Fillmore, Sept. 04
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Life isn't all fun
We've mostly used this blog to post happy stuff- pictures of our kids doing cute things, holidays, and our many vacation adventures.
Bad things, of course, have been happening. For many reasons, 2005 has been the most difficult year of our lives. But, as these pages witness, it hasn't all been bad.
Things got alot more complicated on Sunday morning when I took an unexpected fall during my semi-regular bike ride with Mike. I've crashed many times, and broken several bones in the process, but this one was a real surprise. I lifted my hands of the handlebars for a second, and I went right down. On a flat, wide road. I knew the second that I hit the ground that it was serious. The first question whenever a rider is down is "should I call 911?". The answer was a resounding yes.
After to trip via ambulance to stanford, I was rushed into the ER for emergency surgery. I recieved 3 titanium screws in my hip. I'm told that there is a 25-50% chance that I will need hip replacement, because the bone was fully disconnected and may die from blood loss. I'm plenty scared of that.
I stayed in the hospital until yesterday. Overall, I can only describe the care I recieved as horrible. Nurses were too busy to do much other than the basics, and I had some unpleasant complicaitons. Finally, a physical therapist insisted that I go home, that "nothing good can happen for you here".
Now that I'm home, I am strugglinng- it really hurts, and the pain medication only helps a small amount. We're trying to get into a routine. It's hard to see carol running around doing EVERYTHING, and having to take time out to deal with me.
I am looking forward the the pain receeding enough to be able to get around with more confidence. But right now everything totally sucks. Thank god for Carol.
-Rich
Bad things, of course, have been happening. For many reasons, 2005 has been the most difficult year of our lives. But, as these pages witness, it hasn't all been bad.
Things got alot more complicated on Sunday morning when I took an unexpected fall during my semi-regular bike ride with Mike. I've crashed many times, and broken several bones in the process, but this one was a real surprise. I lifted my hands of the handlebars for a second, and I went right down. On a flat, wide road. I knew the second that I hit the ground that it was serious. The first question whenever a rider is down is "should I call 911?". The answer was a resounding yes.
After to trip via ambulance to stanford, I was rushed into the ER for emergency surgery. I recieved 3 titanium screws in my hip. I'm told that there is a 25-50% chance that I will need hip replacement, because the bone was fully disconnected and may die from blood loss. I'm plenty scared of that.
I stayed in the hospital until yesterday. Overall, I can only describe the care I recieved as horrible. Nurses were too busy to do much other than the basics, and I had some unpleasant complicaitons. Finally, a physical therapist insisted that I go home, that "nothing good can happen for you here".
Now that I'm home, I am strugglinng- it really hurts, and the pain medication only helps a small amount. We're trying to get into a routine. It's hard to see carol running around doing EVERYTHING, and having to take time out to deal with me.
I am looking forward the the pain receeding enough to be able to get around with more confidence. But right now everything totally sucks. Thank god for Carol.
-Rich
Monday, October 31, 2005
Halloween 2005
This was probably our best Halloween yet. Zachary and I joined Siena at Kindergarten for a costume parade, then a party with her class, then trick-or-treating. Rich and I took the kids really far around the neighborhood, and got their buckets filled. (ah good - now they can share with us!)
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Siena's Birthday!
Siena is 6 now! We had a great big party at Chuck E. Cheese's with 18 friends and accompanying parents. I found a bakery which made a fantastic cake with the Pokemon figures I supplied. Everyone seemed to have fun using up the game tokens. The next day, Monday, we had a small party at home (just us), and ate cake before dinner - a backwards party. Then Siena opened the remaining gifts from family. Thank you, everyone! Siena really had a most excellent couple of days of celebration!
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