Oh the things you can learn in just a week!
1) there is no way to explain the feeling of an absent organ. None.
2) 1/2 dose of vicodin does me WELL. Please, no one ever give me a full dose!
3) surgery restricts sleeping positions more than pregnancy does.(I know, I didn't think that was possible!)
4) a 2 year old can find a 3/8inch incision faster than anyone I know.
5) gallbladder removal does NOTHING to help weight loss. nothing.
6)being "unable" to lift over 10 pounds sometimes feels like being treated like a princess. (Honey, let me get that chair for you...etc...)
7) Breastfeeding after surgery-possible, but not recomended.
8) Being "unable" to lift over 10 pounds is sometimes the most frustrating thing ever. ("Are you SURE you should lift that?" every time I lift so much as a pencil.)
I am quite sure there is more. For now, I have other things on my mind to blog about.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
"Cute!"
My little Kaden-bug is quite possibly the cutest little boy EVER.
This last week or two he has been declaring things "cute" at every oppurtunity. Also, "gross." Grandma's glasses are "cute", Katelyn's diapers are "gross". So far, the cute list far exceeds the gross list (thankfully...I think).
Cute: bugs-especially flies, himself, all glasses, earings, Katelyn, girls who laugh at him, my toes, almost any picture I take, and flowers...among many others.
Gross: Katelyn's diapers (but not his own), the neighbor's dog, and his boogers. (Quite possibly the only things he's heard me say are gross!)
I haven't figured out where he learned cute, but I'm guessing it's just from being told he's cute all the time.
Which, he is.
This last week or two he has been declaring things "cute" at every oppurtunity. Also, "gross." Grandma's glasses are "cute", Katelyn's diapers are "gross". So far, the cute list far exceeds the gross list (thankfully...I think).
Cute: bugs-especially flies, himself, all glasses, earings, Katelyn, girls who laugh at him, my toes, almost any picture I take, and flowers...among many others.
Gross: Katelyn's diapers (but not his own), the neighbor's dog, and his boogers. (Quite possibly the only things he's heard me say are gross!)
I haven't figured out where he learned cute, but I'm guessing it's just from being told he's cute all the time.
Which, he is.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Surgery Update (by the victim herself)
I can honestly say I wasn't expecting it to be this easy.
I hope I didn't speak too soon.
I was pretty nervous for my gallbladder surgery yesterday. I think I can honestly say I felt that people were praying for me even last night (the waiting game is almost the worst part!) and by evening I was relaxed completely! I slept WELL last night and that shocked me!
We got to the hospital around 6:45am to have them draw blood to test liver functions. Those turned out good, which meant the surgery would be less complicated. Praise the Lord! Then they did the whole rig-a-ma-role of getting me situated and telling me I could die and those things. I don't enjoy that part. I've kind of decided I'm a wimp about things...and I'm blaming that fact on the fact that I've never had a cavity/filling. Maybe if I'd had to endure minor things, these major wouldn't seem SO terrible? They gave me some anti-nausea meds because, they informed me, I am the right age and gender to be most likely to be sick after anetheisia. (Wonderful.) During that time my pastor came to visit. That was a surprise, and a nice visit to take my mind off things! Then they gave me the sedatives. YAY.FOR.SEDATIVES. I don't think I remember everything after that! And it doesn't bother me one bit! I do remember Gary praying with us :) (I had wondered if I would) and them taking me back to the OR...I don't know if I remember the whole trip there, but I do remember them moving me to the bed, and looking around thinking "I want to remember this, since, hopefully, it will be the only chance I get to be in an OR." So I looked at all the lights and felt how skinny the table was (they told me to make sure I was centered, lol...it was like just as wide as me!) Then thy told me to breathe in some oxygen. Now when I had my wisdom teeth removed they TOLD me when they were putting me to sleep. This time, either they tricked me, or I am not remembering them telling me. I took to deep breaths and the next thing I remember is waking up to the nurses talking about the fact that I was breastfeeding, as if that changed some med they were going to give me. They then made a call. My first thought was "did they not know that? Second thought: I sure hope they didn't find out because I leaked all over!" (TMI??? Gotta love the loopy drugs...at least I said nothing out loud.) So I asked for water, about 16 times. Until they finally told me I needed to take it slow in case I got sick.
Sooo tired. That's how I felt. No pain. No nausea, no nothing. They kept asking how my pain was and I kept saying I felt fine. I didn't want vicadin (sp?) but they acted like I was crazy and wasn't leaving unless I had some. So we compromised and I had half the dose. The nurse was great. She was very attentive and maybe thought I was being a martyr (painwise). I think she finally believed me after I went to the bathroom and asked to change into my clothes. She kept saying how I looked great and she surprised at how fast I was recovering from all the drugs. The vicadin (just half) did make me feel drunk...good thing I only had half! I haven't filled that prescription and am hoping Advil will do the trick. Thats what I've always done after having babies, which I realize is different, but still a major thing.
I got home around 11:30am...starving. So I ate and watched Chuck, and facebooked, etc. I haven't slept yet...I've felt like it sometimes, but not enough to think I actually would sleep well. I've even held my baby girl (on the left side!) and fed my baby boy some of my food (surprise.) :) It's 4pm now and I've taken more Advil, even though I wasn't feeling pain (yet?)...and I really feel great (considering the circumstances....)
Dr. says the first 3 days are the hardest, then just don't lift for 14 days. A little difficult with 2 little ones, but I have my mom and Luke's mom here to help!
Thank you to all who have been praying for me up until today and through today. I appreciate it, and like I said before, I know it was those prayers that calmed my nerves and spirit, and that are helping my recovery to be so uneventful! It is a blessing to have you all praying and caring!
I hope I didn't speak too soon.
I was pretty nervous for my gallbladder surgery yesterday. I think I can honestly say I felt that people were praying for me even last night (the waiting game is almost the worst part!) and by evening I was relaxed completely! I slept WELL last night and that shocked me!
We got to the hospital around 6:45am to have them draw blood to test liver functions. Those turned out good, which meant the surgery would be less complicated. Praise the Lord! Then they did the whole rig-a-ma-role of getting me situated and telling me I could die and those things. I don't enjoy that part. I've kind of decided I'm a wimp about things...and I'm blaming that fact on the fact that I've never had a cavity/filling. Maybe if I'd had to endure minor things, these major wouldn't seem SO terrible? They gave me some anti-nausea meds because, they informed me, I am the right age and gender to be most likely to be sick after anetheisia. (Wonderful.) During that time my pastor came to visit. That was a surprise, and a nice visit to take my mind off things! Then they gave me the sedatives. YAY.FOR.SEDATIVES. I don't think I remember everything after that! And it doesn't bother me one bit! I do remember Gary praying with us :) (I had wondered if I would) and them taking me back to the OR...I don't know if I remember the whole trip there, but I do remember them moving me to the bed, and looking around thinking "I want to remember this, since, hopefully, it will be the only chance I get to be in an OR." So I looked at all the lights and felt how skinny the table was (they told me to make sure I was centered, lol...it was like just as wide as me!) Then thy told me to breathe in some oxygen. Now when I had my wisdom teeth removed they TOLD me when they were putting me to sleep. This time, either they tricked me, or I am not remembering them telling me. I took to deep breaths and the next thing I remember is waking up to the nurses talking about the fact that I was breastfeeding, as if that changed some med they were going to give me. They then made a call. My first thought was "did they not know that? Second thought: I sure hope they didn't find out because I leaked all over!" (TMI??? Gotta love the loopy drugs...at least I said nothing out loud.) So I asked for water, about 16 times. Until they finally told me I needed to take it slow in case I got sick.
Sooo tired. That's how I felt. No pain. No nausea, no nothing. They kept asking how my pain was and I kept saying I felt fine. I didn't want vicadin (sp?) but they acted like I was crazy and wasn't leaving unless I had some. So we compromised and I had half the dose. The nurse was great. She was very attentive and maybe thought I was being a martyr (painwise). I think she finally believed me after I went to the bathroom and asked to change into my clothes. She kept saying how I looked great and she surprised at how fast I was recovering from all the drugs. The vicadin (just half) did make me feel drunk...good thing I only had half! I haven't filled that prescription and am hoping Advil will do the trick. Thats what I've always done after having babies, which I realize is different, but still a major thing.
I got home around 11:30am...starving. So I ate and watched Chuck, and facebooked, etc. I haven't slept yet...I've felt like it sometimes, but not enough to think I actually would sleep well. I've even held my baby girl (on the left side!) and fed my baby boy some of my food (surprise.) :) It's 4pm now and I've taken more Advil, even though I wasn't feeling pain (yet?)...and I really feel great (considering the circumstances....)
Dr. says the first 3 days are the hardest, then just don't lift for 14 days. A little difficult with 2 little ones, but I have my mom and Luke's mom here to help!
Thank you to all who have been praying for me up until today and through today. I appreciate it, and like I said before, I know it was those prayers that calmed my nerves and spirit, and that are helping my recovery to be so uneventful! It is a blessing to have you all praying and caring!
Monday, July 12, 2010
My Favorite Boy is 2!
I can't believe that it was already 2 years ago that my baby boy was born! What a cone-headed little cutie he was! He came out a social butterfly, and sure to make his wishes known! I just love my little 2 year old!
My newborn Kaden!
My One year Old Kaden!
My TWO year old Kaden!!
We had his birthday party yesterday, and it was a lot of fun! We had sub-sandwhiches, pasta salad, watermelon, chips and dip (Luke says it's not a party without dip...I tried to tell him he does a fine job being the dip...he disagrees.) and, of course, cake and ice cream! It was a fun challenge to make his cake, and it took 2 tries to get it to bake to perfection, thanks to my less than perfect oven. Frosting it stressed me out! People-you would LAUGH if you could be a fly on the wall during my "creative moments"! EEK! It turned out very cute and all the food was yummy, even if I do say so myself. We had about 8 people over and partied it up!
Luke built him a big sandbox for his birthday. Sadly, he only had time to get one load of sand before the company closed, but at least it was enough to let the boy play in! The first time he saw the sandbox he RAN to it...looked in...then RAN back to the garage to get my garden tools. So we came in and had him eat some cake and open presents...which we gave him some sand toys. THen it was a quick change into sandbox clothes, and back out to the sandbox til the thunder storm rolled in! He loves it! We made it big...so even when he's 10 he'll fit with a couple friends!
My newborn Kaden!
My One year Old Kaden!
My TWO year old Kaden!! We had his birthday party yesterday, and it was a lot of fun! We had sub-sandwhiches, pasta salad, watermelon, chips and dip (Luke says it's not a party without dip...I tried to tell him he does a fine job being the dip...he disagrees.) and, of course, cake and ice cream! It was a fun challenge to make his cake, and it took 2 tries to get it to bake to perfection, thanks to my less than perfect oven. Frosting it stressed me out! People-you would LAUGH if you could be a fly on the wall during my "creative moments"! EEK! It turned out very cute and all the food was yummy, even if I do say so myself. We had about 8 people over and partied it up!
Luke built him a big sandbox for his birthday. Sadly, he only had time to get one load of sand before the company closed, but at least it was enough to let the boy play in! The first time he saw the sandbox he RAN to it...looked in...then RAN back to the garage to get my garden tools. So we came in and had him eat some cake and open presents...which we gave him some sand toys. THen it was a quick change into sandbox clothes, and back out to the sandbox til the thunder storm rolled in! He loves it! We made it big...so even when he's 10 he'll fit with a couple friends!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Around MT in 80 hours...
I'm not really sure if it was 80 hours...but it sure felt like a lot of travel in little time!
We left for Belt, MT on Friday, and stayed with Luke's parents that night. (total driving time on Friday: 6.5 hours). Saturday we spent the morning in Great Falls at Luke's sister Jamie's, and from there went to Helena for Luke's friend's wedding. That evening we came back to Belt to stay (total driving time on Saturday: 3 hours). Sunday we headed to see Luke's Grandma and family at the ranch and from their headed to Lewistown for the night. We got to see Justin and Rose and family that evening. (Total driving time for Sunday: 2 hours). We had breakfast on Monday with my grandparents and brother Andrew, then headed back to Gillette (total travel time on Monday: 6 hours, not including stops). We put on over 1000 miles, and maybe that many memories as well! We didn't even see fireworks we were so tired! But...So fun! Here are some pictures of the fun!
Kaden and Kate with my Grandma Gehman
hugs and...
...kisses! (I asked Kaden to give Acacia hugs...she hugged then asked for a kiss...a-dor-a-ble!)
Luke's Aunt Kate was creative with her broken deep covered baker! The pampered Chef in me loved this!
the hanging tree.
Grandpa Antonich with Kate
Luke's cousin Tell being a goof with Kate
Grandma Antonich with Kate and Acacia
Kaden "hanging" around with the horses
Kaden thought it was sooo silly when the horses breathed on him!
Luke and Tell...Tell is a character!
Check out my recipe blog for the AMAZING coffee cake recipe we made at my mom's house. OH.MY.WORD. Heaven in a cake
We left for Belt, MT on Friday, and stayed with Luke's parents that night. (total driving time on Friday: 6.5 hours). Saturday we spent the morning in Great Falls at Luke's sister Jamie's, and from there went to Helena for Luke's friend's wedding. That evening we came back to Belt to stay (total driving time on Saturday: 3 hours). Sunday we headed to see Luke's Grandma and family at the ranch and from their headed to Lewistown for the night. We got to see Justin and Rose and family that evening. (Total driving time for Sunday: 2 hours). We had breakfast on Monday with my grandparents and brother Andrew, then headed back to Gillette (total travel time on Monday: 6 hours, not including stops). We put on over 1000 miles, and maybe that many memories as well! We didn't even see fireworks we were so tired! But...So fun! Here are some pictures of the fun!
Kaden and Kate with my Grandma Gehman
hugs and...
...kisses! (I asked Kaden to give Acacia hugs...she hugged then asked for a kiss...a-dor-a-ble!)
Luke's Aunt Kate was creative with her broken deep covered baker! The pampered Chef in me loved this!
the hanging tree. 
Grandpa Antonich with Kate
Luke's cousin Tell being a goof with Kate
Grandma Antonich with Kate and Acacia
Kaden "hanging" around with the horses
Kaden thought it was sooo silly when the horses breathed on him!
Luke and Tell...Tell is a character!Check out my recipe blog for the AMAZING coffee cake recipe we made at my mom's house. OH.MY.WORD. Heaven in a cake
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Blessings, Blessings, and more Blessings!
Last Sunday Luke and I got our socks blessed off! ...and I wanted to tell you about it through pictures...
While at church a family asked us if we'd like a few new outside toys for Kaden...
(He played in this for HOURS while we stained the pastor's deck the same day. Notice he still has his trusty sidekick, a ball.)
(imagine this into the pool when he's a little bigger!!!)
They also gave us a tub of random things, shoes, and a Columbia snowsuit that I think will fit this winter!
The same day, Luke's boss called to say he was cleaning out his garage and would like us to come take some toys off his hands...
(and this wasn't everything! We got some training wheels, a scooter, and a few other little things. He wanted to give us a(nother) jogging stroller, and about 6 more outdoor cars/scooter/bikes, and a drawing desk for indoors. We had to draw the line somewhere! If he can find the charger, we'll also be getting a battery operated four wheeler!)
I came home feeling blessed beyond words...checked my facebook and found an offer for some baby girl clothes for Kate...WOW. wow wow wow. I hope someday I can be a part of God's blessing like this in someone else's life! I'm sure these people didn't even know the timing of it all, but it sure encouraged us at this point where we are paying a lot of medical bills and other things. My baby boy can play and play and play! (and yes, i do know he isn't a baby anymore. Some day I will come to terms with that...for now, he's still my baby.)
If you ever want to come play with Kaden just give me a call!!! We have plenty of toys, and we LOVE to have friends over to swim, ride, hollar and hoot!
While at church a family asked us if we'd like a few new outside toys for Kaden...
(He played in this for HOURS while we stained the pastor's deck the same day. Notice he still has his trusty sidekick, a ball.)
(imagine this into the pool when he's a little bigger!!!)They also gave us a tub of random things, shoes, and a Columbia snowsuit that I think will fit this winter!
The same day, Luke's boss called to say he was cleaning out his garage and would like us to come take some toys off his hands...
(and this wasn't everything! We got some training wheels, a scooter, and a few other little things. He wanted to give us a(nother) jogging stroller, and about 6 more outdoor cars/scooter/bikes, and a drawing desk for indoors. We had to draw the line somewhere! If he can find the charger, we'll also be getting a battery operated four wheeler!)I came home feeling blessed beyond words...checked my facebook and found an offer for some baby girl clothes for Kate...WOW. wow wow wow. I hope someday I can be a part of God's blessing like this in someone else's life! I'm sure these people didn't even know the timing of it all, but it sure encouraged us at this point where we are paying a lot of medical bills and other things. My baby boy can play and play and play! (and yes, i do know he isn't a baby anymore. Some day I will come to terms with that...for now, he's still my baby.)
If you ever want to come play with Kaden just give me a call!!! We have plenty of toys, and we LOVE to have friends over to swim, ride, hollar and hoot!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
How do you title a post like this?
Today I found out that a young girl who I coached in volleyball in 2007 died early this morning in a car accident.
When you get that kind of news your heart just stops for a moment. As a mom I can't imagine the pain her mother is facing right at this moment. As a coach I can't imagine the (extremely) active girl gone. As a Christian I am torn apart...wishing I could be rejoicing instead. As a role model, I hope I did my job well. I was around her a LOT when I lived in Butte...I just can't believe it.
The last time I saw her was in May, when Kate was 2 weeks old. She held Kate and told me over and over how beautiful my baby girl was. She was getting ready for a dance, and she was as talkative and bouncy as ever. (And if you knew Rachel, you know bouncy might very well be the perfect word to describe her.) I'm glad I have that one last memory of her.
My 2007 volleyball team at my house for an end of the year party. Rachel is the girl in the green and white striped shirt. She was a spitfire, for sure. She was a leader, never a follower, and made us laugh a LOT. She was a typical girl who giggled a lot, talked even MORE, and had a new crush weekly! And sometimes drove us adults crazy! We loved her anyway!
If you think of it as you go about your day, say a prayer for her family and friends.
When you get that kind of news your heart just stops for a moment. As a mom I can't imagine the pain her mother is facing right at this moment. As a coach I can't imagine the (extremely) active girl gone. As a Christian I am torn apart...wishing I could be rejoicing instead. As a role model, I hope I did my job well. I was around her a LOT when I lived in Butte...I just can't believe it.
The last time I saw her was in May, when Kate was 2 weeks old. She held Kate and told me over and over how beautiful my baby girl was. She was getting ready for a dance, and she was as talkative and bouncy as ever. (And if you knew Rachel, you know bouncy might very well be the perfect word to describe her.) I'm glad I have that one last memory of her.
My 2007 volleyball team at my house for an end of the year party. Rachel is the girl in the green and white striped shirt. She was a spitfire, for sure. She was a leader, never a follower, and made us laugh a LOT. She was a typical girl who giggled a lot, talked even MORE, and had a new crush weekly! And sometimes drove us adults crazy! We loved her anyway!
If you think of it as you go about your day, say a prayer for her family and friends.
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