May Updates

Haven is doing well, especially since her cast is on. Before the cast, it hurt her every time we moved her and we always had to keep the leg up, even when she was using the bathroom. Now she lets it hang down and it doesn't bother her which makes life much better! Baseball games were a little challenging because she would get so bored.......this is a picture of her at a game before the cast......

While she has some little admirers around her, this was not typically the case. The friends she normally played with ignored her because she couldn't run around with them any more....it made me so sad for her!

Well May is filled up with baseball......

It has been a challenging season this year due to some coaching issues, and believe it or not, Mason has not been enjoying it. Sometimes the coach makes allllllllll the difference.......

On Tuesday, we had Kindergarten Registration for Haven! She was excited about it and of course, we were a little sad. Someone let us borrow their pediatric walker on Sunday and she has now gained some independence back. This makes her so happy! Here's a pic in front of Bayfield Primary School with her little walker......

Yesterday was the last day of school for the boys and look at their first day of summer vacation....

All I've got to say is........BAMA in 29 days!!!!!!!

The CAST

BEFORE................

DURING.......................

Yes, this part was really, really painful for her because the doc tried to line the bones up....

And AFTER.........................

All the way up her leg................

Can you tell that's an elephant? We have to go back once a week for x-rays. She will eventually go to a shorter cast and then a walking cast. We have not been able to find "crunches" for her (that's what she calls crutches) and we are not sure at the point if she will even be able to use them because if she puts any weight on this leg, the break is diagonal and it would cause a more detrimental break.

As you read this, please pray that this will heal faster than expected so she can swim in Alabama with all her cousins. Also, she still suffers from pain, especially late evening. It is so hard to watch your child hurt and cry out in pain.....my heart breaks for those parents with terminally ill children.

Thanks for your prayers!

Another Break!

Since moving to Colorado, Haven has broken her collar bone, fractured her wrist, busted her chin, and now ..........

She broke her tibia, the largest of the two bones that run from her knee to ankle. She and Mike were riding the 4-wheeler up to the mailbox to get the mail and Mike was letting her steer. For some reason, she jerked the wheel to the left as fast as she could, and in the gravel, the ATV turned over and knocked them off. Mike is pretty sore today and hurt his hip but is OK. Haven will get her cast on next week and will then learn to use crutches.

Meanwhile, there will be lots of TV, Ipod games, card games, books read, and developing patience over the next 6 weeks!

Please pray that her leg will be healed before our trip to Alabama on June 16th so she can enjoy all the swimming pools her families have!

Our little princess/tomboy is definitely our accident-prone child!! (There's one in every family- right? RIGHT????)