One moment can change everything!
That look on my face is sheer terror 11 weeks ago I had reconstructive shoulder surgery. I’ve had a recurring dislocated shoulder for the past 10 years. Before surgery, I had dislocated my shoulder 15 times. I went to the hospital twice before I learned to put it back in myself. (Thanks YouTube!) After the surgery, I was in a sling for 6 weeks with zero movement. My shoulder has been stiff from lack of movement and the shoulder rehab has been slow. A couple of days ago I got this great idea… let’s get a few pictures of me in front of some street art! It started with me staring into space for a picture… Then it moved to weird action shots that didn’t work… So the last picture is what it is… BUT… My reaction to the kick was that my right arm went straight up into the air… and that is where this moment turned scary. I heard and felt a *POP* in my right shoulder… when I landed, I grabbed my shoulder and braced for pain. In that split second, I regretted every decision leading up to that moment in the picture. I started to stand up, holding my shoulder, realizing the potential damage I did. I started to move expecting the worst… 🌟Insert magical moment here🌟 there was no pain… The stiffness was gone and my range of motion was almost back to normal! I still don’t have the strength in that arm BUT that split second of terror, has turned into the best rehab I have done to date! January and February were tough months for us. Kade went in for Surgery on the 17th and healed up within a week. I had surgery exactly one week later on the 24th with an expected recovery of 24-36 weeks. We are so grateful as a family for all the support we have received in the last 12 weeks from everyone. When they say it takes a village to raise a family, I am glad I have my village to lean on! #sprucegrove #stonyplain #parklandcounty #surgerystory #takesavillage
Saturday Morning Excitement
Have kids they said... it'll be fun they said... Aren’t these kids adorable? These boys almost always think of others first and they wear their hearts on their sleeves.This morning started off a little rough for Cassie…Anything to do with an insect gets her attention IMMEDIATELY…Our boys (Reid and Kade) are morning kids. They can't sleep past 5:30/6 am… so they wake up and get themselves breakfast and read books together.This morning was no different. They woke up, came into our room, snuggled in for 2.5 seconds then out to the kitchen to grab their breakfast.At 6:30 am, Reid walks in to our room with the biggest smile telling us about how him and Kade found a “big bug” and are feeding it.Cue Cassie sitting up, thinking wtf...Reid explained that is was about the size of a mouse and he found it when he opened the side door. The ejection seat on Cassies side of the bed deployed; out of bed and ran into the bathroom locking the door…This is a marital cue meaning “You deal with it” I got dressed and went into the kitchen and all she heard was Reid tell me in his high pitched concerned voice “Daaaaad, it's gone, where did it go?”!I walked into the kitchen and Kade and Reid are circling the kids plate on the ground. A granola bar ripped open and broke into small pieces on the plate… all so the bug could have breakfast with them. We searched thinking it was a beetle or something…. Nope sure was not.Reid and Kade finally “found” the "bug"… it was on their plate and they were showing me what it was. They were laughing so hard... because they thought they were so funny - some real jokesters we've got on our hands here.This whole evil wake up was not a bug at all… turned out to be a piece of lint.Kudos kiddos… you got us both!
