Surgery and more

Last week and this week were very eventful!...starting with 50's day at school! Since it was the 50th day of school, the kindergartners got to dress up and have a '50's sock hop!

Looking more alike than ever in this picture! (Kaitlyn, Kennedy)

Over the weekend, Kennedy kept complaining that her eye hurt. I didn't think much of it at first, but then noticed it looking kinda "goopy". So...to the HEB redi clinic we went. Diagnosis: Pink eye  We got eye drops and her eye was clearing up fast, but on Monday her throat was killing her and her OTHER eye looked like it was infected too.

Because Tony's surgery was the next day, we didn't want to take any chances that she had strep, so we kept her home and went to the Dr again. (sigh) She confirmed that her pink eye had spread and that her sore throat was viral. No strep. :)

Waiting patiently at the Dr.

Luckily, no one else got pink eye (yea!) and Tony was able to have his surgery the next day

On Tues, we headed up to Sugar Land Methodist at 9:30am.

Tony was so happy he may finally get to be pain free. He had been dealing with herniated discs in his neck and a pinched nerve for a few months now. He had lost feeling in his shoulder and fingers on his right arm and the pain was almost unbearable. 

Around 1:45 the Dr. came in and talked to him and told him it was time!

Tony's parents came down to sit with me at the hospital and we waited until 4:30 when the Dr. came out! He told us everything went well. He cleaned out bone fragments, bone spurs and fused the discs together and installed a titanium plate to hold it together. 

They do the surgery by entering through the front of the neck to reach the back (apparently it's easier??), so he had an incision at the front of his neck and all the work done at the back. I'll spare you the graphic picture his put up on facebook. :)

We finally got to see him around 6pm. He was very loopy from the anesthesia and he was

 in a lot of pain!

I stayed until about 11pm and went home so I could get the girls off to school the next day. As soon as I dropped them off, I headed to the hospital and he was doing sooo much better.

Sitting up and talking!

Meanwhile, while I was at the hospital,  the twins were at school and Tony's parents were keeping Jillian at home. They spoiled her rotten. 

They took her to the park

And got her toes and nails done!!

Happy little spoiled girl! :)

When the twins got home from school she took them to the salon too!

Kennedy loved it!

But for some reason, Kaitlyn didn't want to do it. She still has random fears of things that she is unsure about....apparently the water soaking was a little too much. She was ok just watching.




We got released from the hospital around 3pm and headed home. He has to wear a bone stimulator over his neck brace! 

Finally coming home

On Thursday, we were all home and Tony's parents were still here....AND it happened to be a big day at school for Kennedy and Kaitlyn. It was their turkey parade day and Grandparents Day...AND the book fair! Yipee! I was so happy that Tony's parents got to come down for Grandparent's Day since they don't see them as often as my parents do.

We tried to get a cute picture of the girls with their turkey outfits on! They were being so silly! :)

Tami, Jillian and I stayed to watch the turkey parade, but we had a little time to kill before it started. We looked around the book fair and Jillian promptly sat down and started reading a book she found.


At 8:30 the parade started. All the Kindergartners came out and pulled their little turkey floats around the school. They were decorated potatoes on shoe box lids. :)  It was adorable.

Kaitlyn! 

She doesn't seem to get nearly as embarrassed as Kennedy does, which surprises me!

Kennedy

  They also made vests and hats and played a silly turkey song.

We went home, but Bobby and Tami went back at 10:15 to eat lunch with them for Grandparents Day. (Yes, they eat at 10:15!)

They got a sweet picture after lunch and then headed to the book fair.

Lucky girls got to pick out a book at the book fair thanks to Paw Paw and Ya Ya! Kennedy is holding her book and Kaitlyn is holding hers and Jillian's Biscuit book.

His parents drove back home later that day and Tony is settling in at home. He has to wear his neck brace for 2 weeks at all times. (Sleeping is a challenge!) Then we has to wear it whenever he is out  and could get bumped or jostled. It will be a long recovery, but it will be all worth it for him not to have pain all the time.  Next week is Thanksgiving break!!! I'm so happy! I'm off all week and the twins will be off starting on Wednesday.