State Tennis

Wow I have to say I was really impressed at the State Tennis meet this week. Megan lost her first match and than won her second, but lost out on the third round. It was amazing how hard those kids played. They gave it their all. I am so proud of her for even making it to state.

Today we were working on some senior pictures today. Here is one of my favorites from today.

Happy Thursday

I just stopped in at work to catch up on a few things before heading off to see my daughter at the State Tennis meet. Jerad is sporting a new (holy cow 268.00) piece of plastic on his arm. I had to laugh because the cast sounds so funny "functioning humerous". I had to laugh at him yesterday when the doctor was talking to him and he pipes up and tells the doctor he doesn't know why anyone would name the bone the humerous because there is nothing funny about it. That is so my wise son, who questions everything.

I am so glad that he got the new cast and things are good. I am a little leary about changing the cast because it has a cloth compression sleeve that goes under the plastic that has to be changed every couple of days. So basically hubby and I have to take the cast off change the sleeve while holding his arm where it broke with out moving it. I am such a worrier that the thought of being the one responsible for moving his arm scares me to death. I told him I hope it doesn't start stinking for about a week, so I have some time to get my nerve up to change it.

Off to watch tennis today!! Hope everyone is having a great day.

State Qualifiers in Tennis

Well here they are, our small town State Tennis Qualifiers. Left to Right
Justin Duke and Addie Lordemann, Assistant coaches, Rich Lindgren, DCHS tennis coach
Bethany Orcutt and Ashlea Duke (2nd place doubles), Mariah Linn (2nd place singles), Alex Tsomaya (3rd place singles), Blake Anderson (4th place singles), and Megan Geiger (4th place singles).

I have never been so proud of my daughter to watch her struggle in 90 plus degree weather with exhaustion because her match was already going on 3 1/2 hours to take state qualifing position. There were 16 people in her group and to come out in one of the top 4 spots is truly amazing, especially for a Junior in high school.

Random Thoughts

I am really starting to get nervous about tomorrow. My worry is that Jerad will have to have surgery to place the rods and pins in his upper arm where he broke it. I worry the bone hasn't moved into position on it's own over the last week and half and that he will need the surgery. I worry that they will try to set it tomorrow and he will be in pain. I just worry what tomorrow will bring for him.

Last night I started working on some "layouts" to hang on the window of the tennis bus taking the state qualifiers to their tennis meet. I just took a 12x12 sheet of paper that has a ball going over the tennis net. I put everyone's name at the top in large letters and than on the white top of the net, I am putting the words Red Devil Tennis. I am hoping to have a picture of each of the state qualifiers to add to the layout when I tape them up on the bus windows. Than when they take them home they can hang them up there.

Blue

Took this from my friend Becca's blog post. It was amazing how accurate this is to how I truly am.

BLUE

You give your love and friendship unconditionally. You enjoy long, thoughtful conversations rich in philosophy and spirituality. You are very loyal and intuitive.

Find out your color at QuizMeme.com!

Happy Monday all, I am feeling very grateful today. It is a cloudy rainy day here but that is a great thing. We need the rain and I am loving being inside. It will make me appreciate the sun later this week when I can be outside enjoying it. I just am so thankful today for all the things I have in my life and how greatful I am to be able to enjoy them. Guess in a strange way I am just really appreciating everything that is right in my life today!! Hope you all have a great Monday!

Lego Land

Just working on some layouts today. Here is one I did of Jerad and Freddie-Leigh at the Mall of America!

Going to State Baby

I am so excited right now. My daughter, Megan, is going to State Tennis next weekend. She is a junior and this will be her first year at state!! I am not sure if she is going in ranked 3rd or 4th in the division in singles yet because she still has another match, but she is so going!!

She just played the marathon match of her life. She took the court at 11:15 and finished her last set at 3:00. 3 hours and 45 minuted in 90 plus weather. It was the most awesome match of the whole year!! She won the first set in a tie-breaker, lost the 2nd set in a tie-breaker and won the third set in a tie-breaker. My daughter was so excited, but I was so disappointed in the other girl because she threw her rachet down and walked off the court, not shaking hands or anything. Megan gathered her stuff and went to shake hands with the girl, but she wouldn't shake her hand. Megan is a true sportsman, she does get down on herself, but she gives it 100% to everything she does. I am so proud of her.

Friday!!

I love the fact that it is Friday today. I am feeling much better about my son. He doesn't seem to be in as much pain. I found away to wash around his cast yesterday and got him some spray on deoderant and he felt like a new man last night. He really is improving slowly but surely. Yesterday afternoon we went to clean out his gym locker and also his school locker as he hasn't been to school all week. Hopefully he can go back next Monday and Tuesday for a couple hours each day. The hard thing is when he takes his pain medication it just seems to knock him out totally for a couple hours.

Okay it is Friday and this is going to be an upbeat post. Exciting news this week, is that on my 40th birthday I will be in Chicago at CHA!! Oh my gosh I am so excited about this because it will be my first time at CHA. What a way to celebrate turning 40, with my best friend and the two other wonderful people that have given me great teaching opportunitiies at the LSS. I can't wait. The other great thing about going to CHA is that my wonderful husband is also so excited for me to go. He totally understands me wanting to go and how much it means for me to get to go!!

Helpless

That one simple word, HELPLESS, so describes how I am feeling right now. I woke up this morning and took one look at Jerad and just started crying. I feel so helpless because he is just so exhausted from having to spend every moment sitting up in a chair. He is still in considerable pain. He is so strong and tough and so for him to even rub his arm lets me know just how much pain he is in. He doesn't like being out of it on the pain medication or the way it makes him want to sleep all the time.

I just feel so helpless in trying to make him comfortable right now. I just want to call the doctor and say we can't wait another week for his arm to position itself on it's own. I am trying hard to have faith in the doctor, but honestly I have never hear of someone breaking their humerous and than the doctor just saying we will leave it for 10 days to see if it moves it sets its self in position because of gravity. I just don't feeling like I am not able to help him in anyway.

I know the poor kid hates that he is soon to be 15 years old and having to ask his mom to help him with everything. I just wish there was more I could do for him.

Okay pitty party over for me today. I think I need to go shopping and get him something cool to entertain himself with.

The Orthopedic Surgeons visit

I was able to get Jerad into the orthopedic surgeon this morning in Dickinson. Nothing like calling in and them giving me 1 1/2 to drive over there. We made it just in time. Anyway the doctor decided to wait and see. So he left Jerads arm in the splint half wrap thing it is currently in till next Wednesday. Than he will see if the bone has aligned itself back into position, or if he needs to go in and set it. If he sets it he will also put in rods, a plate and some pins at that time. If it is in position, he will wait another three weeks to see if the bone begins to grow and heal itself, if not he will go in and do surgery than with the pins, plate and rods. The doctor said that where it broke is difficult to heal and that is his worry now. But like he said it isn't going to matter if we wait the 4 weeks to see if it does it on its own. He is probably out of sports and everything for about a year.

Jerad is really bummed because he was really looking forward to drivers ed this year. Now he can't take driver's ed till next year when they offer it again. What a bummer. Good news no school this week and only 1/2 days next week if he feels up to it.

Megan is going into tennis divisionals this week. I am really hoping she makes it to state this year. So Thursday and Friday, we are off to divisionals.

What a day!

Yesterday was Mother's Day. I blogged about how great it was and everything, well than it happened. Jerad had a basball game at 3:15 against AIM. They were up 8 to 1 bottom of the 7th. Jerad stole home and came sliding into the plate face down. I knew the way he laid there that something was terribly wrong. He didn't even move or try to get up. Thank god there was an EMT there watching his newphew. He got the ambulance called right away and we got Jerad's head propped up out of the dirt. Jerad said he knew it was bad when he went to grab his upper arm and thought he was touching it but his fingers were still about 6 inches from his arm. The ambulance came and they got him rolled over onto a back board and loaded up. Oh man every little bump was so painful for him on that short ride to the hospital. It was so rough ridding for me, it was the first time I saw an ambulance go supper slow to the hospital because he litterally screamed after every bump jarred his arm which was tapped to his body at that point.

At the hospital they druged him up and took x-rays. Turned out he broke his humerous (the upper bone between the shoulder and elbow. The PA on staff called around to different towns that have orthopedic surgeons and they decided that setting it was not an emergency because he could move his thumb which meant his nerves were still in tack. Since none of the orthopedic surgeons would do surgery that night to set it into place (gotta love doctors that don't want to fix people on Sunday evenings, god forbid they might miss desperate housewives). Well the PA sedated him and moved his arm around to splint it and tape it to his body really good so it wouldn't move. Than sent us home with some major pain pills. With orders to call the doctors offices right away in the morning to schedule an appointment to get the arm casted hopefully today or tomorrow. What a joke having to schedule your appointments to get your broken arm set and casted after and emergency. Nothing like living in rural America. So now here I sit waiting till 8 or 9 when the doctor's offices open to see if I can get him in today than we will head off to wherever.

Mother's Day

Wow it is such a beautiful day out. Happy Mother's Day to all you mother's. My day is already great just because it is a Sunday, I am off work, there is a nascar race today, and my son has a baseball game, oh and one last thing, the sun in out and it is so warm and sunny for a early May day!!

My 20 layouts class went really well last night and than afterwards we discussed going to Chicago for CHA the end of July!! Wow, I am just in awe, that will be so awesome!!!

20 layouts in a day class

I am teaching this at my LSS tomorrow. I am really excited about this class. I have enjoyed putting it together.