Monday, May 9, 2011

A Total Shock

The Monday after Easter, I had a hair appointment.  A friend does my hair, so we spent almost 2 blissful hours chatting and having my hair cut.  I left around 11:30 and called my hubby on the way home.  We chatted a bit and I thought he sounded a little different.  I knew he had been feeling bad the last week or so, but I thought maybe he was tired or something.  I got home, finished school with the kids and was eating lunch when I got a text message from Greg.  He said he started feeling really bad and he took himself to the ER.  He also said not to worry and to stay at home, but I tend  to ignore his crazy rantings.  My mom took the kids and I went off to Emory University hospital.  Not very close by, but easy to get to for sure.  As you can imagine, I was a nervous wreck when I got there.  He wouldn't tell me what was wrong so I had nothing to go on. When I got there he was in a room and looked just fine.  He was smiling and talking, so I was a little relieved.  Then he told me he had a heart attack.  At 36 years old, my sweet husband had a heart attack and drove himself to the hospital.  I am so beyond thankful that it wasn't so severe that he couldn't get himself there, but to say this was a total and complete shock is an understatement.  The past few days have been kind of a whirlwind. 

Tuesday, he had a catherization to see if he had blockages that needed to be dealt with.  The doctor came out to tell me that he has several.  They needed to go in and put stents in at least 3 of them that caused the trouble, but there was a risk that the artery would rupture and they would have to do emergency bypass.  At that time they would take care of all of the blockages which would result in a triple or quadruple bypass.  The doctor was so nice, but honestly, I was a mess.  I was there by myself, scared to death.  I mean, my husband is 36 years old and we have two small children.  He can't leave us!  My dad passed away almost 9 years ago from complications from his quadruple bypass, so I really do not have a whole lot of great memories associated with the surgery. Thankfully my best friends talked to me on the phone through the whole thing. 

Finally, the surgeon came out and looked so relieved that it went well. He said that Greg was a very lucky man.  The stent placement went well and he was doing fine.  Later the doctors came in to talk to us and show us how bad his heart really is.  There were many more blockages that needed to be dealt with and he has diabetes.  Not to mention a valve problem in his heart.  They seemed confident that they could do the surgery and he can go on to live a long, healthy life.  As long as he continues his medication and doctors appointments.  Obviously a healthy lifestyle is important too, but as genetics have played a huge role in this event, there isn't anything we can do to change that. 

His second stent placement was scheduled for May 2nd.  They put three more stents in after a very long surgery.  he was bumped once for an emergency, then they had trouble getting the line started in his wrist and ended up going through his leg again.  The surgery was only supposed to last 60-90 minutes, but was closer to 2 hours.  I was SO nervous!  It was a little harder on him than the last one, but he seems to have bounced back just fine.  We are home now, and while I am afraid to let him out of my sight, I am just trying to trust that he will be okay.  It is so hard.

I know this is a long post, and if you made it this far, thanks!  I really needed to write this out for my own therapy.  :)  There will many changes ahead and uncertainties to be sure, but together we can get through anything.

**I posted this at my other blog as well.  The Days of Our School Lives

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

What We Have Been Up To...

It has been absolutely glorious weather here lately!  I'm almost afraid to look at the forecast because I don't really want to know how soon it will leave us.  I know it is only February, but really, we have had a tough winter for us Georgians.  We NEVER get snow like we have this year.  And really, really cold temps.  Too much for my flip flop wearing feet to bear.  (Yes, I did actually wear something besides flip flops during the snow storm of the century.  Crocs count, right?)

So, we have had park days, and picnics.  School outside and walks around the lake. Cookouts and sweet tea drinking.  Have I taken one.single.picture.?  No.  I know, bad mommy. I have crafted just a smidge and I did take a picture of that finished product.  It doesn't move real fast, so I was able to take my time.  :)

I plan to be back to my bloggy self here soon.  I just don't want to waste any of this precious perfect weather.  All too soon it will be hotter than Hades and I will need the sweet relief of the air conditioning.  Hope ya'll are enjoying some milder temps too!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Menu Plan Monday

I was a bad menu planner last week.  I didn't follow it very well at all.  Greg was home using some vacation time for 2 days, so we really just winged it for the first part of the week.  He will be off the end of this week, so hopefully we can stay closer to our plan.  :)

Monday

Chicken Tacos


Tuesday
Chicken and Rice (didn't have it last week), green beans, applesauce, rolls

Wednesday
Ham, Augratin Potatoes, Lima beans, rolls

Thursday
Chicken pot Pie (from freezer) or hamburger pie

Friday
Date night (kids are spending the night with friends)

Saturday
Pizza and Movie Night

I plan on making brownies for dessert this week and some apple cinnamon muffins (my apples are really close to the end of their time) for breakfast. If you would like recipes for anything, just let me know!  Hope you all have a great week! Oh, almost forgot!  Linking up here.  :)

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Invitational

Since I want this blog to be all about our life, I will be posting about different accomplishments the kids have made. I hope you will all indulge me just a little with this proud mommy moment.  :)

This past weekend Brynn competed in her first away meet of this season.  We knew that she was showing improvement at practice and she also has been having private lessons each week, so we were hopeful that her scores would reflect that.  They most definitely did!

She scored 8.7 on vault giving her 3rd place, 8.8 on bars also for 3rd,  9.125 on beam, again for 3rd, here she is on beam right before she lunges into her handstand.  Awesome form!


And..... 1st place on floor with a 8.950!!!! We are SO happy for her!!!  Here's a couple of pictures.  This is how she begins her floor, in a straddle split switch to left leg split.


This is in the middle of her routine, part of her dance pass...


Here she is after she finished.  She knows she did great by her score, but had no idea she got 1st!


Her coach said she was a little disappointed she didn't get a 9.0 on floor, but we are still so happy for her!  

A proud moment as she was awarded the floor champion medal.


The team also received 1st place at the meet.   


Just a wonderful day for my sweet girl.  We are so very proud of her.  She works so hard every week at the gym and sometimes has to make sacrifices because of her schedule, but I know this makes it all worth it for her.  Right before she went to bed she said "Mommy, I'm a floor champion!!!"  Love!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Menu Plan Monday


 Welcome back!  It's a new week and time for some old favorites around our house.  We tried fish tacos last week, and it just wasn't for us.  Maybe a different recipe?  I don't know.  I'm not sure I can convince hubby to try them again.  Here's what's on the menu this week:

Monday
Grilled Steak, baked potato, corn and for dessert we are going to try these molten chocolate cakes.  Yummy!

Tuesday
Chicken and rice casserole, green beans and rolls.  Probably a fruit salad on the side if I can run to the grocery store.

Wednesday
Tacos and spanish rice

Thursday
Hamburgers and Mac and Cheese with a salad on the side
Friday
Pizza night!
Saturday
Brynn has a gymnastics meet, so we will go out to eat with the team afterwards.

That's it!  Hopefully I will have time to find some new recipes for next week.   Linking up here.  Have a great week everyone!