Surgery Update

I just thought that I would give everyone an update on my surgery.

I made it through with flying colors. It was a little scary trying to get to the hospital and home yesterday. Richfield got a little over 10 inches of snow between Sunday night and Monday morning and then the wind was blowing really hard. We weren't sure if we were even going to be able to make to the hospital. However, we got up really early and drove really slow and was busting snow drifts the entire way, but we made it.

I went into surgery a little after 10 am and the surgery lasted about 45 minutes. My surgeon, Dr. Fiaschetti, said that they got everything removed. The pathologist wasn't able to make it to the hospital because of the weather so they weren't able to have it biopsed right then so I should know the results of the biopsy by Friday, at the very latest Monday.

I am in some pain but not to bad. I have a patch over my left breast that I have to wear for three days. I can't get the patch wet so I have to take a bath and Jose will have to help me wash my hair in the sink. I will have an indentation in my left breast where they removed the pollup or tumor and they also had to remove some breast tissue. Dr. Fiaschetti told my mom and I that it is very unlikely that this will come back as cancerous. He said that less than 5% of them come back as cancerous. To me that is very good odds.

I just wanted to give everyone an update. I hope that everyone is doing well. I will post more when I know what the results of the biopsy are.

Merry Christmas! We love you all!!!

New fam Pictures

It's on our Christmas card but in case you wanted one for something else... and because you probably want to throw the Christmas card in the trash... I am posting two versions tall and wide of our most recent family picture for your convenience... Don't worry Mom, we'll print one while you are here. :) click on the image to enlarge and right click the enlarged image to save.

Jose's Cattle Drive

On Sunday Jose went on a cattle drive to help my uncle move his cows about 12-14 miles back to the ranch from the field where they have been kept since October. When they started at about 10:45 in the morning it was only 6 degrees and it wasn't above 10 degrees when they got done at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Here is a picture of Jose just after they got back from the cattle drive. He looks absolutely freezing, but he said that the only thing that got cold was his hands because they weren't moving that much. It's hard to believe that Jose has turned into a cowboy!! He would rather spend his time on horseback than do anything else.
This is Jose & my cousin Derek on their horses after the cattle drive. My uncle put my cousin in the lead because it was really foggy and with his bright coat he said that they definitely wouldn't get lost!!

Jose had a blast on the cattle drive and can't wait until its time to do it again! My uncle is wanting to preg test the cows, but said that it had to be the coldest day of the year because he didn't want the guys thinking he was getting soft and have them do it on a day that was above freezing. When they moved the cows in October it was a blizzard and then on Sunday it never got above 10 degrees!

Quick Update

Just wanted to let everyone know that I go in for surgery on Monday at 1 pm in Ketchum. I have to be at the hospital at 11 am, but will go in to the operating room at 1 pm. The doctors have found either a pollup or tumor in one of the ducts of the nipple on my left breast and they are going to remove it on Monday and then do a biopsy of it. My surgeon does not believe that it is a tumor or cancerous and I feel very comfortable with him as my surgeon.

I have been having excruiciating pain in my left breast as well as discharge coming from the nipple for the last two and a half months and I went in for two different breast exams the beginning of November and they couldn't find any lumps so I was sent in for a mammogram and an ultrasound the beginning of December. The ultrasound revealed some concerns so they did a procedure called a Galactogram last Thursday and they found this pollup or tumor in one of the ducts of my nipple. I wanted to have the surgery done over the Christmas break because I am off of work for two weeks starting this Friday. School is out from the 20th until the 4th of January. I will have plenty of time to recuperate although the surgeon today said that I should be able to go back to work the next day (Tuesday).

I hope that things are going well for everyone. I will post some pictures of Mason's school Christmas program by this weekend. He is getting very excited!! I can't believe that he is old enough to be in a school Christmas program.

Love to all!!

New Family Pics

Here is poor Jose freezing before we had our pictures taken!! It was so cold outside!! It snowed all day long and he had been an awesome dad and put up the lights outside on the deck and then I made him go and have his pictures taken outside!! I think that the pictures turned out great!!
This is my favorite picture that we had taken!! We had our pictures taken at my parent's house next to their haystack and barn. This is the picture that I choose to put on our X-Mas cards that I hope to have sent out by the weekend!! I definitely have my work cut out for me!!
We took a family picture with my dad's new hay wagon and Mason insisted on having a picture of just himself on the wagon!! He is such a ham!! I really like this picture of him!! He is growing up way too fast!!
I really like this picture of us as well! I love the look of my dad's old barn in the background!

Things have been pretty hectic around here lately! We are busy trying to get our Christmas shopping done and preparing for Mason's school Christmas program which is on Wednesday night. He is so excited!! I will get pictures posted of it by the weekend! I hope that everyone is doing well and staying healthy!

Love to everyone!!

Mom and Dad's motorcycle

Last night Gary and I went on a ride on Mom and Dad's new motorcycle. Honda Venture I believe. It's a nice ride. Mom and Dad have all the necessary leathers too. Which was good because it was a pretty cold evening. I really like the head set thing, that would be nice on Gary's bike. After we got it working we didn't have any problems with the passenger headset which is said to short out at times. Then of course Olea had to ride. Her little body topped of with the helmet was too cute. My little alien. I love that she has an adventurous spirit.Danny was gone last night picking up the kids. Gary and Dad worked on the house Danny will be moving into. Mom and I had fun chilling, eating chocolate and knitting and crocheting. While Zurich and Olea played and Ross wandered or sorted cards.

Earlier in the day we went swimming at the heated mineral pool that Olea kept talking about with the log in the water. (That sounded wrong to me the first time she talked to me about it). Zurich had a lay over fever from shots and hadn't slept well for his naps or the night before so he was cranky about being in the water, away from mom, free floating in a floater, more than two inches from a body, etc. But he still tolerated it pretty well, and had some water time. Gary and Dad enjoyed dumping each other off the log most of the time. Olea found a little friend (hard to do since there were a total of 4 other people in the pool while we were there), a girl about her age who she played in the kid area with for a while. Blurry but kinda a fun picture anyway.Olea even got on the log, for a bit. She definitely did better, staying on it longer than Gary or George.... she had plenty of stabilizers though. :)

Uncle Ross

Uncle Ross has been staying with Mom and Dad, Olea has thought this kinda a novelty. Grandma Park is in Washington for her brother's funeral. This morning Olea and Ross were left at the breakfast table.
Olea=Why do you always say kay?
Ross=kay
Olea=can you stop it? kay? kay kay kay?
Coretta=Olea don't harass Uncle Ross!

Mom had just told me that he can get pretty upset and I didn't want to have to deal with that because of Olea being a little snot. I can just imagine how a 4 year old taunting him would make him upset.

Zurich Zub a Dub Monkey Grub

Happy one year Zurich

Zesty
Unpreterbed
Rascally
Interested
Charming
Human

Mason's 6th Birthday

I can't believe how the time flies! Mason is going to be turning 6 on Thursday and is going to be having his first kids party with his classmates from school. He is so excited to be getting to have a party that he can invite his school friends to. He has turned into such a big boy. He loves school, and is such a big help to Jose and I. He can't seem to get his hands on enough educational material which is a good thing I guess. My mom and I bought him a beginner math book that teaches him the beginning steps on how to do math and he almost had the book finished the first night!!

I will get some pictures posted after his party.

time with Olea

I am getting to take Olea back to Twin Falls to Play with use for a week.

Winter's A Comin'

This is a test. This is only a test. Wishing I was skiing. Here's a picture of me from 2002 while I was at BYU Idaho.

When Gary works from Home

Lately this is what ends up happening when Gary works from home half day on Fridays.



Zurich could only stand being in the stroller so long. After a while we got him out and he would push his own stroller around, or trace his finger in the crack in the road. Gary really likes to shoot from VERY far away. I don't, I can't tell where my arrows go. I like to be able to actually aim with some reference. We have really enjoyed borrowing Mom and Dad's bows. Thanks! What are we going to do when Winter uses up our salt pile safety backdrop? Olea has her bike helmet on because she alternately rides her bike, shoots or plays with Zurich. I was surprised by the fact that we were out for over 2 hours. The time goes by quickly.
Now that we've experienced and gotten used to having Gary home Fridays, we would have some serious adjustments were that to be changed.

Calendar Time and Family Blog

Danny suggested we set up a Family Blog to keep updated on each other. I have sent invites to each so we all can create entries.

So hope you all liked last years calendar collage... it looks like lack of pics and time is headed that way again. Still though I do need pictures. I know it's a busy time for all so I just need at least 3-6 pictures of each person combined pictures are nice too.