Jasmine Update
07/14/09 21:00 Filed in: Jasmine
Just a quick update on my munchkin. The surgery went really well. Her doctors are concerned about her spine starting to get too stiff which will prevent them from extended the rods as much as necessary, but they’re keeping a close eye on her and are hopeful she’ll have another 2-3 years (this number fluctuates greatly depending on the doctor and the visit, it’s been as high as 5 as low as 1) before her final fusion. She handled the whole procedure really well, a lot better then in the past. She still doesn’t like the pulse oximeter (little red light) taped to her finger but tolerates it eventually. They extended the rods a total of 1/4 an inch. She slept most of the day in the hospital, only waking long enough to get some food and fluids in her. Luckily since she did handle it so well, and met her requirements to go home they sent us home tonight! She’s doing great, has been sleeping since we got home but that’s to be expected. Thanks to everyone for all your love and support!
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Waaaaaaaay tooooooooo loooooong
07/13/09 13:15 Filed in: Melissa
Ok so I know it’s been a really long time since I’ve blogged anything, I doubt anyone even bothers to check my blog since it’s been so long! But to those one or two people who may still check in on us here goes.
Looks like the last time I did anything was just after Jasmine’s birthday so we’ll start there, funny thing is I have to grab my calendar and go through May to remember what we did! About May we decided to sell our house so we’ve been having a lot of people come through. We’ve had 2 offers both fell through. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
On that same front we have moved to a new house in the Avenues downtown. It’s a gorgeous house that a couple my sister used to nanny for own. I am absolutely ecstatic to be back downtown. I love the area, I love the life and the people. Jas and Nyah are now sharing a room which they seem to really enjoy. It has been hard trying to fit the two girls and all their toys into one room, but we’re getting there.
Jasmine was initiated into Bethel 13 of the International Order of Jobs Daughters in May. Personally I am really excited for her to have joined this group. For those who don’t know Jobies (for short) is a youth group for girls that is associated with the Masons or Shriners. They do a lot of service projects, like feeding the homeless, raising money for the Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment fund and gathering donations for Shriners Hospitals. The girls range in age from 10 to 20 and are all instant friends. I was in this group when I was younger and it provides a lot of good things for young girls, all of which I think will benefit Jasmine as she grows up. Nyah is already looking forward to when she turns 10 and can also join.
In June Jasmine got out of school and left to go to Colorado with her grandpa James to visit her Aunt Kami and cousins. She spent about 10 days there and had an excellent time.
The next weekend was Grand Rally for Jobies, which is all of the jobies from all over Utah getting together and having competitions in Skit, Choir, Drill, arts and crafts and tons of other fun activities. This year it was held at the Marriott in Provo. Bethel 13 took first place in drill, which the girls had a alot of fun with.
Unfortunately the next week we had a very tough decision to make, but decided it was time to have Lefty put down. He was in massive amounts of pain, and 10 years was a long good life for him. Before Lefty I never really loved any dogs. But he was the greatest dog I ever knew. Brandon made an amazing video that I still haven’t been able to make it all the way through because I start crying too hard. If you’d like to see it grab a box of tissues and visit www.branitt.com
Then we started moving and now here we are in July, all moved into the new house, and Jas is in surgery as I type this. Another extention of her growth rods. She has been handling it amazingly well. The doctors said if all goes well they might let her go home tonight, I hope I hope I hope! The girl in the bed next to her snores like a bear in hibernation, and I fear sleeping here tonight.
Nyah is doing well also. She loves sharing a room with her sisters and copies everything Jasmine and Hannah do. Sometimes this is funny other times it’s a little nerve racking. In the past month she’s eaten grass because she wanted to be a camel. Eaten mud to clean off the pencil she stuck in it. And eaten both Lefty and Bella’s dog food, she says it tastes great and would happily eat it for dinner every night. She continues to amaze me with the concepts she understands and ideas she comes up with. I hope to have her in a full time preschool program this fall, which I think would be really good for her. Our newest game is she has to spell a word to get us to stop tickling her. The first word was STOP. She can also do dad, mom, Nyah and cat. We’ve been working on dog which for some reason she’s having a hard time remembering.
All typed out, this doesn’t seem like a lot but living it it has been slightly over whelming, but we’re living through it and surviving. When it comes down to it life is good and I’m grateful to have such a wonderful little family.
Looks like the last time I did anything was just after Jasmine’s birthday so we’ll start there, funny thing is I have to grab my calendar and go through May to remember what we did! About May we decided to sell our house so we’ve been having a lot of people come through. We’ve had 2 offers both fell through. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
On that same front we have moved to a new house in the Avenues downtown. It’s a gorgeous house that a couple my sister used to nanny for own. I am absolutely ecstatic to be back downtown. I love the area, I love the life and the people. Jas and Nyah are now sharing a room which they seem to really enjoy. It has been hard trying to fit the two girls and all their toys into one room, but we’re getting there.
Jasmine was initiated into Bethel 13 of the International Order of Jobs Daughters in May. Personally I am really excited for her to have joined this group. For those who don’t know Jobies (for short) is a youth group for girls that is associated with the Masons or Shriners. They do a lot of service projects, like feeding the homeless, raising money for the Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment fund and gathering donations for Shriners Hospitals. The girls range in age from 10 to 20 and are all instant friends. I was in this group when I was younger and it provides a lot of good things for young girls, all of which I think will benefit Jasmine as she grows up. Nyah is already looking forward to when she turns 10 and can also join.
In June Jasmine got out of school and left to go to Colorado with her grandpa James to visit her Aunt Kami and cousins. She spent about 10 days there and had an excellent time.
The next weekend was Grand Rally for Jobies, which is all of the jobies from all over Utah getting together and having competitions in Skit, Choir, Drill, arts and crafts and tons of other fun activities. This year it was held at the Marriott in Provo. Bethel 13 took first place in drill, which the girls had a alot of fun with.
Unfortunately the next week we had a very tough decision to make, but decided it was time to have Lefty put down. He was in massive amounts of pain, and 10 years was a long good life for him. Before Lefty I never really loved any dogs. But he was the greatest dog I ever knew. Brandon made an amazing video that I still haven’t been able to make it all the way through because I start crying too hard. If you’d like to see it grab a box of tissues and visit www.branitt.com
Then we started moving and now here we are in July, all moved into the new house, and Jas is in surgery as I type this. Another extention of her growth rods. She has been handling it amazingly well. The doctors said if all goes well they might let her go home tonight, I hope I hope I hope! The girl in the bed next to her snores like a bear in hibernation, and I fear sleeping here tonight.
Nyah is doing well also. She loves sharing a room with her sisters and copies everything Jasmine and Hannah do. Sometimes this is funny other times it’s a little nerve racking. In the past month she’s eaten grass because she wanted to be a camel. Eaten mud to clean off the pencil she stuck in it. And eaten both Lefty and Bella’s dog food, she says it tastes great and would happily eat it for dinner every night. She continues to amaze me with the concepts she understands and ideas she comes up with. I hope to have her in a full time preschool program this fall, which I think would be really good for her. Our newest game is she has to spell a word to get us to stop tickling her. The first word was STOP. She can also do dad, mom, Nyah and cat. We’ve been working on dog which for some reason she’s having a hard time remembering.
All typed out, this doesn’t seem like a lot but living it it has been slightly over whelming, but we’re living through it and surviving. When it comes down to it life is good and I’m grateful to have such a wonderful little family.