Bandage free!!!

This is earlier this week when his fingers were healed enough to make an appearance. He sat and picked at her finger tips for quite some time, glad to see them I'm sure! Eli had his check up this morning and of course the doctor was shocked at how fast it has healed. In fact, she said we should/could go without bandaging it if he would tolerate it so that he'd begin to use his hand again. She was trying to encourage him to use it...she asked if she could touch it, to which he furrowed his brows and said, 'NO!' so she quickly poked it and he said "I GOT AN OWIE!!!" Thank goodness for personality! He's loaded...so then she offered him a sticker, of course to that hand and he reached for it with the other. She said to use his hand and he said again, "NO I got an owie!" kind of annoyed, like 'look lady, can't you see I'm wounded?' I was giggling inside. But his hand looks awesome! Still sort of purple and shiny, but she says its going to be perfect...we have to watch so that it isn't hypersensitive, but I think he'll be fine.

Nate had the opportunity to go to a Hutterite funeral this week. I HAD to work, from being gone all last week with Eli, so he went alone. He said it was like a 2 hour service, in German of course. But he talked and talked....and talked about how fascinating it was. We have a dear friend, Sam Whipf(spelling?) that has been so good to our family and his father died this week. Nate loved that he was fed twice...and that when offered a sandwhich he stood to go get it and was ordered to sit. Then the man simply said his wife's name and she hopped up and went to get it. They don't have kitchens in their homes...a bench along the wall and a few cupboards, but all the eating is done in the main hall and so he said that both times he was fed Sam's wife went to the kitchen and then brought food back for him. He thought he could get used to that kind of service...hummmm...not likely to happen!

Avery had a speech evaluation today and it was determined that she needs some therapy to correct a slight disorder...which has a big fancy name, but I don't remember it. She swaps out b and p and some other main sounds. Apparently its not common that a 5 year old would still do this, so it could cause some issues with reading for her! Now, a few years ago I'd be so discouraged...but this is nothing compared to what we did with Kenna! So, its one more thing on the calendar for me!!! But its free, so its totally workable!

We're headed to Fairfield tonight...Nate's got youth conference this weekend and Fairfield's in the big play off for football. I'm not going but Kolbe's super excited! I'll just hang out at mom's where its warm...Go Eagles!!!

Just some stuff

Its early Sunday morning and the kids are playing some made up game together and Nate's upstairs snoring still. We had the adult session of stake conference last night and it was great.

These are the pics of yesterday's activities. We finally got around to raking the leaves in the backyard...The kids played in them but Kolbe nor Eli could stand them on their heads so they couldn't get a picture all covered up. I tried...they just couldn't do it! Nate's finger is healing fine..I get grossed out by the stitches...I don't know how we get them out??? I can't do it! Eli's hand is healing nicely...its starting to really itch, which is a good thing. He keeps digging into it to scratch and was begging me to help him. He does NOT like it when we have to wash it and re-wrap it...yesterday required pinning him. I hope today is easier...I'm looking forward to conference today!

Updates...

I have no doubts in the power of a blessing...and this situation was further proof. Today the doc said that Eli's hand was 'as good as she could hope for'...the procedure went really well. They knocked him out and removed all the skin and it looks as though everything will be fine. Thanks for everyone's thoughts...

It just has been a crazy couple months...with LOTS of random medical scares for us. I have had my share of pity parties but tonight I am giggling at the run down of the last few months! We feel blessed that despite the craziness...the only thing that lingers is a medical bill. We have had no serious complications from any of our scares so we know that Heavenly FAther is protecting us. A friend of mine pointed that out tonight...and it was comforting to hear...that we've had plenty of near misses...I'm SO SO SO thankful for that.

For cherries on top, Nate sliced his finger open tonight and had to get stitches. Of course the only option was the emergency room-AGAIN-so I called in a favor to our friend, an endodontist!(that's a specialized dentist) He stitched Nate's finger-six stitches in all...in the shape of a smile! I just spent 30 bucks on all varieties of gauze and sterile wrap for my two babies. Wish me luck on a fun night...remember...I'm laughing!

Hmmmmmm....

Eli's hand is a bit worse than the first doc thought. We went to the pediatrician today to have it scraped and cleaned and he said it was likely 3rd degree too, and that he wouldn't touch it. He bandaged it again and referred us immediately to the plastic surgeon. After a consult, we were somewhat relieved...somewhat not. He is scheduled for a surgery tomorrow morning to clean the wound and determine how bad the damage is.The pediatrician mentioned the possibility for skin grafts, the plastic surgeon, who never actually looked at it, said she doubted that would happen. So, tomorrow will tell. We are hoping for good news. He is one tough kid! He's been so tough and brave...he loves his mommy a little more than usual right now and clings to me alot...which is a little heartbreaking for me~ I love the snuggles but its obvious that he's hurting. Thank goodness for doting bro and sisters who've been babying him like mad! He's thrown out the ,'I have an owie!' card more than once to get favors! That part is cute...little manipulator~we'll keep info posted...

Halloween

I love fall, and I love halloween...but I'm always glad when its done. All in all everyone was happy with their costume. I bought a super cool costume for Kolbe, but true to character he was still scared of the mask(even though he'd be the one wearing it!) so he opted for zorro. He's a kick. Eli was a monster, which is the perfect perfect costume for him. Avery was a fairy princess and Kenna was Gabriella, from high school musical.We had bought spray to color her hair but she weenied out...so it was fun to do her make up anyways. We had a fun trunk or treat at the church...hit the mall...and our great neighbors brought over a bowl of goodies/gift certificates for the kids. It was fun...Nate had inventory at the store so he broke free for an hour or so to come with the kids and me and then it was back to counting!

War Wounds...

So...most of you know...but Saturday morning I was cooking mac and cheese with Eli's help and when I turned to drain the noodles he crawled across the stovetop. I instantly knew it was bad, so after brushing my teeth really fast we jumped in the car and headed to the doc. They got us in right away. Poor Eli was miserable...he was white from crying so hard and he was wreathing in pain the whole time. They ended up putting an anethseptic numbing gel on it and some silvadine cream, bandaging it and sending us home. He is on some heavy duty pain stuff too...He holds his hand up in the air no matter what he's doing...last night was rough...he cried through the night. Sunday we went back to the doc and they cut the blister, which was DISGUSTING, and this afternoon I changed the dressing myself...hence the nasty pic of his blisters. He is a trooper...and mommy is so so so sorry that I wasn't paying better attention. Tomorrow he has to go in and have the dead skin removed, which should be largely traumatic for all of us. EWWWWWwwwwww!