Tuesday, July 21, 2009

How the Kelleys are falling apart


It all started last Wednesday night.

Samuel's room was just painted a beautiful blue. I (his mommy) was rearranging the furniture. Since things were a little out of order (typical in our home), Samuel found a bar from his pack-n-play and was playing with it, putting it in his mouth (again, typical). It's about 18 inches long, or so. Unfortunately, Samuel got bumped and the bar got jammed in the roof of his mouth/back of the throat. He bled for a while, we prayed really hard for a little while, called 9-1-1. He had a big gash so we ended up taking the ambulance to Banner Pediatric ER. He didn't get stitches but they did tell me to keep it extra clean. And to do that, have him gargle with some water/hydrogen peroxide, but DON'T LET HIM SWALLOW IT. And how do they suggest I do that? "Just dab some of the mixture on there with a Q-Tip." Riiiiight. OK. I should have asked them to show me. That would have been funny. 

This is how it ended...finally: (just not quite so, uh, side-ways)


After a few days, his mouth has healed to almost as good as new. However, he since developed a cough, possibly unrelated to the gash, possibly because we didn't keep it clean enough. But that too, however, is just about gone. He's back to himself, as evidenced below: (sorry they are so dark)

Playing the pot:

Playing the pot Part 2:

Couch Diving:



Meanwhile, my procedures have gone off without incident. The needle biopsy revealed nothing we didn't know already: I have fatty tissue in my breast. It's a shocker, I know. To get to the bottom of it, we just decided to take the lump out, no matter what it was. That was done on Friday morning and now I get to wait yet another week for them to tell me something else. Friday was a nice day of rest with me sleeping off a demerol-induced haze. Demerol makes me not even know I have a breast, let alone that it was cut into earlier in the day. As the demerol wore off, I down-graded to Vicodin. I thought it was somewhat sad that Samuel and I were on Vicodin at just about the same time. He got some for his bar-in-the-mouth incident. Recovery has been pretty quick and seems to be going fairly well.

This is completely off the subject, but I was just thinking... I passed a place today that was called Valerie's Hair Creations. I wonder what Valerie creates out of hair? What kind of hair does she use? Sounds pretty gross.

A few weeks ago we had to have a plan B while Miss Amy was out of town. Our summer Plan B means Miss Amy's sister, Miss DJ, comes over. She frequently helps so is familiar with Samuel and his special needs. While at our house, she also took some amazing photos of Samuel. She is very talented!


Blowing on french fries with daddy:

Saying "cheese" with his first ice cream cone!

5 comments:

  1. Too funny! How old is Samuel now? He looks around the same age as Lucy...not too far off! It's so funny how they can find the cheapest entertainment inside the home just by jumping off furniture!

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  2. I am happy to hear that your little boy is up and running! Still praying that all is well with you.
    P.S. I added a link to your blog from mine...sorry it took so long. I thought I did it the other day, but evidently I didn't.

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  3. Hi Kelly,
    I was reading your blog, falling in love with your baby, and I didn't even know he was yours until I watched the youtube video about CF and saw you and your husband in it.

    Samuel is so precious, smart, and his personality is amazing. I know you must really enjoy being his mommy. Isn't it fun!

    Melba

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  4. I just read your blog from beginning to end. I am sorry to hear you are going through so much right now. Glad that Samuel is doing better after he hurt his mouth. I will begin praying for your family. God bless.

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  5. Whew! You have had an eventful past couple weeks! Glad you are both on the mend. He's adorable.

    Blessings,
    Kelly

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