April Happenings

So I have to look back at the pictures to see what we did in April.
It looks like we finally taught Kenzee how to bowl on the Wii and she almost beat me. (Anyone that has ever seen me at any sport won't find this too hard to believe.) Or did she beat me?
And most importantly the cast came off last Friday. The Dr said he was surprised that she walked on it right away.(with some bribing of course) He also said she would probably walk funny on it for up to a month and if it lasted any longer than that to give htem a call, otherwise, no need to see her back.

The next morning we headed off to Matton for a quick visit with the aunts and to haul some of CorCor's stuff home for the summer! Kenz is so excited to see her sissy in just a couple more weeks! Kenzee had a great time in Mattoon even though her "cousins" weren't able to come play this time. We managed to keep her entertained somehow.



Now get ready for the overload of pics from her dance recital at school last week. Too stinkin cute~ They were sure tired by the second day of it though. They had rehearsal at school on Wed which I went in and helped out with. Talk about chaos, getting 18 3 year old's in costumes and multiple pics taken and dress rehearsal. Then they performed that night and the next, made for one tired Kenz.

~!@Frustrated)(%

Sooooo Kenzee hurt her leg on Thursday jumping on a trampoline. I am not upset that she got hurt, things happen. The events that have happened since then have me a TAD bit frustrated. First we head to the ER and sit and sit and sit, we were finally called to a triage room where they did vitals and took some info. and we go back to another room, wait, take x rays, wait, talk to doctor, wait, get discharged. Kenzee was only complaining about her knee but they took x rays of her whole leg. Everything looks fine, probably just some deep bruising, heat, ice, blah blah blah. 4 hours later, headed home. Friday morning, Kenzee is kicking her legs, fully bending knee, so we convince her to try to stand on it. Kenzee falls to ground screaming. Fri afternoon, ER calls please come back, radiologist saw something, we will splint it for the weekend and make an appt for an ortho on Monday. Go to ER, tell us about her "buckle", could be a break or a sprain, bone is bent, yadda yadda... Spend weekend at zoo, birthday party, and easter egg hunt, with 40 lb child strapped to my neck.... Monday morning, ortho, Nurse "looks fine, not sure what they saw" PA "well looks like it was sprained, prob healed by now" Dr "how do you work this computer, kenzee try to walk, yeah it is broken, cast it for 10 days and try to get her to walk". This is where the story gets good. Mom to school "kenzee broke her leg and is in a cast, she isn't walking on it yet, but the dr's want her to. would you like me to bring in her stroller or a wheelchair to make it easier to move her around?" School to mom "um, the principal is on vacation and the teacher's aide can't lift anything right now, please keep her at home until she goes to the dr again" MOm "??????!!!!!!!******" WTHeck are you KiddING ME?! I feel better, how bout you?

Mrs. Maroon

Many of you received an email from me, but I thought I would put it here also! One of Mckenzee's teachers was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has already had her first surgery and is scheduled for the second one over spring break. All of the kids just love "Mrs Mawoon" and can't stand it when she is gone. Lucky for everybody, she gets back to the kids just as soon as she can! Mrs. Pauli, the brave soul, has asked all 18 of the preschoolers to walk a mile in the Race for the Cure in May. We have Kenz all signed up, now we just need to raise a little money! If anyone has a couple dollars to donate, you can either go online to www.komenpeoria.org and search for Mrs. Maroon's Little Angels or contact me and I will make the donation for you! Thanks for your help! (It seems to be fundraising season, sorry if I have hit anyone up a lot lately!)

Happy St Patty's Day

from the little leprechauns

At a glance.....

Well, it seems February flew by, and unfortunately my camera and I were separated for most of it. Here is what I have to show for the month. Beth's 30th birthday kicked off the month, and kicked my booty too! Just ask Chad..... He is happy to tell the story. We have also started back up with tumbling, Kenzee really likes it, I wasn't sure how it would be taking 3 months off, but it's been good. Kenzee is doing good with her tubes, just a couple little colds since then, nothing like she had before. Grammy went to Mexico, so I took that Monday off, took Kenzee to the ear dr, and headed to Chuck's with the Amy and the girls. We were supposed to go to the museum but found out at the last minute that they are closed on Mondays. Oh well! Ok, enough blabbing, here is what you are waiting for......

Thanks

to everyone that called, wrote, sent flowers or just thought of Kylie yesterday! I will post pics of all of the flowers later!

Joining the club

The tubes club......
Well, Kenzee has had an ear infection pretty much since school started. She had been through six rounds of antibiotics before she was referred to the ENT. They tested her hearing and said she was definitely not hearing like she should but the nerve didn't have any damage yet. With the hearing loss and multiple antibiotics she was a candidate for the surgery. Kenzee was very excited to go to the M hospital (Methodist) and get her tubes in so she could hear. (She told everyone she saw) Chad, Grammy, and I took her in Tuesday morning and waited and waited and waited. They finally took her back, gave her Versed (?), and watched her for an hour. Then they took her off to surgery. It only took about 10 minutes and we met her in a recovery room. Unfortunately she was not happy. She tore her scrubs off and refused to put any clothes on. She was screaming and kicking the glass doors trying to get out. About an hour and 3 nurses later, we got some clothes on her and were on our way. Here's a couple pics from the day