Another Lazy Weekend

Well, at this point, I am pretty much "down for the count" so it was another lazy weekend!  But Barrett made sure the kids enjoyed a Dance Party Friday night!!

Obviously, the iPhone camera is not good with "quick movements" - you notice that both are blurry as they dance, dance, dance :-)

After the kids played Monopoly the other weekend, I ordered them the PayDay game ... and they had a great time figuring that out!  Super fun and I can remember playing that for hours and hours and hours with my cousin Eran when we were little!  I hope that Ian & Bonner will enjoy it just as much as we did!

Getting paid, paying bills, and making deals ... love that they enjoyed it!

Verdict on the Knee

Well, unfortunately, the knee is not sprained ... and in fact, it's messed up pretty good.  The MRI results came back to Dr. Tom over the weekend and while he couldn't clearly see everything, he called me on Saturday to tell me "You're gonna need some kind of reconstruction!  You got the ACL and some other stuff going on in there.  Do you have a preference on knee guys?"  He gave me a list of 3 and because one of the 3 has children at Oakview, I went with Dr. Paul Siffri.  I met with him on Tuesday to get the verdict - and it wasn't good.  Apparently, I tore the ACL and both the meniscus - the lateral meniscus has a "bucket tear" so he has no idea if he can repair that.  He basically looked at me and said, "You couldn't have screwed it up much worse if you had tried!"

He recommended this charcoal compression thing and alot of ice over the next few days!  So, here I sit!

Barrett's comment to me after the appointment:
"You do realize that when NFL players have this same injury, they don't get back on the field - they go right to the broadcaster's booth!  And that's after they rehab in the Bahamas for several months!"

Looks like I have a long road ahead.  Dr. Siffri told me "If you were 20-25 years old, we would take a portion of your hamstring or calf to rebuild your ACL."  I quickly asked "Well, what's the option for someone not 20-25 years old?"  He said "In that case, we use a cadaver ACL."  To which I quickly replied "Well, let's make sure it comes from a 20-25 year old because I don't want a 70 year old ACL."

He told me that it will be an "extensive recovery that will take several months and it could be another year before you play tennis again!"  I told him "I can  have that equipment sold on 'Let Go' by Friday."  I doubt he has met another patient like me!

In the end, surgery is scheduled for Valentine's Day, Wednesday, February 14, 2018!  He hopes to repair both meniscus, but really won't know what he can do for those until he gets in there and sees the damage.

Belle at the Lake

Well, I got the MRI rescheduled for Friday morning at Patewood so that's over with ... Dr. Tom will have the results at some point this weekend, but who knows.  I desperately needed a change of scenery so we took Belle to the lake for her first trip!  She settled right in on the porch and the couch!

Sweet little girl!  I hope she realizes how much we love her already!!

MRI set for Friday

Well, I saw Dr. Tom on Tuesday of this week - before Snowmageddon hit - and he agreed that with the continued swelling in my knee and lack of flexibility that something is probably going on in there.  I have an MRI scheduled for Friday night at Hillcrest - will go in for an MRI and come out with the flu!  Ugh!!

Snowmageddon 2018

Well, the weathermen actually got this accumulation right!  We woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland!  Unfortunately, SB cut our fun short; but we enjoyed it while we were together!  Even Ben McBride joined us in the fun!

The best thing about a snow day is carbing up!  I always have to hear about how yummy Lindsay makes homemade waffles so this morning, I thought "well, if she can do it, so can I!"  So I got our Barrett's waffle maker and whipped up some yummy carbs!  And if you don't mind, I'm going to toot my waffle-making horn!  They were light and fluffy and delicious!

Wasn't too long after breakfast that Bonner was ready to suit up and "hit the backyard"!  Fortunately, the McBrides had snow clothes for Ian and the Runnions had some for Bonner!  Without our neighbors, the kids would be running around naked!

Goodness gracious, I love this girl to the moon and back again and again and again!!

The kids cleaned the snow off the diving board only to toss the snowballs into the pool ;-)  Let's hope swimming in it is as much fun as this!

I thought this was hysterical ... kids made our "family" - to the far left, the hump looking thing is Belle ;-)  I love how Barrett is alot taller than me and I'm just round ;-)  Too funny!

Ben brought over the sleds and "snowboards" and the kids had a great time trying to make a path down to the woods!

Didn't take Ian long before he "crashed" - Ben was getting it, though!

Bonner had it going for a minute, too - but I guess she hit a bump! Ha!

The 3 kids had a great time playing out in the snow.  We had just come in to watch a movie when SB showed up at the door.  The kids left crying and frustrated and I was a ball of tears after they left.  But I try to focus on the fun we had for the few hours we were together!

Lazy Holiday Weekend

Well, I am still laid up at this point with a bum knee.  So we stayed in pj's this holiday weekend (MLK) and enjoyed some time playing games and building lego sets!

 

Kids playing Monopoly for the first time!  They thought it was interesting how it "takes money to make money"

We love watching this show called "Forge in Fire" - it's about how metalsmiths make various weapons!  Well, tonight, they were making something that the kids thought they could make out of cardboard!  So, they did!!  Here is Ian with his!

I have been in touch with Dr. Tom about my knee and he will see me in his office tomorrow to take a look at it.

Tennis Injury

Well, I was playing tennis yesterday at Furman indoor courts in a mini-season trying to get everyone ready for the Spring season.  I was playing with Angie Hill and was actually playing pretty good for me... needless to say, about mid-way through the 2nd set, I heard my knee pop and then I hit the deck.  I couldn't put pressure on it and Furman didn't have a wheelchair so I stopped play on the other 3 courts and hobbled off pushing a ball cart ;-)

I called Dr. Tom from the courts and he suggested that I have Barrett take me to the Steadman Hawkins' after-hours clinic last night so we spent date night there getting x-rays and having it checked out.  By then, I could put weight on it and there was no swelling so the Dr. assessed it as a "really bad sprain".  She said to use the rest and ice approach to see how it does.

I woke up with pretty swollen today so we'll see what the ultimate verdict is.  Dr. Tom said to give it through the weekend and just keep resting and icing it!  Fingers crossed!

UGA vs. Bama in National Championship Game

Well, well, well ... in only Kirby Smart's 2nd year as UGA's Head Football Coach, the Bulldogs pulled off an impressive comeback in the Rose Bowl against Oklahoma to end up playing in the National Championship Game in Atlanta vs. Alabama!  I cannot believe we did not get one picture of Barrett all decked out in his UGA garb; but, he was pulling for the Dawgs - at least on the outside!

But I did get a picture of Belle ready for the Dawgs!  Who said a Westie can't wear Bulldog gear?

We went down to Atlanta with Matt & Krista and got settled in to our hotel, the AC just a few blocks away from the brand new Mercedes Benz stadium - which we had just visited for the SEC Championship game back in early December!  The hotel was great; the weather was freezing cold!

But the night before the game, we scored tickets to a very intimate Zac Brown concert at a newly-renovated venue called the Tabernacle.  We were so "up close and personal" and he sang all the favorites!

We ended up at Waffle House that night ... man, oh man, how much fun!  The next day, the boys went down to the football festivities while Krista & I slept in.  We met up to get lunch at Legal Seafood and then did some tailgating at the hotel with Traci & Lark and Elizabeth & Josh.  It was pretty low-key; but as rainy and nasty as it was outside, it was just what we needed.  Game time wasn't until 8 p.m., but we heard Trump was going to be there, so we headed out about 5 to get there "in plenty of time"!  But it was still tight - waiting outside in the rain for about 45 minutes which wasn't much fun, but just to be there, was worth it!

The Dawgs played awesome in the first half and were leading at half-time.  But no Saban team is going to go down easy and they mounted a crazy comeback in the 2nd half with a Freshman quarterback.  Unfortunately, the Dawgs fell short in their first attempt at a National Championship since the 80s and we left the stadium deflated ... wondering "what if" and thinking "hopefully next year!"