Megan's Surgery

So for some of you this might not be something you want to know about but I am writing it down so that I can always remember my experience. On September 3rd I had Dr. Walker fix my deviated septum. When I was 5 years old I was twirling around on a Sunday afternoon with my brothers from couch to couch and got dizzy and fell. Of course my nose hit right on the end of the couch and my nose broke. The doctor never corrected the brake and just let it heal which made the middle bone and cartilage of my nose crooked. I have been unable for 20 years to breathe out of one side of my nose. So now that we're in the Air Force and they would fix it for free I figured why not? I have never had surgery before or been knocked out so I was a little nervous but everything went really well. The surgery took about 2 hours and then an hour in recovery and I came home. I must say thank you to my friend Aimee for watching the girls! It was a huge help not worrying about them. They removed the crooked bones and moved some of the cartilage and then put splints in each nostral to stabalize it all with some stiches. As you can see in the picture the splints were big and uncomfortable but I had them taken out on Tuesday so I could finally breathe out of my nose. I had to wear the gauze dripp pad until tuesday as well from constant blood and mucus drainage(sorry probably TMI) Today is Wednesday and I am finally feeling mostly back to normal. My nose is still very tender and I still have stiches in my nose but other than that it just feels like I have a sinus infection. The worst part about all of this was I had an allergic reaction to the medicine they gave me and the first night I was up itching everywhere and then the next day was throwing up and felt nauseous for the next 4 days. I couldn't keep anything down so that was not fun! Anways it was definately worth it all. My actual nose does not look any different.



This is when I am 5 years old and had broken my nose.

Before surgery I was feeling pretty good.


After surgery not feeling so great. I was really groggy.


Such a stylish thing isn't it? Yeah this is was I looked like for the next 5 days!


The girls were very worried about me and especially Adalyn didn't want to leave my side because she was "taking care of me"


Not a pretty picture but if you look you can see my splints in my nose.


3 days after surgery. My nose was swolen and I looked HORRIBLE!!!


That was one of the splints in my nose. Yikes!

Megan's Surgery

So for some of you this might not be something you want to know about but I am writing it down so that I can always remember my experience. On September 3rd I had Dr. Walker fix my deviated septum. When I was 5 years old I was twirling around on a Sunday afternoon with my brothers from couch to couch and got dizzy and fell. Of course my nose hit right on the end of the couch and my nose broke. The doctor never corrected the brake and just let it heal which made the middle bone and cartilage of my nose crooked. I have been unable for 20 years to breathe out of one side of my nose. So now that we're in the Air Force and they would fix it for free I figured why not? I have never had surgery before or been knocked out so I was a little nervous but everything went really well. The surgery took about 2 hours and then an hour in recovery and I came home. I must say thank you to my friend Aimee for watching the girls! It was a huge help not worrying about them. They removed the crooked bones and moved some of the cartilage and then put splints in each nostral to stabalize it all with some stiches. As you can see in the picture the splints were big and uncomfortable but I had them taken out on Tuesday so I could finally breathe out of my nose. I had to wear the gauze dripp pad until tuesday as well from constant blood and mucus drainage(sorry probably TMI) Today is Wednesday and I am finally feeling mostly back to normal. My nose is still very tender and I still have stiches in my nose but other than that it just feels like I have a sinus infection. The worst part about all of this was I had an allergic reaction to the medicine they gave me and the first night I was up itching everywhere and then the next day was throwing up and felt nauseous for the next 4 days. I couldn't keep anything down so that was not fun! Anways it was definately worth it all. My actual nose does not look any different.



This is when I am 5 years old and had broken my nose.

Before surgery I was feeling pretty good.


After surgery not feeling so great. I was really groggy.


Such a stylish thing isn't it? Yeah this is was I looked like for the next 5 days!


The girls were very worried about me and especially Adalyn didn't want to leave my side because she was "taking care of me"


Not a pretty picture but if you look you can see my splints in my nose.


3 days after surgery. My nose was swolen and I looked HORRIBLE!!!


That was one of the splints in my nose. Yikes!

Kiddie Kandid Pictures!

Well I am a little late in getting our family pictures done and Ellie's 2 year pictures and Adalyn's 4 year pictures but we finally got it done. So here are the pictures before they were cropped down in size. The girls are getting so big I can't believe it!

Kiddie Kandid Pictures!

Well I am a little late in getting our family pictures done and Ellie's 2 year pictures and Adalyn's 4 year pictures but we finally got it done. So here are the pictures before they were cropped down in size. The girls are getting so big I can't believe it!

6 years going strong!

So on August 16th Adam and I had our 6 year anniversary. Unfortunately he was in Florida for 10 days and I was at Beale. It the first time we have not spent our anniversary together. That was not very fun but Adam thought ahead a planned a fun night for us. He wouldn't tell me what we were doing but he got a babysitter for the girls and we ended up going to Roseville to the Olive Garden (my favorite) to eat and then we went and played miniature golf. Out of the almost 7 years we have known eachother we have never done that. It was definately a fun night and even better we didn't have the kids with us plus I whipped him at golf!!! So then we went and got ice cream before heading back home. I can't believe it's been 6 years but what a great 6 years! I love you honey!

6 years going strong!

So on August 16th Adam and I had our 6 year anniversary. Unfortunately he was in Florida for 10 days and I was at Beale. It the first time we have not spent our anniversary together. That was not very fun but Adam thought ahead a planned a fun night for us. He wouldn't tell me what we were doing but he got a babysitter for the girls and we ended up going to Roseville to the Olive Garden (my favorite) to eat and then we went and played miniature golf. Out of the almost 7 years we have known eachother we have never done that. It was definately a fun night and even better we didn't have the kids with us plus I whipped him at golf!!! So then we went and got ice cream before heading back home. I can't believe it's been 6 years but what a great 6 years! I love you honey!

A long drive to Oregon!

So July 28th was the day me and the girls drove to Oregon all by ourselves. I was really nervous about getting there safely and about the 2 girls not screaming the whole way but we did it. It took 10 hours but we made it to Woodburn.I must say though about 2 hours into the drive I got my very first ticket!(not a fun way to start a vacation!!) Adalyn did not make a sound the entire trip there or back, Ellie on the other hand had a few rough moments. But I was prepared with the DVD players and candy and activity books to keep them happy. I just stopped everytime Ellie needed me to and gave her a break and she was fine. We made it to Oregon just in time for Chelsea(sister in-laws) baby shower. I really wanted to go to oregon because all of my siblings would be there except for Paula and her family so it was a lot of fun. Plus I got to see Cashel my nephew for the first time and man is he cute and so cuddly to hold. Of course while we were there Oregon was having record highs and it was over a hundred for about a week which was not fun but as you can see by the pictures the kids were naked or in swim suits a lot and we ate a lot of popsicles. We went to the beach one day to get away from the heat which was a lot of fun and one day we went to Enchanted Forest. It's a park in a forest for kids with fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and other things for the kids to go through and play on. It was really fun to take the kids somewhere we went as kids. It was a lot of fun to get away for a little bit and let the kids play with all there cousins. I loved being with my parents and all my brothers and sisters and there spouses hanging out. We were sad to leave but very happy to come home to daddy. Of course the last couple of days we were there it got cold and the we had to find jackets and pants to wear. Thanks Mom and Dad for having us all home!

A long drive to Oregon!

So July 28th was the day me and the girls drove to Oregon all by ourselves. I was really nervous about getting there safely and about the 2 girls not screaming the whole way but we did it. It took 10 hours but we made it to Woodburn.I must say though about 2 hours into the drive I got my very first ticket!(not a fun way to start a vacation!!) Adalyn did not make a sound the entire trip there or back, Ellie on the other hand had a few rough moments. But I was prepared with the DVD players and candy and activity books to keep them happy. I just stopped everytime Ellie needed me to and gave her a break and she was fine. We made it to Oregon just in time for Chelsea(sister in-laws) baby shower. I really wanted to go to oregon because all of my siblings would be there except for Paula and her family so it was a lot of fun. Plus I got to see Cashel my nephew for the first time and man is he cute and so cuddly to hold. Of course while we were there Oregon was having record highs and it was over a hundred for about a week which was not fun but as you can see by the pictures the kids were naked or in swim suits a lot and we ate a lot of popsicles. We went to the beach one day to get away from the heat which was a lot of fun and one day we went to Enchanted Forest. It's a park in a forest for kids with fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and other things for the kids to go through and play on. It was really fun to take the kids somewhere we went as kids. It was a lot of fun to get away for a little bit and let the kids play with all there cousins. I loved being with my parents and all my brothers and sisters and there spouses hanging out. We were sad to leave but very happy to come home to daddy. Of course the last couple of days we were there it got cold and the we had to find jackets and pants to wear. Thanks Mom and Dad for having us all home!