Still waiting....

So I wrote you on Tuesday, giving you an update on Katelyn's orthopedic appt. Guess what still nothing from them.... I have called everyday about 20 times and they have not sent over the refferal yet to the neurologist... Talk about frustrating... I also have called Mercy to get her MRI and Xrays and her charts from all the doctors and they have not gotten them to me yet either.... So if there is no word but tomorrow at noon then I am going to the hospital and getting all of it myself.... It is so frustrating to know there is something wrong with your kids and they dont care enough about the patient, only about their paycheck..... I will update you as soon as I get some more info....
But keep the prayers going for her.....

Doctors get paid to make you wait and to guess what is wrong...

So I took Katelyn into the orthopedic specialist, yes a specialist and he asks me what was wrong, that is what I went in there for... So after I explained everything to him and he tells me that he never got the x rays from the ER so everything in her MRI looked fine, except there is some fluid in her spinal cord, not sure why. So he wants a second opinion from a neurologist. After waiting around for 75 minutes in the room for him, he tells me to be the doctor and everything was fine as he could see..... But he wants to see us back in 2 or 3 weeks.... Yeah, thats what I was wondering.... Why would he see us back and we is now out of the loop!!! I want answers so my daughter can go back to normal activity. She is out of her neck brace but still not able to go to gymnastics or PE at school..... I just paid a SPECIALIST to guess what was wrong and wait for him to do this... UGH!! The more I think about it the more mad I get.... And what is worse is he was rude when he came in the room.... I was not happy with this place.... But thats Mercy and Saltzer for you..... So we are scheduling her neurologist appt in the morning... I will let you know how it goes when we see him.... Hope fully I get some answers this time......

Doctors

So I took Katelyn back in to the doctors that diagnosed her with the virus and they checked her again and he was still sticking to his results, so e called over to the ER and they gave him the final results from the X rays. Her 4th and 5th vertebrae are not aligned correctly, so they called the orthopedic surgeon and called over to get a MRI. After her MRI they said all her nerves looked okay and they scheduled us to see the orthopedic doctor on Tuesday to find out what to do from here. She is in a neck brace and has to take it easy till then.... She still can not move her right side of her neck and still is in pain... But she is such a trooper through it all.... I am so proud of her and everything she has been through and accomplished.... She amazes me everyday!!!! Anyways, I will update you on Tuesday after her doctors appt. Please pray for her!!!

Nothing broken

Wow this week was a fly bye... I don't even know where it went.... Anyways, we had a busy week. I worked Mon, Wed, and Today. I am loving the studio and it feels so good to be back in there!!! If you need pictures give us a call!! So anyways, we had a cancellation on our babysitter for the week, thank goodness I have the best of Friends... Calise you are a life saver!!! But everyting turned out okay... I go to class Tuesday and Thursday but last night I wasn't able to make it due to Codys car brokr down again, this time its the radiator not the engine.... And Katelyn tore the muscle in the right side of her neck... I have no clue how it happened she woke up not moving it... I took her in to Quich care and they told us the gland in the neck was swolen and it was from a virus.... I thought it was weird so we went home and she took a nap and when she woke up the swelliing was worse and she was crying, which if you know Katelyn that never happens.... So I took her to the ER and they did some xrays, which made her cry some more and they said nothking was broke, it was a tore muscle probably a muscle spasm.... Which I think something is still wrong with the diagnosis still cause now it is all bruised and really tight and hurting her pretty bad.... I dont know what to do.... I thought if it wasnt better by Monday then I would take her in again.... I will update you on her condition as time goes on.... Crazy kid anyways... This weekend is going to be slow, hopefully we are having game night with some friends. Okay, so I will write at the beginning of the week...

Next Week....

I wont be on here this week cause I have long paper to write and I am finishing up a class... So there is a final on Thursday.

I will update you next week on the week and our anniversary night, it was super nice...

So see you all beginning of next week....

Suture and Autoclaves....

Last night I had class and it was so much fun... I went to class kinda bummed and down and just not wanting to be in class.. Once I got there, I was still rather mad but we got pizza so that made it a little better, Gotta love Costco Pizza and then we did labs all day. We learned how to do sterile fields and what a MA does as far as surgeries go. Thats was fun cause we also got to be the doctor. That also includes the machine that you put all the instuments in after use to make them become sterile, which is called an autoclave.....After we passed that test we got to work on a dummy's arm that was all torn up from a accident.... Ours was from a cougar :). We learned how to do stitches. It was like scrapbooking, addicting!!! After we got the 1 done we watned to do another and another. It was rather fun... I love doing labs because it reminds me that is more than just book work and I really needed a change besides book work.... Anways, I thought I would share my experience with you all and if you ever need stitches I know how, I will be happy to do it for you!!! :).

This picture looks like the dummy's skin that we used and he kit that is used as well.....

Catch up day

A few events of our lives.... Here it goes!!! I needed to update all the blog sites and fill everyone in our busy schedule. Sorry I am not on here more but there are other blogs that I do more often. But I will try to be on here more..... Today is a catch up day since I don't have much homework to do...... So...........




So I havent been on this blog in..... A long time.... Lets play catch up. School is great. I am in a medical asepsis class that is hard and the teacher is really hard but I feel like I am learning a lot and I really do enjoy this class.... I have to wear scrubs to this class cause there are a lot of labs that we are doing... So Cody decided to take a few pictures of me in the scrubs so here those are....

Next.... Bryce has been having some asthma attacks again.... Poor little man!!! I took him in on Monday early morning and they said more breathing treatments. I can't tell you how bad Bryce and I both want to throw that machine out the window and how sick of the treatments we are. He has been doing about 6 a day and is still doing pretty bad... I called his doctor and they are going to see him tomorrow at 1:30 so I will let you know how that goes....

Katelyn is in gymnastics and got invited on the competition team for level 3 ( the lowest level). It was pretty exciting to get asked for her to be on there.... She was super excited and she deserves it, Katelyn has worked so hard and I have never seen her more dedicated to anything before as she is to gymnastics. We are no sure if we are going to take the spot though due to the time commitment and the money. Maybe after this month we will decide. Plus she is playing basketball this winter and it is a lot for her to take on..... We will keep you updated n that though...

Austin is doing great. He is meeting lots of friends and doing good in school. I have seen him grow up a lot since school has started. He will be starting basketball at the end of October as well. He is so excited for that. He practices all time and he can't wait to get started....

Cody is doing good as well. He has been working out alot and studying for the ASVAB test to get ready to join the Air National Guard. He is excited about it and it will be good for him and our family.. He has been kid of getting in a slump at Wells Fargo and is needing some change. I am so proud of him..

I got a part time job at the photography studio at JC Pennies in Nampa. I am so excited to get started and something about 2 oe 3 days away from school. I am going to do it while the kids are in school and Bryce is going to got to Preschool and I will do it 1 day during the weekend. When I worked at Sears it was a escape from everything and I really enjoyed it so I am super excited to start at Pennies.

I think that is a good update on our family... This weekend is our Anniversary. Cody has plans all day after the BSU game cause we are going to a party for that.... I am super excited for this weekend and thanks mom for taking the kids!! What would we do without our moms???? I will let you know how that goes!!!