Were so ready to come home!

Michelle is getting pretty ansy. Making it hard for us to tell her sorry sweetie just a few more days. I couldn't imagine doing 21 days again. Half a week is killing me!

Her spirits are down because she wants to get out of bed and go with us when we go to get food. Or daddy and I switch shifts. She really has a very hard time with it.

The doctors are very optimistic that Tuesday will be her shunt surgery. Im really hoping so. And then the Infectious disease doctor will sign off on her on Friday and then Neurosurgery will be after that. Now just to make the decision about her PICC line.

I have to say this stay has been harder than the rest. How do you explain to a 3 year old (who you have told a million times the same thing) just a couple more days sweetie?

Day #4

So were on day 4 of being in the hospital. We have a name for her infection. It is called Staph Aureus. There is some good news to this though. Her CSF is not infected!!! Well for now it's not and im turning blue holding my breath about that one!!!!

She is due to go back to surgery on tuesday to replace her shunt!! I can't wait just to hold her again..

I am BEGGING for prayers...

I sit here right now telling you that Michelle's shunt is infected. How horrible news for you to hear (read) right??? Well this is the second time in our life that we have been face to face with this unfortuate news.

Again the doctors paid no attention to the signs. Again it took me telling them that if they didn't do something that I was gonna get mad. Again... I was right..

I didn't want to be honestly who would? I just wanted an answer as to why she was acting the way she was. Well I got it and I would love to give it back and go back to where we were. I can handle crabby, whiny, pitching a fit Michelle. Honestly I miss it already. This is such a bittersweet situation.

She came out of surgery just fine just not with the news we had hoped for. Her daddy is with her tonight and she not allowed to be alone at all. If we want to so much as sleep she has to have a sitter with her. Well we feel guilty even going to the bathroom because she cannot even sit up or anything. She has to remain laying down for a couple of days.

Bummer. Please just pray that this is one of those infections that they can find and treat right away and that she is home this week!

My 100th post...

Cool I have 100 posts! Woohoo!

Well in the last week I have been very concerned because Michelle has really high inflamation markers in her blood and running a fever... Well I was VERY persistant and im glad I was... She has mono. For the second time. Im very saddened because for over a week she has been suffering.

It's sad to think that she has been hurting and not feeling good and the doctors dismissed it saying she may have the flu. Well im glad I pushed as hard as I did.

Abigail has a UTI and now needs to have a VCUG to check and make sure she doesn't have bladder or kidney reflux. Im hoping that that test comes back negative. So we shall be busy for the next few weeks. Hope that all is well with everyone!

We had such an AWESOME weekend. At the last minute we quickly packed and headed to Kingman, AZ. We spent the weekend with family. Shawn's family. Abigail got to meet her Nana.

The girls had sooo much fun. It was hard when we first got there since it was 2 in the morning and Michelle was exhausted since she decided not to sleep in the truck and Abigail had messed her pants and needed changing. So we really didn't get to sleep until almost 4 in the morning! Woo what a night we had.

The next day Shawn's brother D.J and his family and his sister Joanie and her kids all came up from the valley to have a weekend with everyone. That isn't nearly half of his siblings but it was crazy enough you never would have noticed. Michelle took such a likeing to her uncle DJ that he is coming out here tomorrow to see her!

We left Monday and had a pretty good trip home. Michelle still hated the car the whole way back but she survived like the rest of us! Im happy to be home and in my own bed and to have Abigail's swing back! Let me tell you the weekend without it was pretty crazy. Abigail never got put down! If she cried someone held her. Well enjoy the pics! You can see Michelle's pretty little cast here too! Oh I know there are no pictures of the boys. They too went on a road trip this weekend to Arizona with my mom and dad and will be back soon!

Michelle talking to her aunt Joanie telling her we are coming to see her!

Daddy and his baby girls! See her cute little cast?!

Well I feel that after the heck of a night I had a nice little nap with Abigail would be nice.

Michelle just loved being in this car! She has one at home too that she loves just as much!

Abigail and her aunt Heidi

Michelle and her aunt Joanie!

She woke up with some funny hair!!!

Abigail and her Nana

Ahhhh home sweet home....

MMMMMMMMMM makes it feel more like home!

Bouncing on daddy's lap!

So it wasn't her ankle....

It was her Fibula... Poor thing....

She is so cute though with her pink cast! She loves it! She has started putting pressure on it and actually crawling again.. I promise to post pics tomorrow!

Someone broke her ankle....

My poor Michelle... What I thought was just a sprain turns out to be a growth plate fracture of her right ankle....

She twisted it going down the slide with her daddy yesterday at a birthday party. She had fun right up until then. So after she woke up this morning with a fever I decided since she just had surgery and her d/c paperwork says anything over 100.5 she is to come in to just take her to Children's. Kill two birds with one stone right??? Well I thought it was just a sprain.. Grr...

So I have to call Orthopedics in the morning to get her an appointment to get it set and to get her cast scheduled. Grr... Oh well.. At least she is finally sleeping hopefully she stays asleep tonight. I really need her too. This last week has been really crazy!