Monday, January 25, 2010

And Again


So, I will be having surgery on my mouth again tomorrow. They are going to close the gaping hold in my mouth ... horray! I am excited to get it closed but not excited to have surgery again. Wish me luck, hopefully this time will be much less painful and I will heal better. And no, I still do not have the pathology reports for the mass ....... aaaahhhhh

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Just Wanted to Share

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple and Pixar, gave a great commencement in 2005 at Stanford University and I just wanted to share it .... he has a few great stories.

I believe this link will take you to the video, but it is a must watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Catching Up

Sorry for the blogging overload, lots has been going on and I have not been able to get caught up on all that has been happening since Broadies surgery. He is healed and back to normal thank goodness! The holidays went well, I am always sorry to see them go. I love holidays, good food, family and friend get-togethers, what can be better, I mean seriously!
I have had another run of bad luck and that is what has set me so far behind. I had to have surgery on my mouth (last Friday), they found a mass above one of my molars (top right). They had to take out my molar and make a few incisions to get the mass out, the mass was sitting above the tooth and in my sinus, and on top of all of that, it was infected really bad, so they had to clean all of that out too. So, I had that done one week ago today and things are not looking good. I have been in an incredible amount of pain (like rediculous amount) and the extraction site has opened up to my sinus (so basically air passed through the hole where my tooth was up through my nose, and no that is not normal or OK, it is excessively uncomfortable. When I drink water, it really comes out my nose), so on Monday I have to go back to the surgeons and find out what they are going to do to fix it and how. Yeah me! Not really, I am not thrilled about all of this. Then in 3 months, I get to go back and have surgery again, they will have to do a sinus lift and a bone graft because the mass deteriorated my bone. Hooray again. Then six months after that I get to have an implant tooth put in and a few months after that a crown put on ... so I get to go about 1 year without a tooth and I am not happy at all! I thought this was going to be my year of good health and it is not starting out well. Frustrating, especially because this first surgery did not go as well as anyone had hoped for!
On a good note, on Wednesday I interviewed for the Physician Assistant Program again. I felt like the interview went really really well, except for the fact that my face was still swollen and a little bruised from having surgery. So now the countdown begins, will I or will I not get in this year. Scott thinks yes, I am on the fence, and no one dares tell me I won't get in :-)
So I think that finally gets us caught up, up to date! Hooray!

Sledding Fun

For new years we (Scott, myself, and Broadie) went sledding with Ralph, Sam, their kids (Dylon and Sydnee), Matt and Janessa. There was just barely enough snow to go, but when it comes to sledding, we go as long as the hill is slick. We had a blast, the kids loved it. What a great way to say goodbye to 2009 and hello 2010!

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Christmas 2009

Here are some pictures from Christmas. They are a little random but enojoy! The part that I absolutely loved was when Mr. & Mrs. Claus came over, they were absolutely adorable! The kids did get to sit on their lap but they also were able to read stories and sing songs with them. It was just so cute.

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Horrocks Family Photo Shoot

OK, so I have been way behind on blogging but as you will soon see life has just been a real bugger of a life and I am just getting to the point where I can get caught up.
Here are some fun photos we had taken mid December. The enire family was able to get together (by entire family, I am referring to my sides entire family), which is a hard feet for us because we are so spread out.
But it was so great to get to see everyone, and now we have proof that we survived together! hahaha


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