Thursday, June 4, 2009

Appendectemy?


May 16th proved very fun and eventful. After a morning of soccer game fun Jeff and the older kids went to a fireside type meeting called, "faith and football" held in the Baltimore area. Lavell Edwards and the head coach of the Philidelphia Eagles, Andy Reed, (I hope that's his name)shared experiences and testimony. Jeff started complaining of unsettled stomach pain towards the end of the fireside, which he thought would pass. So, he took the kids to Wendy's for a burger and frosty. By the time he got home that night, he was in severe pain. When I got home and found him curled up on the fetal position on the bed I knew the pain wasn't going to pass. After a quick google of appendicitis and pawning the kids off to wonderful ward members we headed to the ER. By 11pm we were checking in at the ER, 1am drinking the bariun solution for the c-scan, 3am confirmed appendicitis, and 5am preping for surgery. Just like that!! Done by 6:10 Sunday morning and into pediatrics for recovery. Some might find that fitting!! I had great fun messing with him as he was coming off the anestesia. He doesn't remember anything!! Our little secret! All went really well! The surgeon caught it before it burst!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! I've been thinking about you guys and wondering what was going on the past little while with you. Like always you are as busy as ever. Poor Jeff! I hope he is doing much better now and glad they caught the apendix early. Talk to you soon, I hope.

Anne said...

Everyone looks so grown up! We miss you all. Thanks for the update, and get better soon, Jeff!

December 28, 2008

We are adjusting to life in Maryland! Morgyn is close enough to walk to school! Jadyn and Torbyn bus it to school! Brittyn and Mommy are home together having fun and Dad is learning the ropes with his new job. Jeff is also starting his second class towards his Masters with Gonzaga.

We had a great Christmas! Only half of our tree fit in the house. But we made it work. In the end it still filled our window and Jeff was satisfied.
Before Christmas we took a trip on the Metro to D.C. and saw our nations capital in person and of course the 76 ft tree from Montana! The kids also loved the Natural History Museum!
A couple of days before Christmas we also drove to the DC temple to enjoy the lights. Not exactly like Temple Square but it worked!
Morgyn represented our family well today with a great youth talk about service. She was very poised for her first talk in Sacrament Meeting.

One state down!

One state down!

Not too interesting

Not too interesting
Glad for the DVD player

The Land of Lincoln!

The Land of Lincoln!
We hit a day of snow!

This is Carthage Jail.

This is Carthage Jail.

Nauvoo Temple

Nauvoo Temple

The Mississippi!

The Mississippi!
Pioneers crossed from here!

Almost there!!

Almost there!!

We made it!

We made it!

This is the place!

This is the place!