August 2020

This month school started again (in person!).  We have also enjoyed the nice weather and all the vegetables from the garden.  The kids are getting into the new schedule.  Lilly started dance class again (in person!) and the kids are continuing piano lessons (through FaceTime).

One last pool weekend before school starts!

The stages of toddler grief, all within 30 seconds... anger, disbelief, sadness, acceptance

Girls' Weekend!  Haircuts, eating out and pool time

Uncle Rem bought a bearded dragon!

Power company had to replace a faulty line - lots of entertainment

A trip to the zoo with just Luke

Luke is not happy the kids are back in school

The female orangutan really like Liam.  She smiled at him and liked when he put his hand up to the glass in front of hers.

First Day of School

School looks a little different this year, but the kids are excited to be back at Central!  They love their school and their friends.  They have gotten used to the masks and the hand sanitizing. 

Luke's Surgery

Today Dave and I took Luke down to Riley Children's Hospital to have surgery on his penis.  He was born with a slightly bent penis that the doctor said could be easily fixed, but should be done while he is young.  We decided to have him circumcised while he was under anesthesia.  Luke was not allowed to eat after midnight.  He could have some clear beverages before 10:30am, so he had a Pedialyte popsicle for breakfast. Grandma Kusch came down to watch Liam and Lilly for the day.  Luke did really well until about 30minutes from the hospital.  He really wanted a bottle.  Checkin into Riley and getting ready for surgery went well.  Luke got to ride a car down to the operating room, which he liked.  He went to sleep with no problem.  The doctor said the surgery went well.  He drank a bottle when he woke up and then went back to sleep. He slept most of the ride home.  When he woke, he was hungry and scarfed down some fries and chicken tenders.  The first day he did well taking his medicine and wanted to snuggle and take it easy.

riding his car off to surgery

waiting for Dad to come get us with the van

awake and hungry

Luke and I slept on the couch together, so I could get to his medicine.  He tossed and turned a lot, but got a couple hours sleep at a time.  When he woke up he wanted to watch "Gonald Guck"

We let Luke have all the Pedialyte popsicles he wanted!

Update - When we went to change his diaper after getting home, we noticed that it was soaked in blood.  We were told we would see 3-4 drops and this was definitely more than that.  We called the doctor on call and he talked us through how to wrap the wound in gauze and apply gentle pressure.  It was scary.  We finally go the bleeding to stop, but blood had collected in his dressing and was continuing to come out.  We called the doctor again on Saturday night and he explained that although the bleeding was not normal, we handled it correctly and we should "keep the course."  After a couple days things started to look much better.  Luke refused to take any more pain medication.  But, he seems fine without it.  He as anxious to get back to his normal activity level.