Last Friday I was able to go the Mt. Timpanogos Temple with Lisee to see one of our dearest friends, Amber, get sealed to her beautiful daughter that she and her husband were able to adopt in January. I was touched beyond words to be invited and be there for it. It was truly amazing. There was not a dry eye in that sealing room. Cody and Amber are just the most amazing people and I am so glad that finally they have such a gorgeous little girl that is theirs forever.
Aidan & Seery with Shane at BYU by the new Smith Family Living Center building. (Notice Seery wore her BYU cheerleader outfit)
Shane with the Meyer cousins, except for Katie
The crazy haunted house we went to in Salt Lake
From September 13-20 my family was lucky enough to have our cousin Shane come visit us in Utah all the way from Australia! This is the first time the Meyer cousins were able to meet Shane. We were able to hang out and have fun. Sean, my kids, and myself took Shane down to BYU one day. Our last night together we all went up to Salt Lake to go to a huge haunted house. I have never been to an indoors one that large. I have to admit I was scared and found that I have one of those horror movie screams. It was so nice to have a fun adult night out with my brothers and sister and our cousin. Thanks for stopping by Utah Shane!
Aidan made the Santa Maria which Columbus sailed. Aidan loved learning that people actually believed the world to be flat up until the Columbus' discovery of America. He said, "Did people think they would fall off the world if they sailed too far out in the ocean?"
Aidan painted this picture of a monster last Friday. I love his use of color and the texture of his painting! Happy Halloween everyone!
One of our favorite children's books
Aidan's painting of Brown Bear from the Eric Carle book.
After registering for the umbilical hernia repair surgery at 6 am, Monday, September 22, Seery was examined by the Nurse Practitioner. She then put on pajamas. We went into the pre-op room to wait for her surgery. We met with her surgeon, he told us how the surgery would be performed. The Anesthesiologist met with us next. Seery was really scared and nervous, so the doctor gave her some medicine to help her relax. At that point she was pretty loopy and had to sit in the wagon. She looked at her book until it was time to go back into the operating room. We were able to walk with her down one hallway and then said good-bye, and the Anesthesiologist pulled her in the wagon the rest of the way. We waited in the waiting room with all the other parents. Her surgery took twice as long than estimated. Her umbilical hernia was actually worse than the surgeon had anticipated. Her surgeon met with us and told us how the surgery went. I then was able to go to the Recovery room to see her.
After a few minutes Seery was then moved to post-op where David met up with us. Seery had a hard time waking up. This her fast asleep after her surgery.
When Seery finally did wake up she was upset that she wasn't wearing her pajamas so we quickly got her dressed. She was not happy about having an IV in her hand. She finally had a Popsicle and a sippy cup of apple juice. She was able to keep it down and then the nurse removed her IV. When she was finally discharged Seery insisted on getting dressed up, in a dress. She refused to ride out of the hospital in the wagon wearing pajamas! We got her home and she fought the need to sleep and would not take the prescribed pain medication. Luckily she took the Motrin.
Here is the picture of her surgery site.
It has been a challenge to keep our 3 year old still and resting this past week. It will take months for the internal stitches to heal, so we will keep a close eye on her to make sure she does not have too much jostling to her abdomen. She has had belly pain, but has been such a trooper. She has not been able to take a full bath yet. She has only had sponge baths. Yesterday afternoon however, she spiked a fever and was in a lot of pain. She had a hard time sleeping. Today she wasn't any better. She still had a fever even with medication. She was also in a lot of pain. She cried all day and wanted to be held. So I called her pediatrician they said to go straight to the hospital. Luckily, her incision is not infected. Her belly area is not too hard, there is some extra gurgling in her digestive track. Most likely it is a coincidence. She probably just contracted a virus, she is more susceptible to getting sick post surgery. So at this point we will keep a close eye on her. Hopefully she will feel better soon! She will see her surgeon at Primary Children's Hospital next week for another post-op evaluation. So we will see where the healing stands at that point.
