Zeke's Surgery!

UPDATE...I was scared half to death today when changing Zeke's diaper. His poor privates were so swollen they were barely recognizable. Not to mention his diaper had some blood. I called his doctor immediately and she told me to watch it. 30 minutes later, another diaper change due to Zeke complaining of pain, and to my utter disgust, Zeke's diaper was full of blood. I rushed right up to the Dr. I was told that Zeke had developed a blood clot and they needed to squeeze his privates to fix it. After much agony and screaming by Zeke, they wrapped it up really tightly and sent us to roam PCMC for 30 minutes to see how it did. After another review the Dr. sent us home and told me to take the bandage off in two days. If the blood clot came back after that they would need to go back in for surgery, undue the stitches, fix the bleeding, then restitch. The Dr. stated that he thought we wouldn't have to do that and it is rare to have the clot come back again, however, a clot in the first place only happens to less than 1% of boys. So keep Zeke in your prayers.

Zeke had surgery on Monday at Primary Children's. The official term was "repair of incomplete circumcision and excision of lesions". Jesse and I chose to have our boys circumcised right after they are born. Zeke's never really looked right. His pediatrician at the time of the first circumcision was Dr. Mark Templeman. To make a really long and graphic story short, it never looked like it was even done in the first place and he had some painful things that had to be done a couple times. Six months after that I changed pediatricians to the wonderful Dr. Paul Ferreira, (thanks Adri). He explained to me that he thought Zeke had a fat pad above his privates and that is why he didn't looked circumcised. Everything will look better when he slims out. Well that is what we were going with until May of this year. Dr. Ferreira looked at it again and changed his mind stating that the first circumcision was not performed correctly and Zeke needed to see a Urologist now because of his age.

So after taking Zeke to see Dr. Chad Wallis, Zeke was scheduled for surgery. At this stage Zeke had to be put to sleep and needed stitches. We were at the hospital from 10:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. for the surgery. He wasn't allowed to eat anything all morning so he was very cranky. I tried to keep him entertained as long as possible. The nurses finally decided to give him Valium to calm him down. I know it is not supposed to be funny, but is was so funny to see him react. He started saying Hi to everybody and smiling really big! The pictures of him with the "drunk" look on his face are after the Valium kicked in. He is recovering very well at home and I am glad it is all over! He was a very brave boy!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

I volunteered to take Evie and Lydie while Adri worked a wake for Starks Funeral Parlor. Unfortunately if I agree to baby sit, Audrey ends up babysitting too. Because we live in the same house, it is virtually impossible to keep the kids separated. Audrey was a good sport about the whole thing. So last night we had Ayana, Mikayla, Evie, Lydie and our neighbors Sydnie and Bella over. As hectic as 6 girls can be, it is great to see them all bonding and I know the time Ayana spends with her cousins is so important to her development as a person.

All we were missing was Emmy! We love you Emmy Rose!

Friends Past & Present!

In school I had this friend, Natalie Webb. Her sense of humor was awesome and she was always so down to earth. Unlike a lot of my other friends. She excelled at basketball and she could be counted on whenever you needed her. Although our friendship became a little more distant in our High School years, and became non-existent after high school, memories of a friend were kept in my mind.

After my mom and other family members started blogging, Natalie wandered upon their blogs and shortly after I started blogging, she contacted me. I was thrilled! It was so nice to hear from her and read her blog to get caught up on the families we have created for ourselves. We still have so much in common in weird and "twilight zone like" ways. I look forward to continuing to catch up with her and having our kids meet soon. Natalie is one of those girls I don't mind having a friendship with. For those of you who know me, I don't get along with other females real well. Thank goodness for Natalie, Shari, Kristy & Jesi! Natalie, I hope you don't kill me for this picture!

To my BFF's, and you know who you are, nobody will ever take the place of you guys!

Bar-B-Que!

It is always so nice to have a BBQ at Nana & Grandpa's house! The meat is seasoned and grilled to perfection by the men, and the sides and desserts are made by the women! I love to have these BBQ's at my parent's house. My family is so incredible and I never get tired of being around them.

X, / or Gutter?

Audie, Nana and I took the girls bowling today. We had such a good time. Always up for some friendly competition, we each bet $1.00. I won with a score of 106 and collected my booty of $5.00. Mom won the second game with a score of 110. The girls are actually pretty good little bowlers. Shortly before leaving to Hawaii, Evelyn wanted Nana to wear her Speed Racer bracelet so she wouldn't forget Evie while they were gone. It brought Nana good luck Evie!