Walking on Air

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Kyle got a new boot for his foot on Tuesday.  It's hard to describe but it holds all of the weight of his leg by the calf so that no weight or pressure is put on the bottom of his foot.  So far it seems to be working.  The point is that it gets him off of his crutches.  Of course when he has the surgery for the skin grafts he'll probably be back on them for awhile, so he isn't looking forward to that.  We will both probably be having surgery in the next few weeks.  Eventually he will end up in a custom made boot that will be to try and heal the broken bones without having to do surgery.  If that doesn't work you don't want to know what the plan is, but I will say it involves Kyle's foot having a cage around the outside of it.  Let's pray for Plan A.

We went over to Wellsville Dam last night with Em, Sean, the girls and my family and did some fishing.  We didn't even get a nibble.  I think it may be fished out, but it was fun to hang out together and watch Sean perform his usual antics.  I've never seen anyone break their line just by casting before.  He definitely provided the entertainment for the evening.  I spent the majority of the evening untangling my line. 

Bear Lake - 4th of July



Happy 4th of July

 We spent the week of the July 4th in Bear Lake at the cabin with my family and most of the Petersen crew.  I guess there are some benefits to not having a job.  I love the cabin and I'm grateful to Grandpa and Grandma Wright for having the foresight to buy it for us.  I was just a little girl when Grandpa bought it, but I remember going to see it for the first time.  It definitely isn't the style of a cabin but it is great for us.  Kyle and I stayed out in the trailer.  It is a little quieter out there and you definitely get to sleep later than if you stay in the cabin with all the kids.  It is definitely nice to be able to play with the kids and then send them back to their parents.  It was a nice week and we had a lot of fun.  We are headed over there tomorrow for the next week. 

The dream time trying to fix the water leak.  It didn't work but Garrett
was entertained for the afternoon.

Garrett's new pet worm.  When it died later that day he was devastated.

This was quite the photo shoot.  I think the parents actually got
some decent pictures.

Imagine my surprise to find Tyler
carrying Ella around.

Watching the fireworks going off over the lake.

Looking Good

Always so happy to be at another Dr. appointment.  Dr. Heninger's
office in Perry is in The Lodge by Maddox and it is very nice.
It is all made of the most beautiful wood and is gorgeous.

We are still getting good reports from Kyle's doctors. They are even stopping the IV antibiotics a week early because his blood work has been showing for the past few weeks that everything is cleared up. We get a new special boot tomorrow which will allow him to put more weight on his foot. Dr. Heninger is so funny.  When he sees Kyle's foot each week he gets so excited at how much it has healed in the 2 weeks since he say him last.  I remember him telling me at our first appointment after the surgery that he sure wished he could come up with a miracle for us.  I remember responding to him that he was going to he just didn't know it yet.  I consider what we have seen the last 6 1/2 weeks a miracle.  If the insurance will approve it they are going to do skin grafts on the wounds so that it will speed up the healing process. 

Now that we have Kyle headed in the right direction I'm having both of my knees scoped on August 10th so now lets pray that goes well.  It goes back to the car accident I was in 3 years ago when Dad, Marijka and I rolled in the truck.  Dr. Mattsson hopes if he cleans out the scar tissue then the bones will sit straight again and relieve the pain I'm dealing with now.

Dr. Heninger likes to make Kyle bleed every time we go in.

If you look close you can see the tendon in the middle
of the incision.  The doctor has had to cut it out 3
times because it keeps regenerating itself.

I had to add this picture just because she is so cute.  She layed
there the entire time I made the bed on top of her and never moved.



Relay for Life - 2011

The Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society turned out really well. Our team raised almost $6,000. The event raised over $81,000. We had a lot of fun and made a lot of great memories.  We appreciate everyone who donated to our team and helped us do so well.  We have a lot of great friends and family who helped us out.