Fun in the Sun

Hey Y'all! We are down in the Keys soaking up the rays & being unbelievably lazy! Alyson gave us the scare of the trip by falling into the MARINA!!!! Miraculously she fell halfway onto the platform of the boat & was holding on for dear life while we ran to her. All I could see was one foot sticking up on the sidewalk. It was AWFUL! I couldn't stop shaking after I got her in my arms. We are backed right up to the marina so it's a constant worry! The deer is a Key deer! They only live on this Key, Big Pine. They're small & the ones around the camp are not afraid too afraid of humans. We're not supposed to feed them but some do. They're actually a nuisance around here, getting into your trash & eating your plants. I bought my motherinlaw a hibiscus plant yesterday & this morning it was gone, eaten to little nubs. Oh well!

Circuit Assembly & Wine (hehehe)

Hey Everyone! Sorry it's been so long! But now I'm catching up! Here's a few pics from our CA!

The first one is Alyson's favorite people, Ana McRoberts. She's this crazy Puerto Rican sister :-) in our hall that Alyson talks about all the time. The last picture is Shelby with two of his friends, Tres & Jacob. Tres is in 1st grade at Shelby's school & Jacob is 11 & just joined the ASL group in our hall. The Assembly Hall is beautiful, with the small pond & greenery you see behind us. Here's a picture of the mural on the wall when you first walk in:

As for the wine, we went to a really fun wine & cheese party last weekend! I'm trying to become a wino like everyone else so I tried a bunch of wines & I think I'm starting to tolerate it. There was a peach wine the hostess had gotten at a tasting, 36 Vines or something like that, that was really good. There are several vinyards close by so we're planning to do a few tastings this year. The highlight of the night was playing the Done Been Wed Game(Newlywed Game). It took about 45 minutes for us girls to even answer all the questions while the guys waited outside. We thought that was funny but when the guys came in to answer it really got hilarious. It probably took 2 hours to play that game. Can you believe we won?!

This couple was the host of the party! They are the parents of the little boy that goes to Shelby's school. They are alot of fun!

Thanks for looking!

Another update.....and in other news!

Well, Denver got his pins out Monday! Yeah! They put him in this brace that is giving him a small amount of motion with his elbow. His arm is very weak & still gives him alot of pain but at least it's whole again. Here's a pic of what it looked like a few days ago. And here's a pic of his truck! That's the best pic I could get in the light I had. That's the worst side. The insurance company totaled it! Byebye to yet ANOTHER truck! All Denver has to do is drive the next truck into a lake & I think he will have covered all the different ways you can destroy your truck!

Now here's a cuter picture! Can you believe he's six?!

He wanted to wear his boots to school today so I let him but forgot that

today is gym! So when I brought his tennis shoes to school it was too late, gym was over! Poor baby! I hope he got to play anyway! Who knew gym was at 9:15AM!! He's bringing home books & reading them to us! It is so surreal to hear him read! I really love the age Alyson is at but Shelby is so fun to talk to & listen to. I don't want them to get any older! I wish I could keep them at this age.

Thanks again for all your support! We have such great family & friends!

Update!

Hey everyone! Denver's skin graft went well & he's back home now! He's been sleeping since we got back from the hospital! The doctor was able to stitch up about 1 1/2 inches starting at his wrist which was really good. Then he took a patch of skin from Denver's left thigh & put it on his forearm. He also took out the staples in his ankle. So Denver can finally start healing & moving forward. Thank you for all your support!

Waiting.....

Just an update! Denver went into surgery this morning at 7:15. By now he should be in recovery but I haven't heard yet. They were taking skin off his left thigh to put on his left forearm. After that heals, they will take the pins off his arm & put on a different brace. Then he will finally be able to start physical therapy. That's all for now. By the way, I finally took off that nasty picture!

Christina

Warning: Explicit Material!!!!

Here's what you've all been asking for! This is a picture of Denver's arm uncovered! The nurse came by today & redressed his arm again. So I'll scroll down some so it's not the first thing people see when they get here!

This is actually good, according to the nurse. The redder it gets, the better. The white part is not his bone, but a tendon. The skin is a straight cut because the surgeons cleaned it up. You can see how the meat is swollen, which is what we are waiting for to go down. It's very painful for him to have it changed, he has to take drugs before the nurse gets here. The first layer is a petroleum based covering which helps it not stick but as you can imagine it's still painful.

I might take the picture off in a few days, I don't think it's a good idea to keep it on here forever. Who wants to look at that everytime they come here?

Again, thank you all so much for your calls & emails. We really appreciate it!

Christina

Change in Plans!

Well, we're waiting to go home!

This morning after undressing Denver's wound the doctors decided to do the surgery this evening. So I packed up & headed this way. I called Denver on the way & he said the doctor's had called him & decided not to do the surgery. Apparently they want the swelling to go down more. So he'll be doing the skin grafts next week. There will be a nurse coming to our house tomorrow to show us how to dress his wound & keep the pins clean.

We have not heard anything about a projected date of complete healing. It's possible he will only have the pins in for 3 weeks. But there will be alot of physical therapy. He might not get his grip back as strong as it was. But the prognosis is looking good! All the doctors say he's fortunate to have his arm at all!

So that's the update for now. Again, thanks for all your support.