If Our Plate Wasn't Full, We'd Be Hungry.!

Hello Everyone.!
It's been a while since I've updated our blog, and even though this is just all 'informational', I promise the next one will be much lighter, and include pictures.!
Janelle had her biopsy yesterday and for the most part, it went well. They were only able to get to the larger mass on her neck. They took three separate samples from that mass. Her doctor said they contained fluid and tissue, which she (her doctor) didn't like the looks of. She has a return appointment next Friday (the 20th) for the results. We'll keep you posted.
On a lighter, and much fun note, Janelle and Darci are meeting up with a lot of their friends in Las Vegas this weekend. They are both really excited for the trip, especially since there won't be any kids with them.! Yep, Jim and I will have Hailee and Jerricka on Friday and Saturday, then Joel and McKenna will join us later Saturday and spend the night that night, and go to church with us on Sunday. It should be an exciting weekend for everyone
On Sunday March 1st, I got a call at about midnight letting me know that my sweet 95 year old Nana, fell and broke her femur. It was a pretty bad break that required surgery. She is still in the hospital, but should be released to an after-care place soon. She does have pneumonia, but it does seem to be clearing up.
A few weeks ago I got a call that Landon was in the E.R. He was in dire pain, and from what it sounded like on the phone-I thought what he had was a kidney stone. The only problem is, he was in the wrong E.R. He was at Utah Valley in Provo, and our insurance covers better at Timp in Orem. Luckily they had only done a urinalysis, so I had him go to Timp, where they did a C.T. to verify that indeed it was a kidney stone (welcome to your dad's world.!) On a good note, he's doing very well at school. He loves the college life.
McKenna had an appointment at a second Pediatric Nephrologist office. She took a lot of time asking Janelle questions, and also did a UA. This time there was no protein found in her urine. This doctor practices out of Phoenix Children's Hospital. Such a sad place to be, because you know there are so many sick children, but at the same time such a child friendly place. I've never seen so much color in my life. Also so many fun things for kids to do. So as of right now, McKenna seems to be doing well. Something I did learn-even though the other kids' ultrasounds look good now, they can still develop PKD later in life, so they will continue to have ultrasounds for years to come.
I got into an accident on January 26th (Happy Birthday Landon.!). No one was hurt, except for the Golden Burrito (AKA the mini-van). The rear driver's side slider door is crunched in. The very next week, the transmission went out. It's now back at home with a new transmission and an ugly looking door.
Last, but certainly not least, is my poor mom. The hospital that Nana is in is close to my parents house, so my mom sees Nana at least twice a day. Mom has been sick with a cold, and probably in a hurry yesterday-and hadn't eaten anything for breakfast...so she goes to Nana before she goes to work and starts to feel faint, so she leaves Nana's hospital room. I can't remember where she was at, but the next thing she remembered was waking up-on the floor. She had passed out and face-planted it on the floor. At least she was at the right place.! (laughing WITH you Mom) She spent a few hours in the E.R. getting stitches in her bottom lip, a C.T. of the head, TONS of blood work (she had a heart attack a few years ago), then off to the dentist to get one of her front teeth fixed. (It was knocked back during the fall). Poor mom
There are also major changes happening with us-more to come on that later.
Sooooooo-I finally said to Jim "Can we fit anymore on our plate??" and he replied..."If we didn't have a full plate, we'd be hungry". Nice.
We're not looking for sympathy here, just a few prayers our way sure would be nice.! We know we're not the only ones with a full plate. There are many, many others-in much worse situations than ours. We keep you in our prayers too.
On a much more FUN note, I have started a job.! It won't last too much longer (end of April), but the pay is great, and it really is lots of fun. My friend Kim who is a dental hygienist, found out about a survey that the state of Arizona was doing. They were putting teams of three together that consisted of a dental hygienist, an R.N. (our friend Angie), and a recorder (me.!). The state's Department of Oral Health had randomly chosen 100 schools throughout Arizona and the teams were to go into elementary schools and measure, weigh, and do a scaled back dental exam on 3rd graders. There is TONS of paperwork (you'd expect anything less from the government??), and lots of travel, but we get to spend the night at fun places (OK, Lake Havasu was fun...Kingman was dirty.!), and we talk, talk, talk the entire time. We've definitely got to know each other really well.
And that's about it here. We'll keep you updated on Janelle's results next week. We love you all, and miss you lots.!
xoxo
Jim and Lisa