First Day of First Grade!

I can't believe my baby is going to school all day!!! So weird! Sara has been so excited to go to school. We met her teacher yesterday and saw her classroom! It is going to be a good year. She decided to bring cold lunch today because she has a cute hello kitty bag to put it in. The most exciting thing has been the new clothes. We saved them for school, so they have been hanging in her closet taunting her for a few weeks! So yesterday she wore her new shoes to the orientation and a few errands after that. She ended up getting a blister from them and couldn't wear them today. This morning she said "but mom, they look sooooo cute with my dress!" So sad.....!

Sara excited for the day


The shoes........they really do look so cute with the dress!

Favorite quote of the day

"Robbie walk fast because he is still a kid. I'm almost an adult so I
walk slow."- Sara

The cave

Well tunnel actually. Sara was on the look out for bats though.

The dam builders

This is lake Wilde.

Wilde Animals

We found two monkeys on our hike.

Lunch break

Robbie kept seeing "big" anamals and scaring Sara.

Scarry chickens

Sara is scared of the chicken.

Dimple Dale Adventure Hike

Leaving on our adventure hike. The wild chickens see us off.

Pictures from yesterday

They gave her a drug that calms her so that when she went in she wouldn't freak out. Jeff was just rocking her right before she went.


She got to ride to the OR in a wagon. She didn't know quite what to think.


It was great because Jeff got to pull the wagon.


Still trying to come out of the anesthesia. Sad baby....

The Surgery

Hey everyone! Thanks for your patience. We have been a little crazy around here. The surgery went great! The Dr. said it couldn't have gone better. She did great with the anesthesia and they were in there for just over an hour, so we were very happy! She had a hard time coming out of the anesthesia, so we had to get a wet wash cloth and try to rouse her out of sleep. She ended up drinking some water and juice, and then threw up a little of it, but that has been the only trouble we have had with her keeping things down, so that is a blessing. She was in pain so the nurse gave her some pain medication, watched her for an hour, then said we were good to go. It was a little scary to go home, but a blessing. It is never fun to stay in the hospital with a child. We got home around 11.

In the night, we made sure she had her pain meds, and tried to give her a little food. Finally at 6, she did eat some yogurt. She has basically slept the day away, but has been playing and walking around a little. Basically she is doing a lot better than I imagined! I am now going to sleep while she is sleeping!

Thanks for all your prayers!

Playing before surgury

Evie at hospital

The Hospital

Getting ready


Playing with toys

We are here!! Evie looks so cute in her little hospital pjs, I thought I would share a few pictures. We have had a few more delays. The surgery is now not scheduled to begin until 6:30. We just talked to the surgeon, and he said the surgery looks like it will be 1 hr. and 15 min. with at least a couple of hours in post op. After that depending on how well she is doing she may get to go home!!! Yay! She is hanging in there better that I have expected! She had her last juice box at 2:00 and is just now starting to get cranky. There are lots of fun toys here, so she is distracted from herself! We are doing ok and I haven't lost it yet, so that is good!

We will keep you posted!

Update

So bad and good news.

The bad news is there was a backup in the OR today, so Evie's surgery has been moved back until 5:00!!! Not good for the whole liquid diet thing. Hope it isn't to horrible.....

The good news. The surgeon called and said they were reviewing the x-rays for Evie and it looks like they won't have to be as invasive as we thought. She might even be able to come home tonight after it is over!!! Yeah!!

We will keep you updated.

The Big Day has arrived.......

OK everyone. Today is the day of Evie's surgery. Some of you know that she was born with some problems. She has something called Vesicoureteral Reflux. Basically her ureters attached improperly so she get a lot of UTI's and kidney infections. She has been on a low dose antibiotic since we discovered this problem at 6 weeks old. We found out a few months ago that it is getting worse and not better. Many children who have this get better after a year. We decided to do the surgery so hopefully the problem will be taken care of. Basically they are going to detach the ureters, and reattach them at a different angle. It is a pretty long surgery (2 1/2) hrs. and we will be staying at Primary's for a few days. Her surgery is at 2:45 today, so she is on a liquid diet until 11:45, and then nothing! Yuck!

The above pictures are of her eating breakfast this morning. She didn't really love the jello, but loved the juice boxes.

Keep us in your prayers!!