Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Dillon's first visit to the ER.
First, I was going to put up pictures of Dillon's injury but decided not to just yet. I can't bring myself to do it.
So while I was down at school, Brent was with the kids at home. Brent had just recently turned our office space into a room for the kids. The kids had our old heavy TV in the room on top of a table. Somehow, and we still can't figure it out, Dillon managed to pull the TV off the table and on to himself. His head, and only his head, was under the massive TV.
Brent called me immediately but I had my phone on silent and didn't feel it vibrating. So after a bit of trying he ran over to mom and dad's house to get her opinion. He didn't take Dillon to the ER immediately b/c we are still fighting to get Dillon on our insurance (the county messed up the paperwork). I finally got a hold of him, I still feel like a shmuck for not having my phone close enough to me. I rushed home, I was excited that I was able to make it in decent time with it being Friday Vegas traffic and all.
When I got to the house and saw Dillon I decided immediately to take him in to the hospital. He had this huge goose egg on his forehead and his right eye was completely swollen shut and bruised. He was in a good mood though, so that was reassuring. At the ER, we waited for hours, got him into the MRI, waited many more hours. The Doc called us and immediately checked his eyes, which is what had me worried. He then explained that Dillon had an orbital fracture. Which is fancy talk for he has a break in his eye socket. The problem with that is that his eye muscles can get caught and pinched in the break. So the doc had checked his eyes and thought they were fine b/c he was able to move his eye around no problem. And now we are to follow up with a pediatric plastic surgeon. How fun!
So with all this we will push harder to get him added on our insurance, and if not, we will get him on some kind of insurance. It has been one heck of a ride. We are so grateful to God that he is ok, and the damage is not that bad. Now with some serious prayer I hope that we can get this whole insurance thing taken care of.
So while I was down at school, Brent was with the kids at home. Brent had just recently turned our office space into a room for the kids. The kids had our old heavy TV in the room on top of a table. Somehow, and we still can't figure it out, Dillon managed to pull the TV off the table and on to himself. His head, and only his head, was under the massive TV.
Brent called me immediately but I had my phone on silent and didn't feel it vibrating. So after a bit of trying he ran over to mom and dad's house to get her opinion. He didn't take Dillon to the ER immediately b/c we are still fighting to get Dillon on our insurance (the county messed up the paperwork). I finally got a hold of him, I still feel like a shmuck for not having my phone close enough to me. I rushed home, I was excited that I was able to make it in decent time with it being Friday Vegas traffic and all.
When I got to the house and saw Dillon I decided immediately to take him in to the hospital. He had this huge goose egg on his forehead and his right eye was completely swollen shut and bruised. He was in a good mood though, so that was reassuring. At the ER, we waited for hours, got him into the MRI, waited many more hours. The Doc called us and immediately checked his eyes, which is what had me worried. He then explained that Dillon had an orbital fracture. Which is fancy talk for he has a break in his eye socket. The problem with that is that his eye muscles can get caught and pinched in the break. So the doc had checked his eyes and thought they were fine b/c he was able to move his eye around no problem. And now we are to follow up with a pediatric plastic surgeon. How fun!
So with all this we will push harder to get him added on our insurance, and if not, we will get him on some kind of insurance. It has been one heck of a ride. We are so grateful to God that he is ok, and the damage is not that bad. Now with some serious prayer I hope that we can get this whole insurance thing taken care of.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Sea World '09
Being that this year was the first year we didn't have a whole bunch planned to bring in the New Year, we decided to go down and visit a close friend in San Diego. She surprised us with free tickets to Sea World (she works there). It was so much fun having our own personal guide. She knew where to go and at what time. It was really nice not to have to sit there with a map trying to figure out where we were headed next. We saw the Clydesdale horses and left in a hurry when one of them decided to get 'excited.' Talk about awkward. Then to Wild Arctic, fed Dolphins, saw sharks, Sea Lion show, and then Shamu. When we were viewing under the water, the whale was too cute and was actually interacting with our kids. It was so great, she was nodding with the kids and would do a lap and come right back to the kids and play some more with them. Call me a party pooper but I think that the new Shamu show was pretty lame. It felt a bit too much like Free Willy. But overall, it was a really good experience. The kids were so well behaved which made it an even better experience. So that was the day... And a few pics to show for it.
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