blood clots

In June 2005, I found out I was pregnant, I was so excited to finally be pregnant again. Taylor at this point was now 5 years old. I would of loved my kids to be closer in age but that was up to God. I was really tired and really sick the first month. In fact the first month I was so tired and sick that I asked the dr for some medicine for Morning sickness. He prescribed a drug called Phenergran (SP). This drug literally made me sleep 15 hours at a time. I was so out of it, I just passed out anywhere on the bed, even with my legs hanging off the bed. At 6 weeks pregnant I took the girls that I was nannying for to a bounce house. I had worked for the family for 6 years and it was finally time for me to get a job on my side of town so Taylor could go to kindergarden. We were just getting to the bounce house when I felt a gush of blood come down. I had never experienced that with Taylor and immediatley thought I was having a miscarriage. The girls I was with were 9, 7 and 5 at the time. I asked Shannon the oldest to go get the owner of the bounce house and she called 911. I was very scared. My mom came and took the girls home for me and Jason came and went with me to the hospital. They did a ultrasound and had found out that I had a torn placenta and that was the reason for the massive Bleeding. They told me go go home and rest for the next week and then it should be ok...... At 9 weeks pregnant I started to have some pain in my leg. It was so bad that I went to the Er for it. I am not one for Doctors but I knew this needed medical attention. I went and they did a doppler of it and said if it's a clot you are going to need shots the rest of your pregnancy. They didnt find anything that day. They said I had a infection in my leg and to go home and put it up and take this medicine and it was not better in 5 days to come back in. 5 Days later, I remember being in so much pain I couldnt even walk. I had just started my job at the school district and told them I had to take off to go to the dr. After I had another ultrasound they confirmed I had a blood clot all up and down my left leg. I still remember the pain to this day. If I was sitting with my leg out I couldnt feel it, but if it my leg was bent down, I was in pain and i couldnt walk. I ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks, and was put on shots for the rest of the pregnnacy two times a day. I was now considered a high risk pregnancy. Wonderful thing about the rest in the hospital is that they didnt find a tear in my placenta and had told me that it must of repaired itself from the rest. The main reason I decided to write about this was because I was reading a article in the newspaper today that say people who sit by the window seat in the airplane tend to get more blood clots in their legs. It's called Deep vein Thrombosis. Blood clots are very deadly slient Killers, My doctor told me that lots of people have blood clots and do not even realize they have them. I knew nothing about them until I got one myself. If you have leg pain you need to get it checked out. Some symptoms of blood clots are leg that is warm to the touch, pain and swelling. If you are having problems breathing it could be in your lung, I am not a doctor but I didnt realize the seriousness of clots until I got one myself. I am on comudain for life beacuse I was told I have Factor 5 Liden, which basically makes me at risk for getting clots, Its a heredity disorder. Your doctor can check you to see if you have it by just a simple blood test. It can save your life. I am lucky I had the symptoms that went it even though it was very painful. Thank God I am here today to tell about it.

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Middle age Madness

Breakfast at Grandma T's

Mom with Lola

Brian and Dulce

Grandma Wilma and Mom

Dad fast asleep after breakfast

World's best Grandma and Cook

Aunt Kathy and her Fiance Mike

Grandma, With Juile and her family

Becky, Casey, Dulce and Brian

Every Christmas my grandma T makes Christmas breakfast. She has always been a wonderful cook. I remember when I was little going over to grandma's house spending the night and then having Biscuts. I loved to help her make them. It has been a tradition now every year that we go over and have Biscuts and gravey and potatoes and bread and fresh fruit and Juices. We were trying to get this year's biscuts breakfast in fast because my cousin's wife Becky was going to have her first baby within the week. I know i am a bit behind in posting this ( Espically since Becky had her Baby on January 9th..a little girl named Estella Jean. I am hoping to see her before next biscuts and gravy. :) Grandma not only cooks wonderful but its a tradition of hers to bring out her gutiar and sing different Christmas songs. She is a wonderful singer and plays the guitar great. She sings throughout the week at different churches and also plays the guitar . It will always be a memory I have of her.

Way to Go Cardinals!!!

We are soooooooooo Very excited that the Cardinals are going to be in the Superbowl!!!! Although I must say it's going to be a bit crazy on Superbowl for our family because Jason's mom is a die hard Cardinal Fan and Jason is a die hard Steeler's fan.. So between the two of them it should be interesting. My Sis in law's Mother is also a steelers fan but they are also Cardinal fans. 2 weeks now at the Superbowl party it should be pretty crazy.

It's nice that Arizona is finally going to be noticed. Most of the time they don't even mention us on the Weather Channel

So Go Cardinals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waiting on baby

My sis- n law Ranae is having her first baby and her due date is January 17th. I was really hoping and praying that she would have her little girl on my birthday but seeing that it is 2 minutes to 12;00 and my birthday was today, I do not think that is going to happen... I was hoping but I guess we can say we have birthdays only days apart. I am very excited to be a new aunt again. The last baby in our family on that side was Conner. I love babies and I can't wait to love and hug and kiss little baby Katie.. If that ends up being her name. I cant believe Nae that you are really going to have a baby. It seems just like yesterday you were 8 years old and now you are going to be a mommy yourself :) I am so blessed to been able to watch you grow up and get married and now watch you as you become a mommy :)

I can't wait to make memories with your daughter like I made memories with you.


I love you :)

Hugs and prayers for a safe delivery( and easy as possible) and a healthy baby girl to love and cuddle with :)

Kelly

******* Update*********** Nae went into the hospital this morning at 6am. I got a call from my mother in law( Dot) she said she was having contractions, is dilated to 10 and is pushing) So baby should be here today on the 17th :) Yeah.. I can't wait.. I am a anxious aunt for sure!!
*******Update to the Update

Ranae had Katharine Ranae on January 17th at 12:59pm. She weighed 6lbs 10 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is a beautiful baby and I am a very proud aunt. Can't wait to hold her

Can it really be Twenty Years Later.....

Class of 1989
Apparently the new year came and I had yet to think about it being 2009. Even though I knew in my head it was, I didnt think of things that were going to go on this year. With kids running around all the time, I am usually on a week to week Schedule. I am a member of facebook, Myspace and classmates.com. This week on Facebook, I get a invite. The invite says.... Mdn Reunion 20 years...

I couldn't believe it!! Somewhere I have manged to miss the last 10 years.. Boy, did they go by fast. My 10 year reunion, I went but only to the Friday night Mixer. I have kept in contact pretty much with most of my friends except a few. I thought I had a long time before another 10 years snuck up on me. I guess having kids will do that to you.. You get so busy you lose track of time. When I went to the 10 year reunion. I was about 4months pregnant with Taylor and just think now 10 years later.. I have 2 kids. Wow, Time surely flew. Not to mention the fact that I Taylor is almost 9 and Conner is almost 3.

I am trying to decide if I really want to go to the reunion or not. But then again my friend Nancy( Jackson) called me up and said she is going to try and make it. I guess I should really make the effort if she is going to come all the way from Kansas. So the reunion is October 2-October 4th and I have a couple things on my list to do.. One being lose weight and the next to go ahead and get a degree.. Think I can do that in 10 months ? hmmmm

Jason laughs me though when I can't remember half the people and I have to look them up in the yearbook. I think we had close to 1,000 graduate in our class and he had 212.

Well I better get to work..Need to go work on my goals :)

Kelly

Way to go Cardinals, in more ways then one

I personally have never been a football fan. I didnt even know anything about it.. But this year I have gotten into it more and more. It was wonderful tonight to see the Cardinals only 1 game away from going to the superbowl.. That's awesome! My mother in law just loves them and has stuck by them for over 20 years since they have been in Arizona. She is no fair weather fan. I am hoping that they go on at least to the superbowl for her sake but then again I hope they go on because it would be wonderful to not even be in the superbowl but to win the superbowl as well. So I am keeping my fingers crossed xxxxxx.... Even though I have never watched football before I know who Kurt Warner is and I was amazed when he was with the St. Louis Rams and it was wonderful to watch him show his love for Jesus Christ on the field. In the limelight when being a christian Is not the popular thing to do .. He stands up for Christ and I admire him for that.. He is a awesome Quarterback but a Stand out Christian. I came across this article in the Arizona republic about him today. Here are some of the highlights about on it

If you ever really want to do a story about who I am, God's got to be at the center of it. Every time I hear a piece or read a story that doesn't have that, they're missing the whole lesson of who I am." - Kurt Warner

How does Warner express his faith? He always has the Bible in his hand when he does postgame interviews. He joins players in postgame group-prayer sessions on the field. He loves to engage in spiritual discussions with teammates but says he tries not to be in-your-face about it. He wants the words of the Bible to guide his everyday life.

He committed himself to the Bible's message. That's Warner's way, why he has succeeded in football. He studies, commits, believes.

It's all about his faith in God first that has made him the succeed in football. He always thinks of God as number 1 before anything else.

That's what I admire about him.

Go Cardinals!!

Haven't got time for the Pain....

I believe there is a song by Carol King that says. I havent got time for the pain. I was trying to find out if she sang it but I couldnt find it. All I know is that I have pain and I don't have time for it.

Girl scout cookies sales start today!! Of course right before my busy time I manage to injure my Knee. I have had problems with it since the summer. I went in and got a x-ray done but they couldn't find anything wrong with it. I have had on and off pain. Sometimes bad where I can't sleep at night or sometimes it acts fine.

Wednesday I took the kids to the park. Conner decided to be his crazy self and run off into a field. He got pretty far away before I manage to get him but in the meantime between trying to grab him from the field, I had to run and get Logan to come with me and then head out to get Conner. In that time I manged to hurt my leg, although I never heard a pop and actucally I didnt even realize I had pain until I got home. I layed down and thought.. Ouch.. this is more painful then usual. Later that night I had such much pain even when I stood. My knee became hard and stiff and I couldnt move it and if I even tried, It was horrible pain. I took some Tylenol and went to bed early.. But that whole night I tossed and turned and couldnt get sleep because I was in pain. Poor Jason I woke him up a lot. The next morning I Woke up at 5:30 am. It was so bad that I was crying. I called Sherry to tell her that I needed her to take Hannah to School. I called my dad to see if he could take Taylor to school. I called my mom to see if she could take off work and help me with Logan and Conner and I called Jason as well to see if he could take time off..

I just wanted to say that I have a wonderful supportive family because right away everyone was there for me. Jason took me to urgent care while my mom and grandma stayed with the kids.
I ended up getting x-rays although those came back negative and normal. But they diagnosed me with something called Chondromalica Patella. Basically its behind your knee cap and its the groove that makes your knee move up and down. It's not gliding like it sh ould it's stuck.. They recommended Physical therapy and to go see a foot doctor( I have had pigeon toes from the time I was born) I wore braces on my legs for almost 2 years. They said later in life I may have problems with my knees and hips.. So here I am.. I am sure the weight has not helped either.. Just sped it up..I can't take any ibprofen for the pain or swelling but they have me on the viacidon. I am trying to really stay off that unless really needed..

I am doing better today but am dreading all the work that goes into girl scout cookie sales.
If you would like some cookies let me know :) We will till January 24th to get pre orders in.

Hours Cut

Jason was sent a e-mail at work today. They said they were going to cut overtime hours. I am a bit worried about this because Overtime has really helped us out. We have been behind in some bills and were finally catching up and then now the cut in hours. I am hoping that he will have less Taxes out and that will make up for the difference - Well almost.. I guess I should count my blessing though because he still does have a job.. I pray things get better in our economy soon. It's so scary and I feel so bad for those who have lost their jobs during the last year. I guess all we can do is pray daily.

I found this saying and it's actually very true for this day and age.. I guess right now it's hard not to be fearful or afraid of what is going to happen with the future. All we can do is rely on God. Like the saying goes FROG= Fully Rely on God.

~Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to an all-knowing God.~
Corrie Ten Boom

I can tell I am already addicted

I have always loved watching the Bachelor. Jason does not understand why I like it.. It's the only reality Tv I have ever watched. I guess it's one of those night in shinning armor moments. Although I must say I am so glad that I am not one of those women trying to get a guy to date me like that. I was so fortunate to find Jason right away. I must say that this guy seems like a gentlmen, Some lady will be very lucky to have him in her life. So on Monday nights until about May, I will be glued to the Tv.

It's that time of year again..........

Girl Scout cookies are on their way!!

New Year's Resolutions

Happy New year Everyone!!
Hard to believe it's 2009... My Kids will be 3 and 9 this year.. Where does the time go ?

Here is some resolutions I really hope to make and keep this year.

• Lose Weight and really try to do it
• Stop eating Junk food( This will help with losing weight)
• Go back to school
• Read more
• Spend more time in bible study
• Spend more quality time with my family
• try to be more organized this year
• get out of and pay off debt
• Get conner into preschool.
• work on the kids scrapbooks and photo albums
• Get pictures developed instead of just leaving them on a sd card
• Spend more time with my friends who I hardly ever see
• Tell someone about Jesus and his love
• Volunteer my time more---There is such a need for this!

I think that is about it.. If i come up with more.. I will add

Happy 2009!!