Surgery & Recovery

Emma had her surgery yesterday and it went great! She went in to surgery around 7 a.m. and was out by 8:30 a.m.  She was home by 11 a.m. and spent the rest of the day awake, on her phone/IPod, and watching a little TV.  Her school volleyball coach and daughter (who Emma plays volleyball with) stopped by in the evening to see how she was doing.

As bedtime approached the nerve block wore off, and the first pain set in.  She was uncomfortable getting to sleep, but luckily the pain meds kicked in and she was able to sleep,  She actually slept some this morning and says the pain isn't bad at all.  She'll have her 1st home exercises today (small circle rotations and pendulum swings), so we'll see how she feels after those.

She's ready to go back to school already too!  Maybe tomorrow...but don't want her to rush it.

inside the shoulder putting anchor in; home recovering, the socks and stockings she had to wear, and the Dr's signature before surgery

Mind Dump

So much going on, so little time!

- Nicholas had his EKG a couple weeks ago based on the Dr. hearing a heart murmur during his annual checkup.  The specialist confirmed the murmur (actually 2 different types), but nothing to be concerned about.  The Dr. said the heart is perfectly ok and there are no restrictions of any kind.
- Emma's surgery is Monday.  It has come fast!  She had blood drawn yesterday - the 1st scary step for her since it involved needles! She hates them and gets very nervous/worked up over them.  She made it thru though
- Emma played in her last volleyball game for awhile last night at school.  She had a great all around game!  Some good hits, good serves, and lots of great hustle getting to some balls. The team will miss her as they finish out the last 2 games in the regular season and move forward in the tournament.
- This is a bye week for Nick's football.  It was so nice this morning not having to get up and go some where!  Only a couple more weeks of football season.
- Katelyn continues on in gymnastics.  Had a rough practice this Thursday...actually all 3 girls (KT and 2 of her friends we do carpool with) were complaining on the ride home Thursday.  Last night was much better and she was in a much better mood!
- The 1st quarter of school is almost over...
- Nick did a school project on Henry Ford and did so well with the project (a scrap book type deal), plus extra credit by dressing up he received over 100%!
- The company Angie works for opened up a new office space last week.  Angie has a nice office space to enjoy now.  I was sick this past week but I did manage to bring lunch to her new office and have lunch with her one day.

School Pictures

A preview....

National Anthem

Emma singing.  Can't really see her, she's on the stage.  Listen to the applause at the end!  :)