The Fall Rush

Well, it has been a while since I have gotten on and posted, so I should update evryone on the status of our family.

Greg is recovering very well from his surgery. He hasn't had any type of pain medicine since the Wednesday after his surger on Friday! He is getting around really well, and I think the biggest problem for him now is going to be getting through the rest of his recovery without going stir crazy. He went back to the doctor last week and he will be off until at least February 1!!! That is a long time for a guy who likes to stay busy!

Morgan is doing well. He starts one of his basketball leagues on the first Saturday in November, so we will soon be running to ball games again! He is going to go the Boy Scout National Jamboree this summer for two weeks (gasp!) in Virginia! This weekend he has an overnight stay at Camp Geiger (our local Boy Scout camp) to get to know the other boys who are going from our Council. He likes his teacher this year and enjoys his school work as much as a kid can!

Maggie joined Girl Scouts last week and is excited to get to do that! She still does her dance and gymnastics, but was wanting to get involved in Scouts as well. So, she joined a Troop in Cameron. I'm sure that is going to add quite a bit of activity to our life! She is doing well in school this year, and has a super teacher!

Marshall, too, has started Scouts: Cub Scouts. It has been a long time coming for him since he wants to be just like his older brother! He also goes up to the school almost every morning early to play/practice basketball! He enjoys school and I am just thankful that he doesn't cause trouble. His teacher called the other day with a funny: They were talking about ribs and Marshall raised up his shirt and sucked in his belly to show her his ribs. Then, he said, "I look hot when I take off my shirt!"........She began laughing and as he was walking away, he looked over his shoulder and said, "What? I really do!" Arrogant little fellow isn't he?

As for me, I am just busy chasing everyone around. That's standard operating procedure for us!

Take care!!

Greg's Recovery

Greg is doing well since his surger last Friday. We had our first outing today to Wal-Mart to find tape for his bandage! He was released from the hospital on Sunday morning and we went home. His mom, dad, and brother Mark were waiting at our house for us with dinner warmed up! After searching for a chair that Greg could actually sit in and get out of, I went back to Wal-Mart to pick up his pain medicines. He did great on Sunday and even went outside to walk around.

Earlier this week, he was battling some nasty side effects of oxycodone. The medicine was making him miserably nauseaous, but he has had no pain medicine since Wednesday and has reported that the nauseaousness has passed!

He is walking without the aid of the walker most of the time, but does use it to get out of bed first thing in the morning. The kids have been great with helping and are really on their best behavior....I'm sure that will pass some time in the next few days!

We are spending this weekend pretty much at home with a quick interruption Saturday night for the kids to go bowling with Granny!

Greg's surgery

Well, I am currently sitting in a chair in Greg's hospital room updating this blog. Greg's surgery was at 7:30 a.m. this morning and took less than 2 hours to complete, which was less than the time they had told me to expect.

The doctor was able to relieve the compresion of his vertebrae, release the nerves, fuse the bone together, and place a cage in between the L3 and L4 vertebrae. The doctor said the surgery went as well as it could have gone. Now, we are just waiting for the anesthesia to wear out of his system. He is really sleeping hard at times and says he feels "loopy" when he is awake!

Well, that is all for now! The kids are with Granny this weekend and I don't think they even realize what is going on with their dad.