Five Volumes of Presonal Family History presented to Pres. Obama

President Monson and his apostle met with Senator Harry Reid and Pres. Barack Obama in the Oval office on uly 20, 2009, presenting Obama with five volumes of personal family history records.

Stimualtor Removed

For a couple of weeks prior to the removal of the spinal cord implant, I hadn't felt very good. I felt achy all over. I thought I was having a huge flair up of my Fibromyalgia. On June 30th, I hurt all night long. My legs throbbed and I couldn't seem to get warm so I took a hot bath. By 6 am, I was in the ER. I was lucky as Bill Evans was the doctor working. I really test Bill. He took excellent care of me. After a few tests, we determined that my stimulator was infected. I was admitted to the hospital around noon. Dr. Hooley was notified. It was his surgery day and he scheduled me for a removal. His was booked all day so I was fit into the schedule at 11 pm. I can't even begin to explain how badly I ached all over. They couldn't give me enough pain medicine to control it. I shook all over. Brady and Jess came over to visit and sit with me and Dan. Brady and Dan gave me a blessing, I'm sure that's why things went as well as they did. Dana stopped by too, she was very concerned about me, bless her heart. Later, Danton and Ethan came up. I think watching me shake and moan in pain was too much for them to watch and they left. Every hour on the hour, they gave me pain med as my pain would increase in exactly one hour. I didn't think I could make it. At the end of the night, I was crying more than I wanted to.

But finally it was my turn for surgery. I threw up just before going into the OR. Shane Larsen was the anesthesiologist, and he took excellent care of me. He's so kind. Dr. Hooley said that where the battery pack was in my hip, the infection was huge and gushed out the minute he opened me up.

Once the implant was out, I felt 100% better. I had to stay in the hospital for 4 days while they grew the infection and see what it was. It turned out to be the good staph, if there's such a thing. I went home with a picc line for the next 30 days. The picc line turned out not to be a big problem and putting the antibiotics in was a piece of cake. The only draw back was that I couldn't swim. It just about killed me that summer not to be able to swim in my pool or go to Bear Lake. In August, I got to go to Bear Lake and swim a little.

The Trek

It was Ethan's chance to go on the Trek this year. They left on June 29th. They didn't get to go to Martin's Cove in Wyo., which I got to go to when I was in young womens. Martin's Cove was a great experience, especially the mass grave that Pres. Hinckley dedicated by Rocky Ridge. I felt the Spirit at the grave site so strong, that I was brought to tears that streamed down my cheeks.

Ethan's trek was at Hardware Ranch. I know he had a wonderful time and it was a great experience for him, even though he didn't want to be in a family with people he didn't know. He was a trooper and went with a smile on his face.

Ethan's has a bad back. . .darn it!

Ethan has been complaining of his back hurting for a while. Ever since football practice started and weight lifting began. He had a MRI done and went to Dr. Lyons and he told us that he had three bulging discs and it would seem that he inherited my back problems. He had Ethan to physical therapy for a while. That was the summer that Ethan dropped out of football. I feel so bad for him. He loved playing and I loved watching him. But the most important thing is for him to take care of his back. Dr. Lyons even recommended that he not play, as he doesn't want him to have years of pain. . . . me neither.

Warner Family Reunion

The Warner Family Reunion was held at Missy and Greg's house for a one day event. We had lunch, played volleyball, the kids played outside, some people slept, and I laid down a lot as I had just gotten the spinal cord stimulator implanted in May. It was great to have the whole family there. Dana and her family came too. It was a perfect reunion lasting only one day. It worked for this year. Thanks Miss and Greg for planning it.

Who's sleeping at the reunion?

Jess' 30th Birthday Dinner

Jess wanted a strawberry cake so that's what I made her. I'm writing this a year later and I can't remember anything about the day. That's what I get for not writing sooner. Oh well, Happy Birthday Jess.

Dan's 52nd Birthday

Brady made Dan the best cake. Maybe you didn't notice, but it's a "behind". It says, "You're the moon to us -Happy B-Day". Brady is so clever, takes after his parents.