{Ivy's Surgery}

 Ivy finally had her surgery to "re-plumb" her insides. They trimmed extra ureter tubes, removed a "bladder" formed from those extra tubes, and reshaped her bladder.  It took about six hours and the nurse helping out was amazing.  He called me at the top of every hour to keep me updated on their progress.  We got to the hospital bright and early since she was unable to eat or drink prior to surgery.  She was so easy and happy and charmed everyone with her fuzzy hair.

When they finished and let us in to see her, she was pretty out of it.  She would try to open her eyes but was just to darn tired.  She threw up and dry heaved several times over the next hour in recovery, but they assured us that was normal and due to being heavily sedated for so long. 

 Once we got settled in her room, we pretty much stayed put for three days.  She was a sad, sad baby.  She didn't sleep for about 72 hours.  Literally!  She would take a 15-20 minute cat nap during the nights but it was pretty torturous.  I felt so bad for her.  She couldn't hold anything down, even though we weren't feeding her.  She was getting pumped full of fluid and meds through the IV, but anytime they tried to give her sips of water, milk, or medicine, she would immediately throw it back up.  By the third day she was starting to eat applesauce and hold it down.  We went on a few walks in the wagon.  They weaned her off the IV and sent us home.  The third day they also had the coolest Halloween party for all the sick kiddos.  It was amazing.  They had hundreds of costumes, and you could take as many home as you wanted.  Pumpkin painting, games, free books, socks, hats, etc.  I stocked up! 

 This was day four, at home.  She slept in my arms almost all day and night.  She could hardly keep her eyes open and she and I lounged together all day.  I felt so bad for her but at the same time was loving getting to snuggle on her so much.  She went back to throwing up everything, including her antibiotics and pain killers. 

 

After a few days of being miserable, she seemed to really perk up.  She was holding down her bottle and attempting to eat.  We took her to church with us and I remember calling Clint at work on Monday telling him I think we wore her out because she seemed to be not feeling well again.  By Wednesday of that week, I knew something was wrong.  She had a fever that wouldn't go away, she wouldn't even look at food or drink, and she was totally limp and lethargic.  I could barely get her to hold her own head up.  Her doctor and I had been playing phone tag and on the last message I got from him, he let me know that she should be getting better at this point, not worse.  So, we took her to the hospital where we learned that she had a urine/kidney/blood infection, and had developed a heart murmur from the infection.  So after a long expensive ambulance ride to Cardon's at midnight, we settled in again for another long few days. 

 Clint and I took turns this go around with her.  Whoever stayed got zero sleep and I was starting to loose my mind, so he took a day off work and stayed Wednesday night and Thursday.  I took his place Thursday night and Friday, then he spent the night with her on Friday.  This was Friday afternoon.  She was starting to perk up and smile!  I also gave her a sponge bath and pretty much burned this shirt.

 After taking the girls to gymnastics and picking up some Chick-fil-A for dinner, we ate together in the cafeteria and got some good smiles out of her.

 Going home Saturday afternoon!  I love this smile.

 That Saturday was super busy with soccer games and our ward trunk-or-treat.  So I took kids to soccer games while Clint was with her at the hospital, and by the time he got home it was time for me to get kids dressed and ready for the party at the church.  While I took the older girls, he took Ivy and went to get her prescription filled.  FIVE pharmacies later, and after talking to her doctor, we learned that her medicine was very uncommon and not carried in most pharmacies.  We were also told there was nothing they could replace it with.  So at 11 that night, Clint drove back to Cardon's where they filled the RX for us.  It wasn't cheap either. 

We kept her home Sunday thru Tuesday and just let her catch up on sleep and start to eat normally again.  On Wednesday we went in super early again for her little outpatient surgery to have her stent removed.  It only took about a half hour in the operating room, and after about two hours in recovery, they let us go home.  It was quick and painless and she was SO much happier!  Literally within hours of getting home she was walking around, happy as a lark-and eating a ton of food!  Such a relief.  We will follow up with her pediatrician and then the surgeon within a few weeks, and then a repeat VCUG and ultrasound in a month to make sure everything is running smoothly and healing fine.  I am so grateful for the doctors and nurses that have taken such good care of her and helped her to heal up.  Also so very thankful for our moms!  My mom and Clint's mom both saved us over the few weeks we were there.  They each took time off work to help with the other girls.  We would have been scrambling big time without their help!  

We love this little Fuzz so so much.

Beginning of October

 Quick trip to yogurt jungle after gymnastics and before dinner?  Sure.  Why not.

 FUZZ.

 My view when I try to pee:

 Sage had a nasty ear infection and a quarter sized piece of wax wedged in her ear.  Whoops.

 Listening to General Conference in our tent with this chick blowing bubbles at us=we may have heard 1 talk.

Young Family Reunion 2014 {ROCKY POINT}

It happened!

We went for our second year in a row to Rocky Point--and had a blast!  Most people are terrified of crossing the border, but man.  The short drive, the empty beach, the perfect water and amenities-it all makes for the most relaxing vacation ever.  All of the Young family crew made it this year, and we stayed an extra day which was so worth it.  Four full days was the perfect length.  We started our trip with a little visit to Costco. 

 

We left town on a Wednesday, and miss Kenedi got to ride with us.  We get dibs on her, should anything ever happen to the Copples.  She was so awesome.  I loaded the van and we went straight to Clint's office, where the girls ransacked his office and annoyed everyone there.

 

The next four days we swam, played in the sand, ate junk food, played games, had lots of tacos and mangoes, rode quads, and swam some more.  It was pretty fantastic.

 

 

We had two beach houses.  One right on the water, one from the vantage point on the left picture, right next to the pool.  Since we have two nappers still, Clint and I took turns staying with the littles while they napped.  It was AMAZING.  One day, I listened for them while laying in the sun on the porch.  The next day when it was his turn, I took a chair to the water and baked in the sun.

 

Apparently I've turned into a huge sissy.  I was terrified on the quad and refused to ride it after a few minutes.  Took a spin on the side-by-side instead and was equally terrified.  Thankfully Charly was crying and scared also, so I didn't have to make us go home.  We went super slow for her.  I used to love this stuff, so I'm not sure when I became such a wimp.

 

 3 of the 4 days we were there were super humid.  Every time we took our cameras out to snap pictures, the lens would fog up so bad that nothing would turn out.  So it is what it is.

 

I love all the photo bombs in these.

From our last night:

FUZZY!

 

Our final morning there was a Sunday, so we spent a few minutes doing a devotional and singing songs.  After we took a group shot and each headed out.  It really was the best trip and I'm already looking forward to next year.  We owe it all to my mom and dad.  Not only did they pay for almost all of it, but they held grandbabies NONstop and took care of sick kids and made meals and played with the older kids and cleaned and seriously made the trip as fantastic as it was.  We love you!!!