Surgery Recap

This summer has been great! The past 3 years we have been bombarded with surgeries and this year (knock on wood) there have been no accidents or surgeries. In 2011, I had some female surgery and a breast reduction. The recovery from the breast reduction took 6 weeks to heal from. Normally it is a 2-3 week recovery, but later I learned I had fibromyalgia and my body takes double time to get over just about anything. Ryan had a very invasive sinus and deviated septum surgery in his nose. His doctor had been doing these surgeries for over 30 years and said Ryan's was one of the most challenging he had ever done. Rachel had surgery on her left knee to correct a leg length problem in June. Then, unexpectedly, her appendix had to be removed. We had postponed a trip to Washington twice already as we hadn't recovered well enough for the bumpy and long car ride. Her appendix surgery came the night before we were to leave on our third attempt for a family trip. We just cancelled it all and went at Christmas time instead. Travis had tubes put in his ears after 8 months of ear infections. Thankfully, it solved the problem and no more pain for him.

2012 Surgeries - Rachel had a second set of pins put in her left knee. Poor thing limped all summer but was a great sport about it. Ryan had some freaky pains going on in his stomach and we thought he needed to get his appendix removed. He ended up being fine but had to endure a lot of pain from a unknown source. Travis had a lot of health issues from August - June and was in and out of the hospital. It was a very scary experience I'll right about later.

2013 Surgeries - Rachel had the pins removed from her knee in July. Dad and the boys went to Washington without us while I helped her recover and tended to my own health issues. Thankfully I started a new medicine at the end of summer that has really helped my fibromyalgia pain decrease. Trent, who is our healthiest child, fell on a merry go round at a park during his friend's birthday party and got a cut to the bone. Bro. Hall (neighbor and friend) was on duty at the care clinic and got to stitch Trent up with a fine V shaped scar on his shin. Trent does not handle injuries well, so I'm glad he doesn't have issues often.

2014 - We are healthy! No hospital visits. Amen to that.