A JOYFUL NOISE

11. knowing that there's yummy food on the way 12. learning to ride a bike (with training wheels) 13 Big sister holds baby sister 14. Sweet cuddles for baby sister 15. Hugs from Paw paw 16. Hugs from Yee-yee We went to Richmond again this weekend to help out with the girls since my brother in law was in Las Vegas for a business trip. We had a great time there; Caitlyn continues to melt my heart along with Miranda. I love them to death and love to play with them although it's hard for me to play with them right now since my energy level is still low and my pain continues to spike up at times. I took bunches and bunches of pictures but these were the ones I decided to post. Enjoy!

I went into work this morning at 7am (1-1/2 hrs earlier than scheduled time) to put in some flex hours; mom came and got me to go see. Dr. Gampper for my appointment. He did notice the swelling especially around my nose and upper cheek/lower eye and asked how I was feeling. I told him that I still have quit a bit of pressure and felt uncomfortable and that I was still running a mild fever. He told me to monitor my temperature and to report back to him if it gets over 100 (esp if it reaches 101, which is a bad sign) because they may need to do more investigation into why I developed the infection (this happened one time about 5 yrs ago and I ended up having to go in for emergency surgery to see where the infection is internally). He thinks that somehow the circulation on the right side is low, but not to worry about it because over time and healing it will get better which will increase circulation. I also told him that last night, my operating site was oozing which he said is...

I wanted to give you a quick update about my health and recent surgery. Please continue to be in prayer for me. Last Monday through early Thursday, I was feeling pretty well. I mean, I was still in pain, but it was manageable with a lower strength of pain medication (the one I usually take for my chronic back pain). Anyhow, Thursday evening I started to feel horrible; I started to have severe pain again, and I ended up feeling a lot of pressure and heaviness and inflammation on my operating site. It was somewhat swollen but I decided to weigh it out. I was running a slight fever that day about 100 degrees. Friday and Saturday remained the same with a lot of pain, pressure, and mild fever. Sometimes it would run 99 sometimes it would run 101; but the pain medication I take has Tylenol in it so it help bring the fever down; I continued to monitor it and keep tabs on my temperature readings. I wasn't really expecting anything dramatic; Sunday morning I was fe...