We have a new family member...

Meet Hagen! We rescued/adopted him this past weekend from the Miniature Schnauzer Rescue of North Texas. He is a 5 year old schnauzer. He is such a sweet boy! He plays very well with Harley.

You can see more of him at:

www.everybodylovesharley.blogspot.com

Kati's band concert

Kati had her end of the year band concert last night. They sounded really good!

One of the songs they played was a Star Wars compilation song. She had a duet with the boy that you see next to her. They did great!!

Loralye

Loralye came for a visit with her crippled Aunt this week! Actually, she brought her mom out to get rid of her aunt's many many many gray hairs! Talk about service....if I can't get to the salon...she comes to me.

Those gray hairs scare the baby

Mom.....get me away from her...she's already broken her own leg...don't let her hurt me too!

Jamaica

When Bryan's dad Pat had his 2 weeks off from Iraq - he and Bonnie spent a week in Jamaica. They stayed at the Sandals Whitehouse resort. It is a fairly new resort on the South end of Jamaica. Their pictures are just breathtaking!! I thought I would share a few with you...

Ta da...

Well, I guess it was inevitable - I was gonna be casted. I went to the Ortho. Surgeon today. He did more xrays, and said the ankle bone is broken - and the ligament damage isn't as bad as it could be. He said the swelling doesn't concern him - anytime you break a bone there will be swelling. He said no need for surgery - as long as I follow his instructions, I should heal fine.

His instructions were however - no work until after he sees me again - in 3 weeks. He said I have to stay off of it and not try and put any weight on it for the 3 weeks. He said I need to continue to keep it up so the swelling will go down.

I'm not sure about the no work for 3 weeks thing. If I do follow that - we will have to cancel our vacation - as I'm sure my boss won't like me being off for 1 month and then coming back to go on vacation. Not to mention, I will have to use up all my vacation/sick/personal time to stay home and get paid. So, we shall see.

Cuter...

I thought the blog could use something cuter than my icky foot....so here is my couch buddy and Tayler...

*sigh*

Daily update in pictures. Not much change - except more yellow bruising. No reduction in swelling.

Another day...another update

I'm running of out titles for these posts....so sorry if they sound un-imaginative. I've had my foot up all day - above my heart (which is harder than one would think) and on ice almost all day. I slept with the ice pack in my bed last night also.

And....the verdict....still swollen. It's not any smaller. And today I've noticed that the rest of my foot is swollen too. The bruising is a nice shade of yellow - and has extended all the way down to my toes.

It just gets better and better

I won't gross anyone out with ankle pictures today. Just look again at yesterday's pictures and it still pretty much looks the same.

I did go back to the doctor yesterday. He said that it was entirely too swollen, so he did another set of xrays. He said there was so much edema on the inside and out, it was hard to tell. He did say that he's certain there is ligament damage. He said the popping noise I heard when it happened was more than likely the ligament tearing - not the bone. He said he couldn't tell the extent of the damage, due to the edema. So, he is sending me to an orthopedic surgeon. He told me that I have to stay off my foot, and keep it elevated and on ice, to help the swelling go down.

So...fractured ankle....torn ligament.....helpless....life is a freaking bowl of cherries.