What a week?!

          What a week we have had. What a week! Cole had her sinus surgery a week ago last Friday. She was doing wonderful. I was grateful. On Tuesday she was fine and then {it seemed like seconds} she started having horrible chest pains. {I hate the word…..Blood clot} but that was my first thought. I tried to get her to the car to drive her to the emergency room, but the pain was so bad and the she was so sick. I called 911. WOW! I asked them what I should do. They said they would send someone out. They got lost. The pain seemed to be easing. They came and took vitals. She seemed ok, not anything life threatening. I decided to drive her myself and the pain hit again. “YOU TAKE HER!” I said.

So an ambulance ride it was.  And 9 hours in the emergency room. Lots of tests and CT scans and ultrasounds. No blood clots. No kidney stones. They finally discovered that her liver enzymes were high. Did that cause the chest pain? Not sure, but her cousin Natalie has had the same problems after anesthetic.  Same pain, same high liver enzymes, same family! :} So they did some more blood work on Friday and we wait. The story of my life. Wait.

She is doing so much better. They took her off her meds with Tylenol. That stuff is so hard on the liver.

Stacy finished her student teaching on Friday. She is sooooooo happy. She gratuates in a few weeks. I am so proud of her.

So my little family is all together for the 4th. Can I tell you how happy that makes me? They are so cute together. We have family traditions that we have done for 10 years. We go to the parade, then to Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Todd’s for hot dogs and a swim in their beautiful pool. {heated to 92 yesterday} and then to Aunt Mary and Uncle Don’s for dinner and fireworks. (Lott reunion)

We didn’t feel like Cole should do do all that stuff, so we told the kids that they could go and I would stay with her."" NOPE.” They said, “We don’t care what we do as long as it’s together.” So we stayed home. We laid around, did a little jet skiing, and then went to dinner at 5 and she did really good.

Then to Aunt Mary’s for dinner……

I love my dad!

Cole, mom, dad, Stacy, Derek and little Trycen {Kira’s little boy}

And the fireworks…………….

And on Friday went and saw Eclipse…….

I am so grateful for my Lott Family. I am thankful for  my heritage. I LOVE this holiday and look so forward to it every year. I look so forward to it. It is our one and only time we all get together. I love my aunts and uncles. Cousins. Sister in laws. EVERYONE!  I love my little Pasley family and I am so grateful for them. I couldn’t be prouder!