ONE!
Only one more day @ work and then........... 10....... yes 10........ days of VACATION!
Mishi....... Taylor......... Jessica (long story, we hope she will be making it) & ME
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
3...........2............
ONE!
Only one more day @ work and then........... 10....... yes 10........ days of VACATION!
Mishi....... Taylor......... Jessica (long story, we hope she will be making it) & ME
Knee.....
The doctors appt went well. Mishi made it to 102 degrees today. She will still keep going to physical therapy every day for the next month. They hope to have her at 115 degrees by then. Normal is 135 degrees and some people even make it to 145 degrees. It will be tough..... it will be painful.... but we are gonna make it! She is to just keep taking the pain pills and keep forcing it to bend. Just a very extensive surgery to have. Right now they are on track for 4 more months. Guess we will see how it all turns out.......
Monday, June 28, 2010
Pleased to announce.....
the newest " member" of our family. MARLEY! Jessica has a new puppy! A 2 lb 2 oz Maltipoo.
Ummmmm......
Just a short post~ Mishi's knee is so so. She has made it to 97 degrees, but the physical therapy department is just as frustrated as Mishi is. Very swollen and really hurting her. She continues to have physical therapy every day and has a doctors appointment tomorrow mid afternoon. I plan on taking off from work so that I can be there to ask many questions......
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
WAY TO GO......
Just an update on Mishi~ Back to physical therapy yesterday. 80 degrees! Way to go Mishi!!! Last Friday she was at 65 degrees. I think we are FINALLY making progress! The knee looks SOOO much better. What a relief! Wonder what the knee will be at by the end of the week????
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day!
Today is Father's Day!!!! Happy Father's Day to my daughter's great Father, my wonderful Father and also my husband's Father. (Father's can still be special in heaven.)
Our lives have been very busy, so with this post I'm catching up just a little.......
Friday~
~Friday was Vicki's birthday..... Happy Birthday Vicki! Wow.....50! Time sure does fly by!
~Michele got out of the hospital after dinner. Then we went to physical therapy.(Which went well!) After that... home! BUT.... 4 hours later we ended up back in the ER. She started having trouble focusing and seeing out of her left eye. It dilated. When I called the Ortho Doctor, he wanted her seen in the ER to make sure she didn't have an blood clot or something worse. So.... that is where we went. They did blood work for a blood clot and also a CT to make sure she didn't have a brain bleed. It was ALL GOOD! Thank goodness. Ended up being she was allergic to the nausea patch they had put behind her ear for her surgery. One.... it made her itch like crazy and two.... they think she may have touched it while itching and then touched her eye. That is what made her eye dilate. This morning it is doing much better! Almost back to normal. Her knee is also doing well. Her bending is finally coming!!!! YEAH!!!! Hopefully the doctor is right and this surgery will progress faster than the last. And we have very high hopes that this will be the LAST!
Saturday~
~Roger, Glada and Audrey went to Wichita for the day. They spent the day with Vicki celebrating her 50th Birthday. Again... Happy Birthday Vicki! From the sounds of it, they had a wonderful visit. All of Vicki's kids and grandkids were there. Plus other friends and family dropped in.
~Mom & Dad were also in Wichita this weekend. They left Friday after Mom's doctor visit and after also visiting Mishi in the hospital. They then met Dustin. Courtney and Cody went onto Wichita with them. What a busy weekend they have had. Jenny is moving this week, so they ALL were helping her pack and haul boxes to the garage. They called several times to see how Mishi was doing. And from the sounds of it.... having a FUN FUN time!
~Jessica stayed in Topeka this weekend as she had to work..... yuck!
~And..... Mishi & I.......we just stayed at home. Rested. Kind of felt sorry for ourselves as everyone else was out and about. But you do what you need to do. And making Mishi well is the plan!!! We are now on the uphill side of this!!!
Today we still plan on resting and relaxing. I've got housework and wash to get done. But other than that, just little odds and ends. Maybe I'll be able to get a little sewing done. Who knows. Mishi will start back tomorrow with physical therapy 5 days a week. If her eye is still a problem, we have Grandma and Grandpa Kaler coming and taking her. Then Tuesday is my day off. If we still need to take her on Wednesday, I will work till noon and then take her. We'll see after that. BUT have hopes that since the eye was much better this morning, it will be normal tomorrow. Guess we'll see!
Our lives have been very busy, so with this post I'm catching up just a little.......
Friday~
~Friday was Vicki's birthday..... Happy Birthday Vicki! Wow.....50! Time sure does fly by!
~Michele got out of the hospital after dinner. Then we went to physical therapy.(Which went well!) After that... home! BUT.... 4 hours later we ended up back in the ER. She started having trouble focusing and seeing out of her left eye. It dilated. When I called the Ortho Doctor, he wanted her seen in the ER to make sure she didn't have an blood clot or something worse. So.... that is where we went. They did blood work for a blood clot and also a CT to make sure she didn't have a brain bleed. It was ALL GOOD! Thank goodness. Ended up being she was allergic to the nausea patch they had put behind her ear for her surgery. One.... it made her itch like crazy and two.... they think she may have touched it while itching and then touched her eye. That is what made her eye dilate. This morning it is doing much better! Almost back to normal. Her knee is also doing well. Her bending is finally coming!!!! YEAH!!!! Hopefully the doctor is right and this surgery will progress faster than the last. And we have very high hopes that this will be the LAST!
Saturday~
~Roger, Glada and Audrey went to Wichita for the day. They spent the day with Vicki celebrating her 50th Birthday. Again... Happy Birthday Vicki! From the sounds of it, they had a wonderful visit. All of Vicki's kids and grandkids were there. Plus other friends and family dropped in.
~Mom & Dad were also in Wichita this weekend. They left Friday after Mom's doctor visit and after also visiting Mishi in the hospital. They then met Dustin. Courtney and Cody went onto Wichita with them. What a busy weekend they have had. Jenny is moving this week, so they ALL were helping her pack and haul boxes to the garage. They called several times to see how Mishi was doing. And from the sounds of it.... having a FUN FUN time!
~Jessica stayed in Topeka this weekend as she had to work..... yuck!
~And..... Mishi & I.......we just stayed at home. Rested. Kind of felt sorry for ourselves as everyone else was out and about. But you do what you need to do. And making Mishi well is the plan!!! We are now on the uphill side of this!!!
Today we still plan on resting and relaxing. I've got housework and wash to get done. But other than that, just little odds and ends. Maybe I'll be able to get a little sewing done. Who knows. Mishi will start back tomorrow with physical therapy 5 days a week. If her eye is still a problem, we have Grandma and Grandpa Kaler coming and taking her. Then Tuesday is my day off. If we still need to take her on Wednesday, I will work till noon and then take her. We'll see after that. BUT have hopes that since the eye was much better this morning, it will be normal tomorrow. Guess we'll see!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hospital......
Mishi had her surgery this afternoon. All is well, but we are staying overnight in our " beautiful suite". And have a "beautiful view" of a very large air conditioning unit. Other than that.... life is good..... right now. Dr. Alex removed the part of the pin that was causing the popping. Took out the extra scar tissue and manipulated the knee. He said he had to really force it to bend. That she would never had been able to work thru it with physical therapy. Then they took x-rays. (Our guess the way he explained..... was to make sure they didn't break anything when they bent it. YIKES!) The block they put in has really helped with the pain. Right now we have physical therapy scheduled for two times tomorrow. Hmmmmmm! We have hopes that this surgery will be much easier than the last!!!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
...................
So much!!!!!
Mishi is having ANOTHER surgery on June 17th. She still can not bend her knee. Gosh darn it! So, on Thursday they will be doing several things. First the button on her knee cap that was used to hold the donor ligament..... it needs to come out. It has moved and when she does her knee slides, her knee is popping. The button is rubbing on the bone. Second, they need to remove all the scar tissue. They think she makes scar tissue very fast and it has scar tissued shut. Plainly........ it is STUCK! Third, they are going to manipulate her knee. Meaning they are just going to bend it! She will be in the hospital overnight again as these procedures are very painful. We just want to get it over and done with!! Then starting on Monday she will again be going to physical therapy 5 days a week. We originally had vacation planned for the beginning of July. BUT, since we have had such a problem with this knee, we are not going. We need to be VERY serious of getting this knee working properly! But so sad that we can't go see LaDonna and family!!!! :-( On the good note, we are possibly getting our hot tub back! Mishi is doing some therapy in a whirlpool and the physical therapist has suggested finding one that Mishi can get in on a daily basis. SOOOOO.... we have decided to pursue getting a hot tub again, and it is looking like we just might be able to get ahold of our old one. YEAH! Not only will it help Mishi, but I'm hoping it will help my pain as well. Then Roger has truck driver back. Are we falling apart or what???
Since we can not go on vacation, we have still decided to take our days off. Jessica, Marley (Jessica's puppy) and Taylor will be coming and visiting us. And we have some plans made. Painting, quilting, garden, yard and just plain being lazy..................
Last night Roger and I went to Hays and got patio stones to start making a place for the hot tub. We then met Mom, Dad and Mishi for supper. (Mishi was spending the night and going to church this morning with them.) What a nice time we had... just visiting. Then this coming weekend they are going to Wichita to help Jenny and family pack/move. Even sounds like they are getting Courtney and Cody for the weekend too. It will be so good for them to see them. It sure has been awhile!
Jessica and Gabe went to Oklahoma this weekend. They went to spend time with Kevin and Amanda. (Gabe's brother and sister in law) Sounded like the had lots crammed in the weekend. Bet they had a GREAT time.
Mishi is having ANOTHER surgery on June 17th. She still can not bend her knee. Gosh darn it! So, on Thursday they will be doing several things. First the button on her knee cap that was used to hold the donor ligament..... it needs to come out. It has moved and when she does her knee slides, her knee is popping. The button is rubbing on the bone. Second, they need to remove all the scar tissue. They think she makes scar tissue very fast and it has scar tissued shut. Plainly........ it is STUCK! Third, they are going to manipulate her knee. Meaning they are just going to bend it! She will be in the hospital overnight again as these procedures are very painful. We just want to get it over and done with!! Then starting on Monday she will again be going to physical therapy 5 days a week. We originally had vacation planned for the beginning of July. BUT, since we have had such a problem with this knee, we are not going. We need to be VERY serious of getting this knee working properly! But so sad that we can't go see LaDonna and family!!!! :-( On the good note, we are possibly getting our hot tub back! Mishi is doing some therapy in a whirlpool and the physical therapist has suggested finding one that Mishi can get in on a daily basis. SOOOOO.... we have decided to pursue getting a hot tub again, and it is looking like we just might be able to get ahold of our old one. YEAH! Not only will it help Mishi, but I'm hoping it will help my pain as well. Then Roger has truck driver back. Are we falling apart or what???
Since we can not go on vacation, we have still decided to take our days off. Jessica, Marley (Jessica's puppy) and Taylor will be coming and visiting us. And we have some plans made. Painting, quilting, garden, yard and just plain being lazy..................
Last night Roger and I went to Hays and got patio stones to start making a place for the hot tub. We then met Mom, Dad and Mishi for supper. (Mishi was spending the night and going to church this morning with them.) What a nice time we had... just visiting. Then this coming weekend they are going to Wichita to help Jenny and family pack/move. Even sounds like they are getting Courtney and Cody for the weekend too. It will be so good for them to see them. It sure has been awhile!
Jessica and Gabe went to Oklahoma this weekend. They went to spend time with Kevin and Amanda. (Gabe's brother and sister in law) Sounded like the had lots crammed in the weekend. Bet they had a GREAT time.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
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