Proof of my Pain!

So my mom just ran the kids to get a "Happy Meal" and I am suppose to be sleeping, but you can only sleep so much during the day or you don't sleep at night. So I decided to check my email and update you all real quickly. It has to be quick or I will get in trouble when she gets back! You are never to old to be bossed by your mom!:)

This picture is pretty gross for those with weak stomachs, but I wanted to show proof of my pain!

I am doing pretty good. Every day is a little better. I still walk hunched over like an old man and I about need help to stand-up and sit down. I can only sleep in one position...which puts a damper on sleeping and I constantly have an icepack in my pants. I have a week until they take out the stitches and alot of weeks until I am completely healed and back to normal. I am surrounded by great friends who have brought meals and sent loving emails and a sweet mom that is babying me! I am to a point that I KNOW I WILL SURVIVE!! so that is great news! Thank you all for your concern and love!

THIS WEEKS UPDATE

So, we survived our FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. Dallin is very disappointed that he has gone through an entire week and STILL NO HOMEWORK! Funny man. He got to spend the afternoon with his dad and grandpa yesterday pouring concrete in a grain bin. He is turning into pretty good help. I think he was gone 5 hours and was so excited when he got home to tell me that his dad paid him $1.00 to help for the day! So...he is also very cheap labor.:) He said thank you to Heavenly Father last night and again this morning for helping his dad. He finds joy in the little things! He lost ANOTHER tooth this week and looks a little funny with no teeth!

Oakley has also made it through the week with no homework. She did have to practice how to spell all "32" kids in her classes names for the spelling test today. Can you believe 32 kids. I about died. They are packed right into the classroom. I went in on Monday and talked to the 4th graders about diabetes. The talk went great. They are growing up to the point they understand things better. When I went and talked to them in 1st grade about diabetes one of the girls raised her hand and asked, "Is diabetes like the diarrhea?" Oakley looked at me like...am I going to get the diarrhea too! :) They have grown alot since then and asked some very good questions this year!!

Rhett had a mystery fever to start yesterday and then it turned into a hurty belly. I am sure it is the same thing Oakley had the week before that made us head in to get IV's. Rhett laid on the couch all afternoon telling me his belly hurt....but, NEVER THREW-UP! Can I get a WAHOO for no throw-ups.:)

Laiklie has all of the sudden discovered some naughty words (poopyhead) from her brother and she has been saying them so often she may end up with some soap in her mouth! The best news with Laiklie is that we have actually done 2 full days this week in REAL CLOTHES...no swimsuit! I told Ry that maybe by Fall she will be willing to wear pants!

We are all doing great. I do have to have a minor (I am praying it is as minor as I am hoping) surgery on Monday. I have had two failed hernia surgeries - years ago and now I am having problems with them. The doc wants to open me up and take out whatever stitches and mesh I have in me. Sounds fun! The best part is he says he isn't going to sew me up...he just wants me to heal from the inside out. YUCK...DOUBLE YUCK! Ryan is a little upset that I am having it the same day as HUNTING SEASON opens. He and his brother have been counting down the days since January.:) I am putting a little bit of a damper on it...oh well...I think he will survive.:)

Ryan has been cutting grain and is nearing the end. He listed off 4 fields today that he has left...they have had delays because of wet grain. He is so busy that a little delay is probably a good thing. He has been practicing with his bow because this is his first year at bow hunting. He is excited because he drew on an EXTRA deer tag...that means he can shoot two deer and one elk this year. I told him that I AM NOT HANGING ANYTHING ELSE ON MY WALL so not to shoot a big one.:)
So...there's our update!!

Can You Believe It??

Here it is: THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!! ah!!!!
I can't believe it is already here. This summer was a weird one because of the weather, so I just feel like we didn't get as much fun play time as most summers. The kids were excited for this day to come...and I must admit that it was time. They have been fighting this past week and are ready to play with someone besides their siblings. This was the first - first day of school - that we had to wear jackets. It is rainy and chilly here and kind of weird for August.
One funny thing - yesterday our family had to speak in sacrament meeting...Dallin came busting into the kitchen yesterday morning and hugged me and said, "TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!" I said, "No, today is the day we get to go to church and give our talks." Oh...if you all could have seen the disappointment on his face...talks in sacrament meeting are SO NOT AS COOL as the first day of school.:)

Our First Big Scare...

We had Oakley's regular 3 month diabetic appointment this past Tuesday and her doctor told us that she is like the ideal diabetic patient because we have had diabetes for 3 years and haven't had a single problem.

That was...until yesterday!!

(Ryan is sure the Doc. jinxed us!)

Oakley woke me up yesterday morning telling me she thought she was going to throw-up. About 10 minutes later (just after 8am) she threw-up and then she threw-up again and again and again. We have been warned over and over by the doctors that throw-ups and diabetes don't mix well, but we have never really had a problem with it. Oakley ALWAYS gets high blood when she is sick so we expected that and were checking her blood and giving her insulin all day. Finally around noon I called Ryan and told him she was SO SICK and he needed to get home to give her a blessing. It hit me how sick she was when she couldn't stand up after going to the bathroom without help. Ryan gave her a blessing and told me that if she kept throwing-up I better call the doctor. So, when I called they told me to BRING HER IN.

We got to the Dr.'s just after 3 and they started an IV instantly. They pumped her IV full of insulin to try to get her blood down from 390 to normal (around 150). She was so weak she couldn't even sit to get the IV in. When you have continual high blood sugar your body fills with acid and Oakley's blood tests showed high acid counts. So, they ran the first IV bag into her pretty quickly and then put a second bag on to run for about 6 hours and sent us home with the IV in her and instructions as to how to pull it out in the middle of the night.

Other than a fever that showed up once we got home we did pretty well in the night. It was a VERY LONG NIGHT...but I was even able to pull the IV out like a pro!!

We ran back in for more blood tests this morning to see where her acid was at. They had to poke her a few times this morning to get one of her veins to bleed for them. She has the tiniest veins! Anyway, everything looked so much better that they sent us home!

She is back to her normal self today...picking on her brothers and running around outside. We survived our first big scare and hope to have atleast 3 more years before we have another.

Precious Moments...

So, being a mom I know that most moms recognize precious moments as...our babies first step, or the first "mama" or the first day of kindergarten or a first dance recital, but last night I discovered a NEW PRECIOUS MOMENT.

Ryan showed up at about 8:30pm and I told him to take over and I was running to get my coupon deals for the week before the sale ended at midnight...so off I went. I jumped in the car and instantly turned off the DVD player and turned on the radio - real songs, not the "wheels the bus" stuff I am use to - and blasted it as loud as I could handle...and I sang the words that I did know...and most of the ones that I didn't know.:) As I was driving this RUNAWAY song came on (that I love but can't find on playlist so I can't share - YET) and I suddenly felt this FREEDOM!! It is the same feeling you feel as a teenager when you get to drive the car alone for the first time and the same freedom you feel at college when you stay out WAY TOO LATE and your parents don't know and you don't have to tell them. I had this amazing...precious moment...of just being me all alone with no worries about anything....and........I was just going to the grocery store! I guess in life we can find precious moments in just about anything!

Summer Soccer

My boys played soccer this summer. This is the first year that Oakley decided not to play...which actually worked out great because we felt like we were running constantly to practices and games with just two kids - I can't imagine if we would have had all three playing.

This was Rhett's first year playing. (I didn't realize how fuzzy this picture was until it was already uploaded. Sorry!!) He did really well. At this age they just play 3 on 3 and don't have a goalie so the kids can just get experience kicking the ball up and down the field and making goals. Our favorite was the game that Rhett made 3 goals. He loved telling everyone that he made 3 goals...two for his team and one for the other team.:)

This was Dallin's 3rd year playing soccer. He loves it! He is getting to where he understands the game really well now, but Dallin is not a very aggressive person and so he just waits for the ball to come to him instead of getting in the crowd and fighting for it. I am sure alot of that comes with age and so we know that he will continue to improve every season.
It was so much fun watching the boys play this summer and I have to admit I am relieved to be FINISHED.

The Best Day...and The Worst Day

Today was a great day for Oakley! She has been having some "friend" issues. Her best friend Taysha moved in February and then a few months ago her friend Katie moved...not far, but out of ward boundries and far enough we don't see her as often, and last week her friend Lauren moved to Arizona. She has had a rough time with all the change (mostly because she is SO SHY that it is hard for her to meet new friends.) So today was her Diabetes Day Camp and she was dragging her feet and DID NOT WANT TO GO! We got there about the same time as a girl just about her size. Her name is Marisa and her mom came right over and introduced themselves and begged for us to get them together sometime so that her little girl could have a friend that deals with diabetes on a daily basis too. Oakley was excited and her and Marisa (who looks so much like Taysha that we both about called her Taysha several times) played together the entire morning. She was so happy to come home having a new friend. Now, if the moms can just do their part and actually get them together it will be great.:)

Dallin on the other hand had a bad day today!! He went to play at his friends house and while he was gone I noticed that his frog (named Toad) had died. I felt terrible!! I kept telling him that once school started we were going to let Toad go so that he could hibernate for the winter (mostly because he would only eat LIVE flies and I didn't want to buy flies for a frog...sad I know...I am not worlds best mom!) So, atleast he had somewhat mentally prepared to say good-bye, but it definitely came sooner than he wanted.