Monday, June 22, 2009

Eventful Weekend

To say this last weekend was eventful is putting it a little mildly..... It started out great, Friday we went out to dinner and took Austin to see the new Terminator movie (which was awesome). However, during the middle of the movie, Trav's stomach started hurting pretty badly. He's had some stomach issues for awhile now (our Doc thinks it's an ulcer), so we weren't too concerned at the time. It did, although, get worse and worse. I'll spare you the details, but I will mention a lot of throwing up was involved! It continued all day Saturday. After I got back from a wedding job Sat evening, he was in so much pain, we decided he needed to go to the ER. Luckily, Austin was already at a friend's for a birthday sleepover, so that was nice. We got to Sacred Heart at about 6:00pm and didn't have to wait too long to be seen. After a lot of tests and "does this hurt when I press here?" the doctor was thinking it was indeed the ulcer and it had just gotten really bad. But then Trav happened to mention that the pain was starting to move from his upper stomach, under his sternum, to his lower right abdomen. The doctor's eyes got a little big and said "Oh really??" He then said we should do one more test, a CT Scan, just in case. Let's just say that was a very fine idea. Come to find out, Trav had Appendicitis. It hadn't ruptured yet, but they didn't want to take any chances and transferred him up to the OR, where the surgeon agreed with the ER doc and immediately started getting ready to operate. Travis went into surgery about 2:30am on Sunday morning (what a wonderful Father's Day present!). The surgery itself is a pretty simple one as far as surgeries go; it only took about 45 minutes. Since his appendix hadn't ruptured yet, they were able to do only three small incisions and use microscopes to help remove it. He came out of the anesthesia pretty well and there were no complications from the surgery. The rest of Sunday he was trying to get rest and the nurses were, of course, constantly checking his vitals, etc. He was very determined to start recuperating quickly and be released, so he was doing absolutely everything they told him! He ended up getting released Monday morning at about 9:00am. I brought him straight home and got him all set up with his meds and water bottle. He's slept off and on all day, but is slowly starting to feel stronger and more "with it." He's not supposed to eat any solids yet, not lift anything over 5 lbs and just generally take it slow. I guess most people feel much better after about 3 days and most go back to work after a week. What sucks for us, is we're scheduled to leave for our trip to the coast this Thurs morning! As of right now, I think we'll still go, unless he starts feeling horrible suddenly. I'll just do all the packing, loading, driving, etc. What's new right? (just kidding) The funny thing is, the doctor thinks he still has the ulcer, that this was completely separate from that. It's a good thing we decided to go to the ER! Who knows what could have happened if we had waited any longer!
I wanted to send special thank yous to those that helped so much during this crazy weekend- Margo and Joe- as always, thanks for helping with Austin, visiting and just plain being there; The Kaisers- thank you for having Austin so long and doing all the driving; The Rigbys- thanks for the visit (& the contraband shake!) and many offers of help; Mom and Dad Greene- thanks for the visit and sweet gift and everyone else who called, texted, IMd and sent well wishes!!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Second Baseball Game

Monday was our second baseball game and Austin was totally stoked b/c he was going to be the catcher for the first three innings (he did really good). All was going well, until Mother Nature had a little something to say! At the top of the 3rd inning it started POURING on us! I don't mean a little sprinkle that just gets your car dirty, I mean an all-out downpour! So needless to say, Travis and the other coach called the game. We will give it another try this Friday. Please - no more rain! We live in the desert, not Seattle, right???

You can see Grandpa Greene in the background! Sorry about the rain guys!


At least the double rainbow was pretty...


Notice the VERY angry looking clouds in the background!

Crossing Over

Every year in Cub Scouts, the boys who have completed their "rank" get to cross over to the next one. This year Austin was a Bear, so he now gets to move up to a Webelo. These are some pictures from the ceremony. As you can see, they use an actual bridge to signify the crossing. This year our leader also put stripes on their faces! Gavin and Garrett were obviously there too, so we thought it would be neat if Gavin participated too. He sure enjoyed it! Congrats Austin on a great year of Scouts!

Our Pack Leader puts his hand in the air with 2 fingers (like a peace sign) to get everyone's attention... The Keeney boys soon figured this out!

Austin with one of his friends, Emily

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Austin's (and Trav's) 1st Game

Last Wednesday was the boys' first game. It was a great game and Travis and Austin both had fun. Austin had a couple hits, one was really sweet, but ended up being a foul (barely!) and the other caused a couple scores (RBIs?). There's a lot of new rules and expectations for this level, but now we have a better idea what they are and plan to smoke 'em tomorrow! (Thanks Margo for coming and supporting us... again! You're the best!)

Austin is the one on the far right - they all look the same in uniform!



Baseball Time

Baseball season is here! This is Austin's second year playing and so far he still loves it! Although this year, he's moved up a level, so now he's on a "kid pitch" team with lots of new rules! When it was time to start our practices, we got a call from the league, apparently no one was willing to be head coach, so they asked Trav if he would be do it (he'd signed up to assist). Even though he was a little nervous (he never played in school, etc) not knowing all the ins and outs, he said he would. I think he's done wonderful and the boys seem to really have fun. So now three nights a week, we live and breathe baseball! Good times :)







Sunday, June 7, 2009

Austin's New Bed

The Rigbys recently bought a new bed for themselves and they were nice enough to pass down their "old" bed (I swear it's nicer then ours!) to Austin. So now Mr. Lucky has a like-new queen sized bed!. We went shopping yesterday and found him a cute headboard and frame that matched his furniture perfectly.


Happy 33rd Birthday Travis! <<6/6/76>>

Happy Birthday Honey!




Monday, June 1, 2009

BBQ

Sunday, we decided to have a little BBQ at our house. Margo, Joe, Gavin and Garrett came over to meet my dad and spend some time getting to know him (and vice versa!). We had some hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, salad, watermelon, brownies, Otter Pops and of course, roasted marshmellows. The weather was perfect, as it has been all weekend, so we spent the whole day outside - eating, playing with bubbles (always a hit!) and visiting. Thank you Margo & Joe for spending the day with us, getting to know Dad. I know he enjoyed it as well.

My budding Photographer! Yes, his finger is completely covering the flash!







Lake Roosevelt

My favorite childhood memories are those of spending time on our boat, so it was extra special to be able to take my dad out on the boat Saturday. We went to Lake Roosevelt and spent the whole day there. We brought Gavin along as well since he's become quite the boating fan. We took a cooler with lunch and drinks and cruised the lake. Travis skied, knee boarded and rode the tube. Austin also went for a couple rides on the tube, each time liking it more and more. Gavin even got in the action going for a tube ride with Trav. It was a glorious day and only those who refused to wear sunscreen got a little burned (you know who you are!)!








"Are there not instructions in English???" Yes, the boys in my life need instructions for blowing up a ski tube! lol



Yes, I've even included a picture of me in this posting! Austin actually took it!