Wesley's Doctor's Visit

Wes went to Children's Hospital today to meet with the children's orthopedic specialist. She thinks that he will benefit most from a series of casts. His Achilles Tendons are shortened/tight. They have to be stretched over time. The casts on now will help to stretch the tendons so they are at a 90% angle. In 3-4 weeks we go back and get another cast.

Congratulations Trosclair Family

Camden and Brody welcomed their new baby brother Cole Ryan in the world Tuesday, November 11. Everyone is doing well.

What else?!?!?

To begin, one of my main reasons for having this blog is a personal journal to remember the daily activities in our lives as my boys are little - for those days when they are teenagers and I want to scream. Of course, I always like to use it to help family and friends keep up to date too, but this entry is more to help me remember the past week before it becomes a blur.

When I start to think, "This is about all I can handle," something else happens. Saturday night Aiden started with a fever. He went to sleep okay, but woke up Sunday with a fever. He kept it on and off during the morning, but that afternoon, you could tell he was not feeling well at all. He only wanted to be held. Daniel said he had not sat on him that long for 2 months. He slept in my room and was tossing and turning all night. So I stayed home with him Monday. By lunch, his personality started to change, and he was happier after his afternoon nap.

Monday afternoon I took Wes for his 5 yr check up. Wes is still walking on his toes and after his exam, the dr thinks he may have shortened achilles tendens. We will have to go to Children's Hospital to meet with a prediatric orthepedic doctor to see if this is what he has and what to do about it - surgery? braces? casts? physical therapy?

Tuesday - election day - no school. I told Daniel that after I was on the phone all day with Children's Hospital setting up Wesley's appointment, and Thibodaux Regional setting up Alex's surgery, I really don't think I could handle much more. We have had to have had our share - right?

Wednesday morning - 3:35am. I wake up a little nausiated. The boys woke up very early talking with each other in bed, but pretty quiet, and then started to go back to sleep. At 4:30 I finally pushed myself out of bed to shower and start feeling better. After standing about 5 minutes in the shower, it hit me - the stomach virus - or so I thought. I called mom to come get the boys as I was too sick to do much, and Daniel - well you know. I started calling for dr appts about 8am, but no one could see me until the afternoon. I could not wait. I know that sounds crazy, but I had a horrible pain in my back and was so sick. Mom was at an eye doctor appt. When she ccame in I had her bring me to ER. I could not get over how fast we were seen. I was already starting to think there was more to this back pain, but still unsure. When I checked in I told the nurse I had a history of kidney stones, but it did not feel like this and my history was 10 years ago, but then again, I know the pain could be causing me to be so sick as well. I was truly hunched over in pain. I was taken to the back very quickly. Right away the doctor said it looked like kidny stones. He put me on an IV and gave me pain meds. WOW. 10-15 minutes later, I was feeling much better. I needed to stay for test results. Of course, my first test was a pregancy test. I passed that test with flying colors (NOT pregnant). Blood work did not show low blood count indicating a virus, but the culture showed possible small infection. No true sign of stones in the culture, but he thought that it was totally obstructing my kidney. So off to CT scan. I do have a stone in my left kidney (not the one giving me extreme pain), but he thinks I passed the one on my right. Often when pain meds are given, the muscles can relax and let the stone pass. I also have a 2 1/2 inch cyst on my right overy -another reason I may have had some pain. That will be checked out soon as well. They pumped me up with fluids to help the stone continue to pass through without pain. And home.

After I got home I pain meds started wearing off and I realized how tense I was all morning. My legs hurt, my back hurt, I hurt everywhere. I took Tylenol and went to bed.

I went to school today cause I have been missing so much with everything going on. By lunch, I was definitely feeling better. So I've had my share, right?

Wrong!

I got home to find that Alex started with the stomach virus. He has been throwing up all afternoon. I am almost out of clothes - it seems. He is finally sleeping by my bed with a small garbage can next to him cause I am sure he will wake up.

So I am making a plea - can tomorrow be Jan. 1, 2009? Maybe just starting a new year will help out.

Again this entry is to go back and one day laugh at - one day - We are all relatively healthy and all very much alive and happy. We could not ask for much more.

Daniel's Surgery

Daniel had carpal tunnel surgery Tuesday (right hand). Everything went really well. He has been very sore on his left side because he has had to rely on that side more than before. His right hand is doing really good. He said he can already tell a difference. We have opted to hold off on the surgery on his left had for a few weeks with so much happening right now, and not wanting to put off Daniel's rehab longer than absolutely necessary.

The boys have been doing so good. They are starting to talk so much more. They are both starting to put 3 words together, such as "Juice please Momma." They were too cute this morning. Aiden was in my bed and Alex was trying to get up but couldn't. Alex said, "Help Aiden." Aiden was pulling and pulling at him to help him up. Later when Alex was trying to go down the slide an Granny's, he lost his footing. Before Granny could get there, Aiden went under and pushed him enough to put his foot back on the ladder. I guess they have their moments!

Wes has been having a wonderful time at school. He is a leader in his class his teacher tells me. At our Fall Fest Thursday, one mom had to come see me cause her daughter always talks about Wesley. I really think that we are going to be in trouble with girls in the future. He has also made some wonderful friends this year in his class. At his game, he forgot about playing cause he was talking with one of the boys on the other team (I think that was their strategy to win, but we tied.)

I can't wait for election day (only cause we are off.)

6 Weeks

We are now 6 weeks past the accident (as of Tuesday, that is). We saw Dr. Morvant yesterday. He said everything is healing pretty well, but still has a way to go. He does not want any weight on his leg or arm for another month. We were really hoping for an "OK, " but instead were told we were goign to have two surgeries first. Daniel needs surgery for carpal tunnel on each hand. He will have his first surgery on Tuesday. This is be for the right hand. Two weeks later, he goes in for the left hand. He is expecing Daniel to make as full of a recovery as possible with the extent of his injuries, but it will take 6 months to a year of healing and therapy.

The blood drive is this Saturday from 7:30-12:00. Thanks for all of you who already gave and those of you who are planning to come.

Wesley's Birthday

We had Wes's 5th birthday party Sunday! We kept it rather small, but he had loads of fun!

One Month

I know I have been a blog slacker - not that I have a reason or anything. Actually, to say that one month has past since the accident, we are much better off than I thought we might have been. Daniel is doing very well. He is still receiving therapy daily through home health. He is feeling pretty good and taking pain medicine less frequently than before (always a good sign).

He is trying to get out as much as possible, even coming to Wesley's game today. Our other outings are usually around doctor's appointments, though. We did get to go see April and Heath and their new baby Harrison as we went for an appointment in the hospital (sorry I forgot my camera for this one). Congrats on your third.

He went to Dr. Cowen this week. He has a moderately severe case of carpel tunnel in each hand and damage to his ulnar nerve in his elbow. Hopefully the last will get better on his own, but he will have to have surgery for the carpel tunnel.

The boys are all sleeping at the house tonight. It is easier for them to all be home on the weekends since we are not so rushed to get up and go. We may try starting to let one of the twins sleep this week (switching nights between the two boys). Having them here over the weekend reminds me of how much it will be, but I am ready to get back to a "normal routine."

Below are pictures from the past week. Enjoy!

Saturday Night

Game #2

Camden went out for the "coin toss."

Go Wes!!! He kicked the ball all the way to the goal, but it was blocked.
Wes is number two, but the blond hair is probably easier to spot.
By all means, he wanted to play goalie, but the ball never came by him, and he got pretty bored.

Last Saturday night with the boys

Last Saturday the boys all spent the day as Aunt Kristen came visit (sorry I don't have a better picture-I didn't take too many with any of us in it). She is moving to Tampa with the Air Force.

Mom was coming get the boys after taking MawMaw eat out, but a quick phone call changed that. Dad, Kirby, and Unclu Bryon went to the camp. Unclu Bryon was thrown off the 4-wheeler and an abulance had to come get him and bring him to Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, an hour away. After a few scary hours, things began to improve. He is now home awaiting neck surgery in a week and a half.

So of course the joke came that these things always happen in three's; what would it be? We had forotten about alex coming to emergancy. Well, Glenn, baby Glenn that is, was rushed to emergancy Tuesday night. A stool had fallen on his toe and he needed stitches. So I think we are well over our share for now.

Last Week's Soccer Game

Blood Drive

It is almost a month since Daniel's accident. In so many ways it seems like yesterday, but then in other ways it seems longer. I would not have thought he would have been doing this well by this point. We go to Dr. Morvant in 2 weeks and will see if he will be able to start using his arm.

We do FINALLY have the blood drive set up. It was hard scheduling. Actually, my mom did it all - thank you!

When? Saturday, October 25 (morning)

Where? Glenn and Becky's house (my parents)

for directions call or email me

This will go to replace the blood that Daniel took. If you know anyone in the area, please ask them to come and give!

Week 3 Update

I can't believe that today makes 3 weeks since the accident. It seems like it was forever ago that I received that call. Daniel is doing so well since he came home. He is getting home health about 4 times a week - 2 from a physical therapist and 2 from an occupational therapist. He will continue with this through Oct 22, when he sees Dr. Morvant again.

He did go to Dr Donepudi yesterday and everything is looking really good. Since he is the family doctor, the check up did not give much information. It was more to check his pressure and make sure the medicines are working for him. More appointments this week and next, but he is handling them all well.

We did get out a little this weekend. We made it to Glenn's birthday party. It was nice to be out, for us both. The boys had lots of fun as well.

Happy Birthday Glenn. For those of you that don't know, his birthday was Sept 5, but the hurricane parties interrupted his birthday party. This was his "rescheduled due to bad weather party." He received so many cute gifts.

Home, Sweet, Home (but not without chaos first)

Let's start with Monday. I met with the case manager and therapist first. We ordered the hadicapped items needed to bring Daniel home. That afternoon, we decided to take it somewhat easy. I went pick up supper around 6:oo so we could watch some of the new episodes on TV that night. When I came back, one of the nurses stopped me to talk about going home. When I walked back in the room, the tech was taking his pressure and pulse. This is when everything started going crazy again.

Daniel's pulse was racing at 178 beats per minute. The is equivilant to someone running a marathon. Since he was in bed not moving, his heart rate should have been 60 -80 beats per minute. After an EKG, the doctors decided to admit him back into the hospital
(rehab is a different admit, so he had to be discharged from rehab and admitted into the regular hosiptal). By the time they moving him down - this al took place in about 10 minutes - his heart rate had already dropped. The main reason for the move was that the medicine that they would have to give him to lower his heart rate must be given in ICU. We definitely did not want to go back there.

Daniel, of course, was very stressed. After a night in the step down unit, 3 EKGs, 2 rounds of blood tests, and an echo cardiogram, Daniel was diagnosed with SVT. This has to do with the electrical signal of the heart that causes rapid heart beat. This last only a few minutes for Daniel. It is a non-life threatening condition that we would have never known about if it were not for the tech coming in a the right (or according to Daniel, the wrong) time.

So, now on to Tuesday. After running the remainder of the tests ordered, we were seen by all doctors and discharged about 1:00. It is so nice to be home. There are definite challenges being home, but the idea of being home overcomes those challenges. We are racking up on doctor appointments already. Home health is supposed to meet with us today to schedule therapy for the upcoming week(s). We will then be going to out-patient rehab.

Here are some pictures of the last few days in the hospital. If it were not for the arm and leg, you may not even know he was in such a bad accident.

(OK, for those of you who have just beung reading this blog, it is so hard to get each individually with cute smiles. Aiden got the cute smile award today, but other days, I do put more pictures of the others rather than Aiden, depending on who is camera shy that day.)

The newly installed ramp in front the house: