Let Them Eat Cake!

OK, so hyperglycemia might be an issue around here this month. We have had a lot of cake. Sage loves to cook and looks for reasons to wear her apron that my grandma made her. So we bake!

Groundhogs: Who doesn't love Groundhogs day? We had made these cupcakes in the past, and they are so darn cute. We had a really fun night even though the nasty little rodent saw his shadow. The kids had a blast and made an enormous mess. Heath even hobbled over to the table to help. Looks just like Phil, huh?




Valentines: because there just isn't enough chocolate at valentines day, we needed cupcakes. Luckily, I sent most of them to Heath's office and some to my girls at work.

Mardi Gras Kings Cake: Growing up, I can remember some friends bringing us back a kings cake from New Orleans after they went down for Mardi Gras. Loved it. Beads too! Sage and I decided to make our own version this year. Very tasty! Marlee got the baby in hers. :)

March is national nutrition month, so we will probably try some healthier options for snacks.

My Student

This is my student intern. She spent the last 10 weeks at the hospital where I work.
On her first day she was chatting with my boss and mentioned that she was from Federal Way. Cool! Me too! So I turn to join the conversation and she looks at me and says, "you used to be my gymnastics teacher." Whoa!!! Sure enough, many years ago I had her in one of my gym classes at good ol Gymnastics Unlimited. Is it a small world or what???
Can I just add that she is an AMAZING intern and is going to make a fantastic dietitian someday. ...all goes back to those formative years at GU.

Heath

A quick update on Heath. His knee is doing really good. His physical therapist has been impressed with his range of motion and is ready to start him on a bike. -Stationary bike, much to Hayden's disappointment who had visions of him and his dad doing physical therapy all over town together-hold tight bud, its coming!
He is brace free, got all the stitches out and really doesn't need the crutches, but the doctor encouraged him to keep them one more week. Sage likes it when he "crutches around" the house. She chases him and says, "don't crutch me Dad!"
Unfortunatley the poor guy got Strep Throat a week out from surgery, followed up with a stomach bug and now seems to have some sorta flu. Can't catch a break! He was tickled to get all the bandages and stuff off so he could shower a week and a half after surgery.
He is pretty amazing. I admire his strength, he has been such a good sport, hardly complaining at all, so tough... and his handicap parking pass is awesome!

Hayden practicing in case he ever "breaks" his ACL

Surgery

Whew, what a week! Tuesday was Sage's check up. Wednesday, Heath spent the evening at the after hours pediatric clinic with Hayden for a raging ear infection. Then to cap off a week of medical fun, Heath had his ACL repair surgery. Needless to say, we have already met the medical deductible for the year.
Heath had his surgery today at noon. I worked the morning and then hung out at the surgery center so I could chat with the doc. He told me that the surgery went great and that I would have my husband back at 100% in about 6 months or so. Then as Heath was coming to, I got to go back and be with him. The nurse unloaded so many instructions on me; not sure what all I have missed, but there is no way that I got all that. No weight bearing this weekend. I have to empty the JP drain, meds every 4 hrs. around the clock. ice, brace. Follow up Monday to get the drain out. "oh, and did you bring crutches with you?" No, why would I? So then off to the home medical store. Believe it or not we made it home, after I tried to pass out when they showed me how much blood had saturated his bandages. Yikes! The kids were very concerned and tried really hard to help out. Marlee just wanted to snuggle with daddy. It was very sweet. Poor guy is totally drugged and can hardly move. He is not in much pain because he got a femoral block. His leg is pretty much dead. However, it should wear off soon, and then the real fun begins.
Two angels, Kara and Joe, brough us dinner. So grateful, there are not words!!!
Should be an interesting weekend....