Jarrod's rough day

Whew. If you didn't know before, Jarrod gets kidney stones. Well, he's had one very large one (That was 12mm which is not passable)for 2 years now and he finally decided to get it taken care of since it has been bothering him more frequently lately. His procedure was yesterday and they were supposed to have light sedation then they would use a laser contraption to blast the kidney stone and break it up into small passable pieces. While they were trying to sedate him, he got sick and so they had to put him completely under, and then they had trouble intubating him. Apparently, he has small airways. They even gave us a form that we a supposed to take to any future surgeries or procedures. So they finally got him sediated did the procedure and it all went well. He did bust a blood vessel in his eye when he got sick in the OR, so he looks just awful! Poor guy!

All was well, he was uncomfortable but was handling the pain well... Until about 2pm when the pan got unbearable and the Percocet wasn't helping at all! He put a call in to his Dr., who told him to try and tough it out till 9am when his office opened. He tried as long as he could but around 4:35, he had had enough. So my brother came over and stayed with Stratton while I took Jarrod to the ER. They gave him some good pain medication and we were back home around 8am. Jarrod rested and napped most of the day and so far hasn't needed anymore pain meds today. I am hoping that he can rest tonight and scan get some sleep! My mom and dad came earlier in the day and they took Stratton home with them in case we have another rough night. But hopefully it will be better than last night!

Issues!

I am having some major problems with my blogging program, live writer. For some reason it isn't letting me upload my posts. I am working to resolve the issue. . . Which may end up moving my blog to another provider that doesn't limit image uploads. I have all my posts from the past couple of weeks ready to upload so maybe I will figure it out soon!

Christmas Day!

We got up and went to Church before heading to Hickory Ridge for lunch and Christmas with the Gibson side of the family.

We had dinner and Christmas with the Staggs that evening. Stratton and his cousin Archer had so much fun playing with their new toys!

Christmas Eve Dinner

We always have dinner on Christmas eve with the Wilson's. This year was really a lot of fun! It seems like Christmas time is the only time the entire family comes together, so it was really great seeing everyone!

Stratton & Grandma

Smiling with Grandpa

Cutting up with cuz Wilson

Stratton & Adrian

After dinner we had to lose the shirt. He got pie all over it trying to sneak oreo bonbons!

Present time!

Our family

Uncle Doug reading the night before Christmas!

Christmas Eve Brunch

We had Christmas with my parent's and Dillon and Brandye on Christmas eve morning. My mom has been so busy taking care of my Nanny and Papa, I didn't want her to have to worry about having us over to their house.  It really worked out well. By the time they got there around 9am, Stratton had already opened all his Santa gifts and we had exchanged gifts with each other. I made a breakfast casserole and bacon and my mom brought fruit and Brandye brought muffins, so we sat down and ate breakfast and then exchanged gifts.

D & B got him this squishy frog. . .he wasn't a fan!

He thought it was funny to jump in the pile of paper!

He found a band-aid (gift label) and put it on his head

We had such a good time visiting and we put in Christmas Vacation before they had to leave to get ready for dinner at Grandma's house. Stratton did eventually pass out and take a long nap!

Christmas Morning!

We signed up for Santa's "Early Delivery Program" this year. Santa delivered Stratton's gift's on Friday night, the 23rd,  since we were going to have such a busy day on Sunday. It worked out great!

Christmas morning was a little different for us this year, as it was our first at our house. The last 2 years we have stayed the night with my mom and dad on Christmas eve, but we were ready to start our Christmas morning traditions at our own house this year.

Stratton got us up around 6am

Santa brought him a backhoe, dump truck and train set! Exactly what he asked for!

Santa filled his stocking with goodies!!

He also got lots of neat stuff from Mommy and Daddy!

"Daddy, Open it!"

We had such a good time, but it sure goes fast! All that shopping, wrapping and preparing and it's all over in a matter of minutes!! We have been so very blessed this year and went a little overboard, but it's worth it when we saw that big smile on little man's face!

School Party

Today was Stratton's school party and PJ day. The kids drew names and exchanged gifts and then got a visit from Santa before having snacks. Stratton didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, but he didn't want him to leave either! I told him he had to go back to the North Pole to finish making toys for Christmas. So as soon as Jarrod got home tonight that's what he told him- Santa had to leave to go home to the North Pole to make presents!  I was surprised that, that stuck with him!

 

After the party we ran home and got some clean clothes and some toys and I dropped him off with Uncle Dillon and Aunt Brandye for the evening, so I could go get a few things done and some presents wrapped! We also took Dusty her Christmas presents, a new bed and some treats and a "John Deere green heart toy" all picked out by Stratton.