Jill - this is for you.
http://youtu.be/GnsaUcAeD9s
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Spring Break at the Dells
As soon as Kevin's bulb was taken out he started planning a spring break vacation. We weren't sure we could take a family vacation at all this year, so he was really super excited to take the family somewhere soon.
We have done lots of water parks but had never been to the Dells so that's where Kevin decided we should go. I do not like water. I do not like to be cold. I do not like to get wet. I do not like to get splashed. But the girls love water. They love to swim. They love [moderate] slides. Water does not make them cold. And I love my family. So we went to the Dells.
There are so many different resorts there and Kevin wanted to try 2 different ones so the first night we stayed at Mt Olympus. It is on the lower end of the "resort" scale but still nice. Kevin chose it to go to their indoor theme park. The girls enjoyed it.
The next day we started off at Dells' “Downtown”. One place the girls were excited to go was “Wizard Quest”. It’s a fantasy game where a team solves clues to unlock 4 captured Wizards. It was great fun after Bryn decided it wasn’t scary. We were there almost 2 hours and still didn’t solve all the clues and only unlocked 1 wizard.
The weather was wonderful which was awesome.
The highlight for Kevin might have been lunch; we found a Famous Dave’s. I have to admit I loved it, too.
That night we changed resorts to The Wilderness. Kevin decided to upgrade our room after he made the initial reservation. The girls had their own room with bunk beds, closet and tv;
we had a very nice kitchen that we didn’t use;
and a nice comfy king-sized master bed with our own tv, a great seating area with a tv, and 2 bathrooms.
The Wilderness is HUGE; there are 3 separate pool areas, it takes 20 minutes to walk anywhere, and lots of activities besides water so I was pleasantly surprised.
Kevin bought an underwater camera/video for this vacation though he forgot to bring it the first two days. I was excited to try it and the first opportunity was at the wave pool.
Pictures:
And video:
The Dells was lots of fun and I was super duper impressed with The Wilderness. Even though it took a long time to walk anywhere, but it was always worth it. There were great play areas, we played 3D golf
stopped at the candy store twice,
girls drove bumper boats,
and enjoyed the great pools.
We have done lots of water parks but had never been to the Dells so that's where Kevin decided we should go. I do not like water. I do not like to be cold. I do not like to get wet. I do not like to get splashed. But the girls love water. They love to swim. They love [moderate] slides. Water does not make them cold. And I love my family. So we went to the Dells.
There are so many different resorts there and Kevin wanted to try 2 different ones so the first night we stayed at Mt Olympus. It is on the lower end of the "resort" scale but still nice. Kevin chose it to go to their indoor theme park. The girls enjoyed it.
The next day we started off at Dells' “Downtown”. One place the girls were excited to go was “Wizard Quest”. It’s a fantasy game where a team solves clues to unlock 4 captured Wizards. It was great fun after Bryn decided it wasn’t scary. We were there almost 2 hours and still didn’t solve all the clues and only unlocked 1 wizard.
The weather was wonderful which was awesome.
The highlight for Kevin might have been lunch; we found a Famous Dave’s. I have to admit I loved it, too.
That night we changed resorts to The Wilderness. Kevin decided to upgrade our room after he made the initial reservation. The girls had their own room with bunk beds, closet and tv;
we had a very nice kitchen that we didn’t use;
and a nice comfy king-sized master bed with our own tv, a great seating area with a tv, and 2 bathrooms.
The Wilderness is HUGE; there are 3 separate pool areas, it takes 20 minutes to walk anywhere, and lots of activities besides water so I was pleasantly surprised.
Kevin bought an underwater camera/video for this vacation though he forgot to bring it the first two days. I was excited to try it and the first opportunity was at the wave pool.
Pictures:
And video:
stopped at the candy store twice,
girls drove bumper boats,
and enjoyed the great pools.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
No Bulb!
There have actually been a few developments that last couple of days. Kevin noticed the bulb on the end of his tube wasn't staying "charged"; flattened to create suction. He heard a soft squealing noise and saw it was inflating which is no good because then the fluid isn't drawn out. Upon further inspection he discovered a hole in his tube right where it exists the skin. We didn't know what to do about that. Since it was Friday night, he called on Saturday morning and spoke with the on-call surgeon. He said it was fine. We were not convinced. Kevin felt his tube wouldn't drain properly or had the possibility to get clogged with blood or skin.
So he called again on Monday morning and left a message. No return call. The clinic was closed for MLK day. But this morning the nurse called us and spoke with Choi. Choi called Kevin back (love the person-to-person communication!) and told Kevin to cut the tube off past the stitch holding it in place and just to get rid of the bulb. Kevin is to continue to pack the area with gauze and the minimal fluid will continue to come out the short drain (unlikely it is clogged Choi said) and just soak into the gauze.
So no more dangling bulb. No more pinning and re-pinning it to his shirt to get the exact spot to camouflage it underneath his clothes. No more adjusting it with every shift of his body in bed while he tries to sleep. No more gingerly setting it on the bathroom counter after his shower while he dries off and making sure to limit his movements so he doesn't pull too far away and rip the stitch out - which happened once.
Even though nothing has changed internally with Kevin, this is progress to us.
So he called again on Monday morning and left a message. No return call. The clinic was closed for MLK day. But this morning the nurse called us and spoke with Choi. Choi called Kevin back (love the person-to-person communication!) and told Kevin to cut the tube off past the stitch holding it in place and just to get rid of the bulb. Kevin is to continue to pack the area with gauze and the minimal fluid will continue to come out the short drain (unlikely it is clogged Choi said) and just soak into the gauze.
So no more dangling bulb. No more pinning and re-pinning it to his shirt to get the exact spot to camouflage it underneath his clothes. No more adjusting it with every shift of his body in bed while he tries to sleep. No more gingerly setting it on the bathroom counter after his shower while he dries off and making sure to limit his movements so he doesn't pull too far away and rip the stitch out - which happened once.
Even though nothing has changed internally with Kevin, this is progress to us.
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