The results from the lump!

I forgot to mention this in the last post, but yesterday we went in for the follow up for Gavin's surgery and the results of what it was. The Dr said that it came back as a very rare tumor. They are going to have to do another surgery in which they will remove a centimeter more around the whole incision and they'll send that off to make sure that they got it all.. The next surgery is scheduled for August 13th

Gavin's Surgery

Gavin found a lump on his neck about a year ago... we originally thought it might be a spider bite, and then it still didn't go away so we thought maybe it was a pimple or something but it still didn't go away so earlier this month I made an appointment to have the ENT check it out, he said he thought it was just a cyst and we scheduled the surgery for July 23rd.

I have to tell you this part! Gavin is not anywhere close to a kid who will hold still or let you do anything that he doesn't want to. If he gets scared, he'll start screaming, and kicking and blocking you from doing anything that you're trying to do!!

So back to the surgery... he was going to have to be put to sleep with the IV and then of course get the surgery. I didn't tell Gavin much about it so that I didn't get him scared and have to drag him in to the place. We got to the place and we let him take his blanket, his stuffed frog and a Ben 10 toy.... we were set! We got back for them to give him versed which was supposed to calm him down. Well the lady giving him the medicine, which was just liquid told him it would make him feel goofy... this was what set him off. She went to give it to him and he started screaming and kicking and covering his mouth... she asked if we didn't want to give it to him and I told her that he definately needs it if there were going to get further than here! SO I told Gavin they changed their minds and they just needed to give him tylenol! It worked! Thank goodness! The Dr came in to talk to us before the surgery was done and he wanted to draw on the lump to mark it for surgery, that was a no go for Gavin, so he skipped that part. Then the anesthesiologist came in and asked if Gav would go with him and Gavin said "In a wheelchair" thankfully he went along with it and grabbed the wheelchair to take Gavin.. then everything went well... Here's the pictures from before the surgery!

Swimming with the Kids

Brittany and I went up to Layton to go swimming with Shari and her kids... The kids seemed to have a lot of fun. Paisley really loved it and even Bronson did! Thanks Brittany for coming up and helping me!!

Gavin's Last T-Ball Game

Gavin was in T-Ball this year. He did really well and seemed to like it... most of the time. He was excited to get a trophy after his game!

Dallas turned 32

Dallas didn't want to do anything for his birthday. So we just had a small get together with my parents and Shari and Arthur. We had dinner and then cake and ice cream!

This is the place

This year I took the kids down to this is the place for thier family fun day! We met up with Shari and her kids. It was super hot but there was a lot of shade so that was nice. The kids got to ride a pony, make necklaces, bag puppets and paint pictures and then they played on the playground. Everyone seemed to have a great time!

Catch up...

I haven't been doing so good at blogging lately... here's an attempt to catch up...

Since the last post my Mom finally had her surgery to have her gallbladder taken out! I get all worried with my Mom going in for anything after her scary surgery where everything that could go wrong did go wrong... luckily this surgery seemed to go just as expected. I got to the hospital right before they took her in to the surgery. Dad and I waited in the waiting room and played some card game on his phone! Her surgery lasted about an hour and then she was in recovery for about the same time. I snagged one picture before she went in... I told her SMILE... YOU'D DO IT TO US!!

I also missed writing about the 4th of July! I love this holiday! It's one of my favorites next to Christmas! I got Paisley a cute outfit and I made my 1st ever bows and even made a cute bracelet!! They turned out cute! We went to Murray park as always and Aunt Debbie and Uncle Buddy were able to come up from Arizona, so that was nice! Oh, ya the morning of the 4th my cousin Marshall got baptized so we went to that too! It was a great day! Here are some pictures.

Dr Visits

We took Bronson in again for his therapy, we were told that his neck is tightening up again, and he has weak chest and trunk muscles so I was given several exercises to do with Mr Bronson. The therapist and also the Dr said that he should be rolling around by now, but isn't. So we have to work on that!
Paisley and Bronson also had their well child check ups. Paisley is doing good. She's been having fevers for no reason, so the Dr said to keep watching them and if they aren't gone on Monday to bring her in to get checked for a UTI. As far as everything else goes...
She is in the 44th percentile for her weight and in her height she is in the 80th percentile. So she's growing good! She had to get 1 shot and she was NOT happy about it!
Bronson is in the 31st percentile for his weight and in the 77th percentile for his height. He had to get 3 shots and actually didn't cry a whole lot. What a trooper!!