Kelly is spending the week down in Moab working with Questar. They are replacing the gas lines down there, so he is going into homes and redoing their entire house. Although he is getting to work with his really good friend Steve Moss.
I however am spending my time working at the school for the last 6 days and finishing up the dance season with the Junior Recital this week and the Senior Recital next week! I am really grateful that Kelly had the opportunity to go work down there this week since he will be making extra money with all the overtime. Although I have to be a little selfish in the fact it is weird going home at night and not having him there!
Nala was very upset the first night he was gone! She wouldn't sleep, she was whining all night. I couldn't figure out if she was hungry or just wanting to be outside. Finally at 6 am she crashed and so did I. She definitely likes Kelly!
Its kind of odd having him gone this week, I think this is the first week I have ever been home alone. I have left him home before with girls camp last summer. He is a hard worker and I am sure he will learn a lot and meet some new people from the company!
We are hoping to have him transfer to Ogden this summer/fall. He is working with a foreman from Ogden, it will be good for him to know some people from Ogden, so when he interviews he can say he has had experience with people! He had interviewed before for Ogden but the Salt Lake Department wouldn't let them take any from Ogden at the time! Although Kelly was told he was there first pick if they could of taken him! He is now nervous because more guys have moved from Salt Lake to Ogden so he feels there will be more competition, although I think because of this trip and how great of a worker he has been for Salt Lake he won't have any problem!
Thank you Questar for being such a great employer (haha)
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
The Appointments Began..
We have officially started a new project in our house which consisted of another huge mess, and more work than we thought! Go figure, isn't that what always happens! We have sanded down our entire banister and railing in the kitchen and stairs! We were both sick of the old look they had! Kelly started sanding them Monday while I was at work and lets just say I came home to a sawdust home, the couch was covered the floor and rugs were covered and Nala was a dust ball with 2 beady eyes! Cleaning the walls and hand sanding wasn't much fun, but now I am looking forward to how it will really turn out and if we will like it!?
We have now gone to visit a neurologist twice for Kelly. Some of you may not know but he has had headaches for the past 7 years and everyday! Its not your usual headache, its a dull ache and he feels like he can't think clearly and sometimes sick to his stomach! He gets little relieve from Tylenol, Advil or any headache medicine! Kelly started getting these while on his mission and he went and visited with an ENT. They didn't find much out and they thought it was mostly sinus issues. He then returned home and had a MRI done of his brain and nothing was found! They did a surgery on his nose to try and clean out his sinus! Kimmy (Kelly's oldest sister) worked in a chiropractor office and luckily has had somethings for him to try as a neck traction and every time we see her she adjusts him and everyone else in the family! I thank her for all her help and time she spends helping him!
After much nagging and long conversations we finally decided to get a neurologist appointment! The first one was in April, surprisingly we spent about 2 hours in the doctors office with him asking questions, he even did a dementia test because of Kelly's "clouded thinking". We discussed a whole bunch of possibilities but didn't really feel like it went anywhere after we left! They did 12 blood tests on him that visit! Kelly was shocked when they kept pulling out more tests! They didn't find anything odd in any of the tests! Then the doctor decided to go on the drug form, we discussed if he should have another MRI done and we were talked out of that! (Even though it had been 7 years since the last one and even though nothing looked unusual then why not check to see if 7 years later something is showing.)
We then tried muscle relaxers for 6 weeks, Kelly sleeps amazingly fine! I mean come on he's a husband, but if he ever holds still long enough he is out like a light! The discomfort isn't when he's going to bed anyways its during the day! In between the time of the first appointment Kelly would get adjusted and massaged, we soon found out that it was definitely his neck that started the head ache (C3 on his spine).Finally we had the 2nd appointment, I wasn't able to go but Kelly had told the doctor that the muscle relaxers didn't do much and he still had symptoms, we had already told him that we didn't want to try anti-depressants or seizure medication, even though they could help they have more cons than they do pros! I told Kelly that he needed to tell the doctor that we would want an CT scan done on his neck and brain, they never did anything with his neck before! Before the doctor was concerned with us having to pay a lot to do the scans but how else will you know if there is a nerve that looks wrong unless you do the scan! Plus after all the appointments we will hit our deductible anyways! So on June 4th he will be having the two CT scans and then going in the next day to hear back on if anything looks in different, they are thinking that if something does need to be done the neurologist will refer him to a Physical Pain Specialist that can inject things into his neck! The weird thing is the neurologist hasn't been very hands on, it kind of sounds like a easy doctor occupation.
Kelly has gone a few days with no headaches and he really enjoys those days! I hope we find something that works. Its hard to go into it blinded and not really know but I think we will eventually know what is going on! Kelly struggles with the hit of the initial money we will have to pay but I am just glad we are able to get it looked at and try different things if needed!
I will post any more updates as they happen! :)
We have now gone to visit a neurologist twice for Kelly. Some of you may not know but he has had headaches for the past 7 years and everyday! Its not your usual headache, its a dull ache and he feels like he can't think clearly and sometimes sick to his stomach! He gets little relieve from Tylenol, Advil or any headache medicine! Kelly started getting these while on his mission and he went and visited with an ENT. They didn't find much out and they thought it was mostly sinus issues. He then returned home and had a MRI done of his brain and nothing was found! They did a surgery on his nose to try and clean out his sinus! Kimmy (Kelly's oldest sister) worked in a chiropractor office and luckily has had somethings for him to try as a neck traction and every time we see her she adjusts him and everyone else in the family! I thank her for all her help and time she spends helping him!
After much nagging and long conversations we finally decided to get a neurologist appointment! The first one was in April, surprisingly we spent about 2 hours in the doctors office with him asking questions, he even did a dementia test because of Kelly's "clouded thinking". We discussed a whole bunch of possibilities but didn't really feel like it went anywhere after we left! They did 12 blood tests on him that visit! Kelly was shocked when they kept pulling out more tests! They didn't find anything odd in any of the tests! Then the doctor decided to go on the drug form, we discussed if he should have another MRI done and we were talked out of that! (Even though it had been 7 years since the last one and even though nothing looked unusual then why not check to see if 7 years later something is showing.)
We then tried muscle relaxers for 6 weeks, Kelly sleeps amazingly fine! I mean come on he's a husband, but if he ever holds still long enough he is out like a light! The discomfort isn't when he's going to bed anyways its during the day! In between the time of the first appointment Kelly would get adjusted and massaged, we soon found out that it was definitely his neck that started the head ache (C3 on his spine).Finally we had the 2nd appointment, I wasn't able to go but Kelly had told the doctor that the muscle relaxers didn't do much and he still had symptoms, we had already told him that we didn't want to try anti-depressants or seizure medication, even though they could help they have more cons than they do pros! I told Kelly that he needed to tell the doctor that we would want an CT scan done on his neck and brain, they never did anything with his neck before! Before the doctor was concerned with us having to pay a lot to do the scans but how else will you know if there is a nerve that looks wrong unless you do the scan! Plus after all the appointments we will hit our deductible anyways! So on June 4th he will be having the two CT scans and then going in the next day to hear back on if anything looks in different, they are thinking that if something does need to be done the neurologist will refer him to a Physical Pain Specialist that can inject things into his neck! The weird thing is the neurologist hasn't been very hands on, it kind of sounds like a easy doctor occupation.
Kelly has gone a few days with no headaches and he really enjoys those days! I hope we find something that works. Its hard to go into it blinded and not really know but I think we will eventually know what is going on! Kelly struggles with the hit of the initial money we will have to pay but I am just glad we are able to get it looked at and try different things if needed!
I will post any more updates as they happen! :)
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
18.5 days & counting down
I have always been a fan of summer! But this year I think is the first year that I am really looking forward to it, okay maybe because I am sick of the kids at work and their lazy, unhappy attitudes! They all act like there life is hard, we have just started to tell them; so who took your crayons and made you so mad?
I don't think the kids are even caring that summer is getting closer, sadly because I know they don't get to go on vacations to Hawaii, a family cabin, camping, cruise or anything! I even believe that there parents dislike summer because they sadly can't send them off to school to be babysat for 8 hours!
I feel bad for some of the kids who walk the halls of this school! We have one sixth grader named Issac whose dad passed away Sunday night. His dad has been sick for a few years and issac is high functioning autism, we were all thinking he won't be coming back to school for awhile and he showed up today, he says he's okay with it but we doubt that its hit him yet! He lives with grandma and mom is nowhere in the picture, I really hope that kids like him can overcome the hard things in life and become something wonderful! He is one of my favorite 6th graders he is funny, he quotes movies all the time and he always can make you smile!
This past weekend Kelly and I went to spend time with friends in the Uintas! It was a blast we rode four wheelers and ate a ton of food! We really are surrounded by good friends and I am glad that I can say I enjoy Kelly's friends! I am grateful we finally got ourselves a four wheeler from my father, it has already been fun! And who knew but you can fit 4 adults on it and a big dog! Our friends four wheeler ended up losing air in two tires so we all rode back on ours! We got quite the looks from some people!
Summer will be fun, I hope to get caught up on something's and organize our house! Maybe paint my bathroom, we really are wanting to work in the yard a lot too, sadly a few of our trees are dead and I hate some plants that we have! Kelly is looking forward to laundry being caught up and maybe having dinner made more frequently! I feel bad that its not something I can stay caught up on while I have school and dance, but luckily he understands and helps out with doing it all!
I also am looking forward to having auditions for our new competition teams! It's always fun to meet new girls and start new dances! I love working with Lisa and Alexa they are a great pair and very talented! I also am hoping that girls camp will be fun too now that we have new leaders I have struggled with how things have changed and the girls have as well!
All in all the countdown is 18.5 days till summer.... Sadly it's 85 degrees outside and I am still white! It will be one hot summer!
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