2.10.24

Hard to believe we’ll be in Texas in two days. The kiddos are getting really excited. The parents really stressed. ha. It’s all good. I need that shirt: It’s fine. I’m fine. Everything is fine. There’s just a lot to get done before we go. Or I should say a lot that I want to get done before we go.

I’m trying to think if there are any big updates to give… I had my phone consult with PRMA early last week. There wasn’t too much to go over. I have 5 prescriptions I had to pick up. One for nausea, 3 for pain management, and then an antibiotic. I also get to drink that yummy pre surgery drink again. One the night before and then one the morning of surgery. It actually doesn’t taste that bad and I think it helps with not getting sick with anesthesia so I’m not complaining. It’s just one more thing to do. I think it will be a game day decision on where we will be taking the extra fat from. She said the doctor likes to take from the love handle area and flanks. I’m not opposed to losing some there. I’m just not sure how much extra I have. However, I feel like my thighs have a little extra to give… haha! We’ll see what the doctor thinks. The nurse said that was another common place they take from. They will be doing scar revisions where necessary. I have what they call ‘dog ears’ on my hips. I think it’s from having the drains there. You get like extra skin that bulges out. Mine aren’t too bad but they’ll fix it none the less. I’m the 2nd surgery for the day. We have to be there at 8am with a surgery start time of 10am. This one should be 3-3.5 hours and is outpatient, so that will be nice.

Things I would appreciate prayer on:

1. We’re flying Southwest. They don’t do assigned seating. At first I wasn’t too concerned about it but the closer we get the more I’m like I hope we can sit in the configurations we want. (I am hoping Aaron with 2 of the younger ones. Me with 2 of the younger ones. And then Kade and Ev together.) But after saying we’re flying Southwest to a few different people the reaction was the same: Oooohhhhh, they don’t do assigned seating. (And a good luck with that was implied…)
2. For safe traveling. Both in the flights and then the driving we’ll be doing. We fly in to Austin but will be driving down to Corpus Christi for the first couple of nights. Then we’ll spend the remainder of the time in San Antonio but will be doing day trips from there.
3. That I wouldn’t get sick before my surgery. I don’t know what their threshold is for being “sick” and rescheduling. I can’t take any supplements the week leading up to surgery or I would for extra precaution.
4. That my surgery would go well. I would really like this one to be the last as far as all the reconstruction goes. I was informed at the consult that typically half of the fat grafted actually sticks… I’m hoping that what sticks is what I need to be back to “normal”.
5. And then of course that the healing process would go smoothly.

Thank you for your prayers and support. It means so much to me and my family. We really appreciate it!!

I made lefse 3x in one week last year. And my poor dad didn’t get any of it. So when we headed to Iowa the last weekend in Jan. I made some just for him! And of course I had to do a quality check… 😉

Any guesses on how many people you can fit in a fire truck??

A: More than 8! Haha!

After 37 years of serving on the volunteer fire department dad “retired”.

The kids got to go on a little ride from my parents house to the fire station and then back to my parents house. They thought it was pretty cool.

Look what happened to this girly!!!!

NO MORE BRACES!!!!

She was pretty excited to get them off!! 🙂

These two went up with me to get my shot. They thought it was pretty funny. It is given in the fatty part of your back, at your pant line. So like the back side of your hip bone. (hopefully that makes sense) They went out to the van and told everyone “Mom got a shot in her butt!” haha. But it wasn’t actually my butt.

When your 4yr old gets a hold of your phone…

OH! And we found out that she is actually a he. So meet Toby. 🙂

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.

Psalm 127:3

I’m embarrassed to say I was getting frustrated with Madi when she was hanging all these pictures on the wall the other day. I have so many things I want to get done before we leave and quite frankly I didn’t think we had the time to be doodling… I didn’t even pay attention to what she was hanging until the next day. Then I felt bad. What a blessing it is to have kids remind you what truly is important.

I thought I would take a couple “before” pics of my scars. Nothing too revealing but wanted to give fair warning for those that would prefer not to see them…

Keep scrolling to see.

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That puckered up skin on my hip is what they call ‘dog ears’ and one of the things they’ll be fixing in my revision.