Summer Days

Lauren's Hospital Scare

We had a bit of a scare with Lauren this past week. Last Friday, she fell into a filter hole along the outside edge of the pool and the cover gave way catching her fall between her legs. She started bleeding, (and screaming) immediately. Little did we know we would end up taking her to the emergency room the next day from an infection that had grown and was getting worse. It spread as cellulitis up her pelvic region and around her side beyond her belly button. They admitted her and kept her over night with an IV and antibiotics. By Monday she was still in the hospital and not getting better. The right side of her little girlness had swollen to at least three times it's natural size and the cellulitis was very tender. On Tuesday they looked at her and after consulting with the infectious disease specialist decided to treat her for MRSA, a nasty bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics, so they strengthened her antibiotics. This kind of freaked us out (beyond our stressed out heartbroken state), but we were so glad they were taking care of her needs. Wednesday they checked her and ordered an ultrasound to rule out an abscess and also learned from her culture test that she did NOT have MRSA, but with the big gun antibiotics she was finally improving. The ultrasound was clean of the abscess so she was able to come home Thursday morning. Friday, her doctor ordered another ultrasound after her checkup, which was thankfully still clean. Her appointment yesterday went well and she'll have another one on Friday that will hopefully be her last.

The nursing staff was fantastic. I was very pleased with the care she received. She melted their hearts, especially those who tried to give her the IV. It took three tries in the ER and five or six in the pediatric unit when her first collapsed. They finally had to bring in the life flight nurse with thirty years experience to get her second one to work. It probably didn't help the Lauren was screaming and using anything she could to prevent being poked...again.
Thanks to all of her visitors and the love and support (shoulders to cry on) we received. We are so grateful to have been home and together for this. We are even more grateful that she is recovering and her happy personality has returned.

Bear Lake w/ the Jenkins

Every year all of Jon's dad's family gets together for a week of fun at Bear Lake. We biked, swam, played at the beach, introduced BS (the card game) to Gma & Gpa Jenkins, played behind the boats, and got in plenty of tennis and volleyball. The food is always great and this year was no exception, especially with all of the famous raspberry shakes. The crazy power lines got cut TWICE during the week making us improvise some of the meals but as a result we discovered the biggest pizza I've ever seen (36")!

Seen anything good lately?

We've been a little out of touch with what is out on video and want to know what's good. Not everything makes it to Mexico and now that we're back we want to know what you've seen and liked. Post us a comment and let us know your favorites of the past couple of years. Thanks y'all.