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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Misc.
Pic of me at 28 weeks. It is wild to see! I know that I am getting big but this is crazy! =)
Tank with Molly...this is the guy that came to fill her oxygen tanks every 2 weeks. He was happy & sad to hear we were not going to be seeing him anymore. He has watched Molly grow up. He has filled her o2 tanks since she came home 2 years ago.
Molly at pool with her friends, Gabe and Caleb. Molly absolutely loves the water so this was a very tiring day for all of us. She loved the baby pool but was very apprehensive to sit in her swing ring in the big pool. She was still apprehensive with me holding her. She just want to run and go.
Molly got to ride in the combine with the farmers who were harvesting the winter wheat. She kept signing BIG! =) It was a chore for them to harvest because this field was in the path of the tornado. It had trees in the middle, roofing and siding everywhere!
After the combine ride she wanted to play in her pool. Th is is her I am having fun face! We finally just let her get in with her clothes on. She had a blast getting daddy wet! =)
Molly and I ventured out to the Children's museum.....I was tired of being in the house all of the time. We went by ourselves. I don't know how much longer I can do that before Jonah comes. This is Molly with Curious George!
That same week we went to the zoo with Nurse Becca. We saw the Koalas and Molly took her first train ride around the zoo......she went with Becca and I sat in the shade to eat an ice cream cone. It was of course really hot so we only stayed until nap time.
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This is one of my favorite pics of my family. Molly has the most unbelieveable smile in her face! Molly also couldn't stay out of the water. She absolutely loves the water! We had gone to visit Nana Kathy at her work....Molly wanted to try out driving one of the golf carts.
We (Nana, G'pa and I) took Molly to the County fair. Boy was that an adventure. She loved every minute of it.....except for the part where the heat took over us. Molly got to sit on tractors, see goats, llamas, rabbits, cow, and pigs. She was also very intrigued by our grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. We finished our visit by going into the 4-H building. It brought back many memories of my 10 years of 4-H. Molly loved to run around. She also found all of the photography exhibits very fun to look at. The pics were bright and had animals in them.
These are some pics of our barn being torn down. These are from Wed. night. We left for Cincinnati on Thursday morning and when we came back on Fri. night it was in one big pile. They will come on Monday and burn the rest. It is hard to see it go. It had been on the homestead since the 50's when Grandpa built it. It was still very sturdy, but no contractor would rebuild it. Our only option was to tear it down. The view of our house is much different already. It is only going to become more different. When we bought the house........our favorite part of the area was all of the trees. I can't take Molly outside anymore on a warm day because there isn't any shade. I know that we can now make it our own and it isn't what Grandpa had done. We have a new canvas to work with. It is just going to take us a very long time to get it the way we want. I want to work in the yard right now but physically I can't do anything. I am so worn out just taking care of Molly! =) I feel like a wieny! =)
Pic. of me at 32 weeks...Sorry, we didn't get around to that! I am now 34 weeks! =) I feel like a house. It is very different than when I had Molly! I could never tell people I understood all of the aches and pains! I can now!
The Riley Foundation has been very good to Molly. Molly and I usually speak for them and tell Molly's story to help fund raise for other children like Molly. She was given the opportunity to have her name put on a race car for last weekend's Nationwide Series Race. She got to meet the driver and have her picture taken with the driver. She got his autograph and had fun at their Nascar Party. Molly is pointing to the handprint with her name on it.
We, as a family, started speaking at the IU Dance Marathon. Last year they raised over 1 million dollars for the Ryan White Cancer Center at Riley. The students work all year on many different projects and bring all of their funds to a big dance party in the fall. Molly had a blast last year and we are hoping to go again this year. They have different outing for the families throughout the year. Last year we went to the pumpkin patch. Molly had a blast playing with the girls! =)
I know this is long........an update on Molly's most recent Cincinnati visit. We met with the nutritionist.....molly has lost weight since we went in April....she also has had her tonsils out and a flu bug that didn't help. They switched her diet back to a different formula. It didn't work the first time but we tried it again. Still didn't work. She threw up all day and night. I told them to go back to the other and we are giving her more during her night time feeds. She did have a scope done.......it showed that everything was good. They told us that the doctor is about 4 weeks out in doing the long procedures like Molly will have.....that puts us 2 weeks before Jonah's due date. Obviously we are not going to do that! =) They told us it will be at our discretion as to when we will do it. We have talked about early November. That will give us a chance to get used to a routine with Jonah and Molly can enjoy Halloween & IUDM in Nov. I don't want her to miss out.
That is all for now.......I hope that you enjoyed our latest adventures!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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O2 Results and other thoughts...
A good thing after a lot of craziness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got the results from Molly's sleep study! Molly is now officially off of supplemental oxygen at night. That means we get two tanks taken out of our house and no more visits from the oxygen guy "Tank." His real name is Mark. We call him "Tank" because when we said good-bye to the third tank we did have..... he said that she is going to think my name is tank!
He has been "Tank" ever since! =) That was about 4 months ago.
Molly will now have humidified air at night just to keep her moist and her trach from plugging off. This is such a blessing, because we can go somewhere and not have to arrange with her homecare company what time, where and how long we are going to be somewhere. We can just pack up and go. Of course it would take me a week to figure out what exactly we would need for supplies, but that is a whole other story!
It is weird to think that she is getting to be such a big girl. I had some pictures printed from my traditional camera vs. my digital. Wow she is so big. One of the rolls had last summer on it and one had the other day......she has grown up so much since last summer. She is sooooo much taller. I think she still weighs the same but she is still on the charts. She had lost some weight because of being sick and her tonsils out......but she gained a pound since last week and is close to where she was before we started. Alleluhia!
I will be 30 weeks tomorrow. He should be about 3 pounds and about 17 inches long from head to toe. By next week, he will have gained another 1/2 pound. It is hard to believe that if he goes the full 40 weeks ......we only have 10 weeks left before he is here and we get to meet him. We were just talking about what he will look like. I can't imagine but it would be nice if Molly and Jonah look somewhat alike.....that way they can't deny each other! =) Another thing that is weird to us is the fact that we know what he would physically(size) look like if he were already here. We saw Molly at 23 weeks and he is 7 weeks further along than she was. It is hard to imagine that that living being is inside of me and he actually fits! =) He has been really active today. I think I actually felt a foot on my side today. That is a really crazy sensation. I am also having trouble with my belly button being so sensitive. It drives me crazy when anyone touches it. A lot of people forget or don't realize that this is all new to me. I only felt flutters with Molly....not full out stretches inside of me!
I wasn't showing very much with Molly and now I feel like a house, barn and the shack out back! =) I also never felt the sensation of my belly getting tight and uncomfortable. We were also wondering if we will need two monitors or will Molly not use hers after her trach is reconstructed. If so, maybe he will be in his room instead of the bassinet at that time and we won't need to buy one. Who knows.
I am also having trouble sleeping. I am really tired. I want to sleep, but as soon as I lay down, my mind starts wondering and thinking about all the stuff that needs to be done. I would love to share that list, but we only have so much time and it would take days to share. let alone do it all. I would love to lay down and fall alseep and stay asleep for more than a few hours. I have to pee all of the time at night. I want to fall asleep and wake up in the morning. I am going to gripe a moment.......forgive me. I would love to just ask a nurse to put sunscreen on Molly when they go outside, but they have to have a DOCTOR'S order to do so. I would also like to change her food and not have a DOCTOR'S order. I feel like she is still someone else's kid because we can't make simple decision or ask a simple request without having a doctor say "yes you may." What happened to that is my kid and I will decide? It has been that way since she was born. We have put our foot down sometimes, but it is crazy to have to have an order for the nurses to put hydrocortizone cream on a bug bite or an itch spot. I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am tired of keeping up with doctors and making sure they are getting all the paperwork they need and everybody is communicating with everybody else. The doctor today who d/c the oxygen had to fax the order to Molly's homecare co., her nursing co., and the doctors in Cincinnati. I am sure that when we get to Cincinnati next month, they won't have it and have to wait to receive it. Keeping up with her therapies, doctor's appointments and meetings for 1st steps and medicaid are a full-time job. I want to be able to sit down(of course this would be dreaming) and read a book or return emails that people wrote me about 2 months ago. I would love to actually have a floor that doesn't disgust me. I can't tell you when I cleaned the bathroom last and I am grossed out by my house. If I can't keep up with it now, what makes me think I can do it with 2 kids around? How do moms with lots of kids do it? I think all of this is coming from pregnancy hormones because I wasn't this gripy before being prego. I cry at the drop of a hat. I am anxious about things that wouldn't have bothered me before. Hopefully my attitude will change once Jonah is here and Molly's trach is out. The first of the two will come much sooner than the other.
On another note.....how do Mom's find time to do their quiet time with God? I am in a Bible study and can never find the time to do the lessons. I truly enjoy the time and would love to get into God's word more. My issue is that I can't seem to find a time that no one is asking me questions. I wish our bedroom had a door, so I could shut everyone out for a while. I am three weeks behind on the study and want to be able to contribute more insight other than what I think at the moment. I know God has a lot more to say to me, but I am not quiet long enough for him to talk to me. I can't even use the bathroom without a little person knocking and fussing outside of the door. I know that is a kid thing but sometimes I just want some peace while I pee.
SOrry this is so long and so gripy. I hope that you are all having a good day and that you keep smiling!
Friday, June 20, 2008
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Tonsils, Adnoids, and a stomach virus
Molly had her tonsils and adnoids out last Friday morning. They were a grade three......that means they were golf ball size and almost touching each other!
It is crazy to think that something that large could be in her throat and us not notice it. She did really well considering it was yet another surgery. She laid around all weekend and by Monday was ready to rock-n-roll. We stopped giving her the tylenol with codene and just keep her doped with the Ibuprofen. That worked until Wednesday night when she started acting funny. Thursday morning we were scheduled to have a physical for her Cincinnati trip. Well, she woke up with a fever of 102 degrees and throwing up every 10 min. It was crazy........she didn't want to swallow because her throat hurt so much! I felt really bad because I was giving her the medicine at 5 hour intervals vs. 4 hour. She did have small traces of blood in her saliva. They told me she would have some traces of blood because the scab would come off of the surgery site wound. It was nothing much to worry about and not nearly the amount that they said to be worried about. We went to the doctor anyway for the fever and had to reschedule the physical for next week. Molly has a stomach virus on top of all of the tonsil stuff. It is crazy. She only wants to sit and watch videos and we let her because she feels crummy. If she felt better she would be running around like her maniac self and asking to go outside to play. That hasn't happened. She also wants us to lay with her while the video is on. I have watched Charlottes web at least 5 times in the past three days! I was able to sit this morning and write in Molly's journal about the storms. She then took a 3 hour nap. That was nice because I took a two hour nap to catch up from last night. We have to give her a pain reliever staggered every two hours. That gets really old really quick. I have a feeling we are going to be watching more videos this weekend. She is still not herself. Pray that she can heal quickly and that God will lay his hand on her! 
For those who are asking about me. I am feeling fine. I am tired, feet swelling, back aching, huge and have never experienced this before. This type of hurt is all new to me. I was really freaked out today while I was watching a movie. I saw my belly move for the first time. It wasn't just once. It was about 6 times. I don't know what he was doing in there but he was busy. I am being as good as I can about sitting and resting. Molly takes a nap and I try my darnedest to get my little projects done and take a nap myself. I am 29 weeks today. Can you believe it I actually made it to the 3rd trimester. It will be weird to say next week that I am 30 weeks. We are trying to juggle getting Jonah's room done and getting bids to fix the house. It has been a little chaotic. There are so many things that need to be done and we can't do them until the insurance money comes in. We are getting bids to be ready when it does come in.
The view of our house will be so weird because we have to have the barn torn down. Right now that is about all you see of our land when you look from afar. First we have no trees and then the barn will be gone. After they tear down the barn, I will post a pic of before and after.
Joe is hanging in there but he is working, trying to take care of bids for the house, and hanging out with us as much as possible. He did have an oh my gosh moment the other day when he was mowing. He was mowing and got to the back of the house......he realized he didn't have any more to mow. The yard is a big mess and there is absolutely no grass to mow. It has to be graded out and reseeded before there will be anything to mow. We are considering putting in a new septic system before any of that is done. Why fix the yard and then have someone tear it up again. It defeats the purpose and why waste the effort. I couldn't tell you when the septic was put in or how big it is, but we have to have it pumped out at least 3 times a year. Why not put that money into a new one that will work! =)
I should go....I think my family is all asleep without me! =)
Sunday, June 08, 2008
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Jonah......stress.......craziness!
Here are some pics of the house after the storm...
This was still in the window of our front porch after the storm ripped out the window behind it.
This is the new view inside the barn!
This is the tree that fell on our house. Yes..there is a house behind it!
This is the destruction of one log that broke off of the tree out back. It catapolted into the side of the house and took out the side of the roof at the same time. This one caused leakage in the attic and waterspots on our bedroom ceiling.
My body finally decided that it had had enough. I started feeling off on Thursday morning. I went to my o.b. and they admitted me for an overnight observation stay. Oh well. I did miss Molly and Joe but it was nice to not think about the house or anything crazy! Jonah looked great on the ultrasound. My cervix and placenta were doing just what they are supposed to be doing........supporting Jonah. He got an 8/8 on an ultrasound panel. He was moving soooo much that they couldn't get his heart rate for more than 15 min. in one spot. They had to keep moving the monitor. I have A- blood type so they gave me my Rhogam shot early. I would have gotten it in a couple of weeks anyway. One less thing to do later. I was released early Friday morning. I came home to tree guys all around our house taking care of the mess. They did a great job of cleaning up.....it is just hard to look out the window because there are very few trees left. It was hard to find a place to put one of Molly's playsets that survived. We wanted to put it in the shade but there isn't any left. We will have to play in the morning. We can't play in the back until the yard it regraded and the tree is trimmed. I don't want any limbs falling on us or our toys! She already lost her swing set.
My job now is to rest and relax.........like I will be able to do that!
I will try my darnedest to be good. My doctor didn't put me on any restrictions because she knew it wouldn't help. I just need to sit when I need to and follow the list of things to help prevent pre-term labor. One of our friends is sending one her kids over two time a week for play time with Molly. The two kids will take turns...one on Monday and one on Wednesday. They will stay for about 2 hours while I sit. That will be wonderful. Molly is nonstop from the moment she wakes up to the moment she crashes for a nap or night time. I will also have some time when she had therapy so that will help keep me off of my feet. I have really been trying to take a nap when Molly takes one so that I am rested like she is. I will just have to let the house take care of itself every once in a while! 
We met with the adjustor today to see what will be covered and what won't. We had thought about tearing down the house and starting over but we know think that that is not an option. We will be able to do some of the extra work that we didn't have the money to do before. We needed a couple of new windows, new siding, replace all the insulation in the attics, new septic, and we were going to add on a new bedroom for us onto the back. It will be nice when everything is finally complete but that will take a while. We are also going to get a new roof and new soffits. I don't know what else will happen. Whatever happens we will be taken care of. God is soooooo good!
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
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Our Dorthy Experience.....AUNTIE EM.......AUNTIE EM!!!!
Here is a link to my brother's pictures from our tornado.
http://picasaweb.google.com/davistimdavis/2008TornadoDamage?authkey=-sMWRYj1Yoc
I tried to copy and paste but it wouldn't let me.
Take a look at Tim's pics! sorry!
What an interesting weekend/week we have had.......
On Friday night storms blew through central Indiana.
Joe and I noticed the lightening and that our lights
were flickering we decided to turn on the t.v.
He was watching the news and changing Molly's diaper.
I handed him a flash light because I just knew the lights
would go out. They go out around here when the wind blows.
I went to the bathroom and when I came out.....Joe yelled
listen to the wind...we need to go downstairs...go go go.
He scooped up Molly and I grabbed one of the flashlights.
When I passed the door to our attic I felt a rush of air
and knew that one of the windows upstairs had blown out.
I have never gone down some stairs so fast in my life.
I am now 6 1/2 months pregnant so that was feat in and of
itself. We hung out downstairs for about 10 min. until
the wind and craziness settled down. I stayed in the
basement and read a book with Molly while Joe assessed
the damage. I could never put into words the feelings we
felt when looking out the window. We used to only see
trees when we looked over to my aunt and uncle's house....
well now all we see is their house and garage. I saw all of
the devastation when the lightening flashed while
walking out the door to get into our safe car. Mom and
dad had to come and help us get out of our house. There
was a pine tree on the front of the house and the cherry
tree was blocking the back door. We couldn't get out.
I will try to sit down at some point and put all of this
down into a document so you guys can read it. Right
now it is all too fresh to truly help you understand
what happened. I do have to tell you that when something
happens like this you truly learn who your friends and
family truly are. We have had sooooooo much help in
cleaning up our trees and boarding up the house so
that water won't come in when it rains.....like it did
yesterday and last night. We had storms that were as
severe and damaging as the one that hit us. Of course
we went to the basement again. Our power never went
out this time! When they fixed it for us they did a
really good job of securing the poles.
We all have moments after craziness like this and you
find out what kind of a person you are inside and what
you can handle. I am a person that deals with a situation
and then realizes what truly happened and how I dealt
with it. Then I fall apart! I was just fine on Friday
night and Saturday. Friday I had to get Molly to sleep
somehow and Saturday I helped keep everyone hydrated
and fed. Sunday on the otherhand was awful. I hadn't seen
the water spots on our ceilings. That one thing set
me over the edge. I realized at that moment I won't be
able to bring our new little one home to a house
that was "normal". Some of you might understand but
others won't. I just wanted to bring home my baby
a couple of days after it was born. Then sleep in my
own bed and put him in a bassinet at night and then
his crib when he was ready. At that one moment I
realized that wasn't going to happen. They are going
to have to do a lot of construction to our house.
A whole new roof, new siding, windows, ceilings in
two rooms that we know of, and who knows what is
going on in the attic. I haven't even ventured to
our finished attic. I don't even want to know what
is going to be needed up there! I know that there
is glass everywhere and lots of water damaged stuff.
We figure... oh well. Here goes nothing. There is
nothing we can do but push forward. (of course we
have our moments of how could we ever get through
this, but we did that with Molly too.)
I need to go.....they couldn't get molly in for her
sleep study until August except for tonight. She has
to have this study done before we can go back to
Cincinnati for her next scope in July. I need to
gather all of our stuff for tonight. We are leaving
in a couple of hours and I have no energy to even get
up. I am exhausted. OH, on another note.....
Jonah is staying right where he is supposed to be.
Yeah Jonah! I will fill you all in soon!
mollymiracle
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