Well, I can't believe it but this time next year, 2012, we will already have Keira registered for kindergarten. This is a big deal for me! We are looking at building a new house, but Dan wants to wait 3-5 years. We are looking to build in the Fallbrook or The Bridges (Denton) area. Where we live now, Fallbrook, and the Bridges are all in different school districts. My problem with this is that I do not want to be living here when Keira starts school and then have to pull her out in the middle of the school year when we move and go to a different school. I want to know where we are going to build, the district, and the school before she starts school, so her, Aden & Taygen can all go to the same school without moving in the middle of the school year.

I am a very picky person! That's just me. It takes me 2 hours just to pick out a pair of shoes, ask Dan, it drives him crazy! I want them to go to a small school, where they will know every kid and I will know every parent. I want the teachers to know the kids by name and know some stuff about their lives. Right now Keira goes to a preschool with 16 kids, which is great! I know all the parents, sometimes we sit down and talk while we are waiting for the kids to get out of school. The parents look out for each kid like they are their own. Keira recently went to the zoo with her preschool for the letter Z and still had her cast on...I was really nervous about this, a couple of the parents must have noticed me about to cry when I loaded her up in the van to go, because one of them said, it's okay Amber we will watch out for her! And they did..one parent told me they kept her out of the sand so the sand did not get into her cast and walked around with her while the other kids were playing so she didn't feel left out.

Honestly, I do not want the kids to go to an LPS school, there are just way too many kids in the school district.  I want to move to a small town, so the kids can go to a school with less than 100 kids. I have even thought about private schools for the kids, Lincoln Christian is a very good private school. I know this sounds weird to some, but I don't want my kids to be just a number to the teachers or just another kid that  goes to that school. I want the kids to have the same friends in kindergarten that they do their senior year.

I went to York High School (the worst school, BTW, sorry guys) from 5th grade-junior year, I had the same friends from 5th grade thru high school, we moved, went to a different school, lost those friends, unfortunately I did not make anymore/new friends at my new school (although, some friends did follow me to the other school). I did not know anyone my first couple months, I was lost & scared and I don't want Aden, Keira, or Taygen to feel like that when they go to school. If Keira goes to an elementary school here in Lincoln & makes friends, when they have to change schools to a middle school, who knows if those friends will be able to go to that middle school. Where if you are in a small town, you do not have an option but to go to that elementary, middle, or high school because that is your only option (and that's what I want), but here in Lincoln there are 37 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, & 6 high schools to choose from when you leave/start school. Pretty sad!

I really have to stop stressing about stuff and just take the days as they come, that's just not me though! I have to have every thing planned out in advance and it drives me crazy if it is not.

Second week update

Friday, March 13th.

Daddy took her this time and she saw her Dr.'s physicians assistant, but the PA said everything still looked good and no surgery! She thinks her arm is doing so good that her original Dr. wants to see her in 2 weeks (and 5 days) this time.

Her next appointment is Wednesday, June 1st. At this time they are hoping to get the cast off. She will still be in a sling, but at least she will be able to have movement in her arm!  We have not told her about getting her cast off because the Dr. is not really sure yet, so we don't want to get her hopes up and something go wrong that she still has to wear it for another week or two.

She is doing a lot better! She just figured out that she can still use her fingers to hold stuff and grasp stuff. Before she would not have anything to do with that arm or hands (in fear of hurting it again).

Keira only has 2 days of school left. On Tuesday, she went with her preschool class to the zoo for the letter Z. The teachers and volunteer parents kept a good eye on her. One of the parents told me that they wouldn't let her play in the sand because they were afraid she would get sand in her cast.

Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with the updates.

First week appt. Wednesday, March 4th.

Keira had her first week appointment on Wednesday, March 4th. The doctor said everything looked good and was healing correctly. The doctor was surprised by the specialist that put her cast on. He was expecting to have to take that cast off and put a new one on, but he said the cast was the best he had ever seen. They took x-rays of her arm and everything is healing. I didn't really like this doctor because he talked in circles and did not have much eye contact. He thought she might have to have surgery but he said everything looked good this time and scheduled her appointment for the next week, Friday, March 13th. He also said that she might have a bump on her lower arm by her elbow. I thought he meant a visible bump on the outside of her arm, but Dan thinks he meant on her bones and you will not be able to see them.

Keira is doing a lot better. She hasn't had any of her pain meds since Thursday and I just gave her Tylenol before she went to bed for the first time today. I feel so bad for her! She can't do anything that she used to.

It makes me wonder if everything Keira went through (Iv's, blood pressure cuff, nose oxygen, heart monitors (she does have a heart murmur), ambulance transport, Children's Hospital)  in the 2 hospitals that she was at from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m is what everyone with a broken arm goes through. I talked to my little brother because my niece had a broken arm a couple months back and he said they went to the hospital, put on a cast and was sent on their way, maybe a minimum of 2 hours.

We take so much for granted in our daily lives. Some of us can walk fine, talk fine, and can have a normal life. But then there are others who can't and have to make accommodations to their everyday lives. Keira's accident has really made me think that we really can't take anything for granted ever again! She used to be able to get herself dressed, now she needs my help or dad's help to get her dressed. She is afraid of picking her cup up with one hand because she doesn't want to drop it. She cannot go to the bathroom by herself anymore without help getting onto the toilet, wiping, and pulling her pants up. She can't sleep in her own bed anymore because she can't use her other hand to grab onto the rails. She has to sleep in Aden's bed with him (Aden has a full size bed. Aden is at the head and Keira is at the foot of the bed). She has fallen so many times since she has gotten her cast just because she is off balance and when she does start to fall she cannot catch her self. Today (Monday) she was dancing around and tripped over the step stool and hit her head on my bed rail, luckily she is okay! She cannot get on or off of the couch by herself, I walked into the living room the other day and found Keira upside down on the couch because she was trying to get up by herself. She can't get up or down from her chair at the dinner table. She CAN unbuckle her self in her car seat and that makes her so proud!

People have tragedies in their lives, kids that can't walk or talk due to an accident or kids who have mental illnesses, or kids with cancer. This is our tragedy, we are just going to take it one day at a time!

Keira has her first weekly appointment at Children's in Omaha on Wednesday, May 4th. I will keep the updates coming.