Thursday, March 13, 2008

Wudda Week!!!




Dad had a stress test last Thursday which led to a cardiac cath (angiogram) on Friday. Briefly, the doctors were just about to place a couple of stents but thought maybe it would be better to do bypass. Of course, they tell you this and expect you to accept major surgery in the moment. Dad was still sedated when they told him and of course, that was a major blow to him. Dad and Mom talked to 3 cardiologists that night and they all agreed it wasn't an urgent matter and he could go home and think about it. Believe me, that is all we thought about all weekend! Monday morning Dad called Dr. Kabel and Kabel understands Dad's position pretty well. He is sending Dad to Mayo Clinic to be further evaluated. They may do stents that day....otherwise, it will be bypass here in Waterloo. If they do stents, he will be back to work Monday and Iraq is a go. Bypass would mean no Iraq and quite a recovery period. His heart muscle is healthy and the doctors believe that he will bounce back quickly from the bypass if he should have it done.

Friday night we went home and a few close friends came over to relax with us. It was nice to be able to relax with friends after such a long day at the hospital.

Saturday Mike had to work a long day and I had a baby shower present to buy! I did let my self sleep in a bit but then I was off to the mall to find the cutest baby outfit that I could find!! I was successful, after several attempts. I should have known that Younkers would be the store to provide the masterpiece that I was looking for...blue and gray camo romper with hood and elephant saying...Stomp Stomp. Green camo romper with hood and dog saying...Woof Woof. ORANGE romper with adorable embroidered tiger that says...Little Tiger. Oh my gosh! All Carters too! After that I had to get the wrapping paper! I was so creative that day! I found plain blue and yellow paper and a really cute wide yellow and blue ribbon that said baby on it and had duckies and bottles and rattles and all sorts of cute baby stuff on it! Oh and when I was done wrapping I was going to take a picture but then I thought that would be silly, but now I was wishing I had one to show you! OK enough with the wrapping! Mike came home from work shortly after I got home from shopping, so I showed him the gifts and he rolled his eyes and layed down to take a nap. Later that evening after Mike woke up, our friends Chris and Mandy came by to see the house and visit. It was really nice to see them, so nice in fact we stayed up until 2:30, not remembering it was daylight savings, so it was really 3:30. Mandy and I were going to the baby shower the following day and we riding together because it was out of town for both of us! Luckily just as we were going to bed Mike remembered that we had to turn the clocks back!

Sunday Mandy and I safely and sleepily made it to the baby shower for Krystal and Dusty. We had so much fun but played some REALLY hard games! It was a really good time though! It was supposed to end about 3, I think we stayed til almost 5! After that we headed home for a "relaxing" night. When I got home, Cassy stopped by with her puppy so she could meet our girls and they played for a while, then we all (minus puppy) went to Wal-mart to return cans and get some groceries! Bet we screwed around so much we didn't get home in time for me to watch Dirt, or so I thought. Thank goodness they play it right away again at 10! So don't worry mom, I didn't' miss a thing, and I think Mike's getting into it too!

Other wise this week has been very low key for us again, it doesn't help that we are poor and can't go anywhere because GAS IS SO FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!!! Last night it was so nice out we drug out the hose and the power washer and sprayed down the cars! We would have washed them but we are pretty sure we left our bucket full of all our car wash stuff in the shed at the duplex :( but I think we can still go rescue it!

It's supposed to be another nice day here in Iowa so I'm excited!

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