here is a look into the past 7 weeks of recovery. i am overwhelmed with sheer gratitude for the love and support i received. i required full time help with ryder because i wasn't able to lift him for 6 weeks...we were blessed with visits from friends and family to help us make it through. honestly we could not have done it without them. literally...could not have done it.
surgery and hospital recovery. my parents, ryan and cambria were all there to see me at my finest. :)
the first two weeks of recovery were spent being completely taken care of by my parents at the coast. they also had ryder to take care of and were truly amazing. my mom woke up at 2am to bring me my pain meds. now that is love. ryder loves playing with his papa & backa and i am so thankful they were able to bless us with their love and support. while at the coast i received some wonderful gifts, these beautiful flowers came from my amazing clients Steve & Cherie! i also had a wonderful visit from Gena to help brighten my day!
meanwhile taylor and ryan were in lg going to school...ryan had to be super dad and get tay ready for school each day! he then had to deal with a sick litte girl when she came down with a cold. i know he was ready for some serious help so thankfully his parents were able to help him out during my second week at the coast. ryan is an amazing dad and taylor loved her alone time with him!
cambria was brave enough to drive me the 5 hours back to home and she then took amazing care of my family. it was a hard adjustment with all the travel and still in the early stages of healing so i required a lot of help. cambria is a true bf. she made my meals, took full care of my children and helped ryan in the evenings with bath and bed time. just love her.
our next visitor was annie who drove all the way from helena, montana! we were so thrilled to see our amazing friend again and just loved the week we got to spend together. before surgery i had thought i would be feeling really good by the time annie came to visit...the truth was i was still really exhausted and needed a lot of help! thankfully annie was ready and willing to do whatever she could! we of course were completely spoiled with her amazing cooking which she also left us a freezer full of! so thankful for annie and the time she spent with us.
next came our trip to boise to see our besties...the wolf family! ryan had to leave town for a conference and i still needed help so luke & angie were so sweet to let us come take over their house and help me! our trips to boise are always so much fun and thankfully i was starting to feel better by this time and was able to even go shopping with Ang which is a must!
week 5 was spent with my bf...again! cambria came back to help us yet again and we enjoyed some amazing fall weather together. sipping on our coffees, enjoying ryans delicious cookies and just being thankful that we had this time to spend together.
it's not over yet. next came dan & glenda! we had a great weekend together and it was homecoming at eou so we all braved the rain and watched the parade and some of us (not me) made it to the football game. we also got to go to the pumpkin patch together which was so much fun!
6 weeks later it was time to head back over to portland for my post-op appointments. my parents and dan & glenda also helped me with the kids as I got back to work. it felt good to start feeling normal again. picking up my baby boy again was an amazing feeling...except for the fact he felt like he weighed more like 100 lbs than 26lbs. i haven't attempted lifting taylor yet but just being more present and available to them both feels amazing.
my post-op appointments went well and i am thrilled to be putting this entire ordeal behind me finally. thanks to everyone for the prayers, the meals, the time and the love that you have given us.
sheer gratitude.
