Carson gets his cast

Hey to all. first of all this is a picture of my son Carson. He got his cast today and charging people for their signatures....so far he has made $4......lol Now that I know how to add pictures I will start posting more.

So anyway....he did great. We wear this one for 3 weeks and then we get one from elbow down for 3 weeks. Yep.....he'll have for christmas and his birthday is Jan. 7th and I am calculating him to get it off Jan. 8th. What a bummer !!!!!

Nothing to exciting to post about just busy, busy busy with him. He can't dress himself , bath himself or anything so a mama's work is never done. I will try to post more later.

Lisa

A new job, a broken arm and a stomach bug adds up to a stressful week.

I want to apologize for not posting or at least not lettng anyone know why I haven't been posting but it has been a very interesting 2 weeks for me. Remember in my last post I was bragging about having my tree.....well now I know why I did it so early.

This coming monday 3 weeks ago I got a call from a friend of mine that runs a daycare at our former church offering me a job. Although I have enjoyed subbing and wasn't really looking for anything else I told her I would talk it over with my husband and get back with her. After talking it over with him we both come to the conclusion that since all 3 boys were in school that it would be good for me to get out of the house (remember the last couple of months I have been going through my GUNK) plus it would be a paycheck coming in weekly to do the extra things everyone likes to do.....not to mention christmas is coming....lol I called her back and started that wednesday. I have 7 toddlers....3 walking 4 crawling...ranging from 10 months to about 15 months. I love it.....challenging but enjoyable. I am still adjusting to the hours and working full time, taking care of 3 demanding boys, a husband, a dog and trying to keep the house clean. I am sorry I have left my blogging friends out there wondering about me.......I am okay just busy...LOL

Okay...so I am working there exactly two weeks to the day and my 8 yr. old wants to go to work with me because he is out of school for thanksgiving. About 4:30 wed. afternoon....his daycare teacher brought him in to me and said the most dreadful words a mom will eventually at some point have to hear....."Lisa, don't panic but Carson fell outsde and I think his arm is broke." I look up and OH MY GOSH, did I panic......to make a long story short we spend the next 7 hrs. in the ER and on the road to another ER to see a orthopedic. They originally thought they may have to take him to surgery to get it set properly but thankfully they were able to do it in the ER under light sedation. Okay so you talking about an 8 yr.old getting his way....my baby could get anything he wanted from me right now...lol

So anyway to top it off...we have a great thanksgiving only to have him wake up in the middle of the night throwing up and going to the bath room......so needless to say my work has been cut out for me through out this whole thing. I really do feel sorry for him.....he has a temporary cast till we go back to the dr. next tuesday.He has to wear a sling 24/7 unless he is in the bath and the cast is real heavy. I have got to say he has been a real trooper.....hardly cried at all during the whole thing. Being put to sleep while they set it really scared him.

So thats where I have been and I know God was there every step of the way with me. I promise to post earlier next time. Continue to keep my father-in-law in your prayers. He went wed. for a full body PET scan and we will know next tuesday if the cancer has spread or not. Thanks for posting on his caringbridge site.

Well it's 1:00 am...I guess I better get in the bed...my family will be here tomorrow for our delayed thanksgiving dinner.

Love yall and thanks for being concern.....I feel LOVED...hehehehe

Lisa

Begining of a new week........

Well.... good morning girls....It's another monday. We had a 3 day weekend this weekend. The boys were out of school on friday for a teachers work day. They received their report cards and I couldn't believe it..we are passing everything. We were proud of 'em. You will never guess what else I did on friday......give up? I put my christmas tree up. Yes...call me crazy but now it's up and I can enjoy thanksgiving, shopping and the holidays because all that is out of the way. I just love christmas.

My father-in-law goes tomorrow to see a urological oncologist. Pray that he can tell him something positive and things are going to be alright. I have created a website for him so friends, family and prayer warriors can go on there and leave him a note of encouragement. It's www.caringbridge.org and then on the name, type in vernonjohnson1. I know he would love to know that people are praying for him. I know God is in control of what is ahead of him. I don't remember exactly what I posted previously about him but he had surgery back in April and they told us they had gotten it all. No chemo., radiation or anything. He had more surgery about 2 weeks ago and now they are saying 2 of the 7 lymph nodes tested positive for cancer. Just pray it hasn't spread throughout the body and was all localized in that one area. He has Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Metastatic meaning it can mestesticize to other areas of the body. We are praying it hasn't gone that far.

Well hope everyone had a great weekend. Nikki, hope your are feeling better and things can get back to somewhat normal for you.

Love yall,
Lisa

CANCER....Such a destructive word

Hey to all.....hope things are going well with everyone. This is a not so good post this morning. back in April my father-in-law starting having some problems and ended up in the ER and from there surgery. The result of the surgery was cancerous but we were told that the drs. had gotten it all. Well a few weeks ago....he had small knot come up. He went back to the dr. and they ended up doing more surgery and this time it has shown up that it is in his lymph nodes. Just wanted everyone to be praying for him and our families as well. he goes to Augusta, Ga. on tuesday...hopefully we will know more then as far as treatments. I will post more as I know.

Hope all the little kids had a good time last night.....the dentist will be busy in a couple of weeks...lol

Sorry for the short post but I am working today....just wanted you to be praying for my father-in-law. His name is Vernon Johnson...please add him to your prayer list.

Thanks,
Lisa