FLOORING!

The cork flooring at the house started this week!

This is Callie's room. It looks absolutely amazing.

I also painted stripes in Zak's room! Love it.

The results are in!

Once again it has been awhile since I wrote and updated everyone. There has been so much going on I simply forget to get on the computer.

We have received all of Callie's tests. They are ALL normal! All of the blood work was in a normal range. They tested vitamins, minerals and several other things (that I cannot seem to remember).  Also all of the biopsies from her belly were normal. She has a little irritation, but it was unknown as why. The heart doctor also called us and her heart remained stable. We are very thankful to have received such wonderful results. Her ear tubes have been wonderful...she has been so much fun to listen to. She has learned some new sounds and pitches.

Zak also had some big appointments this week. He had the development clinic in Marshfield. He will be getting some new equipment ordered soon. Overall they were very happy with his progress and improvements.
It is hard to believe Zak will be starting school in 1 week. Did we even have a summer? Where does time go?

On August 14th Chris lost a dear friend and co-worker unexpectedly. Kevin with remain in our hearts. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and two children. Chris is reminded of Kevin daily in his job and is always sharing stories with me. He touched many lives.

Chris's Dad was also in an accident last Friday. His truck looks very rough as he was T-boned on the passenger side. Thankfully god was watching over him and he just had some big bumps and bruises. He did go get checked out to be sure nothing else was going on. He is still soar, but most importantly he is safe.

The AC is in at the new house! YIPPIE!! We are hoping flooring will be installed in the next week or so. We are meeting with them this Saturday. We have moved over a few loads of boxes into storage. It is so nice to think we are so close.

So yes.. Crazy hectic week and a half. It makes me tired thinking of it.

Surgery a Success

Callie had her surgery and tests today. Everything went well. The ear tubes are in, she did have some fluid in there just as we thought. She also had the hearing test. We have not heard final results yet as they were partially through when we talked with ENT. It looked good with her left ear. Hopefully we will hear more soon. Then GI did the upper GI scope with biopsies. She did have some more bleeding than normal, so they will watch her hemoglobin, but she is not doing alright. We should hear lab results on that soon. She did have some irritation in her stomach. We will get results in a week or so. They did not do the PH study to check for reflux as planned as they were not able to get the probe down her nasal passage. It is not a big deal since they were able to actually look at her belly. Then she has the echo (images of her heart). We also have not heard from the doctor on that yet, however we are anticipating the images will be sent to Milwaukee as they have been following as well so it may be a bit before we know anything on that as well. Continue to watch for follow ups and as soon as we know something we will be sure to post.

Last night we had a visitor at the house... Mr. Tooth fairy! Zak lost his second tooth!

Zak at the Fair - Playing with the Pigs!

Callie getting ready for surgery and tests

Callie is recovering from surgery

Big Week for Callie

This will be a big week for Callie as she is going to be sedated for Surgery and  a few tests in Marshfield. She will have ear tubes, a hearing test, Echo (heart images), GI Scope, and blood work on Tuesday. Hopefully all goes well and we will be home that night, if not we will spend the night in the ICU.

We took the kids to the fair last week. They seemed to enjoy it. Heidi came to town to visit this weekend so we went back to the fair on Sat night and watched the bands play in the beer tents. It was nice just to get out and spend some time with friends.