Happy Thanksgiving.
I'm grateful for modern medicine. Very grateful.
Because we're back!
Yes, we are in the hospital, again.
About a week ago, I noticed that Olivia wasn't her usual jolly, cute self. She has another UTI.
What she has is pseudomonas aeruginosa. I think it sounds like a really cool Harry Potter spell.
Sadly, it's not. It's a pretty vicious bacteria that's pretty hard to kill.
Even as I write this, she's having a PICC put in. She's got another 9 days of IV antibiotics ahead of her. So, they are going to send her home with a home health nurse coming in every 12 hours to do more antibiotics. I would rather they do a PICC line than have 5 IV sticks in her future. She's an IV blower. IVs are hard to do on her.
I also have a cold. Aaron got one from Hayden and decided to share with me. I still love them.
Chaos abounds at home where we are still trying to unpack boxes and settle into our new abode. I love the house and all those who reside within.
I'm thankful to and grateful for all those who've helped us so far in our jouney.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
WAYYYYY Behind.
I'm so far behind in posting that I'll never catch up, but I'll do little summary of all that has happened.
We MOVED! It's a happy.. sad move. We are happy to finally have some space, but sad to leave our ward.
Why we moved:
Here's the tale of why the Mellors moved.
With the economy how it was..er... is, we realized that we would not be able to sale our home and get the space we needed. We were told that we were going to be foreclosing on the home, but the bank won't let us do that. We would like to short sale, but the bank has been rejecting all offers in our townhomes.
We were in the process of short-saling, but decided against it in Dec of last year and started making payments again, (we'd only missed 3). In Feb, Curt lost his job and by the time we were able to make payments again, we looked into modifying the loan. We were told that we had to have this be our primary residence for 5 years. No bueno.
We would rent it out, but we hate out HOA so much. They have made things miserable for me, because I've been so outspoken against them and their unapproved changes. They are also wanting to raise their rates as they please. HOAs are rediculous.
We found a house that was great for us and we could afford it. It has 2x the space and breathing room.
Our new address? 321 W. Ninth Street, Mesa, 85201
The worst part? We missed the Trunk or Treat. Our Halloween (my favorite holiday) was spent moving. I went to the store and bought a bag of candy. It was sad. There were no costumes this year... which should make next year so much BETTER! (right? Please tell me that next year will be better.)
:)
We MOVED! It's a happy.. sad move. We are happy to finally have some space, but sad to leave our ward.
Why we moved:
Here's the tale of why the Mellors moved.
With the economy how it was..er... is, we realized that we would not be able to sale our home and get the space we needed. We were told that we were going to be foreclosing on the home, but the bank won't let us do that. We would like to short sale, but the bank has been rejecting all offers in our townhomes.
We were in the process of short-saling, but decided against it in Dec of last year and started making payments again, (we'd only missed 3). In Feb, Curt lost his job and by the time we were able to make payments again, we looked into modifying the loan. We were told that we had to have this be our primary residence for 5 years. No bueno.
We would rent it out, but we hate out HOA so much. They have made things miserable for me, because I've been so outspoken against them and their unapproved changes. They are also wanting to raise their rates as they please. HOAs are rediculous.
We found a house that was great for us and we could afford it. It has 2x the space and breathing room.
Our new address? 321 W. Ninth Street, Mesa, 85201
The worst part? We missed the Trunk or Treat. Our Halloween (my favorite holiday) was spent moving. I went to the store and bought a bag of candy. It was sad. There were no costumes this year... which should make next year so much BETTER! (right? Please tell me that next year will be better.)
:)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Chocolate Vacuum
I have people tell me all the time that I have my hands full. Not really, but sometimes they're right.
Hayden is the best kid with a very active imagination.
BUT...
There are moments where he drives me C-R-A-Z-Y!!
This morning, I woke up to the sound of the vacuum. I had taken a nap because I haven't slept very well lately, in addition to the normal new-mom sleep. So, here I am, taking my nap and so I look over at the clock. It's 9:10. Olivia's asleep, Aaron and Alyssa have gone to school, and I dropped Curt off at the lightrail this morning. HAYDEN! So, I get my older-feeling bones and ever-sore back out of bed to find that it is, indeed, "Three". He's laughing like a mad man and has the vacuum stick-sucker-thingy out and is vacuuming the powder out of the NesQuik tube. The nice big tube, the one that costs quite a bit.
I turn it off and ask what he's doing. Oh, he's making chocolate milk. He told me that while I was asleep, I couldn't make it for him. So, he's making his own. He'd been asleep when I went down 1/2 hour before and he usually wakes me up. He told me that I looked cranky, I needed to get better, and that he didn't want to deal with cranky.
He's smart in his own little way. He had emptied the vacuum canister and rinsed it out with water, was sucking the chocolate powder up and was going to add milk and suck it with a straw. That way he wouldn't make a mess.
This may sound disgusting, he's thinking things through.
Hayden is the best kid with a very active imagination.
BUT...
There are moments where he drives me C-R-A-Z-Y!!
This morning, I woke up to the sound of the vacuum. I had taken a nap because I haven't slept very well lately, in addition to the normal new-mom sleep. So, here I am, taking my nap and so I look over at the clock. It's 9:10. Olivia's asleep, Aaron and Alyssa have gone to school, and I dropped Curt off at the lightrail this morning. HAYDEN! So, I get my older-feeling bones and ever-sore back out of bed to find that it is, indeed, "Three". He's laughing like a mad man and has the vacuum stick-sucker-thingy out and is vacuuming the powder out of the NesQuik tube. The nice big tube, the one that costs quite a bit.
I turn it off and ask what he's doing. Oh, he's making chocolate milk. He told me that while I was asleep, I couldn't make it for him. So, he's making his own. He'd been asleep when I went down 1/2 hour before and he usually wakes me up. He told me that I looked cranky, I needed to get better, and that he didn't want to deal with cranky.
He's smart in his own little way. He had emptied the vacuum canister and rinsed it out with water, was sucking the chocolate powder up and was going to add milk and suck it with a straw. That way he wouldn't make a mess.
This may sound disgusting, he's thinking things through.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Snails.
it's 10:15 at night and my two sons are outside, in the rain, lighting snails on fire. Should I be worried? They are having fun, and I'm not sure I want to interrupt it just for bedtime.
Super Saturday!
I'm so excited!
Before we leave this ward, I get to have a Super Saturday with my Ward Sisters!
I want to do everything that they are offering, but know that I can't spend the time. Maybe I can just buy the kits and assemble them after we are moved and settled ?
I'll try to post pictures (as soon as I get some new batteries and an SD card for the camera. Oh, and a hubby to do it for me.)
Before we leave this ward, I get to have a Super Saturday with my Ward Sisters!
I want to do everything that they are offering, but know that I can't spend the time. Maybe I can just buy the kits and assemble them after we are moved and settled ?
I'll try to post pictures (as soon as I get some new batteries and an SD card for the camera. Oh, and a hubby to do it for me.)
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Some news...
is good news, right?
Things are going well and we have adjusted to being home from the hospital.
She's doing well and sleeping a lot. She's always tired because her body is always in a growth spurt. She was at 7bs. 5 oz. at the Dr's on Tuesday, so she's gaining again. Her weight dropped for a week and now she's on her way again.
Aaron, Alyssa and Hayden are excited to move.
Oh, did I forget to mention that? Yeah, we are moving. I'm having a hard time with all of this moving stuff. But, I'm excited too.
Here's the hard part. We are leaving a home and ward that we've been in for 12 years. We are walking away from our home. We have 6 people now living in less than a 1,000 square feet. We don't have any room to breathe. It's lead to constant contention in our home. Our home isn't work 1/4 of what we owe, and we can't rent it out without losing money. Our HOA is horrible, they are possibly raising the monthly fee to $200. They don't do anything and they are wasteful.
We are leaving our ward. I have some wonderful friends that are here. I'm not going far, but it's still going to be hard not seeing them every week. Our current ward was hard for a while, because I was working. Once I quit, it was different. I had time to try harder to make friends. The one thing that I think helped was joining a book group that had been established for a few years. I loved it and learned to truly love the women in it. They are women that I will never NOT be friends with. FYI, I totally miss my friend Myra. She moved away and whenever I see her house, I want to go knock on the door in hopes that she'll answer. I'm conversationally wandering. So...
Here's the wonderful exciting part. The house we are moving into has 5 bedrooms and 2x the size of our little home. It's also the same price as our little home. There's a pool, which makes me a little nervous. Alyssa will finally have some privacy and so will Aaron. They are both in that stage of life (pre-teen) where they need to be able to have a place to study peacefully. Olivia is very sound sensitive and so we need to have a quiet place for her to sleep.
We are also going to have room to have people over without stressing where they will sit. We we finally be able to get a dining table. Curt and I have never had one of those. We've always sat in front of the TV because there is no room. (We have a bar window and it's always been in the way) It's just up the street and closer to Aaron's school, so he'll be able to ride his bike and Alyssa's bus stop is just around the corner. They can stay at their schools.
So, we are excited, nervous anxious and sad.
Things are going well and we have adjusted to being home from the hospital.
She's doing well and sleeping a lot. She's always tired because her body is always in a growth spurt. She was at 7bs. 5 oz. at the Dr's on Tuesday, so she's gaining again. Her weight dropped for a week and now she's on her way again.
Aaron, Alyssa and Hayden are excited to move.
Oh, did I forget to mention that? Yeah, we are moving. I'm having a hard time with all of this moving stuff. But, I'm excited too.
Here's the hard part. We are leaving a home and ward that we've been in for 12 years. We are walking away from our home. We have 6 people now living in less than a 1,000 square feet. We don't have any room to breathe. It's lead to constant contention in our home. Our home isn't work 1/4 of what we owe, and we can't rent it out without losing money. Our HOA is horrible, they are possibly raising the monthly fee to $200. They don't do anything and they are wasteful.
We are leaving our ward. I have some wonderful friends that are here. I'm not going far, but it's still going to be hard not seeing them every week. Our current ward was hard for a while, because I was working. Once I quit, it was different. I had time to try harder to make friends. The one thing that I think helped was joining a book group that had been established for a few years. I loved it and learned to truly love the women in it. They are women that I will never NOT be friends with. FYI, I totally miss my friend Myra. She moved away and whenever I see her house, I want to go knock on the door in hopes that she'll answer. I'm conversationally wandering. So...
Here's the wonderful exciting part. The house we are moving into has 5 bedrooms and 2x the size of our little home. It's also the same price as our little home. There's a pool, which makes me a little nervous. Alyssa will finally have some privacy and so will Aaron. They are both in that stage of life (pre-teen) where they need to be able to have a place to study peacefully. Olivia is very sound sensitive and so we need to have a quiet place for her to sleep.
We are also going to have room to have people over without stressing where they will sit. We we finally be able to get a dining table. Curt and I have never had one of those. We've always sat in front of the TV because there is no room. (We have a bar window and it's always been in the way) It's just up the street and closer to Aaron's school, so he'll be able to ride his bike and Alyssa's bus stop is just around the corner. They can stay at their schools.
So, we are excited, nervous anxious and sad.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Home?
Not being able to place an IV or a PICC line in the little Jellybean has proven to be a blessing!!!
Because they had to get the Antibiotics into her, they had to give her shots. That lasted for 3 whole shots every 6 hours. A nurse had to call someone in to do it, because she didn't want to poke anymore holes into Olivia. Her liver enzymes came back normal, so the Dr (we love her!) decided that we could switch to a 10 day treatment that would only have 1 shot perday. We were on day 7, so that meant that there were 3 days left to go. So, we had 3 days with 3 shots. Today was the 2nd shot, which means that if her levels all come back normal, we can go home after her shot tomorrow afternoon.
I seriously CAN wait, I'm not looking forward to how my home looks since I've been gone since last Thursday. I've lived at the hospital and have left only twice. I've visited home on one of the trips and saw my new-to-me couches. (They are wonderful, Thanks Sarah.)
So, does this mean that life can get back to our "new normal"? I sure hope so.
Because they had to get the Antibiotics into her, they had to give her shots. That lasted for 3 whole shots every 6 hours. A nurse had to call someone in to do it, because she didn't want to poke anymore holes into Olivia. Her liver enzymes came back normal, so the Dr (we love her!) decided that we could switch to a 10 day treatment that would only have 1 shot perday. We were on day 7, so that meant that there were 3 days left to go. So, we had 3 days with 3 shots. Today was the 2nd shot, which means that if her levels all come back normal, we can go home after her shot tomorrow afternoon.
I seriously CAN wait, I'm not looking forward to how my home looks since I've been gone since last Thursday. I've lived at the hospital and have left only twice. I've visited home on one of the trips and saw my new-to-me couches. (They are wonderful, Thanks Sarah.)
So, does this mean that life can get back to our "new normal"? I sure hope so.
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