Proud Mother

Gabe just called to tell me he had made it home and was stung by a bug he thought was a beetle and tried to pick up. I start packing up my things to head home and make the boys meatloaf and get Gabe to football practice.
I checked my email one last time before leaving work for the day. Here is what I read.. Tears and smiles in my heart and on my face... she made my day and I cant wait to get home and hug his neck...



Hi!

I wanted to let you know how proud I am of Gabe. He is doing such a great job in third grade. He is a wonderful leader in the classroom and helps me out more than he knows. He makes my day everyday with his smile and excitement. He is not only a wonderful student but I see he is a wonderful friend to many kids. He is always surrounded by friends and is nice to everyone. He is doing a wonderful job with all of his work as well.

Please let him know how proud I am of him!
Mrs. Guetterman

Sizzle

Its been a while since I updated about my back/leg pain.. Since then I had quite a few diagnostic tests and procedures. My insurance company is probably ready to hire a hit man to take me out with all of the claims on my rap sheet. Anyway.... Between my spine specialists and my pain management doctor ,they decided that my chronic pain must be coming from the arthritis of the facet joints of the spine. Nerves called medial branches supply facet joints. They carry the pain signals to the spinal cord. The signals eventually reach the brain where the pain is registered. Pain is a warning when the joint is irritated So therefore on Wednesday of this week I had a procedure called rhizotomy or Radio frequency Ablation. Essentially what they did was cauterize or burn 6 nerves in my lower back whose sole purpose was to tell my brain I was in pain. Who needs that..... right? So the procedure itself hurt like the dickens but was tolerable considering I have had a whole lot of needles stuck into my spine lately. It put me into bed for all of Wed and Thursday but back to work Friday. I'm sore and and a bit loopy from the pain meds but I am keeping a positive attitude about it because it HAS to work...It really is the only option left for me. The doctor says it will take a few weeks for the nerves to completely die and I could have a year or more of relief before the nerve regenerates itself. I'm praying real hard on this to be my miracle!

Tidbits

Daddy, Daddy Daddy... We are hearing a lot of that around the house lately. Jackson is a real Daddy's boy right now. He wants to be right in the middle of everything John is doing. Here is "helping" him install the new dishwasher.. Yeah... we finally got a new dishwasher..Ours had not been cleaning properly for a very long time...

Grandma Gay and our Uncle James came for a visit. She does not come very often but we all sure do love it when she does. She is Gabe, Jack and Siennas great grandmother and its just a blessing to have her around. Growing up my brothers and a I would fight over who was going to have grandma scratch our back or tickle our arms. She is just about the sweetest grandma in the world and we love her dearly.

We went to the KC Zoo for the first time. Here are the kids on a old truck that was pretty cool looking.

Here is the Grumpy Gardener.. This picture is too funny.. He was bringing in cucumbers from the garden and he was getting super ticked off because I was making him hold onto them too long while I took a picture...It was our first garden this year and we grew everything from seed. It was pretty rewarding to grow our very own vegetables.. We will definitely do it again next year..

God Bless America

I Saw An Eagle Cry !!!
Today I saw an eagle,With a teardrop in his eye.
It literally took my breath away,To see an eagle cry.
I asked him, What's the matter?,And he told me what he saw.
A cowardly attack was made,On the towers that once stood tall.
He said everything he stood for,Had taken a shocking blow.
So he had to take a moment,To let his own emotions show.
Then he proudly told me,That our Nation would survive.
That our Liberty and Freedom,He'd be sure to keep alive.
He said for us not to be afraid,To stand together, not apart.
For a terrorist has succeeded,If he puts fear within our hearts.
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