So, I know a lot of you have seen this, but it never gets old:
http://meridianmagazine.com/youtube/081106swim.html
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
P.S.
I hope NO ONE gets this nasty cold that my mom and I have had for the last week. We have both been so sick! Last night I did find a "night cap" that helped = 2 antibiotic, 2 Mucinex, 4 Advil and 2 TBL of NyQuil all at the same time ;o)....I felt NOTHING until about an hour ago! Good luck to all.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Too Funny!
You have to check out this blog. I was laughing so hard! There is nothing bad on it except for a bunch of peoples pictures - oh how sad! http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Let me explain....
So, it is a very known fact that I love DISNEY and anything associated with it. When we got back from Disney World in September Johns said that we "needed to take a break from Disney.." blah blah blah....Well a few weeks ago we were at my parents and my dad started to talk to Jenn and her family about going to Disneyland. My mom needed to get out of the house after being cooped up for months now and Jenn's kids have never been. So, the reason we are going again is because we are going with my family this time. Maybe next year we can take a break and go to a DUKE game....Now that would make him happy!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The Kidney - 1 - 2 - 3
Sorry - best fun picture I could find! Oh and by the way (mom is going to kill me for this)
it does not sting for her to pee - but she is going a lot -
which is good!
Perfect pictures because Mom's new kidney is in 1st place!
The day that our family has been waiting for 1 year for finally happened on Friday, November 7, 2008. My aunt Debbie donated her left Kidney to my mom. They were scheduled to start the surgery at 11:00 but did not take Debbie back until 12:15 then my mom did not go in until 2:30. So, needless to say we sat a long time just waiting for a surgery that took what seemed like forever!
Both doc's came out a different times to let us know that everything went great. The doc that did Debbie's surgery said that he went in to moms when they put the new kidney in and as soon as they got it in and hooked up it immediately turned pink and started to work! What a relief! It took mom quite a while (2 1/2 extra hours) to come up to her room from recovery since she got really sick while in recovery. Then was sick all night, poor thing. As of last night she was still a little sick to her stomach, which they determined was the pain meds so changed those. Debbie has been doing great she was able to get up and walk around on her own yesterday, she said that her stomach is just really tender.
My mom and Debbie have such a great support group, our family was all there plus their sister and brother have spent a lot of time with both. We have all received many calls from family and friends letting us know of their love, support and prayers. I know both of there names are on every temple prayer roll from Utah to Hawaii and in some cases several times.
I am so thankful for the knowledge that the doctors have that they can do this operation by making a 6 inch incision to prolong someones life for so long. I am thankful for a boss who is so understanding in letting me have the time off that I need to be with my mom. I am especially thankful for my aunt who upon finding out there was a problem called immediately and told my mom that she would be the donor. It is selfless acts like this that truly make a family special.
As we get more information I will update. We are just so relieved that it is over and we can start to move on with a healthy kidney.
Now on to why my title is "The Kidney - 1 - 2 - 3". The other night Johns and I were watching Bridger so the rest of the Nall clan could go to an awards banquet. As Bridger was asking what I was doing I Friday he started to question the transplant. I told him that Debbie was giving one of her Kidneys to Mom. He asked what will they do with the 2 that my mom had so I told him that they leave them in her. He thought about this a little longer then kind of laughed a little and said. "So, Debbie will have 1 kidney, I have 2 and Grandma will have 3." He just thought that was the funniest thing going 1, 2, 3! I love the way that kids think!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
September - was there a September?
So, today I started to think about how fast this last few years have gone by and then I realized It has been over a month since I updated my blog about how fast August went by. Now September is over and October is 1/2 over!
What a great month of September that we had. First we went to Arizona and had a great little get away for Johns and I. We really needed the break, even though it was a working break! Upon returning we found that Jolene (Johns mom) had torn her meniscus in her knee and could not even walk. She has not had the best of luck this last year starting with breaking her right leg and left arm in December 2007 and now this to her left leg.
On September 18, Johns, Kent, Jolene and I headed to celebrate our 2nd anniversary and Kent & Jolene's 40th in sunny, humid Florida. We had such a great time while we were there. Jolene's sister Etta and her husband Don were able to meet up with us there and we had so much with them!
The Disney World trip was just what I expected WONDERFUL! I always have fun at anything Disney but this was really nice. We took it easy, Jolene had her "Jazzy" scooter to get her around and we were able to do everything we wanted with an added bonus of having a "handicap" person with us were able to get the best seats for the fireworks, parades and front of the line....my dream - I felt like my own year of a million dreams came true.
The only thing that was a little disheartening was it rained - ok poured but only for about 5 minutes - one of the days that we were at the magic kingdom and before going I had bought some $.90 (yes that is 90 cents) ponchos to wear for the "wet" rides (I have this thing about having wet clothes - yucky). We had taken a couple of the ponchos and put on the scooter to insure it did not get wet and ruined in the rain. We had parked it under one of the covered areas and went into the Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch - which by the way was the 2nd time we had gone there because of this "ooey gooey toffee cake" dessert can I just say a little bit of heaven - when we came out we had found that someone stole one of the $.90 ponchos! Oh my gosh a crime at Disney I was crushed! I guess they really needed it more than we did. Johns said that maybe it was for a little girl in her princess dress (that the parents spent $100 for but they could not buy a 90 cent poncho) and it needed to be covered.
Oh there are so many more stories about Disney World I could seriously go on and on. As soon as we get the 2700 pictures that Johns took plus the 300 that was on our photopass loaded I will add pictures.
Then on October 2nd I was able to go to the Utah History Museum and the U of U and the State Capitol with my niece Brianna. This same day my mom had her Gaul bladder taken out. She has not had any problems with it but they did an ultrasound and found that she had Gaul stones and before they can do the kidney transplant they had to take it out. Everything went perfect with it and I was able to meet up with them at the hospital that afternoon.
On October 9th Jolene was finally able to go in and have the surgery done on her knee. Everything went great on it and she even has pictures - so cool - I would love to be able to see a surgery like that in person. She is getting around ok and should be back to work on Monday.
Then today the BEST news was received my aunt Debbie is a full match with no health problems to be a kidney donor for my mom. We were a little worried the last couple weeks because one of the tests came back that she may have the same thing that my mom did so they had to repeat the test and the results are in and the surgery is a GO! So, on November 1st she will be flying in and the surgery will be on November 7th. It is very scary but my mom is as her doc said "in good shape for the shape she is in" so we will pray everything will go good. Please keep both my mom and my aunt in your prayers.
I am so thankful that my aunt is willing to do this for my mom. It was such a shock last year when we found out that she was in kidney failure to have Debbie offer this up for her is wonderful! We are so blessed to have the family that we do.
What a great month of September that we had. First we went to Arizona and had a great little get away for Johns and I. We really needed the break, even though it was a working break! Upon returning we found that Jolene (Johns mom) had torn her meniscus in her knee and could not even walk. She has not had the best of luck this last year starting with breaking her right leg and left arm in December 2007 and now this to her left leg.
On September 18, Johns, Kent, Jolene and I headed to celebrate our 2nd anniversary and Kent & Jolene's 40th in sunny, humid Florida. We had such a great time while we were there. Jolene's sister Etta and her husband Don were able to meet up with us there and we had so much with them!
The Disney World trip was just what I expected WONDERFUL! I always have fun at anything Disney but this was really nice. We took it easy, Jolene had her "Jazzy" scooter to get her around and we were able to do everything we wanted with an added bonus of having a "handicap" person with us were able to get the best seats for the fireworks, parades and front of the line....my dream - I felt like my own year of a million dreams came true.
The only thing that was a little disheartening was it rained - ok poured but only for about 5 minutes - one of the days that we were at the magic kingdom and before going I had bought some $.90 (yes that is 90 cents) ponchos to wear for the "wet" rides (I have this thing about having wet clothes - yucky). We had taken a couple of the ponchos and put on the scooter to insure it did not get wet and ruined in the rain. We had parked it under one of the covered areas and went into the Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch - which by the way was the 2nd time we had gone there because of this "ooey gooey toffee cake" dessert can I just say a little bit of heaven - when we came out we had found that someone stole one of the $.90 ponchos! Oh my gosh a crime at Disney I was crushed! I guess they really needed it more than we did. Johns said that maybe it was for a little girl in her princess dress (that the parents spent $100 for but they could not buy a 90 cent poncho) and it needed to be covered.
Oh there are so many more stories about Disney World I could seriously go on and on. As soon as we get the 2700 pictures that Johns took plus the 300 that was on our photopass loaded I will add pictures.
Then on October 2nd I was able to go to the Utah History Museum and the U of U and the State Capitol with my niece Brianna. This same day my mom had her Gaul bladder taken out. She has not had any problems with it but they did an ultrasound and found that she had Gaul stones and before they can do the kidney transplant they had to take it out. Everything went perfect with it and I was able to meet up with them at the hospital that afternoon.
On October 9th Jolene was finally able to go in and have the surgery done on her knee. Everything went great on it and she even has pictures - so cool - I would love to be able to see a surgery like that in person. She is getting around ok and should be back to work on Monday.
Then today the BEST news was received my aunt Debbie is a full match with no health problems to be a kidney donor for my mom. We were a little worried the last couple weeks because one of the tests came back that she may have the same thing that my mom did so they had to repeat the test and the results are in and the surgery is a GO! So, on November 1st she will be flying in and the surgery will be on November 7th. It is very scary but my mom is as her doc said "in good shape for the shape she is in" so we will pray everything will go good. Please keep both my mom and my aunt in your prayers.
I am so thankful that my aunt is willing to do this for my mom. It was such a shock last year when we found out that she was in kidney failure to have Debbie offer this up for her is wonderful! We are so blessed to have the family that we do.
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