Hurricane Ike

Wow, so much to say, and really nothing at all! Well the hurricane came on Fri night into Sat morning. And I must say we were truly blessed. The worst we got was 60-70 mph winds and no rain. No real damage done. Lost some tree branches, and a baby tree we had just planted blew over, but Clint was able to stand it back up. Time will tell if it makes it. So we came out good. I got a lot of grief from Clint and my family about staying and not evacuating, but I had to make a decision based on what I felt was safest. Do I leave and get on the road by myself at 8 months pregnant and have no one to help if I have a flat or some other crazy evacuee tries to rob me or whatever, or do I stay at home with my husband were I know I will be safe with him. No one really agreed much, but I stayed. I felt safer with him than gone with out him!
The worst part has really been Clint not being at home though. He has been working in Galveston all weekend. He leaves about 5 am and gets home about 11. He has been putting in about 16 hr days. This morning he left at 4AM. Of course I get up with him when he comes home and when he gets up. It's the only time I get to see him!!! We aren't sure if he will get to come home tonight. He may be gone for a few days! It really stinks and I am really missing him. The worst part is his phone doesn't work while he is there. I guess they lost some cell phone towers there, because you can call, but it won't connect. So I have no clue what is going on. I didn't even know if he was coming home until he just showed up. So now I am just waiting again to see if he comes home tonight or 3 days from now. He thought tonight and tomorrow he would be staying. So now I just wait for him. Anyone wanna come stay the night with me and keep me company until he gets back?? I do ok during the day, but hate it at night!!! I hear everything, even the sound of my breath will shake me up. But I get through it!
Oh and Leaha is better. She is walking now without help.
And I have a Dr appt Thurs. They canceled last weeks because of the hurricane. I feel pretty good though, and think Cody is doing pretty good. He is getting bigger and stronger, I am sure of that.

Leaha Update

Well my boss, Dr. Hayden, went and looked at Leaha's x-rays. (This man is really wonderful! I just love my boss!!!) He said she does look like she is in pretty bad shape. He said if we all didn't think that she probably got kicked by a cow, he would try and do some adjustments to see if he could get the vertebrae back in place. But he is worried there could be a fracture that can not be seen and he would only make things worse. Dr. Wilfert (Leaha's Dr) said he had another vet come in and look at the x-ray also, and all three dr's are pretty much in agreement that hopes are good for her because she has all her reflexes, nervous system is good, and spinal cord is not damaged. But we have to get her to use the bathroom. Still no poopie for 8 days now. THAT IS NOT GOOD. So Robyn had to go to the store today and buy an enema. So now you know what I will be doing tomorrow. Giving my baby an enema!! I guess I will just think of this as one of life's experiences! But she needs it so I will do it!!! Hopefully we can get her peeing and pooping back on track. That is our biggest worry, because it can make her really sick. Dr. Wilfert said he wants to see some kind of improvement by Monday. Oh I hope she improves. Her demeanor seems good with Clint and I, except she gets really frustrated that she can't walk.
Just wanted to update ya'll!

Leaha

Well my baby girl (Leaha) is hurt pretty badly. We took her to the vet on Saturday, because Thursday she came home and wasn't able to walk. He couldn't really find anything wrong. Her reflexes were working and she showed no signs of severe pain. She was really irritable when he had to do a rectal exam, but said she wasn't constipated. We discussed doing x-rays but he said he didn't think anything was broke or fractured because she was allowing Clint to carry her and didn't seem like she was in pain. He gave her a shot and gave us some medicine and said to bring her back Tues. if she wasn't better. Well the weekend was rough on us. She didn't get better, and she wasn't using the bathroom. She had for sure been been holding her peepee all day sat, sun, and mon. and we think probably friday also. Well Monday night I guess the build up was too much and she went potty all over herself. (And her blanket and my couch) You could tell she was upset. She really thought she was going to get in trouble, but Clint and I were just so relieved that she had gone! But she hasn't pooped since at least Thurs. We are pretty worried about that. Anyways, so we took her back to the vet yesterday. He did x-rays this time. He had to partially knock her out for that, but they did show us something. She doesn't have any broken bones or fractures, but in her low back area, she has a vertebrae that is out of place. He said there really isn't anything he can do to help her. No surgery would fix it. He said she should walk again but it may be a couple of months before we can expect that. Maybe a month before any progress at all. Our main concern at this point is making sure she uses the bathroom. He gave us pain pills for her, but I just don't know if they are working right. Last night after she started coming out of the pain shot he gave her, she started crying. She cried off and on throughout the night. Seemed about every hour she would wake up. I slept in the living room with her last night ( and got absolutely NO sleep). I just don't know what to do to comfort her. We left her in the house this morning. I couldn't put her out side with 100 degree temp out there, while she is hurting so bad and on pain pills. I talked to my boss about it this morning. He is going to go over to her Dr. and look at the x-rays with him. She may start having to come in for adjustments. ( I work for a chiropractor for those who don't know) I hope he can help her. We can't take it when she cries so much, especially since before we never even heard a wimper out of her!!! So please pray for her. I know that seems silly to some people, but she is very much our child and we are very concerned parents.
Buster seems really concerned also. He can tell something is wrong and when she does go outside, he just licks and kisses her. He misses her, since she has been inside so much!
That's where we are at for now. Clint has decided no matter what the cost we will be checking on getting a fence for the yard. No more wandering for our children! (AMEN!!!) He wants it anyway for Cody. He doesn't want his son to not be able to be outside if he wants to be.