It is about Time

Would you believe that every night I look at my computer and think I should post about today... But instead say - 'I will do it tomorrow'. Well tomorrow is finally here.

We are all doing great. Sam had a doctors appt last Thursday (the day of the BIG snow here in Denver). She was pretty apprehensive about getting her stitches out but Dr. Heare just said - DO IT! She was happy in the end. Since her stitches are out and the leg is looking fantastic, she was able to get a waterproof cast this time. That made her day - her month even. She went into the jacuzzi for the first time in 2 years. I cleared a path thru the snow. :)

Here you can see a picture of Sam' leg. I may look a bit frightening to some but to us it is absolutely beautiful. The main section there is her muscle flap. It is pink and healthy and the skin is filling in perfectly.

The scars look dramatic here but as a whole her leg looks so much better than before with the infection and uneven healing.

Once we got home, I cleaned up her toes a bit and painted them a perfect color of pink (what else?).

You may have heard we got some snow. I was actually going to post on Thursday night with the title "Dumb Ass". Daniel of course thought, 'what is a little snow - everyone is over reacting!'

Well here is my son looking so 'cool' meeting us at the van which he got stuck in the snow. He wasn't even wearing a coat. Jeremy and I had to dig out the van and bring him home.

Here is a picture of our front walk on Friday morning.

Last weekend Jeremy and Isabella went skiing - so I included a picture - so cute!

Saturday was a pretty fun and busy day as well. We visited the Denver Art Museum as a family. It always amazes me to see all that talent. Then later Samantha wanted to get her hair cut and colored. She chose a natural black color with red undertones. She feel fantastic and of course looks beautiful.

Isabella could not be left out - she used some of the money she earned to buy a pink hairpiece of all things. She wore it for 2 days straight. Jeremy just walked around shaking his head - but he was the one who gave her the money to spend. :)

Today was a great day as well. Jeremy is feeling healthy again - he spent the day skiing. I sent to kids to the movie (Monsters vs. Aliens) and I spent the day cleaning the house and making spaghetti and meatballs. My cousin Kelli and her boyfriend Rich came for a visit. We had a wonderful time - I am just hoping that the house full of kids didn't overwhelm them too much.

I know it will take her some time to get used to Colorado - but I am super happy she is here. She looks beautiful and it was a lot of fun talking with her and Rich.

Spring break is finally over and I for one am super happy. Samantha is going back to school tomorrow - she is a bit nervous but excited as well. Isabella will have an adjustment going back to school but I think she will be happy to see her friends regularly again.

Other than that - we are waiting for the snow to melt and the spring bulbs to bloom. I will try to do better on the updates...

Love to everyone!

We have a ROCKSTAR that Pees in the toilette

I love being home! I was actually preparing mentally to come home on Tuesday. The usual stay for a big surgery like this is 4 to 5 days. Samantha made it 3. About 1 pm today she decided she would rather be home. Last night was a rough one - not because of pain - but because we had a pump malfunction that beeped continuously and another machine that sounded like a fire alarm every time her oxygen level dipped below a certain point (which was usually wrong).

The night nurse had to take blood and her IV wouldn't draw so they had to poke her again. On top of all that - 7 am (daylight savings time) came so fast - I wasn't prepared. At least Sam got to go back to sleep until 11:30 am or so, but I had to work.

She took her percoset expecting that when she moved it would hurt more - but it turned out that she had too much pain meds and she was feeling a bit dizzy. Once she ate a bit she felt much better. Then the nurse removed her catheter - letting us know that once she peed in the toilette she was cleared to go home.

We were super excited when that happened - hence the blog title...

So we are home now - Isabella is in bed after her bath and book - Sam is relaxing watching a Harry Potter movie - Daniel is hanging with his dad tonight watching a basketball game. Jeremy of course is working so I decided to take this time to update.

We have the next doctor appointment on Thursday where she will get the splint off and a cast on.

Hopefully I will have some pictures (x-rays) of her leg by then as well.

Until then - Love to everyone - especially my Rockstar of a daughter!

A Little Ornery

You know Sam is feeling good when she is ornery - and she is with a capital O! The surgery on Friday went just as it should and she now has a bone in her leg. Yahoo!

She managed pain fantastically all weekend - today they took the epidural out and she is on oral pain meds. Tomorrow we will see Dr. Heare again (I am going to ask for x-rays) and I assume we will be going home tomorrow evening or Tuesday afternoon.

Sam did her nails today - and is currently (at 10 pm) eating a piece of tandoori chicken while watching some late night TV.

This time around - Sam's choices for boredom busters are the Gossip Girl season one set of DVDs and Harry Potter movies.

It is getting late so I am going to finish quickly tonight - 7 am comes even quicker with this Daylight Savings thing we have going on.

Night and Love to everyone!

Out with a Bang

I woke up this morning - arrived at the hospital - checked Sam in and we all were feeling so happy. I have had such a good feeling about this lately so we were a bit surprised when Dr. Heare came to talk to us after only 2 hours. It turns out that about 2/3 thru the procedure the cadaver bone split. They were putting the rod thru the inside of bone. Dr. Heare was pretty upset - but things happen. Samantha as you can see from the picture is feeling fine. The epidural is working fantastically!

The 7th floor (oncology) was full so we are not in our usual spot. The nurses so far are really nice and doing a great job.

Tonight's post is going to be kind of short - 4:30 am came quickly - even my hospital is looking comfy. :)

Her next (and hopefully final) surgery is scheduled for Friday at 1 pm, until then we will just hang out and keep her comfortable.
Night!
Love to everyone!