We're still here!

Yes it's true, we still exist! We have had strep throat, colds, ear infections, sinus infections and I have a bum hip. I wish I had better news! At least I haven't injured my children, but unfortunately my children are still getting injured! Poor Abby tends to be a chew toy at daycare. A 2 year old girl can't seem to NOT bite my little 'angel'. One of these days I hope Abby really gives it to her! I know that wasn't very Christian-like of me. I guess I will have 1 more thing to pray about and ask for forgiveness! :) On Sunday Zach decided that he wanted to see if anything would happen if he stepped on a rusty old nail. Grandpa Faz had just warned him to be careful, but Zach couldn't resist. He had a life lesson- natural consequences. He found out the hard way, that nails can go through shoes. I took him to the urgent care clinic (still groggy from my meds- you'll read that part soon!) and dingy me forgot that Zach had a tetnus shot right before Kindergarten! Then to top it off, he was still on an antibiotic for his strep/ear infection/sinus infection! All they did was change his band-aid!!

I'll just get all of the bad info out of the way now! Every so often my left leg feels like it slips out of the hip socket. I have had a couple of bad episodes in September. I have excruciating pain and my leg locks up on me. After procrastinating way TOO long, I finally went to the doctor. The funny thing is that Ben really wanted me to go to the doctor because he was so freaked out by it. For those of you that know Ben, doctors are not his 'thing'. Ben is notorious for telling everyone that I am a hypochondriac! Needless to say after 3 doctor visits(GP & 2 Orthos), 1 hip xray and 1 MRI; I will be having arthroscopic surgery on my hip December 1st. Some how I have torn my left hip labrum. I never knew what it was until I tore it! The pain is caused from arthritis that has developed in my hip from the tear. Needless to say, I hate labrums! When I have the surgery, they will be able to clean out the arthritis, but it may return. If it comes back, then the Dr. said that worse case scenario is that in 5-10 years I will need to have my hip replaced. The only good thing out of this is that I am supposed to be out of work for 1 week after my surgery! I am going to be positive about this! I tried to talk my surgeon into just amputating my leg. I told him I didn't need it, I am really not into image. I told him that I could easily get a prosthetic leg. I was partly serious. I don't think my doc knew what to think of me. My doc used to play football for NE and in 1985 was drafted to the Dallas Cowboys. When I saw him the first time, I said, "Wow, I thought you'd be bigger!". The PA laughed, but I think I stunned him. After a few minutes he warmed up to me. He also tried telling me that we were in the same age group (30s). I believe that was after he told me that they would "put something in my crotch" during surgery. I kindly reminded him that I was having hip surgery and that nothing was going in my crotch. Thankfully he corrected himself and told my that they would have to stabilize my hip during surgery so that they can dislocate my leg! UGH!!! He probably has referred me for a psych consult and will happen to miss my surgery date. We then had a nice conversation about Mississippi Mud Pie. My doc went to med school in Memphis. Ben went to high school there for a year. About 5 years ago Ben and I went there for the weekend. I kid you not- there is a little dive restaurant that serves the BEST Mississippi Mud Pie. I would seriously consider going back, just for it! Anyway, my doc knew exactly where I was talking about. I guess you wouldn't understand our conversation unless you have had the joy of trying this! Speaking of our trip to Memphis, it was my first and last time at Graceland. Ben thought that I was rude when I said that Elvis' house was tacky- but it really is!!

Ok, I have to end on a positive note! Don't you just hate when people are so negative?!? It can be so contagious. Anyway, I just paid $2.99 a gallon for gas....................

Also we are coming back to IL for Thanksgiving! I am so excited. We aren't sure if Ben will be able to make it because of his work schedule, but the rest of us will be there!

Later-
Jen