New Beginnings

Today was surgery day. The day this awesome warrior had been dreading.




















There was a lot of talk about normal emotions to feel before. And normal 20/20 retrospect tells you that those emotions were silly. Yesterday she was scared, today she delighted that there was nothing to be scared of.

4:00 AM wake up call for 5:15 arrival... people, not even Hardees was open for breakfast, yes, that early. Also, this momma forgot to factor that the 'nightly' construction work that closes the tunnel would still be in effect too.

All is good we made it there just in time to...wait.

But there was televsion, good luck letters and emails, ipads to pass the time. Afterall, this was her self proclaimed 'SPECIAL DAY' and she gets to watch television ALL DAY LONG!

Let tell you about the 'loopy' medicine they give...versed...so that they can give the IV. She had me and five doctors cracking up. She informed the nurse that she had two noses. She would try to sit up just in time to fallover. She had the goofiest grin that would make anyone smile. And when the surgeon himself (all 6'6"of him) picked her up to carry her to the OR; she looked at his faces and looked like a love sick disney princess that had finally met her prince. She giggled and then snuggled into his neck. I slightly felt like I was watching her at a college party...yikes. I walked away from her to the waiting room with a huge smile on my face... I needed that. 

The procedures went well and she recovered from general beautifully...phew!

 Around this point the medical corpsman asked me if she has had several surgeries. He said she was taking it like a pro. Luckily, she is no pro, just awesome beginner's luck. We will take it. NOT A TEAR WAS SHED...by anyone.

We paraded out of that hospital six hours later. Twirls were twirled upon arrival at home. No pain meds, eating normal by 3:00. THIS GIRL KICKED SOME SERIOUS RECOVERY BUTT!

Goodbye tummy troubles. Goodbye fluid filled ears.

So now onto new beginnings. Onto keeping the stereo at reasonable decibels. Onto the gluten free diet adventure.  Wish us luck... this is a untraveled path for us and we may need to stop for directions along the way. Luckily we know some people we can call.

Social Media brings me to Tears

in a good way. Both Facebook and Google+ did a year in review. Not sure how it picks the important events to add but either way I LOVED both compilation.

https://www.facebook.com/yearinreview/christy.deweesorthner

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My happy place

Tonight we went on a walk through our neighborhood and around base. These are the scenes on our mile walk. I was in my happy place. This is life at its finest. 

The good life

You know those moments, where everything is falling into place. The moments when the weather is just right. The moments when all the littles are happy. The moments when you pat yourself on the back for doing the right thing to teach your family about fitness being fun. Yeah, I love those moments. I always think "this is the good life."

Then literally five seconds after you complete your internal happy dance, the middlest turns around and says "I'm finished"

Well she powered through. The evening turned into a lesson on pacing, stamina, endurance and powering through in the weak moments. That, and watching while you bike. The middlest tumbled into a gutter ditch by getting too close to the edge of the sidewalk.

After all was said and done, they biked over a mile! This IS the good life!

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