Too bad there's not a doctor in the fam! and more

So after Jayna had an awful winter with tons of sore throats and tonsils that are always huge, she had them removed on July 9th. I was hesitant about it- worried about the cost, and also the necessity of it, but in the end felt it was the right thing to do and that I shouldn't worry about it. She did much better on the morning of surgery than I expected- doing a dance in the bathroom as she changed into her gown and goofing off. As the nurse was taking her medical history and the nurse said you don't smoke- Jayna's like yes I smoke! Good for some comic relief. She got nervous for a bit- and I'm so thankful for Project Linus- they make blankets for kids having surgery or maybe in the hospital too- so the nurse let Jayna pick out a lovely fleece blanket that has like a knitted trim around it. It was perfect- something to snuggle up to ( I had asked her if she wanted to take a lovey with her, but she had said no) and also hide under as needed. There are so many great charity organizations and you don't appreciate them until you are on the other end. She came out of surgery rather quickly, and we were out the door about 3 hours after we had signed her in. I was so glad I could hold her as she was waking up from the anesthesia- she laid on me and fell asleep on me. It was sweet too seeing my husband be emotional about seeing her too. He said he felt more compassion for her than he knew he would. She recovered well- we had a little scare with some nosebleeds, but seems to thankfully be over that. I'm thankful for everyone's good wishes, my sister Mary who is a nurse who always gets questions and is willing to answer them, for Jayna's primary teachers who brought her over ice cream...

The pediatrician had recommended Andrew and Whitney both get screened for scoliosis- I had initially put it off when it was just Whitney- but when they said both of them I thought maybe I should look into it- I do have one sister that has mild scoliosis- Anyhow the x-rays came back ok for that, but Andrew has kyphosis - think hunchback- and is scheduled to see an orthopedic specialist later this month.

Summer has gone pretty well so far- actually better than I expected. I was nervous the older kids would be hiding out in their room- or texting or computer or ipods all day. We do have some of that, but not too too much. Each week they pull a card that has an activity that we'll do together during that week- so far we've gone to the book store (they each had a budget they could spend), and gone to pick strawberries, this week we are going bowling.

Just read- Glass Castle- by Jeannette Wells- good story
Reading now- The Shack- hmm, not so sure about it yet.

And so it goes....