4th of the 4th

Dang it I got Tagged! Okay her it goes.

Step 1: Go to your picture file.
Step 2: Open the 4th file.
Step 3: Now Open the 4th picture and post it!
Step 4: Tag 4 people to do the same ;)

This is Daisy our dog! Isn't she pretty! I think this is when we first got her 5 years ago WOW!!!
I can 't believe how skinny she is.
Okay I tag, Taci, Lecia, Jody R. & Jesse! (Lets see how many people actually read my blog)!

Surgery Success

Whitnee's Surgery went really well yesterday, it went better then they expected. She intubated and extubated with no problem :) Which is great for a child with SMA. She picked purple casts and she is constantly asking to take them off. (it will be a long 6 weeks). Her Dr. said she can start standing next week or as soon as she is feeling better, which surprised us but were really excited to here we could start standing rather then waiting 6 weeks.

I have kept her pretty drugged up with meds for the pain. But other then that she is doing great! We were able to come home yesterday around 8 p.m. which really excited us to not have to spend the night. That and you never sleep in the hospital, they are always touching, poking, etc... you the whole time you are there. I thought that sleep was one of the best things to help in recovering from sickness, surgery, etc... but I don't think hospitals believe that.

When Whitnee got home she slept till 8:00 this morning, and boy did she need it. She drove Wally (her wheelchair) around this afternoon for a bit which did perk her up some. Thanks for all of your support and e-mails we sure appreciate it. I will post pictures later.

Surgery Scheduled

Back in March I believe, I took Whitnee up to Shriner's for her 6 month visit. As we talked with the Dr. we were informed that Whitnee would need both her Achilles Tendons stretched. We have tried to prolong this procedure for as long as we can do to the recovery time and even the risk we take in intubating Whitnee again. We even contacted Dr. Swoboda hoping she would discourage it. But she was in support of doing it asap, so we can get Whitnee standing in her stander again for an hour. They told me that it would be this summer, we were thinking early summer.

I actually got the phone call today informing us that Friday Whitnee is scheduled for surgery. We will have a 3 day stay in the PICU and from what I am told she will be casted from just below the knee down to her toes for 6 weeks :( From then on I don't know what will happen.

So we ask that you remember her in your prayers that her surgery will go well with no complications (breathing etc....) and that her recovery will go well too.

Thanks for all your support. I will up date the blog on her progress soon.

Trying to catch up

We finally got to go to the cabin this year as a family! Whitnee's health was great so we thought we would try it. It was a success. We went up while Jesse was here in July (yes I am finally posting pictures) It was a nice visit, lots of fun!!!

Kortnee driving the 4 wheeler!

Whitnee driving the 4 wheeler (huge progress with her arms thank you PT)

Nic and Kaylen exploring.

Kaylen, Julia and Jayson on the 4 wheeler

(we could not get Jayson off of it)

My Family! I think the last time we had a family photo was about 6 years ago, before Dad passed away I wish we would of had time to do it professionally, oh well next time. I sure loved being with everyone. And being up in the mountains. (Mindi and Jill had to work we sure missed them too.) The Cousins what a cute bunch of kids!