. I have time to write this right now because they are putting in a PICC line, and luckly I am not supposed to be there when they do. I am very glad because i don't know how much more I can handle watching when I know it hurts. They did sedate him first though, I am very glad. i stayed there for that part. Anyway, the reason they are going to heal as much as they can before the operate is so they don't have to cut out part of his apendix. His aapendix is so infected that there is no where to cut it without taking some of his colon. If there was an emergency and they had to operate they could but if they can wait there will be a better chance of less damage on their part. Now that he has his PICC line they will take our his IV and use the line for the iV fluid and antibiotics. We will be here until at least Thursday, but I don't htink we will go home until Friday. Dirk stayed home from work on Mon. to come down to Primary Children's with me, but he is going to try and go to work the rest of the week while my mom has Kyle. if for some reason Kyle isn't doing well up at the house and wants his family then Dirk will stay home with him. That is all that is going on right now, and I will try to give an update later. He is doing well, in fact he doesn't seem to be in as much pain as he should be. he is such a trooper. Bye for now.

I've been tagged!

It is fun to read everyones answers. Youa ctually learn a little something!
1.How long have you been together? Married for four and a half years.
2.How long did we date? 5 months
3. How old is he? 27
4. Who eats more? Dirk does, but saddly not by too much
5. Who said, "I love you," first? I am not sure, but probably Dirk.
6. Who is taller? Dirk by, let's see here,a foot and 3 inches!
7. Who does the laundry? We both do
8. Who does the dishes? me, it hurts Dirk's back
9. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are looking at the bed then it is Dirk
10. Who pays the bills? Me
11. Who mows the lawn? What lawn?
12. Who cooks dinner? Mostly me, but sometimes Dirk does.
13. Who is more stubborn? Probably Dirk, but we both have our moments.
14. Who kissed who first? Well, it was mutual becuase we planned it out:)
15. Who asked who out? Dirk asked me
16. Who proposed? Dirk
17. Who is more sensitive? So me!
18. Who has more siblings? Definitely me, Dirk is the youngest of four and I am the fourth of ten.
19. What were you doing ten years ago? Well, I was 14 and in a play called the Wonderful book of Gold
20. Five things on my to-do list: buy Christmas presents, cleaning, video stuff-with camcorder, organize the boys toys, and finish making Christmas presents
21.Things I would do if I was suddenly made a billionaire. Pay tithing, pay off car, Buy a house, buy stuff for the house, replace Dirk's car and probably mine, and give a lot away, especially to family and friends. Oh and go to Germany to see Rachel and the family.
22. Three of my bad habits:I don't put laundry away the day I fold it, it always happens the next day, talking way too much, saying I am sorry.
23. Five places I have lived: Provo,UT, South Ogden, Ut, Mountain Green, Ut, Fort Wayne, IN, and now Ogden, Ut again.
24. Five jobs I have had: umm, worked at an orthodontist office, babysat, cleaning woman , and MOM
25. Things people don't know about me: I had braces through highschool, I got to be on a T.V. show, Promised Land, i have been to almost every state in the U.S.
Now I tag Rebecca and Rachel

Fun Times!

So Sara and Riley, Dirk's sister and family, came out for Thanksgiving! We went to the Salt Lake temple and spent the day down there and then went o Riley's sister's house in Willard and played games. Also I, for the first time ever, watched the music video of Thriller! It was definitely interesting. As soon as I told Riley I hadn't seen it, he made sure that I would get the chance. In my defence it did come out before I was born! It was great fun! We can't wait until we can all get together again. Hopefully next summer at there place. Maybe Jason and Sarah can come too! Well, here are some pics! Oh yeah Happy Birthday Anna! Big 17!