DDA Chapter 24

[babytrees]

Deb I really hope Hunter gets to go home.


Bernadette


Stephanie good for you to have such a positive outlook (but I'm not buying it. )


Elin for more Disney.


I did my baking yesterday, cut outs, chocolate chip, and peanut butter. I made snickerdoodles, but had to throw them out.

thanks for the dittoable!!

Except for the cookies...what happened to your poor snickerdoodles?

 

[Pooh67_68]

The print was small and I miss read the amount of flour, 2 3/4 cups I only used 2 1/4.

 

[bear74]

getting ready to go sing Christmas carols with a bunch of Daisy Girl Scouts at a nursing home.

 

[bear74]

I go to WDW THIS WEEK!

 

[my3princes]

We're home!!!!

 

[Disney Yooper]

I woke up in my own bed today! Woo Hoo!. I'm getting ready to make a pot of Starbucks coffee. I'm going out to my driveway to retrieve my newspaper. I'm going to shower and come out of the bathroom naked and get dressed in my own bedroom, sitting down, not standing behind a privacy screen. I am watching the Today show. I am going to look through my closet and see if I can locate my Christmas cards to send.

See I need to be happy about this because Terry is still sleeping in the pirate beds, drinking Disney coffee, has no newspaper and couldn't care less, is showering and standing behind the very cool pirate privacy screen, eating Dole whips, is going to EPCOT today and eating at Chef de France and going to an Illuminations party with Deb Wills. <where is the dis green with envy smilie?>

Off to church....

TMI!!! However, that is exactly the way I feel after we have been on a trip with the girls!!!!

 

[Disney Yooper]

We're home!!!!

Woohoo!!!! I'm so happy. What an awesome recovery!

 

[my3princes]

We got home around 12:30. Hunter was able to have a long hot bath and wash his hair. We had lunch then he took a nap on the couch. It's funny because all he wanted was his bed, yet he chose to nap on the couch. I think he may still be leary about being alone. He hasn't been alone at all in almost 4 weeks. He is doing extremely well, the neurosurgeon was thoroughly impressed. The school nurse stopped by (she went to the hospital first and couldn't believe that he'd been released). I am a total emotional wreck. I've experienced so many emotions over the last month that now I can't seem to keep things in check. His friend (girl, but not girlfriend) came over and she had bought him a Winnie the Pooh at the Disney store yesterday. I started crying when she gave it to him. I think it will take a while for us to decompress. His incision is much larger than I had expected. It is shaped a bit like a question mark and I bet it is about a foot in length. Thankfully most of it will be covered by his hair, only a tiny bit in front of his ear might be visable.

When we heard that the entire tumor was gone yesterday Hunter made the comment "I wasn't worried, I knew she was an awesome surgeon"

Colby looked at the incision today and proclaimed it "cool" He told Hunter that girls "like a guy with a scar"


I'm pretty much exhausted, but I think I'm better off waiting to sleep until tonight. I'm not sure that my body could handle another short nap at this point.

 

[Disney Yooper]

We got home around 12:30. Hunter was able to have a long hot bath and wash his hair. We had lunch then he took a nap on the couch. It's funny because all he wanted was his bed, yet he chose to nap on the couch. I think he may still be leary about being alone. He hasn't been alone at all in almost 4 weeks. He is doing extremely well, the neurosurgeon was thoroughly impressed. The school nurse stopped by (she went to the hospital first and couldn't believe that he'd been released). I am a total emotional wreck. I've experienced so many emotions over the last month that now I can't seem to keep things in check. His friend (girl, but not girlfriend) came over and she had bought him a Winnie the Pooh at the Disney store yesterday. I started crying when she gave it to him. I think it will take a while for us to decompress. His incision is much larger than I had expected. It is shaped a bit like a question mark and I bet it is about a foot in length. Thankfully most of it will be covered by his hair, only a tiny bit in front of his ear might be visable.

When we heard that the entire tumor was gone yesterday Hunter made the comment "I wasn't worried, I knew she was an awesome surgeon"

Colby looked at the incision today and proclaimed it "cool" He told Hunter that girls "like a guy with a scar"


I'm pretty much exhausted, but I think I'm better off waiting to sleep until tonight. I'm not sure that my body could handle another short nap at this point.

My father always taught me that during a crisis you have to be strong. Once the crisis is over, you have the luxury of falling apart and breaking down. Of course, he told me this when I had put the truck in the ditch and was overly emotional about it while dealing with the situation. My brother actually had to slap me to get me to calm down. I was 16 and had my license for a few short weeks. Dad was quite disappointed in me for falling apart. I had fallen apart because I thought he would be disappointed in me for putting the truck in the ditch (it was winter, icy roads and 6 deer ran in front of me - like I stood a chance but I was too young to realize that).

As I've gotten older, I realize how wise he was. You need all your energy while you are dealing with a difficult situation. It isn't until it is over that you realize how much strength and energy it took. You dealt with one of the worst possible things. You did a great job holding it together while it mattered!! Now that the outcome is so wonderful, you deserve to fall apart!!!! Let others take care of you while you reenergize!

 

[Glynis]

Deb - I'm so thrilled that Hunter is home! What a perfect gift for this Christmas season! I'm sure that he'll be clingy for a while, and that is perfectly ok! You love on him, and hug him for all of us, as well. Don't worry about your emotions. I'd be more worried if you weren't as emotional! You've been through so much lately, and have been holding it together for all your boys. Let yourself decompress! Let Chris and the boys take care of you, now!

Elin - I'm so very jealous!!! I wish I could say I was going to WDW or DL this week! Oh well. I think I've almost got Alan talked into a pre-Christmas trip next year. At least he's thinking about it.

Tammi - I'm so glad that Alyssa is having fun in the Nutcracker! What a great experience.

Well, it has snowed here constantly since 2:00 yesterday afternoon. We currently have 9 inches in our yard! It is coming down so thick and fast our church was cancelled this morning. Too many cars slipping and sliding. So, we are all back in our jammies, watching Christmas movies and drinking hot chocolate. I've got the kitchen cleaned, so I'm thinking of making a batch of cookies to nibble on. New recipe. If it's good, I'll let y'all know!

 

[tinknme]

Deb so happy to hear that Hunter is home

 

[PNO4TE]

We're home!!!!

What great news to read first thing!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Tammi's Alyssa was terrific this afternoon in "The Nutcracker!"

 

[Disney Yooper]

I may have a new ticker by the end of the night. Chuck & I are trying to plan our February/March trip. It is looking like February 25 through March 6. We are trying to make the final plans and get it booked. We really need to get it decided.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

So glad to see hunter is home!

 

[Disney Yooper]

Where do you research to rent a car while you are at Disney? We are looking at renting a car for the week-end to go to my brothers in Tampa. We'd start and end at Disney. I've never rented a vehicle before so don't even know where to start.

 

[mommykds]

Deb,
Glad Hunter is home!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Glad to hear that Hunter was allowed to come home.

 

[bear74]

We're home!!!!

 

[bear74]

OMG how cute to see about 50 girls from the kindergarten Daisys to The Seniors of girl scouts singing Christmas carols. The residents really loved it.