I am currently waiting for Jayson's phone call announcing that he has finished part 1 of the national boards of dentistry and then our summer can truly begin. He has been out of school since July 11th but has studied all day, every day in preparation for this test. He has been studying at home, so I have been sneaking around the house trying to be quiet and not interrupt him. I did my fair share of quizzing him and am pretty sure I could pass the test too (jk, I couldn't even pronounce most of the names.)
I am so excited to finally have a husband again. We are going to try and pack in a lot of Omaha fun before he goes back to school and Miss Clark joins the family.
July 28, 2009
July 15, 2009
July 9, 2009
Deja Vu
For those of you who have known me for a while, I have a very special toe.
During my junior year of high school right before Christmas break, I was at school at 5:30 am lifting weights with the drill team. I took off a 45 lb. plate from a machine and was putting it back on the rack. I put in on the rack where there wasn't much room and next thing I knew the plate dropped directly on my left foot- mainly my big toe.
I broke my toe and had to have several stitches. When I broke the toe I broke my nail bed and so when my toenail grew back (several painful months later) it was pretty deformed and ugly :(
I have lived with this for the past 7 years and it has caused me trouble every now and again. While in Utah about a month ago, my mom, sister and I got pedicures. I was pretty sure I had an ingrown toenail but after the pedicure there was green puss - so I definitely knew it was infected. I endured the remainder of the trip and asked my obgyn at my next appointment.
He took one look at it and had a nurse make an appointment with a podiatrist for the next day. The podiatrist took one look at my toe and said "let's get rid of the nail". Truthfully, I didn't mind, anything to get me out of pain. Little did I know that the shot to numb the dumb toe was the most painful part! And as doctor lingo goes, he said I would only experience mild discomfort after he removed the nail. Yeah right! Last time I had this done I was happily taking Loratab and thanks to baby boo I was only able to take Tylenol. Luckily I was only in pain for about 2 days. The Dr. has "hopes" that when it regrows it will be normal- but if not, we will be able to do something different when I am no longer pregnant.
The painful day of removal. I have a picture of my initial break in 2001 that looks almost exactly like this.
Trying to remove the bandage two days after surgery. The bandage was stuck so I tried soaking it for a while, but eventually Dr. Jayson had to gently rip it off (otherwise I would have soaked it for days and never gotten it off- there's just something about inflicting pain on yourself).
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What we are dealing with now. It actually looks a little better than this. It is not so red now and instead is a little more scabby. Lovely, I know.
*Try to remember that it is hot and humid here and I am 33 weeks pregnant. I am aware that the toes are a little swollen.
During my junior year of high school right before Christmas break, I was at school at 5:30 am lifting weights with the drill team. I took off a 45 lb. plate from a machine and was putting it back on the rack. I put in on the rack where there wasn't much room and next thing I knew the plate dropped directly on my left foot- mainly my big toe.
I broke my toe and had to have several stitches. When I broke the toe I broke my nail bed and so when my toenail grew back (several painful months later) it was pretty deformed and ugly :(
I have lived with this for the past 7 years and it has caused me trouble every now and again. While in Utah about a month ago, my mom, sister and I got pedicures. I was pretty sure I had an ingrown toenail but after the pedicure there was green puss - so I definitely knew it was infected. I endured the remainder of the trip and asked my obgyn at my next appointment.
He took one look at it and had a nurse make an appointment with a podiatrist for the next day. The podiatrist took one look at my toe and said "let's get rid of the nail". Truthfully, I didn't mind, anything to get me out of pain. Little did I know that the shot to numb the dumb toe was the most painful part! And as doctor lingo goes, he said I would only experience mild discomfort after he removed the nail. Yeah right! Last time I had this done I was happily taking Loratab and thanks to baby boo I was only able to take Tylenol. Luckily I was only in pain for about 2 days. The Dr. has "hopes" that when it regrows it will be normal- but if not, we will be able to do something different when I am no longer pregnant.
The painful day of removal. I have a picture of my initial break in 2001 that looks almost exactly like this.
Trying to remove the bandage two days after surgery. The bandage was stuck so I tried soaking it for a while, but eventually Dr. Jayson had to gently rip it off (otherwise I would have soaked it for days and never gotten it off- there's just something about inflicting pain on yourself).
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What we are dealing with now. It actually looks a little better than this. It is not so red now and instead is a little more scabby. Lovely, I know.
*Try to remember that it is hot and humid here and I am 33 weeks pregnant. I am aware that the toes are a little swollen.
July 3, 2009
Baby Shower
I have made such wonderful friends in Omaha and they are just the best! They threw me a baby shower when I got home from Utah and it was so fun to see everyone. The food was beautiful and delicious, the company was great, and the gifts were wonderful.
Thank you so much for supporting us in having this new little lady.
Liz and her amazing baby cupcakes.
Thank you again!
Thank you so much for supporting us in having this new little lady.
Liz and her amazing baby cupcakes.
Thank you again!
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