Day 50- Kennedys surgery

Tuesday afternoon we headed to Primary Childrens and checked Kennedy in for her surgery

She couldnt eat anything but clear fluids after midnight and no fluids after 1030 am

She had some jello for breakfast and sprite

It was her surgery treat

She was starving by the time we got there

We were pretty nervous but Kennedy wasnt

Before we left we went over to Janas parents and Roy and his friend gave Kennedy a blessing

We told her she was going to get one and she replied " Why? Its not like Im going to die or anything"

 Grandma JaNeale and Joe met us there

Grandma JaNeale brought Kennedy the new Brave doll

We changed her into her surgery clothes and socks

The nurses were surprised about how much Kennedy could tell them about what she was having done

She had no questions and informed them of what they were going to do

We went from the first waiting room to another waiting room, met with the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, and a few nurses

Her and Daddy Chris played tea set for quite a while

My mom also showed up

The anesthesiologist came out, took Kennedy for a ride in the wagon and thats the last we saw her for almost 2 hours

I was kind of a nervous mess

They wheeled her back before she had any drugs and she started crying for me and was scared because she was going off with some stranger

I kept watching for her to escape from the room and she didnt

Mom, Chris, JaNeale and I headed to the lunch room to get something to eat and not just watch the clock

Her surgery lasted almost 2 hours from the time they took her back

After about another 30 minutes after that I was allowed to go back to recovery to see her

They only allowed one person back there

Peanut woke up in pain

They said she did awesome during the surgery and that they got everything fixed

She threw up some when she first woke up but was doing ok

The morphine was wearing off and she was crying

Momma cuddled with her some and tried to make her comfortable

Then they wheeled her off to the recovery room where two people were allowed in at once

They gave her a rootbeer slushy to try and help her throat from being intubated

She got to lay there and watch cartoon 

She was in pain so they gave her some loritab

We had to stay there for an hour after they gave her loritab and then it was time to go home

She was wheeled out in a wagon

Momma and Daddy Chris

Grandma JaNeale

Kennedy and her Dad

We headed home

I sat in the back seat with peanut and she puked the entire way home

Root beer puke yuck!

This was her 4 hours after surgery!

She was doing very well!

Thank you to everyone who sent us well wishes and concerns!

Thank you for all the visits and presents!

Kennedy appreciated it so much and so did we!

Day 49-Cutting wood and fixing snowmobiles

Monday I went into work

I had applied for vacation but it was denied..

I showed up and wasnt on the schedule and my shift was covered!

They were a little short so I stayed and worked for 4 hours and then headed to help Chris work on the snowmobiles

Dad and Chris had to do some jerry rigging to get the clutch off

Then Dad needed some help splitting wood

We went through a lot of wood!

Everything he had left was split and stacked!

This was the first time Ive ever used a wood splitter, we had always done it by hand before

Miss Kennedy was on one Monday night!

She came down stairs like this and said 

"Mother Im ready for the dinner party.."

It was also the night before Kennedys surgery

I was a little nervous

Kennedy and I fell asleep cuddling while Chris was at class

He took this pict of us when he got home lol

Day 48-Cabin and Home

Sunday morning we slept in some

Had YUMMY biscuits and gravy for breakfast

Then decided to go out and play

Since moms sled had been having issues we just doubled up on one and left it at the cabin

It had snowed most the morning so there was fresh powder on top of the rest of the 4ft of powder

The snow didnt really have much hardness to it

You step off the sled and sink to your crotch

Dont let it fool you where it looks hard packed

Its not

The trail to the outhouse

We went to the upper half and played around by the pond

Chris had a heck of a time staying on his sled this trip!

This was about the only time he sunk his bad enough that he had to have help getting it out

We went a ways up on top past where we always see the moose

and then turned around and headed back down

It was like a game of musical chairs

Kennedy mostly rode with dad

But there were some parts mom didnt like to go on so I drove

and other parts she felt more comfortable driving on so I rode with Chris

I am not usually a good passenger because I like to drive but I braved it up and hopped on back with him

I lived

We made our way back down and to the flat

We played around there for a while

Climbing cell phone hill

Mom was headed up a hill and stopped and got stuck

Chris and I got her out 

Then we played on the hill a while

Dad and Kennedy went around one point and got stuck

 Chris dug them out

We all converged at the top of cell phone hill

By this point Moms with me on Chris's sled

Kennedys with Chris on my sled

And Dads on his

Kennedy wanted to race the whole way back

She kept making Chris stop and race me :)

Kennedy and Chris

Mom

Dad

Dad hopped on Chris's with moms, I took Dads and we headed back to the cabin for lunch

Dad and Mom

Chris and Kennedy

We got back to the cabin

The boys played with moms sled some

Adjusting this, tightening that

His and hers sleds ha :)

I love this boy so much!!!!!!!

Gma and Kennedy coming back from the potty walk

Got it running and running good!

We had some snacks

Sat by the fire

Dad took a nap

Chris decided to go out and play and I wanted to go too

He went down off the hill

I wanted to get pictures of him going down and climbing up

But I made it about two steps and was in snow up to my hips

So I bundled up and went to play on my sled too

Cruised around by the cabin some

Came around a point where some snow had drifted up in a little ditch

I went to go through there and my front ski hit the bank and it stopped me and killed the sled

I was able to get the sled started and pulled the front skis out some but it didnt want to go anywhere

Chris came back around and had me turn off the sled

I stopped it and we started to move it around some

Sometime between the point where I turned it off and right after the primary and secondary clutchs froze up engaged and wouldnt disengage

We sat and messed with it for about an hour and a half

He could not get the clutches to disengage

Tore it apart

Nothing

When the clutches are engaged there is pressure on the track and thats what makes them go

They hit a certain rpm, in this ones case about 4000 rpms and then the clutches engage and make you go

With them being stuck you have to tip the sled on the side to get it to start so the track isnt on the ground

Normally that will disengage them, you can set it back down and go

Not this time

It was no go

So we finally decided to try and tow it

We were really close to the cabin, still on the property actually and semi close to a road

All we needed to do was make it to the road

We had to drive through the ditch to get there

So Chris drove his sled back and forth through there to make a path

It wasnt even anything I should have gotten stuck in the first place

He made it back and forth a few times no poblem

Well we got the sled hooked up

I had to push the back of the sled as he tried to pull it out

He has no rear mudflap so snow and dirt was flying like mad

We'd make it about 10 feet and either my sled would tip onto its side or his would dig down and get stuck

We finally got it to a place where there was no more trying

We were done

We went to get dad to help us push because we were spent and Chris wanted to grab some more tools to try and get it disengaged

Chris ran back down to the sled and I was going to ride with dad

His sled wouldnt start

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!! 

These sleds have had NO PROBLEMS until this trip

None of them

Finally after about 10 minutes he gets his to

We go down to Chris.. try a few options.. none work

And are left with one choice

Cut the $100 belt thats on the sled because thats the only way we are getting it out before spring

So he cuts the belt 

We are able to lift, pull and tow it out and up to the cabin

We decide we're done for the day

Lets pack up and go home!

Moms sled may or may not start

Mine cant be driven on its own it has to be pulled

So we pack everything and head out of dodge

Moms sled ran perfectly on the way out!

Dad took Kennedy with him and towed the ice sled with gear behind

Chris towed me

We made it to the trail head no problem

No ones sleds died

No one fell off

We shortened the tow strap and Chris had to fly up the ramps to pull up both sleds at once

Dad and I had to help push

We headed for home

Kennedy had to snuggle up with Daddy Chris

Even though it was a lot of work and things breaking we really did have a great time

It was a lot of fun and a good little get away!