Operating Room

Poor Ty has seen his share of doctors. I feel like we live at the doctors office due to ear infections, weight checks and regular well visits. It's never a pleasant visit to see the doctor. In fact Ty starts screaming as soon as we walk in the door. The doctor doesn't even need to touch Ty just look at him and you would think by his reaction that he was in serious pain. Needless to say his doctor visits do not end there due to another minor problem that requires surgery. After he was circumcised some of the skin around his manhood reattached itself. If we didn't take care of it, it would cause problems in later years.

We weren't sure if surgery would ever happen since we have been battling ear infection after ear infection. We were just trying to keep this kid healthy enough to keep our surgery date. Well this Wednesday it happened. We arrived at the Tully Center at 7:30 a.m. for our scheduled surgery at 8:30 a.m. As you would suspect nothing ever goes as planned at the hospital. The doctor showed up late. I guess he doesn't believe in alarm clocks. Two other surgeries were scheduled before ours so we had a long wait ahead of us. Poor Ty couldn't eat or drink anything and hadn't had anything since the night before. Ty tried to entertain himself, and mommy tried to keep himself preoccupied with anything and everything but there is only so much you can do to keep a child happy. Given the circumstances Ty was a trooper.



I was able to go into the operating room while they put Ty under. Ty wasn't sure about my new attire. I wasn't to sure about how I would handle this kind of situation. I found out shortly, because I COMPLETELY lost it. I could not control my emotions as hard as I tried. I thought I could be strong, but it was hard to watch them put the mask on Ty while he was screaming. I think the worst part was to watch Ty become lifeless. In fact writing this now brings tears to my eyes. I wasn't worried about the surgery, I new he was in good hands.



The surgery only lasted an hour and we were in the recovery room for about an hour.
Ty was pretty worn out due to the anesthesia. We were home by about 12:30 in the afternoon.






Ty had a hard time keeping anything down but I think by the time evening came around he was so tired of losing everything that he was bound and determined to have a three course meal which he did. I was ready to hand him over to Rob in case he became a barf fountain. Luckily nothing came up. Thursday he was back to his normal self. Although he hates getting his diaper changed, I guess he never liked it before BUT he is definitely tender in that area. Now if we can just keep this kid healthy it will be a miracle.

SURPRISE!!! (Part 2)

China Town/Little Italy



Bartering



Unwanted Finds! Chinese snacks consisting of small crabs, dried octupus, and dried fish, etc.



Chasing the pigeons.



Feeding the pigeons.





Enjoying a Canoli.



Ty sharing his snack with Grandma.





Jones Beach



Hiking in the Mianus River Park.



Park Fun



Cooking with grandma.



Is your mouth watering? Homemade cinnamon rolls...YUMMY!!!





Time to Veg out.



We enjoyed celebrating my parents anniversay and my mom's birthday while they were here. We enjoyed good food, fun and relxation. We enjoyed their visit immensely BUT all goodthings must come to an end. They left June 9th. We are looking forward to our trip out to Utah in July where we will have a chance to see everyone very soon.

SURPRISE!!! (Part 1)

Grandma and grandpa arrived late Wednesday night (May 27th). The next morning the kids were surprised to see grandma and grandpa Fredericks walk into the kitchen to join them for breakfast. (Can you believe that we were able to keep this surprise a secret for a whole month. It was ROUGH and we almost BLEW it several times.) I actually thought we would get more of a reaction but I think it took them a few minutes to process it all.





Since Tasha was still in school and Garrett in Joy School, we did our best to make the best of the time we had together. Due to the weather on Friday, Fun Day for Tasha was postponed along with the Father and Sons campout SO we headed over to New Roc City where we spent some time on the Go-Carts and in the Bowling Alley.



Why is it when you walk into an arcade room. The boys have to play every game without actually really playing it?





You know you've got talent when you can bowl with a kid on your shoulders.



Let it roll!



Its going...It's going...



...She scores!



Grandma and Grandpa were able to come to Tasha's cello concert...





...and her swim class.





Todd's Point



Kent Falls



No visit is complete without experiencing Stew Leonards.