Just thought I would fill everyone in on what is going on in our lives. Yes I have been extremely emotional, overwhelmed and stressed lately. First of all life is almost back to normal from Ike. I still have a large stack of paperwork to finish, but I keep putting it off to do other things. My first big race is coming up - the Ragnar Relay! It is on Oct. 24-25. I'm on a team of twelve girls and together we are running about 185 miles from San Antonio to Austin. It's going to be so fun! Last of all - Hailey. We took her in for her normal dermatology appointment about two weeks ago. She has been having regular appointments since she was born. Long story short - Hailey will be having surgery to have the birthmark on her head removed. It will take two or three surgeries to completely remove it. They will send a part of the first bioptsy off to check for cancer. At this time they do not think it is cancerous. However, the risk of it becoming cancerous over the next few years is increasing, and because of the location of it - monitoring it is becoming more difficult as her hair grows in. We know the best option is to take care of it now. The option we chose is to remove it in sections, and "stretch" her skin so when she is done all she will have is a scar. We did not want to do a skin graft because she would be in surgery for a long time, and no hair would grow from the skin graft. Her first surgery is Thursday, November 13th. She will be in surgery for one hour. They will have to shave her head (oh no...it took these 16 long months to actually get that little bit of hair she has!) and she will have a "mummy wrap" for two days after. (Wish us good luck with trying to get her to leave that on!) They would like to do the second surgery 8 weeks after the first surgery, but they need to see how the first surgery goes, and evaluate how Hailey does with the anesthesia and recovery. I, of course, am a total wreck, but both Bridger and I know that this is the best solution at this time. Finally - for the Grandparents - here are a few pictures!
Carson and Hailey love WiiFit.
Keeping Carson and Hailey happy with no power. THANK GOODNESS for the laptop and Disney!
Our friends let us borrow their generator once their power came on...THANKS!
This is what our countertops looked like forever!
Munching on some goodies during show time! Hooray mommy's break time!
Keeping Carson and Hailey happy with no power. THANK GOODNESS for the laptop and Disney!
Our friends let us borrow their generator once their power came on...THANKS!
This is what our countertops looked like forever!
Munching on some goodies during show time! Hooray mommy's break time!
9 comments:
Good luck with her surgery. I am sure she will do great. Little kids can bounce back pretty fast.
The surgery will be a piece of cake and you'll do great! Heavenly Father will help you through it. As for keeping the wrappings on afterward, you can ask them for arm restraints or I could mail you ours! I got 2 pairs and one of them was too big (more for 12 months-2 years old) and then she can't bend her elbows to touch her head. Let me know. I'll really send them if you want. It sounds mean, but it will be for her own good and she's not gonna remember this.
We'll be thinking of your family - everything will go well.
Wow, I hope everything goes well with Hailey's surgeries. Let us know if you need us to take care of Carson for you while you are at the hospital with Hailey.
We love your family! Alisha, you are just amazing. We'll be here for you too. Also, we're available to watch Carson as well.
When are you going to ColdStone?
O scary. I know it's so tough to watch your children go through things like this. I wish you all the luck and hope the recovery is good too. I'm sure she'll be fine with the wrap. :)
Way stressful. I hope everything goes well. I just have to say Ilove the picture of the kids watching the laptop in without cloths. it sure seems like kids would prefer no cloths! At least Zach would rather run around naked.
Oh my goodness. Good luck with her surgery and recovery. Do you have a support system there to help you out...family, friends? We'll pray for you guys. Say hi to Bridger for me. Tell him district meeting is outside on the balcony. :)
I'm so sorry to hear that your little one has to have surgery. I hope things go well and you get the results you hope for.
I will be praying for your family!
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