November 21

We just got back from Children's Hospital.  Chloe had the tubes that were keeping her breathing passage open removed.  There were tons of cotton shoved up her nose, too.  She got super pale, almost passed out, and threw up.  I just fed her, and she's feeling much better. 

November 19



Reid Ewing from Modern Family




Lucas Till from the Hannah Montana Movie




Lucas Till





Kevin and Kristine's wedding

 Chloe opened her eyes today for a little bit.  Her bruising is just beginning to yellow.  She had Taco Lita for lunch.  Sadly, Chloe missed out on watching a movie being filmed at my Mom's house.  The girls were able to meet Lucas Till and Reed (the boyfriend of the oldest daughter on Modern Family).  We had a great time and brought Chloe back a bunch of autographs.

November 18

Chloe and Emily on July 4

4th of july face paintings

Chloe is a little fussy this morning.  She's sick of her nose feeling stuffy.  She has tubes in them to keep her airway open as she swells up.  She looks like she did when she was a baby with the tubes.  Today, the third day is usually the height of the swelling, and then hopefully, it will start going down.  She slept great last night.  Both of her eyes are swollen shut, and we are anxious for them to open.  The doctor said they'd be closed for about a week.

November 17

Chloe has done so well post-surgery.  She's been eating and drinking.  She has a red sore area at the bottom of her heel.  This is the only thing that's been bothering her.  They think it was from resting on a hard surface for the 6 hours of surgery.  They use egg crates to cushion the body in certain areas, somehow this spot was missed.  She also wants to blow her nose.  Her eyes are black and blue and very swollen.  Her tummy is a little sore from where she had liposuction.  She's been complaining a little bit and refuses to open her eye because it hurts.  Teenagers!  I guess she has an excuse.

All in all, she is doing fabulous!  We're hoping to come home around noon today.  She's been asking to go home and see Scooter.

Thanks to all our wonderful friends and family for your prayers and well wishes.  We are once again extremely thankful this season.

6 hour surgery is over!

The doctor ended up working on Chloe's nose and injected fat into some areas of her face.  She is in recovery resting.

9:50 Chloe's in surgery

After a lot of kicking and screaming, they got the IV put in.  She was requesting jolly ranchers and coke- yum.

1 year Anniversary

We are celebrating by having another surgery today.  We just went through preop and are waiting to go up to surgery.  Surgery is set for 10:00.  Chloe is having an orbital expansion.  They will break the bone and reconstruct it in hopes that her eyeball will sit farther back.  This way it will look more like the other eye.  We've had it planned since August.  She has been very brave until this morning.  We had to drag her to the car.  Surgery should last 2-4 hours.  She will be staying at the hospital 2 days max.

Here are a few pictures from the past year.

Halloween 2011

Tessa's First Communion

Katie' 5th grade promotion

Can't get over fancy girly Tessa