Surgery

David and I went to the surgeon yesterday about my gall bladder. I have to have it removed (for some reason I was just thinking the stones would be removed but once you generate stones, you always will so it is being removed) next Tuesday, 12/30. Not good news for a New Year's celebration but great news for deductibles. I will be in the hospital for about 6 hours that day and the doctor said the third day into recovery is the worst (when I will hit bottom) and then things look up from there - something to look forward to?!?! I really liked Dr. Riviera but I don't like all of the scary scenarios he had to "inform" us of. We were planning on going to Houston today to spend Christmas with some of David's vast family but decided against it. If I have another gall bladder attack, (I had some pain last night) then I will end up in an emergency room in Houston and we decided that wouldn't be a good idea.

Our trip to Ruidoso was awesome. I posted a few pictures on my Facebook page but I will need to post some here also. I'm so drained from not sleeping much last night and still need to do some Christmas shopping that I need to get going with my day so I'll save those pictures for later.

Health Update

Well, I have gall stones. But, my gall bladder is not inflammed so I can go on our trip to Ruidoso and schedule surgery to remove them when we return. It should be a day surgery so that's good news. I'm just thankful it's something that can taken care of with relative ease and quickness. I've never had surgery before so it's a little unnerving but again I'm just glad it's something they can fix. We leave tomorrow morning for our trip so I'll update after we return.

Health Check and Thanksgiving Pics

It seems like once we get home from one activity/trip, the next one is upon us and I can't seem to catch up. This past Thursday I had an abdominal "attack" that was extremely painful and lasted for about 10 hours. I was able to get a doctor's appointment on Friday and got a prescription to help with the abdominal pain. He sent me to have an ultrasound this morning and should have the results tomorrow. He called this morning and said the ultrasound would confirm it but he thinks I have gall stones. Holy cow! Not good. We are leaving Wednesday for a trip to Ruidoso, NM with my family until next Monday. I'll find out tomorrow if I really have them and what we need to do next. I didn't have any pain this weekend and I've been a little uncomfortable this morning but no real pain.

Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving trip to Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque, TX. We went with our friends Mark and Brenda (Wyatt's godparents) and their kids Dalton, Bethany and Colleen. We had alot of fun, exploring, hiking, geocaching, visiting, celebrating Thanksgiving, etc.
Here is Dalton, Wyatt, Colleen and Bethany when we first arrived in front of the beautiful Caprock Canyons.

Daddy and Wyatt with the Caprock Canyons behind.

A picture from down in the canyons.

Thanksgiving dinner - turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, cranberry, green bean casserole, rolls. It was YUMMY!

Wyatt and Colleen "resting their bellies" and watching a movie after dinner.

Colleen, Bethany, Wyatt and Hollypeno playing.

Friday, we took a hike in the canyons. David, Wyatt, Colleen and I went about 3 miles and the others went longer. It was getting too close to Wyatt's naptime.



Me, Wyatt, David and Hollypeno up on a rock. What beautiful scenery it was!

Bethany, Colleen and Dalton

Newlyweds - Brenda and Mark Cabal

The RV campsite.