Well hello! Monica got to have back surgery this past week! So exciting! It was scheduled on Wednesday. Apparently there was some miscommunication and they told us to be there three hours early... and then when we got there we could hear them talking behind the counter about how we got there an hour and a half too early... Interesting. So we took a walk around for a while, which was super easy for Monica. I mean, I guess it was easier for her to walk then than it is now! Anyway surgery went well and I'll talk about it a bit more when we get down to Wednesday.
Gram came out to help us through all this craziness. To add to the craziness of the week, it was also Gram's birthday! We decorated the house some for her, and she made brownies for dessert!
Grayson enjoyed the brownies very much.
So back to surgery day. Nothing too eventful in the morning other than getting there much earlier than necessary. Eventually, Monica went back for surgery and I was sent to the waiting room. I actually headed out for some lunch, and then came back to wait after. The doctor came out when he was done and told me about the surgery. He said the herniation was right in line with a ligament, so it was pushing out on that too, and he said there were 4 pieces he cut off. All in all it sounded pretty intense, but everything went well. The nurse apparently didn't see me in the waiting room, and so called me to let me know Monica was starting to wake up. I told her I was in the waiting room, and she asked me to stand up so she could find me, so I didn't make it back before Monica woke up. She didn't say anything crazy or anything like that, but she did remark that her leg didn't hurt anymore first thing when she woke up (though she doesn't remember saying that). After she ate and drank a little we were able to head back home. She was able to climb the stairs up to our room, but she's not allowed to bend, twist, or lift more than 10 lbs. That makes Grayson a pretty dangerous buddy for 6 weeks. I don't think we realized just how severe/limiting this was going to be before the surgery. I'm not sure anyone we talked with before had any experience with a 2 year old during this recovery... Not quite the smooth sailing it was made out to be.
I've had to step up my dad game in Monica's absence, which means taking on the duties I've typically escaped, such as doing the girls hair. This was my first time doing Winry's hair, and I'd say it was pretty good for a first time. Just wait till you see what I can do 6 weeks from now... or Monica will use her sitting up time to do the girls hair when she sees my styles.
At preschool on Thursday they told all the kids to bring back leaves if they could and remembered to, so Grayson, Winry and I went for a walk around the neighborhood to collect leaves. Now there's one tucked in Winry's backpack, and hopefully it won't be crushed to pieces by Tuesday.
Jelly has been watching over Monica since she's been back... well, until Friday. Jelly slept on the bed just about all day long to keep Monica company. On Friday, I guess Jelly assessed that Monica was healthy again and took her naps elsewhere.
Thursday night Michael flew out to visit. He was coming to visit his dad in Colorado Springs, but he stayed with us. It was great to get to see him again and chat and catch up. He showed me some of the cool things he found at his dad's house while he was down there helping clean up some.
On Friday Brooke didn't have school, so I took the girls to the zoo in the morning. It was a pretty chilly morning, which is great for seeing animals. The lions were out and up front.
And we got there just as the bear was finding his bucket of frozen fish!
And Jonas, the fishing cat was giving us a lot of attention. Grayson was enthralled. She even stopped in front of the glass and stood there letting the kids pet her.
Also on Friday, a squirrel stole one of our sunflower heads and sat eating it on the fence. There was occasionally another squirrel a distance away, but I guess this one already set it's dominance and got to enjoy it's feast in peace. Monica said I looked like a weirdo up in our room with our camera and the long lens as I was taking a picture of the squirrel.
Saturday afternoon I took the kids over to the spiral rocks. They were saying they wanted to go all day! The girls had a great time, but Grayson wasn't too interested. He took off pretty quickly to go to the playground.
They playground was fun. I was out playing with the kids too. We all had a good time, and I hung upside down on the spinning monkey bar things.
After the park we headed home for family movie night. It got postponed because Friday night our old neighbors, the Calles, were back visiting, and the girls were out playing with Aurelia. Anyway, Brooke wanted to watch Bluey, but as we were pulling it up there was a Doc McStuffins turns 10 thing she wanted to watch. So we watched one Bluey first, and I thought that would appease Grayson, and then went to Doc McStuffins. Well... Grayson wasn't appeased, and he wanted the new show OFF! Fortunately the Doc McStuffins wasn't like a typical episode, and Brooke pretty soon wanted to go back to Bluey!
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