Thursday, October 27, 2011

Thursday Update

Long sleeves.
They've been gathering dust on my closet shelf for at least 7 months.
Getting passed over routinely for the running tanks and short sleeves.
But this morning that all changed. 
It was the first day for the long sleeves this running season.
Seriously, this morning was so fantastic.  It was dark and cold...well, maybe not quite cold, but definitely very cool... and perfect at 5:45.   Just the way I like it. Ideal for another fast run.  And it was.

This morning was also the first morning for Ryan and his new cast.  Cast #4, that is.  He got black in celebration of Halloween.  Afton might spruce it up with an orange duct tape band around the top.  We'll see.  He had x-rays yesterday and his fracture is starting to heal on the interior part of the bone, but it's still a clear break all the way through on the exterior.   Last week's discovered blood clot (that brought a day of appointments, more x-rays, another cast cut up and replaced, a trip to the imaging center for an ultrasound, a trip to the hospital, and a week of twice daily self-administered blood thinning shots to the abdomen) was not our most exciting discovery, to say the least.  Ryan has been such a trooper through this whole ordeal, but I can definitely see those moments here and there when he is just so sick of it.  Sick of the crutches, sick of the scooter, sick of the immobility, sick of the hassle, sick of the doctor visits, pretty much just sick of it all.

Although this latest ultrasound (Tuesday morning) still shows that the blood clot is there, the pains in his leg have subsided and the clot hasn't moved above the knee, so the docs are saying it's low risk for now.  So he's off the blood thinners for now and hopefully nothing eventful will come up over the next couple of weeks before he has to go back in again. 

As for the rest of our lives, we're pretty much doing the norm.  Lots of softball games.  Lots.  But we like it that way. We like being outdoors and watching our girls be active. Our littles love playing at the ball park three nights a week and staying up late and seeing how many treats they can sneakily buy from the concession stand while I am not looking.    We love associating with good friends there and having our parents come and support the girls at most every game.  Our kids' grandparents are amazing.  So involved.  So dedicated.  I hope I am half as amazing as a grandma when it's my turn.   This is the last week of regular season fall ball play before the tourney starts this weekend for Barrett.  Afton's team is done for the season tonight. 

The kiddos are all doing fantastic in school too.  I had parent teacher conferences last week and I couldn't have been more pleased as I listened to all of their teachers say such nice things about our kids.  Ryan and I were, of course, happy to see straight A's across the board, but truth be told, that's what we expect.  And the kids know it.  They know they are capable of it and that their best is what we ask.  So far, so good.

Since this is a random update of sorts, I'll just add that tomorrow we're doing something cool.  Super cool.  We are going on a helicopter tour of the Superstitions and East Valley tomorrow morning with my parents.  It was Mike & Shari's Christmas gift to us last year, but we had a hard time scheduling it during the spring when the weather was nice due to a million conflicts, and then the summer heat didn't sound too appealing.  So we are finally going and I can't wait.  I just hope everything is safe.  In some way, it's a little ominous to think about "what if," especially since Ryan, me and my folks will all be on the same helicopter.  Just pray for a safe flight!  Hopefully I'll have some cool pics to post.

Until then, Happy Thursday.  And Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law, Cheri. Hope your day is fantastic.

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