Due Day

Some do and some don't know about the increasing pain that I have been in the last two years. I empathize with chronic pain sufferers, and am amazed at those who suffer silently. What ever this "creature" is that has taken over my body has driven me almost to the brink, and I'm sure the rest of my family as well, it will hopefully be "destroyed" tomorrow.

I have an unusual surplus of scar tissue and adhesions from my c-sections that have caused my uterus to adhere to my abdomen and body cavity. From what I have read this isn't unusual, it just depends on what it adheres to! Lucky me, it adhered to areas that impede my movement. I also have nerve entanglement on the edges of my c-section scar and my scar has adhered to my pelvis causing extreme pain. Combine the two and there are days that if I have had a lot of activity like walking the dog and pushing a grocery cart or stroller, I can't walk by that evening. I literally have to tip toe. Add to all of this the very painful cycles that I have always had, and I am not a healthy person plan and simple.

So for my family and myself I am having this surgery and hoping for the absolute best. There are complications, and bad things like nerve memory but I'm hoping that my nerves have the same memory that I have... a bad one. I'd just like to be a "normal" mom again, more active, and able to sleep through the night without pain waking me. I can hope. Good luck me.

The Coming Days...

Ahhh, I'm sitting here thinking about my last class tomorrow. So much has been accomplished in the last year, just have to finish my capstone (thesis) next year and I will be good to go in April!

Things are finally coming together at Henry Ford too. I am having a hysterectomy in November and will be under the watchful and knowledgeable care of Dr's. Eisenstein and Darien. It became glaringly important to me that my health was drastically affecting my family and needed to be taken care of permanently.

On a fun note, Louie has decided that he is a lap dog! It makes Taten and me laugh, and Tessa scream because it's her lap that he has decided to claim. The biggest dog adopted the smallest person in our house.

Keep you posted,
Heather

Fall 2010

Yes, it's been since St. Patty's since I have last posted! So much has happpened and we have been so busy that I have become a blog slacker big time!



Where to start...



The summer, did it really happen? I was stuck in my truck or a classroom in Elk Rapids all summer so I barely saw the season. It was a real bummer and I have made a promise to my girls that we will have an awesome summer next year.



We did move though, which was a fun ordeal. The house is much bigger than what we had before and we are now in Cheboygan so Travis does not have a terrible commute anymore. 5 minutes and he is home. The girls are adjusting well, Taten is finally starting to realize that she is not going to school with her Grayling friends. That was a little sad for her, but she loves ballet at the Opera House. Tess of course is having fun just hanging out for the ride.



Louie is the newest addition to the family, he's a Mastador (bullmastiff and black lab), and he will be a beast. For now he just looks like a small black lab, but his paws are the size of my hand! Apparently he is the replacement for our third child that I am constantly on the fence about. I think we will be staying at 2. Today anyway!



Enjoy the pumpkin pics. The girls had a blast with Grandma and me even though it was a little chilly that day. We love Michigan in the Fall:)

St. Patty

Hi All,

Well, that few days of warm weather was wonderful...all the snow in the yard melted quickly and the girls were out playing on their swingset while I did yard work.

Last weekend we were able to get down to Grandma and Papa's for a fun St. Patty's weekend. Taten and Tessa saw their first bagpipers and Irish dancers, and on Tuesday Papa watched the girls all day while Travis and I went down to Henry Ford to solve all my problems! I'm hoping Dr. Eisenstein can work miracles, it looks promising.

Enjoy the little Irish lassess.

Love,

Heather

Merry Christmas - A little late!

Well, I know that it is now February and I am way past posting anything from Christmas but we had a hard and fast start to the New Year so better late than never!

Christmas was great! We had a nice, relaxing, go nowhere break that was much needed. Travis, the girls, and I went to Christmas Eve mass and rodeo'd our children for an hour and a half! Thankfully the people around us were very understanding and got a good laugh. Christmas morning was lots of fun, and of course the girls got wayyyy to much. Hopefully I'll remember next time to limit myself, of course Travis will remind me. My parents joined us later in the day, and Travis's dad a few days later. It was so nice to just relax for a few days at our house.

For New Year's we made our annual trip to GR to ring in the New Year with Travis's cousin and his family. Taten loved playing with her cousins, and even Tessa let go of me for awhile:) A few days later we had Christmas with Travis's mom, and then beat the snowstorm home.

We also celebrated Taten's fourth birthday in January. Unfortunately I had class that weekend, but Travis's dad, whose birthday is the same day, joined them and everyone had a great time. That Saturday we celebrated with Huspen's because Jake and Taten are less than 24 hours apart. It was great to get together with our Up North family and chat.

A much needed break and great family time made for a nice end to the year, but of course we are back to the daily grind. Travis is working hard and late, and I have had class every other weekend. The winter weather has tired us out, and even Trav is ready for spring. Here's to hoping that groundhog was wrong and spring will come early this year!