Night Before Surgery

Isa went to school as usual and then her ballet class.  I spent the day at the doctors, my stomach was still upset (yes,I think it was just nerves!) After ballet we went to dinner at IHOP.  Isa loved the idea of breakfast for dinner :-) We were joined by our close family and had a good time but the drive home was very quite.  We did our last minute packing for the hospital and then it was off to bed.  Unfortunately I don't think that Jon and I slept but Isa fell asleep as soon as she got in bed. I admit I did a lot of praying and some crying...I was extremely nervous for surgery.

Surgery Info

It's been five days since surgery...since I was to preoccupied to write as we went I will back track. 

One Day Away!!!

It's been a crazy past few days. I have been super busy and admittedly very distracted.  Even all the things that I had to do couldn't keep me from thinking about all that was to come.  I have been experiencing an upset stomach that just doesn't seem to want to go away :-( Everyone keeps telling me it must be nerves, if it is then I hope it will go away tomorrow and not worse!

Had the hospital tour the other day and it was comforting yet frightening at the same time.  I felt relieved that the children's area was much nicer than I could have hoped for but being there made it real and that was frightening! My Isa was dazzled by all the cool things at the hospital which was also comforting.

I pray that everything will go well tomorrow and that I am able to be as brave as Isa!

8 More Days Until Surgery!!!

8 more days until surgery and today I actually had some time to reflect *sigh*.  Truthfully, I was a bit scared of having that time but I also really needed it.  I have been running around busy with so many things.  I do enjoy doing it all and being involved in Isa's school but I needed a few minutes to unwind. I am happy to report that I am at ease with my decision of choosing to do surgery and that there isn't any second guessing.  However, I can't say that that takes away the worry.  I am worried. First beacause of the anesthesia and then how difficult the recovery is going to be on her. But I have faith in God and know he will watch over her.

Eye Update and a Few Other Things

While at Disney I have to admit that Isa had a few instances of her eye rotating out (during the six days we were there). I would like to think it is because she was exhausted from everything going on, but truth be told I think me saying that is just an excuse. It is something that I am going to have to bring up to the doctor during her appointment in November.  I am scared of what is to come but for right now I can only deal with one surgery at a time.  I am hoping the doctor will have her start patching AGAIN even if it is just to postpone another surgery. 

We had a lot of fun at Disney but I have to admit that it was very draining! It did get our mind off the surgery! As soon as we got back, within hours actually (got home at 4 am and by 7am we were off to school, no worries Isa got plenty of sleep ;-)) I was back to my busy schedule. I haven't had much time for anything other than taking Isa to school, school volunteering, and taking the kids to their extra curricular activities that again I have no time to REALLY think about what is to come in less than two weeks!!! I have a busy schedule for the following week as well so I should be able to stay a LITTLE sane without thinking and pondering all the time the what if's and double guessing our decsision.

I have to say that I am extremely thankful to God that although Isa does have some health issues they could be FAR worse.  I admire mothers who have children with medical conditions especially with serious conditions, it takes a lot to be able to do it, emotional and physical!

Destressing at Disney

I have to admit that lately I have been very preoccupied with all of our daily things, school, extracurricular activities, appointments, my school volunteer stuff and of course all of my home duties that I haven't had much time to just sit and think.  The constant running around has allowed me not to be in the constant worry and be scared mode, thank god!  However, now that the day is getting closer I am getting more nervous.  We are twenty days away from surgery at this point!!!! Jon and I decided to take the kids to Disney to destress :-) We figured it would be a good way for Isa to have some fun before surgery and to get all of our minds off of it.

Do you occasionally allow your kids a candy bar? UnReal Candy Review

 

Everyonce in a while I will do product reviews on products that I come across and really like or don't like that might or might not be of interest to a reader....here is one of them.
 
I recently tried Unreal Candy Bar  # 5 which is an equivalent to Milky Way with the kiddos.  As part of BzzAgent.com I was invited to a Unreal Candy campaign, they sent me coupons for one free Unreal candy and several coupons for BGOF.  If you haven't heard of BzzAgent you should totally check it out.  They send me tons of free stuff to try out and review and then spread the Bzz about it via word of mouth.  You never have to lie and say you like the product, you just give an honest opinion on whether you like the product or not and talk with people and not at them or spam anyone. 

Any who,Unreal is suppose to be an unjunked version of a candy candy bar with no corn syrup, no artificial ingredients, and no preservatives amongst other things. Isa and Max thought it was great, but I haven't come across a chocolate bar that they dont' like yet!  I love Milky Ways so I was more critical. While I must admit I am not a huge fan of giving my kiddos candy (Grandma will attest to this!) I do once in a while and I would feel better about giving them something that doesn't have all the extra artificial ingredients and preservatives.  I took my first bite thinking, "yeah right is this going to taste as yummy as a Milky Way", but I was pleasantly surprised!  The caramel is what stood out the most, it was very rich :-)  It tasted just as good a Milky Way and even better without some of that junk!!!

If you are like me and do give your little ones candy once in a while, you may want to give this a try to at least take out some of the junk out of the junk food!