Royal's Day

I have felt like poor Royal didn't get much of mother's attention since his accident.  The day of his surgery Amanda went into labor so Teele went with him to his surgery and I went with Amanda.  I did get to take care of him for a couple of days and then I stayed with Amanda to help out with baby Isabelle.  So today was the the day he got his bandages and half cast/splint removed and I got to go with him and give him the attention he deserved.  So this is Royal's day in photos.

First we went to his job to pick up his pay check. 

This is the steel mill he was building at the time of the accident.

This is a picture of his x-rays.  We learned today that instead of the plate and 2 screws they thought was needed he got a plate, 11 screws, pins and caps.  The break was worse than they thought.

This is his incision...looks good

So his stitches were removed.

A new removable cast was made for him.

He has a new half cast and has to start physical therapy to help him regain full use of his hand and fingers.  He can almost straighten the pinky finger.  The other fingers remain bent and his thumb is still very numb.  That is all stuff the Physical Therapist will work on and we are hoping he will gain full use of his hand.

As we were pulling off of the freeway on our way home we were behind this truck.  The memorial in the back window is for a High School buddy of his named Nathen Martens.  He graduated a year before Royal.  They were on the football team together and he helped train Royal for his postition on the team after he graduated.  Nathen dreamt of being a Doctor so he joined the Army and trained as a medic.  He was killed one year later when his hummer was hit by an explosive.  Nathen left behind a wife and child.  This truck belongs to Nathen's dad.  One day I will have to blog about all of the friends Royal has lost since his senior year.  He has had to say goodbye to far to many friends.  I'm so thankful for those that are willing to serve this country so we can have and enjoy a life of freedom. 

Evening Excitement

Our phone rang early this evening and someone told us that one of the trailers on the property was on fire. We ran outside and sure enough there was a fire. A neighbor with a water truck was putting water on it and two police cars were already there.
A friend of our's, "Tow-Mater" parks his tow truck on our place. His daughter-in-law has a fifth wheel parked here that she has been staying in with her children while her husband is working in Salt Lake City and living in a second Fifth Wheel. He had just pulled in from Salt Lake and parked his trailer and went inside the other trailer to be with his family. The trailer he had just pulled from Salt Lake caught fire. Everything was a total loss.

After the water truck sprayed it and before the fire department arrived

The flames getting higher

Fire fighters have arrived and are spraying the back side and the propane tanks

This little yellow Mazda belongs to Jeremy's mother. We are storing it on our property for him until he can restore it. I was so thankful the car wasn't damaged!

The fire is out now. The firemen were just pulling all of the contents out for the family in hopes of being able to salvage any of it's contents and to make sure nothing was smoldering.

Then just as they were finishing up they got another call just accross the street from us in a new housing development. We watched two new/unoccupied homes burn to the ground.

Our Sweety Pie

I've had the privilege of spending the week with Amanda and John and their new baby.   Belle had a rough first week.  With jaundice making her very sleepy it was very hard keeping her awake long enough to eat.  She lost nearly a full pound and had only 3 wet diapers in as many days so we went took her to Desert Samaritan today.  She was a little dehydrated so they gave her an IV and checked out her kidney function.  We were so relieved that all was well and little Belle could go home with instructions to see her pediatrician tomorrow.

Here are a few pictures from the last few days.

3 Days Old

Bruised little hand

4 Days Old

4-16-2009 First visit to her pediatrician.  Weighed 7lbs5oz's and jaundiced.

4-19-2009  6 Days Old

Getting her IV

They gave her some sugar water in a syringe. They said it would block the pain and they were right.  She didn't make one sound and slept through it all!

Home again!  Bathed, fed and sleeping on grandma.