I have been out of commission.......

Well as most of you know I have been out of commission for about a month now. I started off thinking I had the stomach flu but ended up in the ER after a few days of getting worse. After a long stay in the ER and a couple different trips back to my doctor followed by another trip to the ER ordered by my doctor I was diagnosed with a severe kidney infection. I was admitted to the hospital for 6 days and underwent a procedure to put a stent into my kidney. I have a very large kidney stone that blocked my kidney and caused a raging infection. I am slowly but surely recovering. I had a blasting procedure done a couple days ago and we hope that the stone is blasted and will pass easily. I have a ways to go with my recovery but will be there eventually. The doctors say I was a very sick girl so it is just going to take some time. I am learning to be patient. During the past month I have missed out on so many different things. I am very sad about that. I started off missing Holly's Jog-a-thon at school followed by her Fiesta. The kids have so much fun at the jog-a-thon. I enjoy going and watching the kids get excited about all the laps they complete. The next thing I missed is the one that killed me the most I think. I missed Stephanie's wedding. : ( I have known Stephanie since she was a little girl of about 14 months old. We used to live next door to each other. I have been there to watch her grow from an adorable little baby into a beautiful young lady. This wedding meant so much to me and I was so sad to miss it. My family took some pictures for me and her Mom Cindy brought me some pictures to look at as well as a DVD to watch. I appreciate this but still wish I had been able to make it. Look at her. She is beautiful. I hope that she and her husband Jarod will have the best life together.

Next we move onto Holly's Open House at school. I was in the hospital during this event. She was so proud to show everyone all of the projects that she had worked so hard on. She came to visit me in the hospital the next day and brought everything with her. She even hung up one of her beautiful pictures on the wall in my hospital room for me. I loved that.

The next big thing also was very sad for me to miss. If you know me at all you know how much I LOVE Tim. He is an amazing talent. I was going to attend some classes that he was teaching at a store pretty close to my home. I had been looking forward to this for months. I was not able to go due to being so sick. He actually sent me an email himself and wished me a speedy recovery and told me not to worry about a thing he would be back and I would definitely see him then.

Onto the big dance recital. Holly looked so cute in these pictures. Her ballet dance was from Mary Poppins and the tap dance was girls just want to have fun. They all loved this dance. They got to be a bit goofy.

The last day of school was yesterday. It was a full day. Starting with the big softball game. Since I couldn't go Tiffany went for me. I was so happy she was able to do this. It meant a lot to Holly. Holly LOVES her teacher, Mrs. Hollander. She is a wonderful teacher. Holly was sad that it was the last day of school because she will miss her so much. We are crossing our fingers though in hopes that we can get her again next year.

I said I was happy Tiffany was there. Well it was a good thing her boyfriend went as well. Holly got hurt during a water rotation. She fell and strainned her ankle. It is really swollen and purple. She was so upset. She couldn't walk so John carried her all over the place.

So I had a really bad case of the guilty feelings. If only I had been there maybe this wouldn't have happened. I know that isn't the case but I have missed out on so much stuff. I can't help but feel sad about it. Like I said before though I am learning to be paitient. I have realized that I can only do what I am able to do. That my health has to come first right now. So as much as I have missed everything and everyone there is plenty more that will come along my way. I am so thankful for all of my friends and family and for everything that they have done to make this time easier for me. I love each and everyone of you! Love to all. xoxoxoxoxoxo