Cole The Entertainer

Cole The Entertainer

Cole: I want to be Superman!

Me: I thought you wanted to be a pumpkin?

Cole: I want to be a skeleton!

Me: Um, we don't have a skeleton costume, but maybe you can wear your brother's costume from last year.

The result is what you see above (click on the link). Cole gives his 3 step guide to trick or treating...He is such a character!

Sonja's home as of Sunday and she is doing well...lots of snoozing and stuff like that...Still, there is pain from healing and she has two places to be...her wheelchair and bed...a bit boring for her, but she's a trouper!

Sonja's View

This is how Sonja will need to be for the next 6 weeks...while her hips heal up...at least it's not a hard cast, just a flexible one to keep her legs straight...And a sponge wedge to keep her legs separated...makes for a nice surface to place her iPad on!

A Room with a View

Our view is pretty cool here is Sonja's hospital room...Camelback Mtn. to the left and Papago on the right...It looks nice outside...too bad we are stuck inside.

Sonja will be leaving the ICU shortly and moved to the regular room where she will finish out her stay here at the hospital. Basically, a larger nurse to patient ratio, but we are always with her anyways, so if there is a problem and Sonja needs something, we will tell them.

She had a bit of a problem today holding her food down, but she got cleaned up and is sleeping again, but for awhile, she was pretty alert. Wish her flamingo had come out unscathed...he got slimed by Sonja so he is in the bathroom drying off after his bath.

Sonja's Recovery

Sonja is in the hospital recovering from a long planned hip surgery which is called Femoral Varus Derotational Osteotomy or VDRO. It was a major surgery for her that will keep her hips from becoming dislocated and to create a more functional hip joint. She will need at least 6 weeks to fully heal before we can do the usual standing or range of motion exercises that she is usually used to.

Sonja has been sleeping a lot since her surgery and mainly it is due to the amount of muscle relaxants and pain meds she is getting. Nothing like a good sleep! Especially after everything she has been through!

September means Wedding!

Erica and Shay

Troy and I with the happy couple

Enjoying the reception

The cousins being silly

Nephew Seth being Cookie Monster

Troy's sister, Mandy, the maker of those sweet cookies

Troy and I traveled to Fargo sans kids to attend his brother Shay's and Erica's wedding in early September.  It was a beautiful wedding and Fargo feels a lot better in September than January!  Sorry, Mandy! I really enjoyed your reception too, even if it was just 0 degrees!  Mandy is a great baker and made cookies as take-a-ways for the wedding!  I think I ate about five of those iced pumpkin cookies!  Yum-O!