A long time...

So i know it has been forever since I have been on here... I am so bad with updating. Our lives are pretty hectic. Bryce just turned 4 and he had a great tie at his birthday party. Katelyn is in gymnastics and soccer and baseball, she is super busy! Austin is doing wrestling, baseball and soccer. He pinned 2 kids at wrestling! Bryce is doing baseball and soccer... He doesnt care about the sports just about the outfits! I am still in school finishing with finals for the month. I am taking an online class next month so it will be a nice break! I am watching twins 3 days a week, and I absolutel love having them here.. We have so much fun! Cody got a promotion with his job and he is working a lot more hours! Which mean more money coming in!! YEAH! I hope everyone is good and I will put pictures on here soon!

Christmas Dinner Donations

I was looking for a charity event that our family could volunteer at this holiday season. With my kids being so fortunate in life I really want them to know why it is we donate our money, gifts and food and our time during this time of the year. We try to teach them in our own ways but until they experience it around them I don't think they will get the full experience of Christmas. So I found an organization that will be hosting a Christmas dinner in Nampa on Dec 20th from 11 to 2. I called her and they are still in desperate need of food and toys. They are also still looking for people to help and a santa with the costume that is willing to spend 3 hours with the kids and handing presents. Our family is very excited to be a part of this and is wanting to put the word out there to you all to help if you can. If it is food, or a toy, used or new, or your time to help. Let me know if you can help or know others that would be interested in it as well. Thank you so much.... you can email me at codyandamber3@hotmail.com or comment on this post. God Bless you!!

Academic Award

Katelyn got te academic award at school.... We are so proud of her!! They had an assembly of all the kids that got awards and so here are a few pics of her at that!! The lady next to her is her teacher, Mrs. Redifer. Katelyn has the best teacher this year!!! Through all of Katelyns medical problems the last month Mrs Redifer has helped me so much watching Katelyn and making sure she wasnt doing pe or climbing around at recess or running... She is a wonderful lady!!!

Halloween

Bryce is on the left and Austin is on the rightin the picture above...

Halloween this year was very warm. The night before we carved pumpkins. The boys loved doing it but Katelyn was being girlie and didnt like it on her hands... But it was fun to see what faces they wanted on there pumpkins this year!!! Then on the 31st, That morning we went for the last day of hunting season to find my buck but that didn't happen. Then we came home and got ready for trick or treating... The kids got so much candy. I can't stay out of it!! Both the boys wanted to be the blue ninja turtle and so that is what they were. Katelyn was a cute lil' pirate. She had pink eyelashes adn she was adorable.... Here are few pictures before trick or treating.

Bryce again on the left and Austin on the right!!

The diagnosis

So we went up to Primary Children's in Salt Lake because the Boise neurosurgeon never got back to me after the 3000 phone calls I made to them.... So we went headed up there last week. Cody wasn't able to go with us so my mom went. We laughed the whole time up there... My mom is a blessing to me and my kids... Life without her wouldnt be the same... Thats an understatement. Anyways, We got lost finding the hotel because by the time we got to Salt Lake it was dark. After finding the hotel, it was about 8 30. It was a nice hotel and very close to the hospital. My mom and Katelyn laughed that night till about midnight and they got into trouble because I wanted sleep. I know I am a party pooper!! Anyways, The next morning, was her appt. and we got great news. They said that her spinal cord was a little dialated and there was a little fluid but it could be very normal and everything looked great. They took some more xrays cause her last ones were messed up from Nampa and those looked great as well. He said her neck muscle was torn and repairing as he could see in the xrays. We have to go back in 3 months to make sure there is no change and nothing has grown. This next mri in january they are doing it from head to bottom. She was released to normal activities and we are excited there is no surgery needed... God again has blessed me and my family!!

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......