I raised my GPA and made satisfactory progress in school. I not only completed all my classes, but passed them with flying colors. I did well enough to no longer be on accademic probation, I still have to be on financial aid probation because they toughened up the guidelines, but I'm getting there, and I get to go to school over the summer and get even closer. Maybe silly to be so happy, but it's been a long long road for me and I haven't done well in school since before I moved to Reno, so for me, I am very proud, very happy and just want to keep going and moving forward.
On the daughter front, tonight she and a friend played in the mud, which would not normally be a problem, but the splint got very muddy, along with the wheelchair, the pads for said wheel chair, the child, the front porch, and anything else around. I know that she is bored, and not able to do much but sit in the chair or attempt to wander around on the crutches. I'm glad that she is trying to think of something to do besides sit in front of the television, but the mess on the porch was the last thing I wanted to deal with after work today. AH well, sounds like life.
I'm thankful that she broke her leg and not her head, I'm thankful that she is trying to get through with minimum complaining about being hot and itchy and uncomfortable. I'm thankful that I won the helmet war before this happened and I'm thankful that my brother had made sure that the helmet was properly adjusted for her head. I'm thankful that she is healthy other than a broken leg and I continue to hold onto my faith that she will heal correctly and be just fine.
Life's an adventure, I'm enjoying the ride.
Happy Birthday to my father.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
After Surgery
She made it through, we will know two weeks from now how the healing is going. For now, it is painful, she sleeps a lot, and she is driving me NUTS with the dumb TV shows. She's camped out on the couch for now, my living room is beginning to look like her bedroom did before I attacked it tonight. She's moving back in there whether she likes it or not!!!! I didn't know I had the strength to get her in and out of the bath tub, or to repeatedly lift her in and out of the car, she helps a bit of course, but not as much as she could, we are learning together how to do this!
Tomorrow I go back to work for the first time after her surgery. She will go back to school Monday, and hopefully we will get back to normal.
I took my final for math today, got a 90%, so off to summer school for the next class. Tonight I'll write my two finals for the other classes and then I'm done with Spring semester. First semester that I have completed since Fall 05, YAY ME! Keep Sydney in your prayers, pray for fast healing and for Mommy not to loose her patience too much.
Tomorrow I go back to work for the first time after her surgery. She will go back to school Monday, and hopefully we will get back to normal.
I took my final for math today, got a 90%, so off to summer school for the next class. Tonight I'll write my two finals for the other classes and then I'm done with Spring semester. First semester that I have completed since Fall 05, YAY ME! Keep Sydney in your prayers, pray for fast healing and for Mommy not to loose her patience too much.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Did You Know? Or Adventures in Parenting an ACCIDENT PRONE daughter!
Did you know that there is now an x-ray machine on which an x-ray can be transmitted to a doctor via the Internet? Did you know that a child can break her ankle ten minutes after she says "Mom, I'm going to ride my bike" Did you know that there are growth plates in the ankle? I did not know any of this until last night! Crash course in radiology!
Sydney left the house yesterday night to ride her bike. Ten minutes later the kids from around the corner were running to the house "Sydney fell!" I walk down there, hear her crying before I even round the corner. Three adults holding her up, can't bear weight on her left leg. OH (four letter word, rhymes with MUCK, I was doing so well not cussing too!) Call home on someones cell phone, I'll need the car, no answer, no answer. I run back to the house, leaving my daughter, crying, on the curb with ice on her leg. Ah, here is why there's no answer in the house, Al is standing outside to see what's happened. "GET THE CAR, GET THE CAR NOW!" We pull up and load bike and kid into the car, get home, look at leg, can you wiggle your toes? Yes, can you move your ankle? NO! Ok, can you move the other ankle, yep, black and blue, not 20 minutes after falling, hmm, can't be too good, take her to the hospital, after two broken arms and surgery required for each one, I've learned something. Yelling that word in the house, over and over, looking for shoes, for keys, for phone, call her father, drive to the emergency room. Get to said emergency, taken into urgent care. Wait for an eternity, they x-ray with the coolest machine I've ever seen, they didn't have this machine two years ago when she broke her arms. I don't see a break in the picture, they come back and say they need a lower picture, looks like the break is in the ankle, they do another x-ray, the bone doctor who happens to be in the ER says to do a CT scan. YAHHOOO, I've now officially met my deductible! No one can read the CT scan by the time it's done, the doctor has left. Ok, so they give her Tylenol with codeine twice, take her vital signs twice, splint the leg, and off we go, the kid on crutches, her crying because of the pain. Get her home, get NO sleep, go to work, get little done, go home early, go to the orthopaedists office, find out how bad the break is. DID you know that if a child breaks the bone at the growth plate they have to put screws in to line it up? Did you know that the screws will stay in there? Did you know that you can go to the doctor on Friday and they do surgery on Monday. Pray for her Monday, pray for her surgery to go well, pray the doc knows what he's doing, and guide his hands to steady completion of the surgery.
Sydney left the house yesterday night to ride her bike. Ten minutes later the kids from around the corner were running to the house "Sydney fell!" I walk down there, hear her crying before I even round the corner. Three adults holding her up, can't bear weight on her left leg. OH (four letter word, rhymes with MUCK, I was doing so well not cussing too!) Call home on someones cell phone, I'll need the car, no answer, no answer. I run back to the house, leaving my daughter, crying, on the curb with ice on her leg. Ah, here is why there's no answer in the house, Al is standing outside to see what's happened. "GET THE CAR, GET THE CAR NOW!" We pull up and load bike and kid into the car, get home, look at leg, can you wiggle your toes? Yes, can you move your ankle? NO! Ok, can you move the other ankle, yep, black and blue, not 20 minutes after falling, hmm, can't be too good, take her to the hospital, after two broken arms and surgery required for each one, I've learned something. Yelling that word in the house, over and over, looking for shoes, for keys, for phone, call her father, drive to the emergency room. Get to said emergency, taken into urgent care. Wait for an eternity, they x-ray with the coolest machine I've ever seen, they didn't have this machine two years ago when she broke her arms. I don't see a break in the picture, they come back and say they need a lower picture, looks like the break is in the ankle, they do another x-ray, the bone doctor who happens to be in the ER says to do a CT scan. YAHHOOO, I've now officially met my deductible! No one can read the CT scan by the time it's done, the doctor has left. Ok, so they give her Tylenol with codeine twice, take her vital signs twice, splint the leg, and off we go, the kid on crutches, her crying because of the pain. Get her home, get NO sleep, go to work, get little done, go home early, go to the orthopaedists office, find out how bad the break is. DID you know that if a child breaks the bone at the growth plate they have to put screws in to line it up? Did you know that the screws will stay in there? Did you know that you can go to the doctor on Friday and they do surgery on Monday. Pray for her Monday, pray for her surgery to go well, pray the doc knows what he's doing, and guide his hands to steady completion of the surgery.
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