A Weekend in Spokane

Lil' Funzee spent about a week complaining of intermittent pain in her abdomen. We hoped that she was constipated or something, and she seemed to feel better when stuff moved. Lindsea sent a text asking if we noticed that her eyes were yellowing, and that made us pay much closer attention to her symptoms. Rissa was happy to talk about bowel movements and to listen to her bowels. Thursday afternoon we decided that jaundice was the time to go to the ER.

She got hooked up with some good saline solution and had her blood drawn.

We waited around in the comfortable ER room, except DeA thought it was cold so they shared a giant blanket.

Her numbers were "significantly" high. After seeing her chart, the normal high is 78 and she was at 9479, and they called an ambulance to take her to Sacred Heart Children's Hospital.

She got all strapped in and ready for her fun joyride.

DeA got to ride shotgun while I tried to run to WalMart to get them snacks and then went home to grab toothbrushes and other things I could quickly think of grabbing.

They got to the hospital around 9:30pm, and I rolled in a little after 10:30. They stored her in an ER room until her spot on the floor opened up.

We tried sleeping on the chairs and it was not great.

She wasn't allowed anything except two ice chips. Literally two ice chips.

At 2:30am the quirkiest older lady in scrubs opened the door and said that she was there to transport Jens to her room. She refused any help and hit every chair, trashcan and wall corner on the way but was a spot of joy. Her room was ready for her with a stuffed animal, a blanket, and a pillowcase. 

Family and friends made sure that she felt loved.

Javi made sure she knew what she looks like with jaundice.

After what felt like too long, she finally had a scope with the GI doc. 

She was pretty chill and happy to get to eat and drink again. She went almost 40 hours without anything but an IV bag.

No shower, no getting her hair did, no change of clothes and she still looks hot as a tamale.

She was pretty loopy when she got back to the room, but the orderly still asked if she felt like walking which felt like maybe not a great idea.

She was excited to take a shower, and the nurse used a diaper to help keep her IV site dry.

 After all of that, she was so excited to go home on Saturday and the important thing was she felt pain free and ready to volleyball.

Summer of Naps and Snakes

DeA likes to tell me that she's not ready for a Sunday nap and is going to read her scriptures instead, but then...

DeA and I were walking out our front door to go grab something at Mom and Dad's when we heard a rattle. After a short search, Dad found it on the driveway and Rock disposed of it.

Hudson was fascinated by the carcass.

A dead snake, a shotgun, and a fish head. Really hillbilling it up on the England knoll.

Hampa teaching the new generation how to water witch.

It was a pretty evening.

 

Lazy Summer Days

Leo doesn't go on walks anymore, and he doesn't chase the four-wheeler anymore, but he can keep up with some of the teenagers' summer activities.

He doesn't even chase Horchata around anymore (probably because he got dropped kicked the last time he tried).

Schnoogies likes to get in on the summer plans, too.

We have reached the point where the FedEx guy knocks on our door for help delivering the Ascanio's packages to Mom and Dad's house.

The summer evenings have been pretty pretty sweet.

I guess the afternoon nap didn't take.

Poor Jens, we thought she was a little sick, but it turns out she was super sick, but we'll cover that next time.

Leo puppy really likes that Luca and Sofia carry the ice cream right at his level.

 

Summer

There have been some beautiful evenings out on Hampa and Nama's front porch lately. Rock thought things were a little too peaceful and decided to buzz Hampa's tower with Babis' drone.

Schnoogies looks extra pretty in the sunset light.

Even when she doesn't want me to take her picture.

The pink Cadillac is always popular with the kids.

The dogs love that Sofia carries her ice cream cones at their level. Sofia is not so thrilled about it.

She was better once she got lifted out of the slobber zone.

Jens pulled out her inflatable alpaca and was pretty thrilled about it.

When Nama's away...

Uh, I'm pretty sure he isn't supposed to be up there.

 

Post 4th Recovery

Cambri has quite a variety of faces that she makes.

Crewe got an ice cream cone but wasn't sure how close i had to be to his face.

But don't worry, he quickly figured it out.

Sofia would just hang out in the pink Cadillac and wait for someone to drive her around.

A last minute salsa request for the reception meant all hands on deck to help.

Schnoogies wanted to work out outside, suns out guns out.

Cambri wanted the van clean before they went home.