Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Tuesday 8/1/07
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The Detour



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Myles and I decided to take a detour on the way home after Monday's wound care at Salt Lake. His finger wasn't looking any better than on Saturday and the thought of going through all that for nothing was pretty tough. We left SLC on Monday and drove to Montana for some wide open skies. We stayed in a cabin lodge that was right on the Snake River. Watching the fly fisherman from our room was completely awe inspiring and just what the doctor ordered for our soul. We got up at the crack of dawn on Tuesday and spent 12 hours driving around in Yellowstone park in Wyoming. So majestic, so beautiful. We drove home yesterday and were welcomed with open arms by Aaron and Tuyet last night. Twenty four hours of driving in forty eight hours but it was so nice to have something good in our memory to bring home. We met some great new friends from Portland Oregon and are going to keep in touch with them. We changed Myles' bandages last night on his finger and it is looking a little better than Monday. Wound care appointment today in Boise (I am not looking forward to getting back in the car!) and if all continues to heal we will be FLYING back to SLC next week to get the stitches and pin removed.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Wound Care went WELL!!!!
Just got back from the hospital and everything went well. A little painful but tolerable. Buggies finger didn't look as well as the Doctor had hoped but he thinks it will look better by Monday's appointment. The large pin sticking out of his finger is pretty intimidating and gave both Myles and I the creeps. The doctor says that the pin and the thirty plus stitches on his finger should probably be able to come out in a week and a half or so. If that is the case, after Mondays visit I think that we will drive back home on Tuesday and fly back here for the day for the removal. Myles has to keep his hand elevated so we really can't do much but hang out in the hotel. I AM GOING CRAZY........ I was so busy getting ready for the trip, packing all the factors, syringes, wound care stuff, etc., the drive, the surgery, to all of a sudden just sit in a hotel room is like running into a brick wall for me. Anyone who knows me knows that I never ever sit down. At least at home, Myles can be comfortable and I can do SOMETHING. Type A personality you think! All for now and will update after Monday's visit.
Claustraphobic Mom
Claustraphobic Mom
Friday, July 20, 2007
Surgery is over!

Much love
Sherry
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Bowl-a-thon
We had such a great time yesterday bowling, especially Myles who bowled great (he actually got quite a few strikes). I think that is was the most fun that Myles has had in a long time. My love and gratitude goes out to all that came to make the day so special. Our family made so many new friends and enjoyed the time spent with old friends. The hemophilia foundation did a spectacular job at putting this together and allowing all of us to have a blast. We have a new friend and family member.... Daniel LiVolsi came out from Illinois to attend Myles' bowl-a-thon. He belongs to the Illinois hemophilia chapter and blessed us with his company at our house. What a remarkable man at the age of seventeen. Daniel has severe factor eight hemophilia. Daini you are an angel for us as always. Again I want to thank everyone for all that you do and Myles and I will bring all of your love to Salt Lake City with us on Tuesday.
Much love from our family
Much love from our family
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Salt Lake City Bound
It looks like we are headed for Salt Lake City next week for another surgery. We saw Dr. Saffle (who is the burn surgeon from SLC) yesterday in Boise and he says Myles is ready to get his finger fixed. Myles' little finger on his left hand never healed because of his blood infection, etc. and it went into contraction. His finger is bent and he can not straighten it. They are going to remove the skin on this finger and replace it with some thigh skin and numerous pins to keep it straight. I'm glad that we are getting this done with time to heal before buggies goes back to school in late August. It looks like we will be there for a little over a week if all goes well. Hopefully we can stay at the Ronald McDonald house, it's such a great place with great people. We are looking forward to this Saturday and Myles' bowl-a-thon. It should be lots of fun. Will keep you posted.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
The Farm
We had a really nice fourth. A few friends over and a BBQ. Myles didn't want to get any where near a sparkler. It's been real hot up here in Idaho, over a hundred the last few days, even breaking records. I thought that I would tell anyone who hasn't been here about our animals.
Toby - our black quarter horse who "owns" the ranch. He is our watchdog as if anything is happening within a few miles of our house, he knows.
Chelsea - Our white Arabian horse. She is Toby's "kick the dog" as anytime Toby is mad he bites Chelsea's butte.
Wendy and Donkey - our two miniature donkeys who's EEEEAAAAWWW can be heard for miles.
Teetzie - the love of my life, she is a miniature horse that stands about 28 inches high. She's brown with a blonde mane and tail. I also call her my surfer chick.
Mamma, Tristen, Kassie, and Phil - our pygmy goats. Kassie will be having babies in about a week. The babies are so cute and small, only about 7 or 8 inches high when they are born. Phil is a cry baby, we are all going to get shirts made that say "SHUT UP PHIL" on them.
Cinnamon, Egore, and baby - our baby cows who are still on the bottle.
Sadie and Ged - Sadie is our 100# golden retriever and Ged is our 140# yellow lab.
Tina, Lucy, and Jazzabelle - our three cats, Jazzabelle (or Roo as we call her) belongs to Tuyet and Aaron. Tina and Lucy are Angels babies that we decided to keep after Angel died of an infection. We also have Ebony who came with the house. She stays outside and comes around every once in a while for food.
Birdie and Figero - our two parakeets.
Ferris and Chicabay - our two albino ferrets.
Saucer - our black pygmy rabbit.
Seventeen chickens
Eight homing pigeons that live in the barn.
An aquarium full of fish. Only two are named, Bruce is our Black Red tailed shark, and Ralph is our albino cat fish.
A pond full of koi and goldfish.
That's all, as least for now
Toby - our black quarter horse who "owns" the ranch. He is our watchdog as if anything is happening within a few miles of our house, he knows.
Chelsea - Our white Arabian horse. She is Toby's "kick the dog" as anytime Toby is mad he bites Chelsea's butte.
Wendy and Donkey - our two miniature donkeys who's EEEEAAAAWWW can be heard for miles.
Teetzie - the love of my life, she is a miniature horse that stands about 28 inches high. She's brown with a blonde mane and tail. I also call her my surfer chick.
Mamma, Tristen, Kassie, and Phil - our pygmy goats. Kassie will be having babies in about a week. The babies are so cute and small, only about 7 or 8 inches high when they are born. Phil is a cry baby, we are all going to get shirts made that say "SHUT UP PHIL" on them.
Cinnamon, Egore, and baby - our baby cows who are still on the bottle.
Sadie and Ged - Sadie is our 100# golden retriever and Ged is our 140# yellow lab.
Tina, Lucy, and Jazzabelle - our three cats, Jazzabelle (or Roo as we call her) belongs to Tuyet and Aaron. Tina and Lucy are Angels babies that we decided to keep after Angel died of an infection. We also have Ebony who came with the house. She stays outside and comes around every once in a while for food.
Birdie and Figero - our two parakeets.
Ferris and Chicabay - our two albino ferrets.
Saucer - our black pygmy rabbit.
Seventeen chickens
Eight homing pigeons that live in the barn.
An aquarium full of fish. Only two are named, Bruce is our Black Red tailed shark, and Ralph is our albino cat fish.
A pond full of koi and goldfish.
That's all, as least for now
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