Lancelot Acres

Dad's home, first week of school, Lauren's tonsilectomy...

Ok, I've decided to stop saying I'm going to post more often, as every time I say that, I seem to go days without getting on the computer.

Here is an overdue update on us...

Dad is home from the hospital, and is doing 'ok'.  He found out Wednesday he has kidney failure and had it before the back surgery was done at the beginning of August.  None of his doctors ever mentioned this, so he / we had no idea.  They say his blood sugars being out of control probably attributed to it and they raised the dosage of his glucotrol.  He doesn't take insulin at home, but they do give it to him at the hospital, when he's there.  He has never been diagnosed with diabetes, but his sugars are all over the place.

He was discharged on Thursday and assigned a visiting nurse to have his vitals checked every other day.

My mom and dad will be moving again around September 20th.  The home they are renting now is in foreclosure and they don't know when it will be posted.  They've already put some of dad's things into storage, so they mostly just have the house things left to move. 

They will be moving into a very nice place located one block from Lake Michigan and less than a block from my brother Dustin's place.  The new place has 7 acres and yardwork/upkeep/plowing is all included in their rent.  It seems ideal.  Dad is happy about the room to roam and get into troubles with Lilli, and mom is happy that it's a nice area for walking.  I hope this place works out for them.  :)

Lilli started school with just a half day on Tuesday.  Wednesday through Friday were full days, and so far, she seems to enjoy it.  She did say that she doesn't like first grade because she doesn't like doing all that work.  I tried to warn her that it was probably going to get a bit worse before it got better.  LOL. 

She hasn't had any trouble going to bed at night (we have a 8ish bedtime), nor getting up in the morning.  She's been great on both of those, even falling asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow.

She started dance on Thursday.  She had signed up for ballet and jazz.  Then decided she really wanted to take tap as well.  She stayed and tried the class and loved it, so it looks like we'll have to buy tap shoes this week, and figure out what we owe now, since we already paid for two classes, not three. 

Ballet is from 6-6:45.  Jazz is from 6:45-7:30.  Tap is from 7:30-8. 

So we'll be at dance from 6-8PM every Thursday evening.

The only reason we ok'd the third class was because it is back-to-back with the other classes she is taking.  We can't make the drive more than once per week, so she had to find something that was all on one night.  I was glad when she DIDN"T want to take tap, as that class ends at 8PM (our bedtime).  I really don't mind her taking it if she likes it though, and it's only once per week, and it's on Thursday nights, so she only has one day of school left in the week after her late night.

There are also two little girls in all three classes with her that were in her Acro class last year.  She was very happy about that.

She starts her horse riding lessons tomorrow morning, if it isn't raining.

Lauren had her tonsils out on Thursday this last week.  At 22 months, she's very young, so they told us she'd have to spend the night in the hospital following the procedure.  We made all the preparations for me to stay at the hospital with her and Lance to come home and get Lilli from school and take her to dance, etc. 

In recovery, the Dr came in several times saying that she'd probably need to spend the night, but the nurses kept saying that she would rally and probably go home soon.  She was crying and incoherent, so we weren't sure what was going to happen.  She did finally snap out of the anesthesia and when the nurse asked about a popsicle, she said, 'sicle, sicle'.  LOL.  She ate 4 popsicles!  The Dr came in and said she would be fine to go home.  LOL

They told us that french fries were great to feed her as they were soft and salty (which would make her drink more), so we stopped by McDonald's on the way home.  She seemed to eat a lot, but then we figured out she was chewing them, but not swallowing them.  She would get a mouth full and then spit them out in the box.  Ah well, she was going through the motions anyway.  Ewww.

She went right back to drinking and eating normal within just a short time of being home.  She did sleep a lot, and has been sleeping a lot since then, as she's on Tylenol with Codeine every 4 hours around the clock.  It makes her tired, fussy, and a bit confused and wobbly.  She does sometimes seem to be in pain before the next dose is due, so we continue to give it to her as directed.  Hopefully we can slow down on it tomorrow sometime. 

They also put her on an antibiotic (Amoxicillan) as her tonsils were infected when they took them out.  I had pointed them out to Lance the night before the surgery, as I didn't know if they'd still do the surgery or not.  I'm glad they did though, she got sick with them so often :(  The doctor assured us we were going to see a new little girl.  He said he didn't know how she could breathe with them being so big, much less sleep (she snores) or eat/swallow. 

Lance is doing good, but working a lot.  Usually 6AM-4PM, Mon-Fri, but lately it's been Saturday and sometimes Sunday too.  He worked today and I think he's doing some work for his cousin tomorrow.

He fixed my vaccuum today.  I'm not sure what was wrong with it.  He found that I'd somehow vaccuumed up two bouncy balls ??  I honestly have no idea how that happened.  I really don't think I did it, but I can't think of any other way they'd have gotten in there.  I don't know if that's why it broke, but he did inform me that he didn't want me running over any more.  LOL. 

I hope to take Lauren to storytime at the library, and to playgroup this week.  Both are right here in our small town, so there aren't a lot of miles involved.  Playgroup is weekly, but I don't think storytime is.  We'll have to see.

I'm off to put Lauren down for a nap.  I hope to post again SOON.  LOL

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{ 12:33, 2008-Sep-7 } { Posted by haflinger }

Wow Lisa you have lots going on in your life.. Do take time to relax with HB.. We still have your dad on our prayer list @church.. I do hope Lauren gets better soon..
Hugs..Brenda